Metalshop and coding introduced at St. John-Endicott

ST. JOHN – The St. John Endicott Schools are awaiting the arrival of new metalshop gear and have a new coding program for middle schoolers.

According to the St. John Endicott September newsletter Middle School Science Teacher Michael Maloney has been continually working to increase participating and interest in the Metalshop elective class.

The passing of the Endicott levy made it possible to support the class and purchase two new welders to replace ones that had issues.

The students welded new carts for the welders and are putting skills to work improving the school.

Middle School Social Studies, History and Physical Education Teacher Jerek West also is the volunteer coding teacher and investigated options to the Code.org program used for state-required coding classes in the past.

West chose the Hello World Computer Science Program which gives access to up to 50 students which has an online management software designed for hands-on, personalized, and project based computer science learning.

Courses provided include Virtual Reality, Data Science and AI, Hacking Minecraft, Web Development and more.

The program has a one-year subscription and the school was able to purchase a VR headset with funds donated to the Endicott School District by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratory in Pullman.

“We cannot thank the SEL team enough for believing in the continued support of our Middle School electives programs,” states the St. John Endicott September newsletter. “We do our best to keep up with current standards and this grant allowed us to upgrade our investment in student learning opportunities.”