Garrett Mattes

Spent the morning at the Akron Builds Trade Expo with my advanced woodworking class. Kids got to make a lot of great connections with local businesses. #akroncantonbuilds #trades

One last post of some projects that were finished up. Each year I am amazed at how well some projects turn out. Hard work pays off. Have a great summer everyone.

Why make something ordinary when you can make something that stretches your comfort level, increases your knowledge and in the end have something that’s absolutely awesome.

More projects being finished up.

Photo dump of some things that are going on in the shop and STEM lab. As more projects come together, I’ll post those pics too.

STEM class made and competed in our Battlebot Lego challenge. Super fun way to get students engaged.

Dylan put on his final coat of Odies oil and it turned out awesome. Great job this semester.

A HUGE thank you to @shonchristy and the Stow Schools Foundation! Our new @FestoolUSA sander and extractor is already a huge hit in the wood shop.

People tell me all the time that they are “surprised that schools still have that” when I say I teach woodworking. My response is always, “well some schools are realizing they never should have gotten rid of it”. 📸 Look at this post on Facebook facebook.com/share/eUPFCnMcF…

Just some work being done in our 10th period class. So many different projects going on. Finished project pics to come. Stay tuned….

Building a skateboard. We had to use a few clamps.

Advanced woods working on their projects. Typical Tuesday

Great fun for the opportunity to attend the Akron/Canton Builds conference with some of our kids. Great opportunity for the kids to see first hand the jobs available to them in the future. #akroncantonbuilds

The beginnings of the advanced woodworking projects. Tons of different types of lumber this year. I’ll try to keep pics coming.

First day making cuts in Woods I and Advanced woods classes. The beginning of some good projects that I’ll be sharing of the weeks.

How did you end your school year? In the wood shop we grilled out and rocked out! Have a great summer everyone!

Photo dump of some projects completed recently. More to come as we get closer to the end of the year.

news5cleveland.com/news/educ… Future rockstar alert. Check out this piece channel 5 news did on one of our students.

Broke our wooden bridges today in our Advanced STEM class. Always fun breaking the bridges.

Peyton wanted to display his grandfathers fishing lures in a special way. He found a live edge board he liked and used deep pour epoxy to solidify the lures in this table top.