Marlborough, Massachusetts- Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s students have been hard at work on the Downeast Tiny House Project. Under supervision of Bill Italiano, Assabet’s Lead Carpentry Teacher, the group can be seen below constructing and sheathing the flooring in our veteran’s future home.
The students, who are freshmen and sophomores, spent many hours ensuring that the tiny home has a solid foundation before they started construction on the shell and walls. A total of 38 students (20 freshmen and 18 sophomores) spent a full week framing and shaving the tiny home’s floor. Video footage, which was filmed and edited by other Assabet students, can be viewed by clicking here.
As seen in their mission statement, Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School is a dynamic and supportive school system that prepares students to meet the challenges of the future by providing a rigorous and relevant education in a safe and secure environment resulting in academic, career, and technical proficiency. Students, who alternate their schedules during the school year, spend one week in academic classes and the next week in carpentry class. This allows for a wonderful hands on learning experience.
Assabet’s Carpentry program is facilitated by Bill Italiano and Jon Brown who supervise on campus projects and Wayne Coulson, who coordinates the school’s off-campus construction program. Off-Campus projects allow Assabet’s Junior and Senior students to work within their community on projects that include new construction and renovation projects for non-profits and municipalities as well as a Residential Building Program for qualified applicants. Assabet’s carpentry program prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to layout, cut, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures using hand and power tools. This program includes instruction in technical mathematics, framing, construction material identification and selection, job estimating, blueprint reading, foundations and roughing-in, finish carpentry techniques, and applicable codes and standards. You can learn more about Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School and the phenomenal programs they offer by clicking here.
Our Downeast Tiny House Project is made possible by all of our generous donors, sponsors, and partners. The house is completely funded by private sponsors and local businesses who are giving back to their community. If you would like to make a difference by contributing to this project please contact Scott Shaw with the Maine Seacoast Mission.
