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High
School A Three Chapter Video Adventure Video by Gary Olsen for the 2002-2003 School Year High School House Project. Would you buy a house built by high school students? It would be the smartest buy you ever made. You will never find another house with as much attention to detail and quality workmanship as has gone into this gorgeous home at 2457 Wheatland Drive. And it's going to take a serious home loan to own it.
The project involves high school students with an interest in all facets of construction, from carpentry and masonry to heating and cooling. These students are under the direction of high school instructor, Larry Cording, from Senior High. There are 11 students on his team. There are also nine Interior Design students from three participating high schools involved in the project under the direction of Senior High's Janet Mozena. Mrs. Mozena helped write the entire high school house curriculum with another teacher, Jim Henning, 10 years ago. On this, our last visit to the house with a film crew, all the students are working feverishly to get everything finished for the three days of open house events. Furniture must be moved in, painting is still incomplete, closet hardware must be installed (a lot harder than it looks), and general cleanup must take place to move debris to the landfill. Interesting to note: of the 11 students on the construction team, nine have applied for scholarships to the Dubuque Board of Realtors who offers scholarships to such students. At least one of the students told us he wants to be an architect, and he thought the High School House Project would be valuable to him He hopes to be a designer of homes someday. Several of the students on the decorating and interior design team said they are now going to pursue careers in design, and will seek continued education to help realize their goals.
This is almost as good as "Trading Spaces" or "While Your Were Out" on The Learning Channel. How much will this house go for on the market? Easily it's a quarter million dollar showplace in a subdivision filling with beautiful quality-built homes. Interesting to note, this is the second year we've done a video feature on the project. Last year, a school principal in Dubuque saw the video for last year's house, was intrigued by what she saw, and drove over to closely inspect and ultimately purchase the house. The power of the World Wide Web! Meanwhile, want to see last year's house? Click here. What we said about the house back in November 2002
The house has several wonderful features including a double-door garage that is large enough to hold almost three vehicles. So, if you have a motorcycle, boat, or small camper, you can park it ahead of one of your cars. Plus there's high speed Internet cable and data ports throughout the house. Hardwood floors in the living and dining areas are beautiful as well as popular with home buyers these days. Typically, the home sells in this market for over $200,000, and last year's home, featured on this Web site, motivated the principal from Kennedy Elementary to purchase that home. "I just love it," says Susan Meehan, who told us she saw the video we did last year, and she became curious. She quickly drove over to see the house, and she was sold.
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pring
is in the air but so is torrential rain as we film the last installment
of High School House 2003. If you recall, our first adventure filmed
last fall featured the frame-up and roof installation of our house
on 2457 Wheatland Road on the west edge of Dubuque (off Asbury Rd.).
Our second chapter was filmed in March when the walls were covered
and the interior woodworking was being finished for installation.
Finally, almost a year later, the house is nearly finished and ready
to show the public. 
ubuque
high school students from Senior, Hempstead, and Wahlert, participate
in the annual High School House Project. This year the house is
being constructed in a new subdivision between the town of Asbury
and Kennedy Road (behind Dennis Kitchen Funeral Home). 
We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download
and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio
files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an
excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just
Of
the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional
player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia
files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also
free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating
system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want
to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system
like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.
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