We are excited to announce that the application period is now open for the 2024 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The prize honors outstanding U.S. public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. The application deadline is Friday, May 3.

We're thrilled to feature Ben Carpenter, a 2023 prizewinner and welding teacher from Kennedy High School in Richmond, CA, in this prize launch video. Please share with a deserving teacher or apply to join Ben and 130+ outstanding prizewinning teachers in our network.

To learn more or begin your application, please visit https://hftforschoolsprize.org/.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools is a program of The Smidt Foundation, established by Harbor Freight Tools owner and founder Eric Smidt, to advance excellent skilled trades education in U.S. public high schools.