Carroll students roll up their sleeves over spring break
Comet staff report

Spring break work trip A group of Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School students went to Louisiana over spring break to work on houses for victims of hurricane Katrina. The students are pictured above, along with the adults who accompanied them: Front row, l-r - Tom Hedde, Billie Hedde, Kris Seward, Carissa Hicks, Aurora Shands, Kelsie Thornburg, Katrina Robeson, Melanie Cox, Kierstyn Harper, Sammy Meeks, Leann Hazelgrove. Back - Todd Johnson, John Collins, Corey Johnson, Stefan Bartel, C.J. Grace, Lyle LaBeau, Aaron Beaver, Seth Deurloo, Drew Ayres, Tyler Sausaman. Photo provided

A group of Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School students and five adults went to Covington, La., over spring break to do construction work on houses for victims of hurricane Katrina.

They worked on four houses, all on the same street. The Carroll group split up and worked on several different tasks in new construction. They put up siding, did roofing, and other miscellaneous work.

"None of the houses we were working on actually got finished while we were down there, but we got a lot of work done," said teacher Tyler Sausaman.

Roofing Carroll students (left to right) Drew Ayres, Kierstyn Harper, Sammy Meeks, Seth Deurloo, and Melanie Cox roof a house in Louisiana over spring break. Photo provided

The group went under the sponsorship of Carroll County Habitat for Humanity. There were completed Habitat houses on the same street.

"Everyone had a great time, and most of the students want to do more work through Habitat in the future," Sausaman said.

Habitat siding Leann Hazelgrove (lower left) waits for Kelsie Thornburg to cut a piece of siding for a house in Louisiana. Photo provided