Students Combat the Pandemic by Building Outdoor Learning Spaces

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) sought to provide elementary students with outdoor learning spaces.. With COVID-19 mitigation efforts requiring students to wear masks inside the school, giving alternate spaces where appropriate was essential to in-person learning. With assistance from the HCPS Department of Facilities, students and teachers from the Advanced Career Education Centers carpentry programs set up a manufacturing system to produce more than 110 picnic tables. These tables were distributed across the division’s 46 elementary schools to help provide outdoor learning spaces for students and teachers. .