Sisters student awarded for home design

Jenny Crofoot, a junior at Sisters High School, won second place in a regional architectural contest that challenged high school students from Central Oregon to design a Habitat for Humanity low-income home.

Brooke Morgan and Rae Anne Harrell of Sisters received an honorable mention for their joint project. Winners were announced on Sunday, June 8 at the Mountain View Mall.

The home design could not exceed 900 square feet, and was to include a 250 square-foot design for a future expansion.

Instructor Jim Reiss used the project as part of the advanced computer-assisted-design course he teaches at Sisters High. Four teams of two students and two teams of individual students from Reiss' class entered the contest.

Reiss had no difficulty explaining why Crofoot's project took second place.

"She was meticulous in detail, and spent countless extra hours working on the project. She created a painting of the house and built a scale model in 1/8" foam board. She also produced an electrical drawing."

Crofoot won a $500 scholarship which she can earmark to the college she chooses to attend. Brooke Morgan, one of the honorable mention recipients, painted her rendition of one side of her project house. The painting was featured on the front page of the The Bulletin on Sunday, June 8 .

First place went to a Mountain View High boys' team of four. They will divide a $1,500 scholarship between them.

The contest was sponsored primarily by Habitat for Humanity and the Central Oregon Builders Association. Forty builders and architects also contributed the prize money.

The three winning projects, as well as one project from each school that was awarded an honorable mention, will be on display at the Mountain View Mall this week.