Culbertson High Students Repair Community Baseball Shed

Industrial arts class takes on 2.5-month project to re-side and repaint aging structure.

Published on Feb. 5, 2026

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Students in the industrial arts program at Culbertson High School in Montana have completed a project to repair the community baseball program's storage shed. The 13 students spent about 2.5 months re-siding and repainting the aging structure, with the biggest challenge being measuring the precise 90 and 45 degree angles of the shed.

Why it matters

The shed repair project provided valuable hands-on learning experience for the high school students, allowing them to apply their industrial arts skills to a real-world community need. It also helped maintain an important piece of infrastructure for the local baseball program.

The details

Under the guidance of their agriculture and industrial arts teacher Khrista Corpron, the Culbertson High students worked to replace the siding and repaint the community baseball program's storage shed. The project took around 2.5 months to complete, with the biggest challenge being precisely measuring the 90 and 45 degree angles of the shed structure.

  • The project began in late 2025 after the school's maintenance worker Andy Ellerkamp noted the shed needed new siding.
  • The 13 students worked on the shed repair project over the course of about 2.5 months.
  • The project was completed in early February 2026.

The players

Khrista Corpron

The agriculture and industrial arts teacher at Culbertson High School who oversaw the shed repair project.

Andy Ellerkamp

A maintenance worker at Culbertson High School who first identified the need to repair the community baseball program's storage shed.

Culbertson High School

The high school in Culbertson, Montana whose industrial arts students completed the shed repair project.

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What they’re saying

“I thought it would be a real good project for the kids to understand angles.”

— Khrista Corpron, Agriculture and Industrial Arts Teacher (northernplainsindependent.com)

“It's done. We're just waiting for them to pick it up.”

— Khrista Corpron, Agriculture and Industrial Arts Teacher (northernplainsindependent.com)

What’s next

The community baseball program is expected to take possession of the repaired shed in the coming weeks before the start of the new season.

The takeaway

This hands-on project allowed Culbertson High's industrial arts students to apply their skills to a real-world community need, while also helping maintain important local sports infrastructure. It's an example of how schools can partner with their communities to provide valuable learning experiences for students.