Photo from Oakley Van Oss / Summit High School For Summit High School teacher Oakley Van Oss, education is about giving students the tools to improve the world around them — literally. In his construction technology and welding classes, Van Oss lets students take reins on various hands-on projects. “To give kids the opportunity to have their first experience creating projects and fabricating, I feel like is just giving them this lifelong potential of making their own personal space and their own world better,” Van Oss said. “They can solve problems, fix things and create things, which...