Las Vegas Construction Trade High School Welcoming Students This Week
There is a unique new high school opening this year in Las Vegas. The Southern Nevada Trades High School opens its door on August 7. And they’re putting last minute…
There is a unique new high school opening this year in Las Vegas.
The Southern Nevada Trades High School opens its door on August 7. And they're putting last minute touches on the school this week. It will be the first of its kind in Las Vegas. One that focuses solely on teaching students skills for work in the construction industry.
The Southern Nevada Trades High School Principal, Candi Wadsworth, is excited about the upcoming school year. In an interview with Fox5Vegas, Wadsworth said the construction industry offers a lot of great ways to make a living. Noting that plumbers, electricians and construction workers all make great salaries.
A different approach to schooling.
Wadsworth also notes that there is boredom among many kids in our traditional schools in Clark County. She believes giving them a hands-on approach to learning offers students a better way to get through school than sitting in rows taking notes.
In addition to schooling, the Southern Nevada Trades High School is helping graduates find jobs. They're doing this by partnering with locals leaders in the construction industry to get students jobs after graduation. Trades taught will include HVAC, electricity, masonry, and cabinetry.
But the students of the new high school don't get out of taking required classes like math and English. They'll just be building stuff between those courses. This year's curriculum will start with students participating in building a tiny house. Both the school campus and the classes are small. Staff members hope this will build a sense of family with the students.
A construction-focused high school couldn't come at a better time in Las Vegas. Our growth rate is at an unprecedented high. This new school will give our local graduates a head start in securing future jobs in the construction industry.
- Wendy Rush, 96.3 KKLZ
Things We All SHOULD Have Learned In High School
Did we actually learn anything of use in high school? I mean, real life skills?
High school is that place where we are supposed to learn everything we are going to need in life, right? It’s supposed to be the place where we start finding ourselves, and figure out what it is we want to do with the next fifty, or so, years of our lives.
Most high school's curriculum do a decent job with basic math and literacy. But a lot of people graduate high school, and then spend the next several years slowly realizing, "Holy crap - high school left me totally unprepared for real life!"
How do credit cards really work? What does buying a house involve? Down payment, homeowners insurance, property tax - what??? And you still don't know that you can't wash the whites with everything else!
There’s a reason the term “Adulting" has come to be loathed. So many of us leave school and go out into the world, only to discover we were never taught some of the basic life skills that we need, to simply be successful people.
But this goes beyond basic how to's, addition, subtraction, and dangling participles (look it up).
Sometimes you need more than bare-bones training. You need the context, and soft skills that are not found anywhere in textbooks. Very luckily, we live in a world that allows us to somewhat take control of our education, and continued lifelong learning.
Schools have a tall order when it comes to preparing kids for adulthood. These are some basic life skills that we SHOULD be able to fit in somewhere, so that kids have them at least by the time they leave home. But alas - NO.
Here are several things you should’ve learned in high school, but most likely didn’t. Thank god for YouTube - I think you'll like these!
-Carla Rea
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