Fullerton
School District
Great Schools, Successful Kids
Students Building Homes. Changing Lives.
What if a middle school classroom could help solve real community challenges? At Nicolas Junior High School, Fullerton School District’s Tiny Home Project turns that idea into reality.
Advanced woodshop eighth-grade students design and build fully functional, code-compliant tiny homes that provide temporary housing for families experiencing homelessness—all while gaining hands-on experience in construction, engineering and design.
Launched in 2022, the program blends academics with purpose, empowering students to learn by doing and to make a lasting difference in their community. Each 192-square-foot home is thoughtfully designed and fully furnished, with a kitchen, bathroom and living space to support a small family. Students have completed two homes, with a third underway.
Made possible through generous donations and strong community partnerships, this innovative project continues to grow with support from a $525,000 Innovation Grant from the Orange County Department of Education, helping expand student opportunities and increase the number of homes built for families in need.
Our Mission:
“Students and community partners impacting the future, one home at a time.”
Our Vision:
“To provide opportunities for self-discovery, and skill development to students in the trades. Through the process of building a tiny home from scratch to completion, students are exposed to a variety of trade disciplines and are empowered to identify possible future career paths.”
Did you know:
We need skilled labor. 78% of contractors struggle to hire construction workers.
Young people need opportunities to gain trade skills. We are in the business of ensuring our students have opportunities to gain those skills.
Our community needs more affordable housing, not only are we creating a housing unit, we are creating builders; and builders will build.