PERRYSBURG - During this past school year, 145 high school students at Penta Career Center have been constructing a 2,600-square-foot house as part of their career training.
The house is being constructed for the Visser family and is located at 423 Hillside Drive in Rossford.  It will be open to the public on Sunday,  from 1 to 4 p.m. Parking will not be available on Hillside Drive. Visitors are asked to park at Rossford's Eagle Point Elementary School, 203 Eagle Point Road, where a shuttle bus will run every 15 minutes.
"Each year, our students construct a house as part of their senior class project," says David Ziemke, supervisor of the construction trades programs at Penta. "Students in our construction trades programs build houses to gain valuable hands-on experience in residential home construction."
The house has two stories, four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. Special features include a finished walkout basement, a wood-burning fireplace, a brick and stone exterior and a large rear deck.
 

Students in Penta's Construction Carpentry, Masonry, Electricity and HVACR/Piping Systems Technology programs worked on some aspect of the home construction projects. Penta instructors Larry Bumpus, Rob Weaver, Tim Blanchard, Denny Hoeft, Pat Luther, Mike Hardenbrook, Dennis Zalinski, Mike Urbine, and Matt Hemker worked with the students throughout the school year to complete the house.
Students at Penta build at least one house each school year. The home building project is part of the high school curriculum in the Construction Trades programs. For more information about applying for a Penta-built home, contact Ziemke at (419) 666-1120 Ext. 6358. Potential home building projects must be located within a 10 to 15 minute driving distance of the Penta campus. In addition a potential project must be located within one of Penta's member school districts.