Imagine designing a state-of-the-art stadium, planning the construction of a suspension bridge, or transforming the vision for an urban center into a reality while you’re still in high school. You’re assigned to a team with other students. Mentors from participating companies will work with your team during the school year, meeting with you after school. You will learn how designers and builders think and work. Your mentors will also take you on behind-the-scenes office tours and field trips to construction sites. And then there’s the design project. The team meets on Tuesdays, beginning in October, from 3-5 PM in Room 118. Join the Remind AHS ACE Team ("Join Class") below and come to the next meeting.
SCHEDULE 2018-2019
Schenectady School District Construction Site Tour
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Final Presentations: Spring 2019
Five Rivers
Union College Construction Site Tour
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more about the ace program
Originally started in 1994 in New York City by Dr. Charles Thornton of Thornton-Tomasetti, ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) is a unique partnership of schools and universities, architects, interior designers, engineers, construction companies, professional organizations, and related corporations. The companies all share the desire to provide career direction to interested high school students. These community-minded companies are leaders in their fields; many have national and international reputations.
The companies join into teams and "adopt" a group of twenty to thirty students for the duration of a school year. Once organized, they meet for a few hours every other week. The teams are organized like a real-life construction project. For example, a team might include a corporate "owner," an architectural firm, a construction company, and an engineering firm.
Each company provides one to two mentors. The mentors are successful designers and contractors who can give students a taste of what it is like to work in these fields and help them decide what they want to do.
The companies join into teams and "adopt" a group of twenty to thirty students for the duration of a school year. Once organized, they meet for a few hours every other week. The teams are organized like a real-life construction project. For example, a team might include a corporate "owner," an architectural firm, a construction company, and an engineering firm.
Each company provides one to two mentors. The mentors are successful designers and contractors who can give students a taste of what it is like to work in these fields and help them decide what they want to do.