BRANDON, S.D. (KELO) -- A new project at Brandon Valley High School has students building for the future of a popular Sioux Falls campground. Another day with temperatures in the teens isn't stopping these teenagers from taking the classroom outdoors. SD connections at inauguration choir performance "We needed something to build and they needed something that needed to be built," Brandon Valley teacher Tom Grode said. A longtime teacher at Brandon Valley, Tom Grode helped select eight students to spend the school year building sleeper cabins for a local campground. "We've had a woodworking program but we haven't had a building trades program, and to get this going we needed something to get started with and hopefully it will continue to expand," Grode said. The cabins are a work in progress but will eventually find a home at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park in Sioux Falls, replacing the oldest cabins on the property. "It'll be cool to know that I was a part of building one of these," Brandon Valley senior Joseph Schmidt said. Joseph Schmidt is a senior at Brandon Valley. His favorite part of the build so far is the roof, and he says he plans to stay in the construction industry. "I decided to interview for this class to get a knowledge in building so I could better understand structural-type things for my structural welding degree," Schmidt said. The campground is paying for materials, but the giving doesn't end there. "They gave a donation to the Community Foundation, I believe it was $5,000, they also paid for the work belts for all the students, with all the tools in them which was about $350 a student," Grode said. The cabins also wouldn't be possible without the help of local contractor, Jarrod Smart, who donates his time twice a week. "Not only does he have the knowledge to teach all this stuff, he has the enthusiasm, he wants to do it, he's a very high character individual too, so he's doing everything right, he's teaching them the very best way of doing things," Grode said. As the cabins near their finish, Grode says he's been most impressed with the leadership shown by the students. "Originally, I would have said just learning how to do the skills, but the growths have been so great in so many different ways that I'm just happy with all that," Grode said. The students recently started construction on a third cabin, and hope to deliver all three cabins to Yogi Bear by the end of the school year.