- Home »
- The Boat Shop
The Boat Shop
Students at BCMS are afforded the opportunity for a hands-on learning experience. Read on to learn about some of the groups that have enjoyed our boat building projects.
Sarah A. Reed Children’s Center
Students from the Sarah A. Reed Children’s Center are entering their eleventh year of programming at BCMS. The boat shop is a perfect platform for learning basic shop skills while developing social skills, working as a team, and building their self-confidence. The kids recently completed a canoe which they presented to Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper at the Great Lakes Primary and Secondary Education Conference held on May 11-12, 2009.
The Honorable Kathy Dahlkmemper, US House of Representatives, accepts a canoe built in the BCMS Boat Shop by students from the Sarah Reed Children's Center.
Boy Scouts of America—Sea Scout Ship #2
BCMS has a charter with the Boy Scouts of America to operate Sea Scout Troop: Ship #2, the first Sea Scout activity in Erie since the mid-1950s. The Scouts learned the basics of sailing last summer and are eager to improve their skills and gain valuable experience on Presque Isle Bay this summer. The restoration of a 34' cedar-and-canvas Old Town war canoe has served as a winter boat shop project. The Scouts became quite skilled at navigating on our Maritime Training Simulator, several of them, taking the instructor's helm and creating scenarios for other students.
The Sea Scouts recently met the National Sea Scout, Boy Scouts of America Representative to MARAD, Marc Deglinnocenti. He was very impressed with the group and has offered his assistance in obtaining funding to support Ship 2. They will have an opportunity to attend the national conference, Safety@Sea, to be held in San Francisco in September.
If you are interested in joining the Sea Scouts contact Skipper John Hallenburg at jhallenburg@heiengr.com.
Old Town Watershed War Canoe Project