'Design Build Competition' expands to more CTE pathways, pairs students with industry partners

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- High schoolhouse elder Alex Sandoval is operating arsenic the foreman for Duncan Polytechnical High School's operation crew.

He's starring the mode arsenic they enactment to decorativeness gathering a shed by Friday.

"It's similar a existent satellite situation, you know, we're really doing this," Alex said.

They're 1 of 16 teams competing successful the "Design Build Competition."

That includes 2 all-star, all-female teams.

Each pupil is portion of the Career Technical Education operation pathway.

This is the 2nd twelvemonth the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, successful collaboration with Central California Builders Exchange, has hosted the event.

Executive Director of ROP/CTE, Anthony Ayerza, says what makes this contention unsocial is that students are supported by individuals who enactment successful the operation field.

"So there's a transportation betwixt the manufacture and the schools, arsenic acold arsenic the students get to cognize our manufacture partners and opportunities successful industry. But connected the connected the flip broadside of that, our industries are exposed to our students who get to spot the talents that we person successful our schools and our programs," Ayerza said.

That's what Chaston Graham with Cencal Services was doing for Alex and the Duncan team.

He's determination to guarantee manufacture standards are met and to supply insight.

He says this contention helps springiness students a glimpse of the existent world.

"We person a truly bully team, and I deliberation immoderate of these kids, if they privation to prosecute this, they person a bully future," Graham said.

The lawsuit has expanded this year.

In summation to construction, different CTE pathways are taking part.

Culinary students are making meal and luncheon for the competitors.

Medical is providing archetypal aid.

Crime country probe members are helping with assemblage control, information and parking.

Competitions are underway for multimedia and welding teams.

Organizers accidental they anticipation each pupil leaves Friday with a consciousness of accomplishment.

"I anticipation it's thing that they tin transportation into aboriginal experiences, lifelong," Ayerza said.

In summation to bragging rights, the victor of the contention volition triumph wealth for their program.

There volition besides beryllium idiosyncratic scholarships for students to proceed their acquisition aft precocious school.

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