Registration Begins Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
Registration Begins Friday, Feb. 20, 2026
Join the Palo Alto Adult School woodworking team and create your dream project! Our woodworking classes are designed to address a wide variety of subjects and varying woodworking experience levels.
Fri., Feb. 27. To register, please call (650) 329-3752. Come and turn a square block of wood into a beautiful (and round) pen! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: Feb 27
Day(s) of the week: Fri
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Sat., Mar. 14. To register, please call (650) 329-3752. Come and turn a square block of wood into a beautiful (and round) pen! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: Mar 14
Day(s) of the week: Sat
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
The first class of Woodturning modified into a 3-hour standalone lesson. You will learn basic safety, operating a lathe, and using the spindle roughing gouge to turn a simple rolling pin. Learn More and Register
Duration: One Session
Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Come and turn a square block of wood into a beautiful (and round) pen! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: May 16
Day(s) of the week: Sat
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
For previous students wanting more time at the lathe to practice, repeat a past class project, and/or work on their own project(s) with some instructor supervision. Learn More
Duration: Two Sessions
Date range: May 30 - May 31
Day(s) of the week: Sat & Sun
Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $140
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Build on your Woodturning 1 skills and learn the basics of turning wooden bowls. Learn More and Register
Duration: Two Sessions
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
(Woodturning: Introduction to Spindles class will return in Fall 2026.) Come and learn how to combine sharp metal tools with spinning wood on the lathe to create a mess of wood shavings and a few practical projects! Learn More
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Develop woodworking skills while building a blanket chest from rough wood using power tools. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Mar 24 - Jun 9
(No class: Apr 7 & May 19.)
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Anitra Romfh, Padriac Romfh, and Marcus Miller, wmmiller2@yahoo.com
Develop woodworking skills while building a table from rough wood using power tools. Learn More and Register
Duration: 10 wks
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300 each section
Instructor: SECTION A: Sean McCluskey, sean94118@gmail.com, and Derek Witte, dwitte@pausd.org; SECTION B: Rayan Ghazal, rghazal@pausd.org, Alex Granieri, agranieri@pausd.org, and Marty Lastowski, mlastowski@pausd.org; SECTION C: Nicholas Lewin-Koh
Build a tabletop workbench, including a laminated top for stability, a Moxon vise for cutting joinery into the ends of boards, a planning stop for finishing your material and various other doohickeys and doodads for Woodworking on the go. Learn More
Duration: 8 wks
Date range: Mar 31 - Jun 2
(No class: Apr 7 & May 19.)
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $255
Instructor: Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org, and Derek Witte, dwitte@pausd.org
This project offers you ample opportunity to increase your skills while honing and refining techniques learned from Woodworking 1. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Mar 30 - Jun 15
(No class: Apr 6 & May 25.)
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Aaron Straight, astraight@pausd.org and Marcus Miller, wmmiller2@yahoo.com
Come work on your own project, while learning setup and techniques for power tools and hand tools! Learn More
Duration: 9 wks
Date range: Mar 23 - Jun 1
(No class: Apr 6 & May 25.)
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 2–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $270
Instructor: Claude Godcharles, cgodcharles@pausd.org, and Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org
Work at your own pace with access to instruction, equipment and advice when you need it. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Mar 25 - Jun 3
(No class: Apr 8.)
Day(s) of the week: Wed
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Rayan Ghazal, rghazal@pausd.org, and Sharad Patel, spatel@pausd.org
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