The Wildwood Outdoor Classroom
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Left above: The mulch pile as delivered. Right above: Biology II students: gung-ho and ready to go! At left: Pitching mulch. |
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Left above: Dumping mulch under the structure. Right above: Raking it out. Right: Still an awful lot of mulch left. |
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| While Mr. Taylor was supervising the mulchers, students from RHS Building Trades classes were also busy. Earlier these students had pre-cut and assembled braces for the outdoor classroom in their shop in the High School. While the mulchers mulched they brought the braces down, drilled holes in the structure, and installed the braces with lag bolts. The structure, a beautiful example of post and beam construction, is now very sturdy and read for a roof. | ||
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Left above: Building Trades students drill pilot holes for the lag bolts to hold the braces. Right above: Installing the final braces. Left: No mo' mulch!
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| Mulched, braced and bannered, the classroom is read for a roof. | ||
The Outdoor Classroom Story:
The Outdoor
Classroom is Planned
Groundbreaking
The Poles Go Up
The Beams Go on the
Poles
Radford High School Helps Out
Community Barn Raising: 1. The Roof Trusses
Community Barn
Raising: 2. Support for the Workers
Community Barn
Raising: 3. Finishing the Roof
The Classroom
Finally in Use