Board by board, these First Nations students are building futures with a new carpentry program – CBC
May 21st, 2024
‘We want them to have everything they need to succeed in this world’
In a carpentry workshop at a private school near Maskwacis, Alta., Kascey Crier puts the finishing touches on a black skateboard she has built herself.
The words “Skateboarding is not a crime” are spelled out in block letters across the bottom of the board.
“It’s probably the first year I’m actually excited about school,” Crier, 16, said in an interview last week. “There’s a reason for it now.”
Carpentry is helping Crier and other high school students carve out new paths for themselves at Mamawi Atosketan, a K-12 Seventh-day Adventist school that serves First Nations students.
The private school is in central Alberta’s Ponoka County, about nine kilometres southwest of Maskwacis.
The optional dual-credit carpentry program recently launched at Mamawi Atosketan allows students to earn a year toward their professional carpentry designation before graduation.
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