VERGENNES UNION MIDDLE School students Taija Fish, left, Kimberly Terry, John Tatlock, Megan Wood, Grace Chamberlain, Korbin Couture, Justin Bernardin and Kelsey Coleman stand with the table they designed and built as part of their alternative education Transition Team class. Classmates not pictured are Morgan DeLorme and Joe Bell.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
VERGENNES — A group of Vergennes Union Middle School students have something a little more substantial than a worksheet to demonstrate all the hard work they’ve put into school this semester. They have a solid wood table, which they designed and built by hand.
The students are thrilled with the attractive piece of furniture.
“The finished product is great. It’s very smooth and it’s good quality,” said eighth-grader Megan Wood, when she discussed the about 6-foot-long oak trestle table during class last Thursday.
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