Lampasas High School Construction Trades

Lampasas High School Construction Trades We are building skills for students to leave high school with a trade that they can be proud of.

Back at it this year… cleaning, organizing, rearranging shop work stations to maximize space for the different classes w...
09/02/2026

Back at it this year… cleaning, organizing, rearranging shop work stations to maximize space for the different classes we offer.

Work in progress. We have had tools that were set aside and used sparingly due to the fact we didn’t a permanent home for them. We are now making homes for them.

We are introducing a Mill & Cabinet course this year. Students are going to get introduced to many new skills. Their first tasks include building shop furniture because every woodworker knows that the first thing they did was build workbenches and workstations.

Our program course list includes:

Principles of Construction— introduction to tools, small project oriented

Construction Technology I— applying skills already know, learning new skills to build tiny homes

Mill & Cabinetry— introduction to skills for cabinets and furniture building

**Construction Tech II** Advance skills learned in Construction Tech I. We had to put this class on hold this year due to the number of new students entering the program last year. The last 3 years, we only had one section of Construction Tech I, but this year, we have 2 full classes. We were able to restructure and still accommodate all the students coming back to the program.

We have the most students we ever had in the LISD program. Our middle school also has a few classes that feeds into our program. Great things are happening there.

We couldn’t do everything without the support of our district and the commmunity.

Lampasas ISD Career and Technical Education Creating Badger Builders

1st week down…Covering safety, Stop the Bleed, and other first aid this week.Next week, OSHA! For those who have not hea...
08/22/2026

1st week down…

Covering safety, Stop the Bleed, and other first aid this week.

Next week, OSHA!

For those who have not heard, we are officially partnering up with Lamar State College-Orange for dual credit courses. Students, beginning this year, will have a chance to earn up to 18 credit hours in construction. This amazing opportunity is free for the students in the program.

What a great weekend! I want to thank all those who showed up and help, cooked and judged. We had some soldiers from Ft ...
07/26/2026

What a great weekend! I want to thank all those who showed up and help, cooked and judged. We had some soldiers from Ft Hood come out, enjoy some amazing food and meet new people.

This bbq cookoff helped to support scholarships for our construction program.

Even though it was July, all considering, the heat could have been a whole lot worse.

I want to thank the Creating Badger Builders for getting this scheduled and ran flawlessly.

A few of the teams who competed. First Class BBQ took grand champion and Hatch’ BBQ took reserve g.c.

We even had a kid that never competed that won the kid’s division. Had 12 kids competing with ribeyes donated by M&M Butcher Block and Deer Processing. These kids all did amazing and would rival most steakhouse steaks.

First Class BBQ LC BBQ Smokin’ Aces BBQ P.S. I love BBQ BIGG E BBQ BeerBod BBQ Twisted D Cookers plus many more

Roof decking is complete… fascia and soffit should be finished tomorrow… hoping the roof will be on by next week…Next we...
04/15/2026

Roof decking is complete… fascia and soffit should be finished tomorrow… hoping the roof will be on by next week…
Next week, windows and siding… hope it’s all done before school is out… we are rocking along pretty well on this house…
3 1/2 weeks left on this house before testing.

2 bedroom, 2 bath … 16x48ft… not your average tiny home…

Lampasas High School Construction Trades
Creating Badger Builders

Rafters are up!  Students working hard… now a week break!Creating Badger BuildersLampasas High School Career and Technic...
03/07/2026

Rafters are up! Students working hard… now a week break!

Creating Badger Builders
Lampasas High School Career and Technical Education

Sheathing going up… and quick…Next roof trusses and decking
02/19/2026

Sheathing going up… and quick…

Next roof trusses and decking

Almost there with the walls… 2bed/2bath… it’s definitely an undertaking.Will update the 2nd home in the next few weeks, ...
02/05/2026

Almost there with the walls… 2bed/2bath… it’s definitely an undertaking.

Will update the 2nd home in the next few weeks, after all the trim work gets done.

2 homes, 2 years… not too shabby.

Creating Badger Builders
Lampasas High School Career and Technical Education

A few big things happening… This new tiny home “El Grande” 2 bedroom, 2 bath 16x48 foot home. Biggest one yet…We stood u...
01/14/2026

A few big things happening…

This new tiny home “El Grande”
2 bedroom, 2 bath 16x48 foot home. Biggest one yet…
We stood up the south wall last week, got the north wall built and stood up today… then build the west wall and had it also stood up today.
Tomorrow, east wall will be going up.
So many things, so many moving parts.

Creating Badger Builders
Lampasas High School Career and Technical Education

Tape and floating of the house has begun… thank you to RLH for their continue dedication to help out our program. This i...
12/31/2025

Tape and floating of the house has begun… thank you to RLH for their continue dedication to help out our program. This is not something you can do within a class period. Once you start, you have to see it to completion and not to a bell.

As the year comes to a close, I look back to all that have donated to the program, either their physical time or monetarily, and want to thank you for your belief in our program. Without y’all, our program would not be where it is.

We are looking at great things to come… welcome 2026!

Creating Badger Builders
Lampasas High School Career and Technical Education
Lampasas High School

BIG “tiny” things are happening… next tiny home is underway… 16x48… this house will be 2bedroom, 2 bath…
12/06/2025

BIG “tiny” things are happening… next tiny home is underway… 16x48… this house will be 2bedroom, 2 bath…

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2716 S. Highway 281
Lampasas, TX
76550

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