Transitioning from a hands-on to hands-off classroom proves challenging
September 18, 2020
Students and teachers explain the adjustment to learning over Zoom
Getting back to work
January 19, 2019
he deafening thuds of wood clashing, drills grinding and the light chattering of the students during first period Woodshop all ceased for the two weeks of winter break. Now that the second semester has begun, new projects begin and the familiar noises rise once again. Woodshop is structured to fit ...
Woodshop gives back
November 17, 2018
Veterans Day, a national holiday honoring military veterans, is a day Woodshop students use to give back to their community. Throughout his years as Woodshop teacher, Ted Shinta has appointed his students to craft pens that they donate to veterans on Veterans Day. “The owner of the Woodcraft fr...
Woodshop loses numbers
Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018
In years past, industrial technology teacher Ted Shinta taught three sections of Woodshop. This year, he’s down to one. When the first-period bell rings, 28 students get to work on a variety of projects using the many available machines. With his newer classes like Intro to Engineering Design and Princ...
Woodshop Club holds first meeting of the year
September 15, 2017
s students sat down on wooden stools in the woodshop room during lunch on Sept. 12, club president and senior Anika Ramachandran and vice president and junior Rachel Lennen gave a welcoming speech to about 15 students for the first meeting of woodshop club. After introducing the club and possible p...
Woodshop club brings its community of veterans and rookies together
Hannan Waliullah
September 29, 2016
f you walk past the woodshop room on a Wednesday lunch, you can hear a buzzing sound. The shrill sounds of the drills, the soothing sounds of the spinning lathes and the jarring noises of the band-saws emanate from the room, blending in with the voices of the enthusiastic mix of students of varying skil...
Tales from the rookies of Woodshop club
Hannan Waliullah
November 20, 2015
When someone walk into the woodshop room during a Thursday lunch, they see and hear two types of buzzing. The first type of buzzing comes from the instruments, which chip away at the pieces of wood to make them something more. Each tool with a unique buzz: the drill is shrill, the band saw is powerful, the l...
Life skills: Art and woodshop teachers explain the usefulness of their classes
Fatima Ali
November 11, 2015
cademic classes are undeniably important and provide gateways for a student’s future, especially at a STEM-heavy school like MVHS. But what about the importance of electives in which students get hands-on experience? Student can acquire lifelong problem-solving skills through courses such as art, woodsh...
Woodshop club members craft pens for the army
Hannan Waliullah
October 23, 2015
he sounds of the metal tool shaving off wood on spinning lathes fill the woodshop room at lunch on Oct. 23. During this woodshop club meeting, students work to shape their wooden blocks into cylinders. By the end of the 40 minute session, many new club members are well underway to creating their ...
Shinta’s family farm
Rachel Lu
October 27, 2011
The Shinta Kawahara Co., a strawberry farm, has been in Woodshop teacher Ted Shinta's family ever since his father started it after World War II.
