Mr. Gammel, the Latin teacher at Alcovy High School, is the main reason our boys attended public high school in Georgia. Mr. Gammel changed our public school experience to a positive one and more than made up for all the short-comings that our family would wade through at the local high school.
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Well, Mr. Gammel is leaving our school and he will be sorely missed.
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Charles Gammel set the bar high. His students strive to reach the goals set for them and he grew the Latin club to the level of state-wide notoriety in only 6 years. Impressive to say the least.
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The students met at Tavas Greek Pizza House to bid Mr. Gammel farewell and wish him luck in his future endeavors. Jansen only had two days to make a gift for Mr. Gammel, so he pulled out the blacksmith's forge and worked straight through in his spare time to have it finished before the dinner.
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The previous post shows him working on the blade of the cable knife with the furnace. Here he is forming the handle from a block of poplar.
The blade. This is a knife made from a piece of cable. He wanted to leave an area where the strands of cable could be seen to add character to the blade.
Working on the handle.
Finishing the handle with teak oil.
Jansen gave Mr. Gammel a brick as a gift for Christmas this year, so he placed the knife in a cinder block this time. A cinder block is the gift that just keeps on giving..... Needless to say, the gift was much appreciated and all memories of the near decapitation by Jansen's trebuchet were promptly forgotten. :>)
Thanks is not enough to express how much we appreciate all that Mr. Gammel has done for our community. Best of luck to you and your family on your next adventure!
The Lindners
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