Drafting Design/CAD is a course in which students learn the basic concepts of scale drawings and orthographic projections by making simple two-dimensional and Isometric drawings using manual drafting tools and computer-aided drafting (CAD) systems.  This course will enable students to make the transition into CAD software where they can make increasingly sophisticated drawings.  Students work in teams on projects to create a complete set of construction and assembly drawings for a mechanical and/or architectural products.

Student may transfer credits from these class to several Tennessee Post-Secondary educational institutes through articulation agreements.

The mission of the project is to provide a safe play area for visiting children to the school campus. We have approximately 400 student athletes at our school and most have siblings that come with parents to the athletic events. The playground will give these children a safe place to play while wait for the athletic events to start. There are two surrounding subdivisions that currently have no playground close. This playground would give the small children of those developments a safe place to play also.

When:  Saturday, May 9, 2009

Time:   10:00 a.m. until  2:00 p.m.

Place:   Cordova H.S. campus between tennis court and soccer field.

What will we do?

Landscape:  Work along with CHS's Environmental Science class to plant trees and shrubbery.  Will also put done a walkway. Teacher Mr. Gray

Install Furniture:  Locate picnic tables and park benches built by CHS's carpentry classes. Teacher - Mr. Nance

Install Swing Set:  Work along with CHS's Design Drafting/CAD classes to locate, clear area and install commercial swing set.

 Playground Rendering

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