PHOTOS: Senior welders sign out from Jefferson High
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Joshua Murdock
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Three Jefferson High School seniors in Dave Heimann’s welding class will leave a lasting and long-needed mark on their alma mater long after graduation later this month. After hours of design and labor, the large building at the south end of Boulder’s Main Street finally has a sign denoting that it is, in fact, Jefferson High School.Â
Jeyden Sullivan, Riley Stock and Luke Jackson designed the sign with Heimann and used a plasma cutter to carve their design of a panther, mountains, the American flag and the school’s name and logo into metal sheets, which were then welded onto a frame of steel tubing. Copper-colored backing sits between the sign faces.Â
The students, Heimann and senior Wade Rykal installed the sign outside the school on May 5.
Luke Jackson mixes concrete outside Jefferson High School on May 5 in preparation to shovel it around the base of a sign he and other welding students made for the school.
From left: Jeyden Sullivan, Riley Stock and Luke Jackson mix concrete on May 5 during the installation of a sign they made for Jefferson High School.Â
Riley Stock wipes excess concrete off of the base of a sign he and two other Jefferson High School seniors made for the school, during installation of the sign on May 5.Â
Luke Jackson shovels concrete around the base of a sign he and two other Jefferson High School students made for the school, during installation of the sign on May 5.Â
From top: Jeyden Sullivan, Riley Stock, Luke Jackson and their teacher, Dave Heimann, affix sign faces to a sign the students designed, during install of the sign at Jefferson High School on May 5.
Riley Stock applies a final coat of paint to a sign face before it's mounted on a sign he and two other Jefferson High School students made for the school, during installation of the sign on May 5.Â
Jefferson High School students Jeyden Sullivan (front left) and Riley Stock (front right) watch as Wade Rykal (left), Luke Jackson (center) and teacher Dave Heimann (right) install a sign face onto a sign that the students made for the school, during sign installation on May 5.Â
A detail of the sign made by Jefferson High School students Jeyden Sullivan, Riley Stock and Luke Jackson. Â
Luke Jackson tightens a small bolt affixing a sign face to a sign he and two other students made for Jefferson High School, during installation on May 5.Â
From left: Luke Jackson, Jeyden Sullivan and Riley Stock stand next to a sign they designed, constructed and installed at Jefferson High School on May 5.Â
Joshua Murdock
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