Waxahachie High School Receives Honorary Membership
The Dallas BA continued its outreach to area high school vocational programs on April 23 thanks to Altura Homes. Altura opened a home under construction in Red Oak to students from Waxahachie High School’s Building Trades Program. The builder and trades working Altura’s newly opened Harmony community showed students various aspects of the home and answered their questions pertaining to careers in residential construction.
“Each of the trades that were represented did a fantastic job,” said program instructor Curtis Green. “My students could not stop talking about the different elements that were discussed. Getting out on a job site and actually seeing the application of the skills they work on in school really reinforces what I try to teach them.”
Altura Homes plans to build around 200 homes in Harmony. “This industry has been really good to me for 50 years,” said Dallas BA Past President Donnie Evans, who is also president of Altura Homes. “I want these kids to know it can be just as good to them for 50 years or simply serve as a way to pay for higher education.”
At the end of the tour, Mr. Green and his students received a certificate denoting their honorary membership in the Dallas BA. The Association will continue to work with Waxahachie High School and other area programs next school year.