"One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try."
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| | | | Glenbrook South Electric Car - IVD - 2008 | | This is an outstanding student-produced DVD that tells the story of Glenbrook South High School’s electric car, both in video footage of the vehicle in process and in short interviews with the students. This electric car was designed as an interdisciplinary project involving both science classes (Physics) and career and technical education-CTE classes (Engineering Drafting and Automotive). Oakton Community College and Illinois Tool Works were also partners. The vehicle won three first place awards and one second place award in seven categories in a national competition; and senior students received invitations to apply to MIT and Kettering Institute. We believe this is one of the most exceptional examples we could have of collaboration among core academics and CTE, secondary and postsecondary educators, and private sector partners. |
| Job Shadowing |
| | | One Evanston High School student's job shadow experience at NBC 5 - Chicago | This Evanston high school student was hired during Job Shadow Day! Shown here with Shelley Gates, Applied Sciences & Technology Department Chair |
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A Niles High School student creating apple crostadas, the signature dessert at Osteria di Tramonto
located in Wheeling, IL
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| Students preparing crème brulee! |
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|  Evanston High School - Criminal Justice / Fire Science | |
| Evanston students - EMT - Fire Science course |
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| | | Students visiting the Office of U.S. House Representative, Jan Schakowsky Evanston High School - Job Shadow Day |
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| | Niles North High School Engineering Students In The News! | | Two teams from Niles North High School were selected as 2009 Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) / Ability One National Engineering Design Challenge Semifinalists. Niles North was the only school in Illinois to qualify for the semifinals of the annual engineering design competition for high school students. Teams had to design and build a device to help a person with disabilities succeed in the workplace. The 2009 NEDC Semifinals were broadcast virtually at www.jets.org/nedcsemifinals. Team Wruggles and Team Viking presented their assistive technology engineering devices against 26 other teams from across the nation. The two teams were comprised of students from the new Introduction to Engineering Design class, which is a course offered by Project Lead the Way. |
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| New Trier High School In Action! |
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| New Trier students participating in the Rube Goldberg Engineering Challenge |
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Hands-on training in New Trier's Automotive classes |
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| Matthew Crawford opened up a motorcycle repair shop after completing his Ph.D. at The University of Chicago.
He states, “I have found the satisfactions of the work to be very much bound up in the intellectual challenges it presents.” |
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| The Case for Working With Your Hands, Matthew B. Crawford, The New York Times, May 21, 2009 |
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Engineering Design class at New Trier |  |
| These guitar designs were created using
PlasmaCam, laser cutter, CNC Router and CAD |  |  | | Some completed projects ... |
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| | FCCLA Competitions |
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|  |  | During the FY09 culinary competition at FCCLA
| FY09 FCCLA National Culinary Arts Award Winner
and her Culinary Arts Instructor, Theresa Hardin,
Maine West |
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| | | | | FCCLA Silver Award Winner in Cake Design | FCCLA Most Outstanding Cake Design | | New Trier student Kevin McCormick | New Trier student Abby Needles |
| |  |  | FCCLA 2008 State Qualifiers in Culinary Arts Maine West High School students with their Culinary Arts Instructor, Theresa Hardin | Maine West student during the FCCLA Competition | Maine West had the #1 ranking student in the state for Culinary at the FCCLA competition last year! |
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| Further Career Exploration
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|  |  | Maine West Automotive students touring the
Mercedes-Benz Technical Center
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| "Without the opportunity to learn through the hands, the world remains abstract and distant,
and the passions for learning will not be engaged." |
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| The Case for Working With Your Hands, Matthew B. Crawford, The New York Times, May 21, 2009 |
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