Building Trades and Construction Technology program just continues to grow.

In fact, the number of students enrolled in construction classes at Bonanza High School has doubled in just two years.

We got the chance to go inside the hands-on program and meet the students who may one day help build your next home, favorite shopping center, or hotel casino.

(Leo Hearn) We started off with just the basics.

You know, using saws, knowing how to use hand tools and power tools, safety.

(Josef Schler) Many haven't used a hammer.

We have to teach them how to swing a hammer appropriately.

And we build all the way up to miter saws, table saws, circular saws.

(Alan Morales) You learn how to pretty much build anything in the construction industry.

We learn also how to do electronics like wiring and all that.

Currently, right now we're building a shed.

-That could also be applied to a bigger scale to make like, a full house almost.

You know, drywall, installation, knowing how to put receptacles in there.

(Marlei Warren) I want to be an architect when I'm older.

So this is a very good opportunity to gain the skills to get into what I want to do.

I'll go through the whole program so I can get into the carpenters union.

And from there, I can work and get my credits and take night school to be, to work up to architect.

(Issael Peredo) You actually get to walk around, build, and do things with their hands, actually get your brain thinking a lot.

-Because not only is this helpful for when you join the workforce, it's also helpful for anything like hobbies or if you need to fix something yourself.

-I teach a lot of math standards.

When we go into roof pitches on our sheds back there, they calculate like special right triangles, like 45-45-90, 30-60-90 triangles.

They calculate-- they know Triangle Sum theorem.

They use Pythagorean theorem.

They use a lot of geometries.

-There's a lot of math, but once you get the hang of it, it's simple.

It's not super complex.

As long as you know how to count and you know how to add, it gets very easy from there.

-There's a margin of error that like, 1/8 of an inch max, but anything over that, the whole structure could be warped and it won't look good or can come down and be structurally just not sound.

-For myself, I also see it as kind of a career as well.

Yeah, with how currently there's new casinos being build, new malls, I learned-- I know that there's one about to be built by Texas casio, so I know for sure they're gonna have a lot of people working on that.

-The way it looks this year with my seniors, it's looking about like 60-80%, somewhere like right around that 70% mark that are going to at least start with construction and, you know, making some money and saving up.

-I am thinking about doing trade school and going into that.

-I mean, I get to teach kids how to find jobs, how to actually work in the construction field and make decent money and not be in debt, yes, I want that really bad.

-If you really are interested in doing something like this, I really suggest taking it and not waiting.

It will really get you somewhere the more you try.

-Bonanza is one of 15 CCSD high schools offering a program just like this one.

What an amazing opportunity to prepare for a possible career.