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Evergreen Academy partners with Marengo High School to provide hands-on learning

H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com Evergreen Academy students Dylan Staggs of Spring Grove (from left) and Henry Koehl of Ringwood, and Marengo High School technical education teacher Carrie Martin of Harvard, prepare a project on a plasma cutting tool Feb. 21. Evergreen Academy, an alternative school in Union, is sending students to Marengo High School for one hour each day for job skills and training, including 3-D printing and robotics. The new program was funded by an Illinois pilot grant. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com Evergreen Academy students Dylan Staggs of Spring Grove (from left) and Henry Koehl of Ringwood, and Marengo High School technical education teacher Carrie Martin of Harvard, prepare a project on a plasma cutting tool Feb. 21. Evergreen Academy, an alternative school in Union, is sending students to Marengo High School for one hour each day for job skills and training, including 3-D printing and robotics. The new program was funded by an Illinois pilot grant. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Evergreen Academy students Dylan Staggs (left) of Spring Grove and Henry Koehl of Ringwood use a grinder Feb. 21 to smooth edges of a laser cut project at Marengo High School. Students from the alternative school in Union are spending an hour each day taking job skills and training, including 3-D printing and robotics. The new program was funded by an Illinois pilot grant. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com Evergreen Academy student Henry Koehl of Ringwood checks the connections on his robot project Feb. 21 during a class at Marengo High School. Evergreen Academy, an alternative school in Union, is sending students to the high school for one hour each day for job skills and training, including 3-D printing and robotics. The new program was funded by an Illinois pilot grant. (H. Rick Bamman)

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Evergreen Academy Director Byron Stingily. (H. Rick Bamman)