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Build a House – Build a Future

In August 2010, the District Department of Housing and Community Development approved and finalized a donation of property to the D.C. Students Construction Trades Foundation for use in career and technical education programs. In school year 2010-11, that vacant residential lot in Northwest Washington will become a dedicated field training site for students enrolled in training programs for carpentry, electrical, HVAC and other trade specialties in the Academy of Construction and Design at Cardozo Senior High School. On that site, the Construction Trades Foundation has registered plans and permits to construct a single family home. The District’s first student-built house will be energy-efficient in design, materials and construction. Watch for details about the ground breaking in September 2010, and visit our website to see how you can get involved and follow students’ progress!

D.C. Apprenticeship Academy Graduation Makes History

Electrical registered apprenticeship graduates appear with (front row, l-r) administrator Shelly Morrison, instructor Tony Salveggio, and Susan Nelson, of sponsoring employer M.C. Dean, Inc., at the June 2 graduation ceremony for the DC Apprenticeship Academy. (Foundation photo)

The D.C. Apprenticeship Academy conferred credentials on its first graduating class in a ceremony held June 2, 2010, at Cardozo Senior High School. Twelve apprentice electricians, all employees of M.C. Dean, Inc., were recognized as the first graduates from a District-based registered apprenticeship program since the 1970s. The D.C. Apprenticeship Academy is operated by the D.C. Students Construction Trades Foundation in partnership with the District Office of Apprenticeship Training and Information. Also in the ceremony on June 2, thirty-nine adult education program graduates received credentials and certificates of completion from the Construction Trades Foundation’s skilled job training partnership with the District Department of Employment Services and the Workforce Development Division of the Community College of the District of Columbia. Read news coverage >>

4th Annual Meet the Future Luncheon

The D.C. Students Construction Trades Foundation brought students and alumni of the Academy of Construction and Design together with sponsors and distinguished guests at its fourth annual Meet the Future Luncheon, hosted on May 14, 2010, at the J.W. Marriott conference center in downtown Washington. CEOs and executives from more than 20 area corporations and contractors participated in the student recognition event this year, providing informal mentoring over lunch to more than 100 students from District middle and high school engineering, science and technology programs.

District Council Chairman Vincent Gray, Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham, and keynote speaker Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender, U.S. Army (Retired), joined industry chief executives John McMahon of Miller & Long Co., Monty Hoffman of PN Hoffman, and Norman Dreyfuss of IDI Group Companies as featured speakers at the luncheon. Dreyfuss announced IDI Group has increased its commitment to the Construction Trades Foundation, providing a total of $35,000 in support for the Construction and Design Academy’s annual scholarship program. The Foundation launched the Academy of Construction and Design in 2005, operating accredited technical education programs in partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools. Read more >>