Building Ukuleles
Retired teacher Mr. John Lewis is helping Mrs. Lisa Schmidt’s third grade class at West Forest Elementary School to build ukuleles provided by Stewart MacDonald and funded through a grant from PASR. This is part of a STREAM project that encompasses Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. It encourages higher level thinking skills, like asking questions and forming theories. Precise measuring and planning are also required elements, as well as physical skills like sanding, gluing, clamping, staining and so much more. Students are involved in every step of production, and soon they will see the finished results. Shown here are: (foreground from left) Mr. Lewis, Charlotte Foley, Preston Hitchcock and Hunter Flick; (background) John DeVito and Leo Rivera.
