Pictured is Rotary Club of Fillmore President Anna Reilley presenting program speaker Jared Schieferle with a Rotary mug. Photo credit Martha Richardson.

On September 4, 2024, the Rotary Club of Fillmore program was given by Jared Schieferle, son of school Superintendent Christine Schieferle. He graduated from Fillmore High School in 2020 and had no graduation ceremony because of Covid. He attended Cal Poly in SLO where he studied engineering. Since Cal Poly is about “Learn by Doing”, each student has to do a senior project. His project was to build a structure that would hold up during an earthquake. He and a few friends researched buildings that didn’t hold up and then designed one that would. It was made of cement and steel and was constructed in Poly Canyon alongside projects built over the years. They did everything from drawing the design with details to excavating the site, pouring the concrete and building the steel structure. It took them 14 months to build from start to finish. He has now graduated with an Engineering Degree and will begin his first job this week in San Diego.