School board tours new high school building

High tech, enhanced athletic facilities among highlights

New Forks High classroom

Chris Cook – Forks Forum photo 

Quillayute Valley School District board members and QVSD Superintendent Diana Reaume toured the new addition to Forks High School on Tuesday evening, Jan. 10. Here the group watches a demonstration of the networked digital capabilities of the new high school classrooms as provided by history teacher Ken Vansickle (see photo below). 

Ken Vansickle

Chris Cook – Forks Forum photo

Forks High School history teacher Ken Vansickle demonstrates for QVSD board members how his classroom’s smart board works by drawing with a special marker on the device’s screen over a digital image.

New auxiliary  gym

 

     Chris Cook – Forks Forum photo

In addition to new classrooms, a practice area for wrestlers, baseball and fast pitch and other high school sports was constructed adjacent to the Spartan Gym. A metal frame attache to the ceiling (left top) will hold a net for baseball practice.