While most students head home after school in Fort St. John, B.C., brothers Arjen and Henry Pos lean over a workbench sealing welds on a half-finished go-kart frame.

“We are some of the few kids in our neighbourhood who don’t own a dirt bike or a quad,” says Arjen.

"We haven't really had the farm kid experience that a lot of our classmates have had, from having either parents in the oil patch or living on a farm."

Around them, the sounds of metalwork — clinks and clanks — ring around the shop at Dr. Kearney Middle School.

Teacher William McColm walks the room playing foreman, giving each of the 14 students a tailored task for the hour and checking in on their work.

Brothers Arjen and Henry Pos weld seams along a half-finished go-kart frame. (Matt Preprost/CBC)

McColm started the a

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