Fishburn students look forward to their visits as demonstrated by the cheers heard as volunteers enter the classrooms. Mr. Ray Plate, General Manager of three Inland Container plant locations in Southern California, takes time from his busy schedule to conduct lessons weekly in two of our classrooms. Special Projects - Inland Container's design team donates their time to support our curriculum and special events. If you were to tour our classrooms and common areas, you might see a space shuttle, a space capsule, covered wagons, dinosaurs, houses, a hospital and various geometric shapes - all made out of corrugated packaging materials. Students have had the opportunity to design their own boxes, requiring work with measurement, shape, dimension, and an analysis of function.
Students feel a real sense of accomplishment when their designs are made into actual containers.
Earthquake Preparedness - Inland Container has provided to every classroom custom designed boxes to contain food and other emergency preparedness items, such as solar blankets which Inland Container purchased for the entire student body. This year, another 12 classes will do the same. Inland Container has hosted and attended a Fishburn staff meeting on its premises and will do so again this year. Our thanks to Inland Container and its caring employees who are such fine role models for our students. Go Back to front page .