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TTools for Teens
Programs

Pick a trade. Learn it for real.

Each program runs as a small cohort of teens and young adults working alongside a mentor in the trade. You leave with a real skill, a finished project, and a story to tell about who you were when you started.

Programs

Trades, creative work, and the habits that hold them up.

Each program runs as a small cohort. Real tools, real mentors, real things you take home and put on a resume.

Carpentry
Build something that lasts.
16-2412 weeks, 2 evenings/week

Cohorts forming — first session Fall 2026

Welding Fundamentals
Sparks, steel, and a trade that pays.
16-2410 weeks, 2 evenings/week

Cohorts forming — first session Fall 2026

Video & Media
Tell true stories that move people.
16-248 weeks, 2 evenings/week

Cohorts forming — first session Fall 2026

Music & Audio
Make the sound. Run the room.
16-248 weeks, 2 evenings/week

Cohorts forming — first session Fall 2026

Painting & Finishing
The detail that separates pros from amateurs.
16-246 weeks, 2 evenings/week

Cohorts forming — first session Fall 2026

Life & Work Readiness
How to show up, follow through, and get hired.
16-24Ongoing — woven into every program

Runs alongside every cohort

Entrepreneurship
Turn a skill into a business.
18-24 (16-17 with parent partnership)12 weeks, weekly meetings + project work

Cohorts forming — first session Spring 2027