LCHS students build a piece of Lloydminster history

Over seven weeks, the five students worked one hour a day, learning skills including framing, installing tin and windows, chimney masonry work and siding.

“It’s typical of what they do over their three years if they take the program. They do all those skills, but with the grade 12 group, I always try to do something a little different. That’s where some of those different products and materials they wanted to use in it were a different experience for the kids.”

The class typically builds simple garden sheds or takes on smaller community projects. Past builds have included an office building for the Lloydminster Rescue Squad and bleachers for the BMX club.

The Esso replica came with its own challenges, particularly the weather, but Grillandini said the students stuck with it.

“We had a small group of five students, and the weather was very challenging, but they persevered through it in the spring this year. For five kids to get what they got done in seven weeks was quite remarkable for one hour a day each.”

For Grillandini, the value of projects like this goes beyond the finished structure.

“All learners learn differently. So it just gives a chance for them to get some hands-on work after they’ve done some of the theory part of the course. Maybe that turns a kid into a career in the trades, which we definitely know that we are short on tradespeople,” he said.

Now, the students have a project they can point to in the park and say they helped build a piece of Lloydminster’s history.

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Alyssa.rudolph@pattisonmedia.com

by Alyssa Rudolph

LCHS students build a piece of Lloydminster history

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