Students at Saskatoon’s E.D. Feehan high school have finished off the year with a unique class project: they built a home.

The school’s construction technology program has been running for years in partnership with the Knights of Columbus and other local businesses.

“Anybody in the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division is allowed to take it from any school,” instructor David Schrader told CTV News.

“I had one student from every single school in our division this semester.”

Schrader said students put hundreds of hours into building the 1,100-square-foot home this year.

“We offer the construction program and we offer the interior finishing program,” he explained. “So two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon every day. So you’re looking at about 400 hours a semester, 800 hours for the build, give or take.”

Ken Jacobi from the Knights of Columbus said they have been focusing on offering clients quality rather than quantity.

“Our first home was not quite like this. They were for other clients that wanted smaller things. But we’ve sort of gravitated towards this 1,000 to 1,500 square foot so there’s more room inside for the students to work and more opportunities to have multiple tasks going on at the same time.”

He said the program was a win-win for students and homebuilders.

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