Northeast
About Us
Founded during the 2006-2007 school year with significant support from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), the ACE Mentor Program of Northeast Florida, helps high school young people explore potential careers in architecture, construction and engineering.
Through the program, mentors from local industry professional firms meet with students for two hours once a week for 13 weeks. During these sessions, students work in teams to create practical solutions for “real-world” projects. It’s an effective way for students to experience the reality of what architects, contractors and engineers do during a typical working day.
In our first year, we had two teams from each of two schools -- Lee High School and A. Philip Randolph Academies of Technology – with a total of 25 students.
Our Team Projects
During the 2006-2007 program year, ACE Northeast Florida’s four student teams developed various projects aimed at adding an activity center to their schools. In addition to field trips and visits to local architectural, engineering and construction offices, the teams created site plans, floor plans, elevations and the other materials required to solve the design and construction issues posed by each team’s project solutions.
At the end of the year, the teams presented their solutions before an audience of approximately 200 parents, teachers, mentors and other industry professionals at the San Jose Country Club.
At this special event, which was held in conjunction with the ABC meeting, we awarded three $1,000 scholarships to participating students.
Participate in ACE!
If you’d like to experience ACE’s challenges, opportunities and rewards for yourself, just contact one of the ACE leaders listed in the upper right-hand corner of this page.
