Palm Beach/Martin County
High school students in the Palm Beach/Martin County area can now benefit from a nationwide program designed to introduce them to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering, and related areas of the building design and construction industry. Schools currently involved in the program are Atlantic High School, Lake Worth High School, Seminole Ridge High School, Wellington High School, Forest Hill High School, William T. Dwyer High School, and South Fork High School.
At weekly meetings, students work directly with professionals from leading area firms, who volunteer their time to mentor the teams as they design hypothetical projects, tour local construction sites, and visit architectural, engineering, and construction offices.
For students, it’s a unique chance to discover and develop new skills, solidify future goals, and get on track to exciting, rewarding careers. In addition, many students form positive relationships with industry professionals who can provide important references for obtaining college admissions, scholarships, internships and full-time employment.
Students in the ACE program typically work closely with their mentors on projects that provide hands-on experience in solving the types of design, engineering and construction challenges industry professionals confront every day.
The teams often learn how to use advanced computerized tools, such as AutoCAD, while special exercises and activities illustrate the industry’s demand for young people skilled in math, physics, economics, art and other disciplines.
Many ACE affiliates culminate their program year with special events at which teams present their concepts to mentors, families, teachers and community leaders.
Cheri Pavlik
ACE Mentor of Palm Beach/Martin County
Board Chair
The Weitz Company
Thanks to our many mentors and sponsors who have helped us this past year in making our affiliate such a success!
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Being involved with the ACE Mentor Program has shown me how interesting and challenging an engineer’s career can be. The program taught me the complicated building process step-by-step. It showed me what the real world of an engineer is like and now I know for sure that this is what I want to do for my career life.
