Mr. Harman, Teacher of Woodshop for decades
Scott Broyles
BHS Journalism

Anyone who has taken a wood shop, welding, automotive, drafting, or any other class that is held in the drafty, leaking, creaking old building known as the shop will know teacher Tom Harman.

Also, anyone who has taken welding or woodshop can tell you that you will be doing plenty of after school work at the shop, and a reminder to everyone of Harman’s dedication to his students. “He keeps me on track and rembers important details o forget.” said Baily Armbrister

Not only does he stay after school until around 5 p.m., he often works for several hours at the shop after the semester ends so students may finish up their needed welds or woodshop project.

Harman first gained an interest in woodworking in high school and sought a career in it, and eventually he came to teach at Baldwin.

“I did it (woodshop) in high school and I enjoyed it in high school, and since there weren’t a lot of jobs at the time, I started teaching,” Harman said. “I was teaching at Basehor-Linwood before this, and I wanted to come to Baldwin because I knew the junior high principal, and she was always telling me how good it was, so I came down here and started teaching.”