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Several Mission school district campuses will be receiving little libraries ready to be set up not just for students to use, but also for community members — all possible due to the work of high schoolers from the district.
“We were asked if we’d be willing to build some little library projects for the different Mission CISD schools and were excited to take the opportunity to do this community service project,” Mission High School agriculture and construction teacher Benito Garza said in the release. “Throughout this project, the students were also able to get a lot of hands-on practice in using the different tools in the shop.”
Garza coordinated with the district’s Director for Instructional Technology and Library Services Marissa Saenz for the creation of the little libraries, the release stated.
As a result of the project, construction students from Mission High School gained woodworking skills. According to Jamie Calderon, a senior at the school, the students set up what resembled an assembly line.
“We’ve set up somewhat of an assembly line here in the shop,” Calderon said in the release. “My job is to measure out the plywood and cut it down to size. Once they are ready, the pieces move on to the next station where they get added to the roof of the libraries.”
Although the libraries have been built, the release stated that they still need to be painted and decorated before they’re installed in a safe location outside campuses’ so they also serve as a community library.
“These little libraries are built with a door on the front where the students can access the books that they like on the inside, and they can also leave books that other students may want,” Calderon said. “The idea is an honor system where students take a book and leave a book once they have finished reading it.”
While the release didn’t specify which schools will be receiving a little library, the district did say that they will be arriving over the next two weeks during campuses’ testing schedules.
“What I enjoy the most is seeing the students’ reactions once they have completed a project,” Garza said. “They feel very proud of themselves and want people to see the work they built and accomplished.”
