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[1] Students frame and erect walls on the job site of the RHS Geometry in Construction Program at Roseville High School... -Nov 2011 NUTS & BOLTS January 2012, Volume 2 RHS Geometry in Construction #1 Tiger Way Roseville, CA 95678 916.782.3753 x 3804 SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS FOR RHS GEOMETRY IN CONSTRUCTION Good Weather Helps Keep Production Ahead of Schedule Not your Grandmother’s Geometry Classroom Anyone who lives in Northern California has mixed feelings about a beautiful December day in the mid-60‘s. While California ski resort managers, farmers and water districts followed the weather patterns and radar looking for storms, the RHS Geometry in Construction students and instructors took advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions to move ahead of schedule on their 656 square foot factory built house. While understanding of the State’s water concerns, GIC instructor Jeff Bailey can’t help but admit he is a little relieved by his good fortune, as the program navigates the hurdles of planning, financing, and construction in the first year. “We couldn’t have been more fortunate this year,” says Bailey. “We spent most of December, in short sleeves, finishing up the roof. I’m certain we won’t be this lucky every year, but it’s nice to have it happen in year one as we are learning the ropes.” Unlike traditional factory built housing, which is built in climate controlled warehouses, the RHS house is being constructed outdoors, directly outside the Geometry classroom on campus. Students learn the realities of the construction industry; including working when it’s cold and wet. “We did have a couple of early season See “Spring” Continued on Page 4 rhsgeometryinconstruction.org http:// www.facebo
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Students frame and erect walls on the job site of the RHS Geometry in Construction Program at Roseville High

School... -Nov 2011

NUTS & BOLTSJanuary 2012, Volume 2

RHS Geometry in Construction#1 Tiger WayRoseville, CA 95678916.782.3753 x 3804

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS FOR RHS GEOMETRY IN CONSTRUCTIONGood Weather Helps Keep Production Ahead of Schedule

Not your Grandmother’s

Geometry Classroom

Anyone who lives in Northern California has mixed feelings about a beautiful December day in the mid-60‘s. While California ski resort managers, farmers and water districts followed the weather patterns and radar looking for storms, the RHS Geometry in Construction students and instructors took advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions to move ahead of schedule on their 656 square foot factory built house.While understanding of the State’s water concerns, GIC instructor Jeff Bailey can’t help but admit he is a little relieved by his good fortune, as the program navigates the hurdles of planning, financing, and construction in the first year.

“We couldn’t have been more fortunate this year,” says Bailey. “We spent most of December, in short sleeves, finishing up the roof. I’m certain we won’t be this lucky every year, but it’s nice to have it happen in year one as we are learning the ropes.”Unlike traditional factory built housing, which is built in climate controlled warehouses, the RHS house is being constructed outdoors, directly outside the Geometry classroom on campus. Students learn the realities of the construction industry; including working when it’s cold and wet.“We did have a couple of early season See “Spring” Continued on Page 4

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The term “non-traditional” refers to students who wouldn’t normally be enrolled in the course. In CTE, this is almost exclusively female students. GIC currently has over 30% female enrollment and it has been amazing watching them do everything our “traditional” students do...often better.

“NON-TRADS”

Industry Standard

Equipment and Training

Roseville High School Geometry in Construction instructors Jeff Bailey and Tyson Maytanes gave a short presentation to the Roseville City Council on January 4th, 2012; highlighting their program, as well as the benefits of contextual education.Accompanied by RHS principal Brad Basham, and RJUHSD Board of Trustees member Linda Parks, the GIC team presentation included photo’s of students in action building the 656 square foot, factory built home that is the cornerstone of the popular program.While the instructors are always excited to show off their students success and hard work, the primary purpose of the visit was to express their desire to find an organization or buyer for the property that wants to keep the house within the Roseville city limits and use it in a fashion that will best serve the city.As CA Factory Built Housing, the complete structure can legally be placed nearly anywhere in Placer County.

Ideally, according to Maytanes and Bailey, the completed house will be purchased by a non-profit organization who specializes in a service that benefits members of the Roseville community; such as transitional housing or Veterans services. A critical element to the success of contextualized educational programs is the development of relationships between students, instructors, and the community. Having the completed structure stay in the community would help build on a long tradition of student service between the City of Roseville and it’s flagship high school. If such an organization cannot be found in the first year, the house will be listed with an agent and sold as a traditional factory built structure.Representatives involved with service organizations that might be interested in the property or getting involved with the program are encouraged to contact the instructors at Roseville High School.

GIC addresses Roseville City CouncilProgram looks for Buyer of Finished House; Hopes to Benefit Community

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Couldn’t Do it Without Your Help Every month we will feature some of our industry partners and how they helped us on our project. Thanks to all our partners; we look forward to featuring you soon. To get involved as an industry partner; contact RHS GIC.

A GIC student on the siding

crew

Once again, our industry partners were one of the major contributors to our success as we entered the second phase of our factory built housing project.

Leading the way in Phase 2 was Beutler Heating and Air, who not only assisted in developing our HVAC plan, but arranged for their corporate trainer to come to the job site and work with our students during the installation of our heating and air system. From the early planning stages of summer through installation of ductwork, vents, and registers, Beutler has proven that they value community and Career Technical Education.

The elements are a residential structure’s worst enemy. Fortunately, the RHS GIC house is wrapped and flashed with Fortifiber Weather Smart products. These premier products were generously donated in this first year and will continue to be the product of choice of RHS Geometry in Construction in the future.

When we were looking for a partner in windows, we could have never dreamed that Hall’s Window and Door, Sacramento’s premier window and door company, would partner with Andersen Windows to provide beautiful and energy efficient windows that exceeded our wildest imaginations. Not only that, but

Hall’s provided a training crew to come out and teach our students industry standard installation and flashing techniques.

When you are looking for quality siding, look no further than James Hardie. When you need Hardie siding in the greater Sacramento area, look no further than Anderson Lumber. These companies working together, were able to provide our program with an amazing product that is as elegant as it is durable.

While there are many imitations, there is only one true PEX for supply plumbing; and the only company that manufactures it is UPONOR. We are grateful for their generous donation and proud to use their products throughout our project.

Finally, we would like to thank our friends and partners at Ferguson plumbing for their donations, products, expertise, and excellent service. Our instructors look forward to visiting your shop almost as much as they look forward to working on the job site.

Contextual education is dependent on three R’s: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. RHS GIC values the relationships we have built with these Industry partners and looks forward to working with them for years to come.

Industry Partners Step up Huge in Phase 2

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...GIC Style With help from our partners at Beutler Heating and Air, RHS GIC students installed the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) duct work in our 656 square foot factory built home. Students laid out, cut and assembled the registers, cut and hung the ducting, and installed the plenum under our subfloor.!

STAY COOL ...

Window Installation

Spring, con’t from Page 1storms that kept us on our toes,” recalls Bailey. “Spreading a 20’ x 50’ tarp in the wind can be quite an experience with a group of kids.”Taking advantage of the great weather, students completed the exterior and interior framing, sheathing and most of the roofing before leaving for Thanksgiving Break in late November. During November and December, teams also worked on HVAC with trainers from Beutler Heating and Air, rough plumbing, and flashed and installed the windows (see our Industry Partner Section for details). As students begin the Spring Semester, they are working on electrical, putting up siding, finishing plumbing and preparing to start insulation and drywall. The next inspection is slated for February 3rd.The Geometry portion of the class has been rigorous and intense. Unit 3 had students learning the fundamentals of Trigonometry, while Unit 4 focused on the properties of quadrilaterals. Student activities included using Trig functions and clinometers to calculate the height of various structures on

campus; while another exercise had them using geometric principles to lay out simulated rooms and decks in our parking lot. GIC students also completed two projects that mirror “real world” scenarios and align with Common Core Standards. The semester ended with a project that had students formulating a professional estimate of roofing materials; complete with company letterhead. For their first project, students were given a crash course in marketing; developing a class logo. Both classes voted on the winning design that will be featured on the first ever RHS GIC T-shirt and introduced in Volume 3 of Nuts and Bolts.While the weather is bound to turn cloudy and cold sooner or later, RHS GIC students will continue working, rain or shine, to complete the structure by the last day of school in May. Fortunately, on those rainy days, they can stay dry working inside.For more information on the original Geometry in Construction or contextual education, see the links on Page 5

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INSTRUCTOR’S CORNER

Who We AreA contextualized program that blends traditional college prep Geometry with traditional Construction Technology in an effort to increase students proficiency in mathematics and better increase their post-secondary opportunities. Roseville High School is part of the Roseville Joint Union High School District.

Instructors• Jeff Bailey; Industrial Technology• Tyson Maytanes; Mathematics

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RHS GEOMETRY IN CONSTRUCTION#1 Tiger Way Roseville, CA 95678 916.782.3753 Ext 3804

Jeff Bailey ITE

Tyson MaytanesMathematics

Tyson Maytanes has been teaching at RHS for 8 years.  Along with his BA in Mathematics from Sonoma State University, in 2009, he earned his Master’s Degree at Sacramento State in Education, writing a thesis about motivating math students.  One of the main topics of his thesis and how to keep math students motivated is to keep the content of the course “Relevant”!  Students always ask, “Why do we need to learn this stuff?”  While talking about his construction background helps this question at times, being able to show students first hand, how geometry concepts work in the real world, will show the relevancy of the material and help with keeping students motivated to learn and succeed.  Along with teaching, Tyson Maytanes has had his C-9 (Drywall) Contracting License since 2004.  Learning the trade from his dad since his teenage years, Tyson not only has the education necessary to teach the Geometry part of this course but also has many years of experience in the construction field to utilize as well.  He is very excited to not just tell his students stories of what happens on the job and how math is used in the real world, but to show them.  

Around 3 every morning when I wake up in a cold sweat trying to remember what I forgot to order for the next day’s build, who I still have to pay, or who I forgot to call back; I usually ask myself, “What on earth were you thinking?” However, when I unlock the gate and pull onto the build site everyday, I am quickly reminded of why I was so interested in bringing this program to Roseville High School. There hasn’t been a day where I am not amazed at the progress of our students and the fact that the house is progressing so well.

The program continues to build momentum and we are anxiously looking forward to registration for next year; hoping to expand to three full sections. We continue to have visitors from other schools including Cordova, JFKennedy (Richmond) and Manteca. Additionally, Mr. Maytanes and I should be kept pretty busy over the next month doing short presentations and answering questions about our program at the “Teaching for Careers” conference in Sacramento during February.  

Thanks for your continued support of Career Technical Education/STEM and we’ll see you next Quarter.....

Follow “Instructor’s Corner” in ‘Nuts and Bolts’ for stories, insight and thoughts as we wade through the first year of this challenging and rewarding program. In addition, please don’t hesitate to contact us with questions, article ideas, or to get involved with the program. Thanks to everyone who has helped in the planning and startup of GIC at RHS..... TM/JB