North Mason program gets $40K maritime grant

Program helps students gain career skills

March 9, 2023

Courtesy North Mason School District

Students in the maritime program pose for a photo around a boat they built.

North Mason School District's CORE+ Maritime program recently received a $40,000 grant that will help pay for the program's supplies and equipment as it expands from woodworking into metalworking and body shop operations, using lumber, epoxy composites and molded fiberglass.

The grant was provided through the Legislature's allocation for the CORE+ Maritime programs.

Gavin Forseth teaches woodworking and CORE+ Maritime, and is the district's Career and Technical Education Department leader. Lexi Hadfield is the director of both Career and Technical Education and Alternative Learning Experien...

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