Kouttron’s Eagle Scout Project a Winner for Woodhull
It was just like any other day. Huntington High School senior Anthony Kouttron was sitting in his mother’s car in front of Woodhull Intermediate School waiting for his younger brother Thomas to come out for the ride home. Then an idea popped into his mind.
Around the same time, Mr. Kouttron, who attended Woodhull for three years, had been kicking around potential Eagle Scout Award projects. The experience of sitting in the car and the project that needed to be completed to attain the coveted Boy Scout honor came together nicely.
“I felt that there was a better alternative than waiting in one’s car or in a crowded cafeteria for one’s children to be dismissed,” Mr. Kouttron said. “I decided that adding benches to the cafeteria exit where the students were dismissed would be the most suitable solution to this problem and would benefit both parents and students alike.”
After deciding last June which project to tackle, Mr. Kouttron ran the idea past then Woodhull School Principal Kenneth Card, who endorsed it. Since then, Woodhull’s new Principal Jarrett Stein has embraced it, too.
Mr. Kouttron’s fellow Troop 206 members helped him build and install the benches, and work on the paver foundation. He received “generous donations” from County Line Hardware, Aboffs and County Line Masonry and assistance from the Huntington School District’s buildings and grounds department. The combination of help made the Eagle Scout project possible.
“My troop worked diligently in my father’s garage over three weekends in October cutting, assembling and staining the benches,” Mr. Kouttron said. “Over the Thanksgiving school break, we worked as a team laboring through Wednesday, on Thanksgiving Day and then Saturday to install the pavers, benches and cobblestones, so as not to interfere with Woodhull's daily activities.”
The sitting area has become an instant hit, even during these cold weeks of winter. When spring rolls around it is sure to become even more popular.
Mr. Kouttron plans to study electrical and computer engineering in colle
ge. Ultimately, he would like to work in research and development at a major semiconductor company, designing microprocessor architecture. “After working at one of these companies, I plan to pioneer my own semiconductor company and change the semiconductor industry as we know it,” he said.
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