School isn’t just about learning about things students need later in their own selfish lives. Some San Luis Obispo High School students are involved in projects that benefit the San Luis Obispo community. 

  A metal installation designed by students in Industrial technology teacher Tim Fay’s Engineering class is being put up near a car dealership on Highway 101.  Fay’s students designed it last year, and it’s being built this year. 

  “We’re building a kinetic, moving, sculpture for the San Luis Obispo people,” said Fay. 

  Fay is the head of this project, accompanied by Max Threlkel, Leo Maksoudian, and other students from Engineering Club, Engineering and Drawing Design class, and Metal class.  

  “We were trying to create a weathervane that changed designs, but with the resources we had we couldn’t do anything too extreme. Instead we are just doing a regular weathervane,” said Junior Max Threlkel, who helped design the project. 

  Currently, the project is being reviewed by the engineer and the city, but the process of putting it up should start promptly. Fay said that he is also excited to be able to drive by and see the project his students made.

  “I am so pumped, because one day when I’m driving by it I can tell my son that I built that when I was younger because it will be up for a while. Everyone that works on it gets their name on it too,” said sophomore Leo Maksoudian, who is helping build the art installation.

  This project will be able to be seen by anyone who drives by, promoting SLOHS and our engineering classes. Whether they’re working on the project themselves or admiring, students are excited for the art to go up soon.