Registration Begins Friday, August 8, 2025
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Registration Begins Friday, August 8, 2025
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.
Come and turn a square block of wood into a beautiful (and round) pen! Learn More and Register
Duration: One Session
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org, Albert Wang, awang@pausd.org, and Aaron Straight, astraight@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
Duration: One Session
Date range: Sep 12
Day(s) of the week: Fri
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
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
Duration: Two Sessions: Oct 4-Oct 5
Day(s) of the week: Sat & Sun
Time: 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Build on your Woodturning 1 skills and learn the basics of turning wooden bowls. Learn More
Duration: Four Sessions
Date range: Oct 13 - Oct 24
Day(s) of the week: Mon & Fri
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
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 and Register
Duration: Two Sessions: Nov 17-18 & Nov 20-21
Day(s) of the week: Mon & Tue / Thu & Fri
Time: 6–9 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $140 per session
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
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
This class will introduce woodworkers to the use and maintenance of common hand tools used in fine woodworking. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 9 - Nov 18
(No class: Nov 11.)
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org and Darryl Dieckman, ddieckman@pausd.org
This two-legged table utilizes dovetail joinery for strength and beauty. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 8 - Nov 10
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Marcus Miller, wmmiller2@yahoo.com, and Aaron Straight, astraight@pausd.org
Learn to use handtools such as chisel, plane and saw to augment your skills and refine your projects. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 9 - Nov 18
(No class: Nov 11.)
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Marcus Miller, wmmiller2@yahoo.com, and Aaron Straight, astraight@pausd.org
Come work on your own project, while learning setup and techniques for power tools and hand tools! Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 8 - Nov 10
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 2–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org, Claude Godcharles, cgodcharles@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: Sep 10 - Nov 12
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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