OAK CREEK, Wis. (CBS 58) -- It's a beautiful Saturday morning in Oak Creek, and 18-year-old Isaiah Carabacan is standing in front of a newly built home with his family.

"I'm really hyped about it," Carabacan said to CBS 58's Ellie Nakamoto-White. "Excited!"

But they're not moving in.

Rather, Carabacan helped build it -- something not many teenagers can say.

"I enjoyed framing the house to be honest, because you were able to see so much progress in a short amount of time and it made you feel accomplished," Carabacan said.

He is a senior at Franklin High School, which has a construction program that lets advanced students who are interested in going into the trades have a year-long, hands-on experience building a home from the ground up.

It's taught by Andrew Mente, who said having this kind of lesson is invaluable.

"Being on an active job site and actually doing every step of the process is something I can't recreate in school," Mente said. "It's really a good opportunity for them to explore the trades, get that real on-site experience. They get to do it hands-on, so they get to see the day-to-day of what tradespeople do every day and then they get to pick their career out of that."

Carabacan himself wants to become a carpenter's apprentice when he graduates.

"It's a great career to go into," Carabacan said.

Mente added that more than 90% of students who take the course do end up going into the trades.

This is the seventh year in a row that students have built a home.

New this year, however, they partnered with students in another construction program at Oak Creek High.

"From a dirt lot to framing to electrical plumbing, roofing, all of it is done hands-on by the students every day," Mente said. "I'm really proud of the kids, from when they first started the class to today, you can just see the growth in them, the confidence in them."

They hope to have the home finished by the next week, where it will then be put on the market for sale.

"It makes me feel accomplished because it's something that someone is going to appreciate and I was able to help create it," Carabacan said.