![Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-wide-900-300x200.jpg)
Photos by Whitney Curtis
![Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-wide-900-700x467.jpg)
Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, displays the plans for the tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-blueprints-900-700x467.jpg)
Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, displays the plans for the tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, uses a nail gun to attach plywood sheathing on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-nailgun-900-700x467.jpg)
Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, uses a nail gun to attach plywood sheathing on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Sophomore Rodney Arnold, 16, carries a piece of plywood as students continue construction on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-carrying-plywood-900.jpg)
Sophomore Rodney Arnold, 16, carries a piece of plywood as students continue construction on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Geometry teacher Brian Hancock, left, helps sophomore De'Andre Saunders, 16, cut plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-saw-plywood-pencil-900-700x467.jpg)
Geometry teacher Brian Hancock, left, helps sophomore De’Andre Saunders, 16, cut plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, speaks to students at the beginning of class on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-contruction-teacher-900-700x467.jpg)
Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, speaks to students at the beginning of class on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Sixteen-year-old sophomores Rodney Arnold, from left to right, Micaiah Rice and Caleb Caraker lifty plywood onto the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-roof-plywood-handoff-900-700x467.jpg)
Sixteen-year-old sophomores Rodney Arnold, from left to right, Micaiah Rice and Caleb Caraker lifty plywood onto the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.
![Students work on attaching plywood sheathing to a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.](http://fullframe.edweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/31-Tinyhouses-layingonroof-900-700x467.jpg)
Students work on attaching plywood sheathing to a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.