RCC Carpentry Class To Build One-Room Schoolhouse For Homebuilders Assn.

ASHEBORO, N.C.--Students in Randolph Community College's "Carpentry: Playhouse" class this fall will have the chance to work on a slice of history--a one-room school house. The project is a collaborative effort between RCC and the Asheboro/Randolph Home Builders' Association. An associate of the Home Builders' Association will teach each segment of the class, which will be held on the Asheboro Campus.

Bob Armfield, lead instructor, said the designer of this year's playhouse is Travis Mitchell of Eastern Randolph High School. Mitchell was the winner of a drafting contest sponsored by the Home Builders' Association. This is the third year that RCC has been involved in building the playhouse, which has been a fund-raising project for the Home Builders' Association for around 30 years. The first year, RCC students built a soda shop playhouse, and last year, a houseboat was constructed. The Association will sell tickets for chances to win the playhouse.

Students in this fundamentals of carpentry class will construct the playhouse using the same building construction techniques required in building a home. Instruction includes flooring, framing, roofing, interior and exterior finish, electrical, plumbing, and finish work. Armfield said the design is more traditional this year, utilizing tongue and groove boards, window framing, and working with trusses.

Registration for the class (#0303530) is still open. No prior carpentry experience is needed. It will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Aug. 5 - Sept. 30. Cost is $60 plus $1.25 for accident insurance and a $5 supply fee. Call today to preregister, (336) 633-0267 in Asheboro or (336) 862-7980 in Archdale.