Canadian High Schools Have Home Building on the Curriculum

Instead of home ec or shop class, students at Calgary’s Jack James High School can build a real home, the Calgary Herald reports.

The school partners with local home builder Homes by Avi, and students build the main floor of a home onsite at the school. At the end of the year, Homes by Avi takes the house, moves it to a new community, builds the top floor and sells it. Proceeds go to the school program.

Similarly, McKee Homes in Airdrie, Alberta, works with local 10^th graders, teaching them how to build a home over the course of a year. The program is a bit different, though: students take core classes like math and chemistry onsite in one of the home’s retrofitted garages.

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