Other students, under the direction of Vocational Specialist Andrea Taylor, manufacture pendants, earrings, pins, key chains, and picture frames from non-functional motherboards and parts. The students work in groups to remove parts from boards, sort them by color, cut up the denuded boards, and degrease all the pieces. Reclaimed tools and supplies are used whenever possible. Business Experiences Marketing and accounting students get involved in the process, too. They've put together plans and budgets for selling their goods.
Students also make personalized key chains, pins, and picture frames to order.
Purchasers can specify initials or a name and choose preferred colors for parts and boards. Mark Heubauer, a junior at Milwaukie High School and future Eagle Scout, is using Computer Terminators resources to work with Cub Scouts. Achievements The Association of Oregon Recyclers, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation have recognized the Computer Terminators with awards and grants. The school also recycles paper, cardboard, glass, and cans. She's also been able to earmark funds to hire students to work in the store once it reopens.