OBC in the News

Intel Awards $20,000 Grant to ACE Academy's Engineering Program

Grant will strengthen high school curriculum.
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Press Release
August 27, 2009

Seeing is Believing

Read about the ACE experience through a series of articles written by ACE students.
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Building Futures
Spring/Summer 2009

Spring Break '09 - Taste of ACE

A select group of sophomores from five local high schools have elected to spend their Spring Break with the hands-on exploration of design-build careers at the Academy for Architecture, Construction & Engineering.
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Press Release
March 25, 2009

James W. Fowler C. Hosts Tour for Inquisitive Students
On the morning of Friday, may 23, 2008 James W. Fowler Co. hosted five students and their supervisor from Clark County ESD 112, who were participating in a Student Construction Academy offered by OBC.
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Press Release
June 9, 2008

Local firms back building industry
Program pairs students with industry professionals in order to foster understanding of building community
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
June 6, 2008

Students, parents get first look at ACE high school
So far more than 120 students have enrolled in the charter school, which needs 150 students to break even
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
May 12, 2008

New school aims to build work force from ground up
ACE Academy helps contractors fill jobs as employees retire
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The Portland Tribune
March 4, 2008

ACE Academy opens doors to educators
The newly formed charter school's work crew-style approach to technical education has educators optimistic
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
February 5, 2008

Builders honor supporters
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Portland Business Journal
October 15, 2007

Oregon Building Congress announces award recipients
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
September 25, 2007

Reynolds School Board approves plan for trades charter school
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The Oregonian
June 14, 2007

House education measure would be a boon to OBC
A rewritten apprenticeship bill would put high school students' training in the hands of nonprofit construction group Oregon Building Congress
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
May 22, 2007

Thousands of students flock to career expo
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Portland Business Journal
May 10, 2007

Builders take charter school to east county
The construction industry will partner with public high schools to provide technical training, part of an emerging statewide trend
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The Daily Journal of Commerce
April 3, 2007