Sedro-Woolley High School is one of the few schools in Skagit Valley to still have a welding program, Tracy Manno was the previous welding teacher at Sedro- Woolley High School and worked as the welding teacher for a little over two years, and has now retired from the welding program to work in a new position at Sedro-Woolley high school this year. 

    Danny Goss came in as the new welding teacher for Sedro-Woolley High School, and the first five weeks of school have gone by extremely fast as Goss says,

   “The first five weeks have been great for me it’s flown by,” The class spent the first three weeks doing safety quizzes and tasks and learned about different tools in the shop. “So far it’s going great, and I’m having a blast and loving it.” said Goss.

   Goss is still learning the names of students, getting to know the school system, and getting comfortable in the new welding space. Before being a welding teacher here at SWHS, Goss worked at the Dakota Creek Shipyard for ten years. He also worked as a welder for Janicki Industries for another five years and has a lot more background knowledge and experience when it comes to welding. 

   He feels as if the time has flown by but is loving being a welding teacher here at SWHS. Students so far have loved working and learning welding with Goss.

   “Mr. Goss, he is one of my favorite teachers, I like his teaching style,” said Mason Requa, a junior at SWHS. “He will take a weld and show you how to do it, if you don’t know how and he will visually show you then watch you do it and tell you your mistakes, and I’ve actually learned a lot from him.

   Students feel as if Goss has been more than a teacher as he works alongside them, explaining and working through mistakes while leaving room for students to grow.