Boca High students construct models
of Boca historical sites
Source: Boca Raton News, published Sunday, May 7, 2006 by Nicol Jenkins
Some Boca students learned more
about the city they live in. They even built some of its
historical sites.
Through a class project, Boca Raton
Community High School Geometry Honors students were assigned to
construct models of city sites. Some of the models included the
Boca Raton Resort and Club, the Bell Tower, the Boca Inlet and a
futuristic Boca Raton High School. Students first researched the
site, drew a blueprint, and then built a model to scale.
Many students said they gained a
greater knowledge of the city and its leaders.
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"You get to know about where you live," said
15-year-old Christina Hawk, who constructed the Bell Tower. "The Bell
Tower got demolished because of all the things that happened with the
hurricane and they couldn't afford to re-build it."
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Students Andrea Kowanet and Chad Coon agree.
"It's important to know the history of the city you live in," Kowanet
said.
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Ashley Hall constructed Mizner's Dream and
learned about the Boca icon. "Most of the buildings in Boca Raton were
basically designed by Addison Mizner. This is basically his playground,"
Hall said.
A greater insight into how geometry
plays a role in architecture was also gained.
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"I learned that geometry was related to
building and how it forms structures," said freshman Christina Sicuranza,
who made the Old Town Hall. "If you didn't have geometry you wouldn't be
able to build a building."
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Sophomore Aubrey Doyle added, "Our teacher
was basically trying to teach us how geometry relates to real life. She
made us build to scale."
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Doyle, 16, constructed the first Boca
schoolhouse with group member Stephanie Thompson. They learned how
education has evolved since that time.
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"It was only one classroom and the teacher
was only 18 years old. There also was only 18 kids in a classroom and
the school bus was a wagon," Doyle said.
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Thompson may have gained the most knowledge
from the group. She can use what she learned when following her future
career path. "I want to be an architect one day because I like building
models," Thompson said.
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