Colt Elementary and MFHS to team up on soapbox project
Chase Liscum, a Colt Elementary fourth-grader last year, speeds down Manzano Mile last May in the traditional end-of-year soapbox race.
By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula
Colt Elementary fourth-graders and Marble Falls High School (MFHS) construction trades students will be teaming up this year on a Colt tradition: the year-end soapbox race. May 20 will mark at least the 6th year Colt students will race down 688 feet of Manzano Mile near the school.
Previously, school employees, parents and community members were the primary sources of help on the annual project.
Sponsorships and donations are still needed, but several Marble Falls businesses already have contributed to the project. Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials donated all the lumber, and Ford & Crew Home and Hardware contributed all the hardware.
The school still needs sponsors to buy wheels, steel axels and paint. Sponsors also are needed to help fund T-shirts, either by providing shirts or donating money for the school to purchase some.
Of course, it’s for an educational cause because tons of lessons are ready to be learned.
“They’ll get a handle on real-life math concepts, science, engineering, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, creativity, art, advertising and many more,” said Cari Orts, Colt Elementary instructional technologist.
For more on this story, see The Highlander on Friday, Feb. 19.
More information about sponsorships and the event is available on a video at www.mfce.marblefallsisd.org. To help by sponsoring a car or donating, call Cari Orts at the Colt Elementary: 830-693-3474, or email her: CPOrts@mfisd.txed.net.
