Sawdust News December 2022
A Message from Mike
Carteret Public Schools in NJ initially partnered with Maplewoodshop to offer woodworking at its afterschool program at the middle school. It then added a woodworking elective course at its junior high school.
As a thank you to all the brave teachers, we are making donations to Donors Choose to give back to the classroom.
We doubled in size this year and for some fun highlights (how many tool chests did we ship?) please see our 2022 year in review.
Kind regards,
Mike
We are thrilled to share that Maplewoodshop has been named a finalist in the 2022 Excellence in Equity Awards, Best Career Readiness Solution! We are honored to be recognized as a company “helping schools achieve equity everywhere.” Learn more about our program on our website.
Teachers! Need a coffee boost to help get you to your holiday break?
To receive a gift card do the following:
Access the “Maplewoodshop for Schools Community” from your Thinkific dashboard.
Respond to our post for a short story about a success in your classroom using Maplewoodshop on our Thinkific Community Page.
If you are one of the first ten to post, an e-gift card will be emailed to you!
“We were looking to add a more hands-on class for students who are more tactile learners and woodworking fit perfectly. It was important for us to listen to students about what they wanted to learn and also provide more opportunities for career-based learning.”
— Melissa Jones, Ed.D Assistant Superintendent at Carteret Public Schools
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The Orange Pencil Award
Congratulations General Sherman Junior High School!
The December recipient of the Orange Pencil award is General Sherman Junior High School! Located in Lancaster, OH, 7th and 8th Grade students at General Sherman participate in woodworking as one of their elective classes. General Sherman utilizes Maplewoodshop to target academic needs, social emotional skills, and build community in their school. They have removed stigmas and stereotypes by creating learning opportunities for all students, from all interests to engage collaboratively in woodworking. Congratulations to General Sherman for their amazing work!
The November recipient of the Orange Pencil award is JHS 190, Russell Sage. Located in Queens, NY, JHS 190 Russell Sage is a diverse collaborative school community dedicated to achieving academic excellence for all students. Students in grades 6 -8th grade participate in woodworking weekly. The school utilizes Maplewoodshop to expose students to hands-on building as part of their rotating enrichments options to get students to work with their hands and give them exposure to other opportunities for future employment. Students at JHS 190 have and continue to learn through woodworking. Last month, students were featured on CBS New York to showcase their program and their accomplishments.
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Maplewoodshop: Carteret Public Schools Case Study
Carteret Public Schools in NJ initially partnered with Maplewoodshop to offer woodworking at its afterschool program at the middle school. It then added a woodworking elective course at its junior high school. With the positive impact the district was seeing at the middle and junior high school levels, and the district’s interest in providing different types of learning at the high school level, it expanded its partnership with Maplewoodshop and the Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Funds to introduce carpentry to students at Carteret High School.
Welcome to the Family
A new addition to our family is always worth celebrating, so get your party hats and let’s celebrate all the schools and camps that have joined Maplewoodshop. We are glad to add you to our family!
PS/IS 30 Mary White Ovington
PS 175 The Lynn Gross Discovery School
Upcoming events
Tri-State CAMP Conference 2023
March 14-16, 2023
Atlantic City Convention Center
https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/tri-state-camp-conference-2023
NYCMSPA
March 4, 2023
TWA Hotel and Conference Center at JFK Airport