This is not your fathers shop class!

This is not your fathers shop class!  Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing teacher Kerry Blaine is now incorporating 21st century technology into his courses at Apple Valley High School.  This includes the use of a laser engraver on bats and other projects made in his period 7 woods class. Far greater use of modern manufacturing tools will be integrated into
 Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing and many other course with the opening of the new Fab Lab later this school year.

For more information about the new Fab Lab at AVHS click here - Fab Lab website

The Versatile Classroom

The traditional classroom setup today is similar to what it was at the birth of public education and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But today we often have other needs or want to try different activities in our classroom, but our cumbersome seating doesn't easily allow it.

This year a number of classrooms at AVHS have been outfitted with "node chairs" and they can make for easy reconfigurations on the fly!

Take a look at the interactive image below to see some of the things that the node chairs can make easy in the classroom.