Construction Academy Students Help Build Hyalite Elementary Ice Rink

Here’s another great experience from last spring that we’re a little late in sharing!

Construction Academy students had the opportunity to get out of the classroom and help with a community project at Hyalite Elementary School. Working alongside Williams Civil, Williams Academy, RDO, and Langlas, students helped prepare the site for a new outdoor ice rink.

The project gave students hands-on experience with surveying, site preparation, and heavy equipment operation. More importantly, they were able to work alongside industry professionals and see how the skills they are learning in the Construction Academy are used on an actual job site.

For many of our students, getting behind the controls of heavy equipment and learning from experienced operators was a highlight of the year. They also got to see that construction is about much more than operating equipment—it takes planning, teamwork, communication, accuracy, and a lot of hard work to take a project from an idea to a finished site.

This project required a significant commitment of time and volunteer hours from everyone involved, but the end result was well worth it: a great real-world learning experience for our high school students and an amazing new ice rink location for the students and families at Hyalite Elementary.

A huge thank you to Williams Civil, Williams Academy, RDO, Langlas, and everyone who volunteered their time, equipment, and expertise to make this project happen. Opportunities like this are exactly what the Construction Academy is about--students learning by doing while making a difference in their own community.