4 AVHS E3 STEM Students Drafted by local companies for IT internships.

The Genesys Works program held its annual draft day event where students who successfully completed an intense 8 week training program were drafted by local companies for paid internships during their senior year of high school.  AVHS students were drafted by Ecolabs, Thomson Reuters and Uponor.  Congratulations to Devon Ek, Jashawn Pryor, Yasmin Hirsi, Sulekha Kilas

Thank you to Ecolabs, Thomson Reuters and Uponor for supporting our AVHS students through this wonderful program!

E3 STEM students explore health care careers at Augustana Regent at Burnsville this summer.

A group of E3 STEM students from AVHS were able to take coursework leading to their certified nursing assistant certification at Dakota County Technical College.  They then were invited to explore health care careers at Augustana Regent of Burnsville through tours, job shadows and interviews.  It was a wonderful experience for our young Eagles that may lead to employment as certified nursing assistants part-time while still in high school.  Thank you Augustana! 

AVHS Fab Lab Drone project propels interest in STEM careers! 

This little drone engineering and built in our AVHS Fab Lab by Dalton Turner can fly at over 60mph!  This was Dalton's project in our "How to Make Almost Anything" Fab Lab course this past spring.  He came in recently to use the vinyl cutter to create his signature logo sticker for the center of the drone.  

This project is the perfect example of how the Fab Lab is being utilized to help ignite an interest in STEM careers.  Dalton is now interested in aerospace engineering.  He has been racing his drone in competitions around the area this summer.