For more information or to request an application, please call Ms. Brazier at 773-534-6300 x157 or Mr. Gerstein at 773-534-6323. You can also download the application as a PDF.
Please join us for an evening of art at Austin Polytechnical Academy:
The Unveiling and Dedication of
The Austin Portraits by Peter Le Grand
Thursday, June 4th
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Dedication ceremony 6:00 PM
Austin Polytechnical Academy
231 N Pine Ave
Chicago, IL 60644
The event is free and open to the public. Please enter on Fulton Street. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot.
The Austin Portraits is a photo portrait series of students, faculty, staff, and community leaders. The project was funded by the Center for Labor & Community Research, Chicago Public Schools, and a donation from the artist. If you have any questions, please contact Erica Swinney Stein at eswinney@clcr.org or (773) 278-5418 x26.
Austin Polytech was well represented at the Illinois State SkillsUSA Leadership Conference held in Springfield, IL last month. The theme of this year’s conference was “SkillsUSA: Champions at work, Leadership in Transition.”
Nine APA students competed in a variety of contests including Prepared Speech, Customer Service, Promotional Bulletin Board, and Professional Interview. All contestants were required to submit a resume for each contest and to wear the official skills uniform: white blouses and black pants or skirts for the young ladies; white shirts, black ties and trousers for the gentlemen; and of course, the trademark red SkillsUSA blazer. Read more »
Eight APA students and 5 APA and CPE staff are making progress in their fundraising efforts to go to Spain and Mondragon in October 2009. Along with learning about the Spanish language and culture in Madrid, the APA delegation will also travel to the Basque Region to visit the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, a network of 120 businesses, many of which are manufacturing companies that are on the cutting edge of technology and the world economy.Read more »
A group of 16 APA students, along with two students from Austin Business and Entrepreneurship, recently completed a semester-long program to educate them about all aspects of beverage manufacturing.
As part of the beverage manufacturing program, the group of students came up with their own product idea: Juke, a line of natural fruit juices targeted at young consumers. A video of the students’ final presentation is coming soon.
Special thanks to Scott Steward and Michael Levesque who used their collective decades of expertise working with youth and entrepreneurship to shape this new program and its first group of participants. We could not have done this without their generous service and commitment to this program. Read more »
Seven APA students are leading the way to help us develop APA’s Career Program by participating in our very first effort to organize job shadow opportunities for our students. Nikita Burnet, Gregory Butler, Arenique Green, Alisha Johnson, Teira Sandifer, Brittany Trotter and Latrice Tynes have already visited one of our participating partners on two separate visits to get an in-depth perspective on what its like to run and work for a small manufacturing company using top-of-the-line technology to make high precision products. Read more »
APA Student Jerrold Mason has been selected to participate in Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s 2009 TARGET: Science and Engineering Program for high school students. The paid six-week program, held at the Fermilab campus in Batavia, Illinois, incorporates both classroom and work experiences.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) paid a visit to Austin Polytech last Friday, April 24, less than a week after Illinois was approved for $1.4 billion in education funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.During his visit, Sen. Durbin enjoyed a cup of coffee prepared especially for him by a group of students who own and operate a coffee business. The students grind, brew, and sell the coffee as part of APA’s entrepreneurship program. “We sell at least 25 or 30 cups a day,” says APA student Kededra Murph. Sen. Durbin bought his own cup at full price — $1.
Austin Polytech is striving to become a leader in the diversified training of our scientists and engineers. The school took a crucial step in this direction when the Northwestern University Solar Car Team, recruited by APA Science teacher John Lietzau, visited APA in late November to present their work with solar-powered cars.
Northwestern senior Michael Awadala, a Biomedical Engineering major on his way to medical school, was the host for the event. Michael enjoyed interacting with our students and recommended that his successors visit APA next year.Special thanks to Michael and Northwestern University for making this successful presentation possible!
Check out more photos from the event below: Read more »
Austin Polytech was well represented at the Illinois State SkillsUSA Leadership Conference held in Springfield, IL last month. The theme of this year’s conference was “SkillsUSA: Champions at work, Leadership in Transition.”
Austin Polytech is striving to become a leader in the diversified training of our scientists and engineers. The school took a crucial step in this direction when the Northwestern University Solar Car Team, recruited by APA Science teacher John Lietzau, visited APA in late November to present their work with solar-powered cars.