By Kendall Robertson

SD57 Utilizes New Skills Trailer

May 1, 2018 | 12:57 PM

PRINCE GEORGE- Thanks to a donation from Canfor, School District 57 has a new trailer full of carpentry tools. Students were once brought to the College of New Caledonia to learn trades, but now, the class comes to them.  The skills trailer sets up shop at elementary schools around the district, for a week-long class to teach them how to build step stools. But it’s more than just learning how to saw and sand. District Career Coordinator, Bruce Northrop, says learning a new skill and finishing the project on their own instils confidence in students. He adds, about 40% of students in the district are hands-on learners so the projects help students engage in classwork.