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Carpentry Math: Program gives kids hands-on math project

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A group of Cincinnati veterans were presented Monday, May 23, with some very special gifts thanks to a unique middle school math program. The vets got some cool, custom made benches and the kids got some very hands on lessons about numbers. The seventh grade students from Woodward delivered their woodwork to the Joseph House in Over-The-Rhine Monday afternoon. The benches were created in a first time class called "carpentry math." It's designed to teach kids that measuring, ratios, proportions, angles and fractions are all things that can be applied to real life jobs. Math teacher Megan Fennema said, "Using a protractor, measuring angles, supplementary angles; so by then saying, 'OK, here's the math we learned and applying it to measuring, cutting angles, on the chop saw,' that sort of skills put this math to life." Joseph House is a program that helps veterans overcome homelessness and dependencies. The new seats were much appreciated by guys like maintenance manager and graduate, Randy Stephens. He told Local 12 News the bench project was, "Very encouraging...It's great...Lot of gratitude." The lead instructor for the course was union carpenter Michelle Stallings. She said being a lady carpenter was indeed a little different. "We have to learn adjust our body weight with the materials that we carry. That's the only difference. You may do things a little bit more masculine that me and I may be a little bit more dainty," said Stallings. The class was the brain child of Anne Mitchell. She runs summer projects that train inner city kids for construction jobs. She explained, 'This is how things actually happen but it all takes measuring. I always tell them, measure twice cut once, lefty loosy righty tighty because hey, it's math but it's also common sense and you've got to do it." Jewel Hawkins comes from a construction family and said, "I love to do construction. It's fun." Starting June 6, at Community Matters in Price Hill, Anne Mitchell's student builders will once again be honing their summer skills. Their three week "build" will provide a shed for the agency.