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Student Experiences
The MITRE Corporation welcomed 54 students, teachers, and parents from 16 different middle and high schools in Fairfax County to a “Girls in Engineering Day” at their headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Participants rotated through three activities which included flying an airplane simulator, operating a robot frequently used by the military in Iraq, and hearing the latest in cyber security. MITRE treated the students to lunch and an opportunity to network one-on-one with female employees from a variety of divisions within the MITRE Corporation. Students also heard about the career opportunities in technology and engineering. The event was coordinated by CTE Advisory Committee member and MITRE employee, Jed Kane.
Over 225 Fairfax Academy students, faculty, parents, and staff participated in Academy Day in New York City. Each class had its own itinerary during the day, which included master classes in theatre, film and dance; a visit to the United Nations and the Korean Cultural Center; museum tours at the FIT museum and Museum of the Moving Image; a design tour of Times Square; and visits to three prominent photography studios, as well as other professional site visits. Second-year TV Production students were guests of Good Morning America where they presented an Fairfax High School (FHS) shirt to FHS alumnus Sam Champion, weatherman at the station, and shared his high school yearbook picture with the viewing audience. Several classes spent the evening attending one of several Broadway shows, while TV Production students saw “Maxed Out”, a new critically acclaimed independent film. Students had the opportunity to learn about the training, discipline and persistence needed to be a successful creative professional in New York City.
Fairfax Academy was invited to participate in a World Intellectual Property Day event on Capitol Hill. Several students from professional photography studio, and music and computer technology participated along with faculty and staff. The Academy had one of several creative showcases displayed by industry and education groups to raise awareness of the importance of protecting intellectual property. This activity was an outgrowth of the annual Copyright Awareness Symposium and ongoing copyright education efforts at Fairfax Academy to help students understand how the law protects their creative work.
Students from the Edison Academy and Edison High School attended a workshop at Microsoft’s Reston, Technology and Innovation Center. A group of 56 students heard employees speak about their careers; the paths they took to enter the technology industry, including their education and work experience; and, how all of the employees at the Center work in teams to help satisfy the needs of their business customers and to demonstrate and sell their products capabilities. Students also saw a demonstration of the newest applications of Microsoft’s business communications products.
Cosmetology and fashion marketing students from Edison High School and Academy traveled to the Baltimore Convention Center to attend the Baltimore Fashion Focus exposition to view and learn about new products, trends, and careers in the fields of cosmetology and beauty products.
Staff from the Navy Federal Credit Union presented the “Reality Store” activity to 470 Chantilly Academy students representing hospitality management, cosmetology, auto tech, marketing, medical health technologies, pharmacy technician, dental careers, early childhood careers, auto collision, network administration, and network design & engineering programs. During this activity, students learned the methods and challenges of living within a financial budget.
On Tuesday, April 17, three executives from the IBM Corporation presented a “Careers in Engineering & Technology” session for 97 engineering, network administration and computer systems technology students at the Chantilly Academy.
Business/Educational Partnerships
On Wednesday, March 21, Dr. Gary Pertmer, Associate Dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, visited the Chantilly Academy’s Engineering program and spoke with students on careers in engineering and studies at the University of Maryland.
On Tuesday, April 17, Joan Ozdogan, Career Experience Specialist at the Chantilly Academy participated as a member of a panel “Preparing the Life Sciences Workforce for the Future – 2020” at the Annual Spring Conference of the BIO IT Coalition, at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC.
Internships
On Friday, March 23, twelve network administration and computer systems technology students from the Chantilly Academy participated in an information technology Job Shadow program at the North American Headquarters of Rolls-Royce USA in Chantilly, VA. Student participants are now competing for two paid internships at Rolls-Royce to begin later this spring.
Two new internship opportunities were made available to Edison Academy students from local industry. One young woman from the auto collision program was employed in a paying internship as a welder at H2Gen, a manufacturer of liquid hydrogen producing plants located in Alexandria, VA. A young man from electrical construction and engineering was placed at the Mount Vernon Estate with the Operations and Maintenance office. The internship will include work in electrical maintenance and repairs for the new museum and other maintenance tasks on the 500 acre estate. H2 Gen is currently seeking to add another internship position for a student on their electrical wiring team.
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