38 NORTHERN NEVADA ARCHITECTURE .22 | 2022 | aiann.org What is ACE? T he Academy for Career Education, ACE High School, is the premiere career and technical-focused, tuition-free public high school in Reno. ACE opened in 2002 as a full-time institution and was the first academy in the area dedicated to preparing students for their careers through relevant, industry-standard education. After 20 years in business, ACE continues to honor its core beliefs: • ACE believes that through both career and technical education and academic opportunities, it can prepare its students for post-secondary education and lifelong learning. • ACE believes that through its career and technical education, it can prepare students to enter society as productive, responsible citizens with marketable skills for the new Nevada economy. • ACE believes students thrive in small, innovative learning communities that encourage positive interpersonal skills, teamwork, and individual achievement. • ACE believes its educational model is student-centered and relevant to professional careers in construction, engineering, manufacturing, mining, and transportation. While any upcoming high school student can apply to ACE, they must understand the value of a dedicated work ethic, as students are expected to perform at an employable level. Students will spend their ninth-grade year in a Career Pathways program that allows them to understand each CTE program and the professions to which it could eventually lead. With this knowledge, students can thoughtfully select the CTE program they are most interested in. In addition to their general education requirements, students will be enrolled in their respective CTE programs, where they will focus much of their attention during their 10th, 11th and 12th grade years. In ACE’s 20 years of operation, it has partnered with TMCC to offer students dual enrollment for 18 years. Through all dual-enrollment programs – including Architecture, which was adopted recently – there has been a wildly successful partnership due to the primary shared goal: to prepare students for their careers through relevant education. The partnership between TMCC and ACE began as a Manufacturing dual-enrollment program, eventually adopting Diesel and, in 2020, Architecture. Continuing the Partnership TMCC & THE ACADEMY FOR CAREER EDUCATION (ACE)
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