Upcoming Events
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APA Partners Advisory Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 24th
11:30am to 1:00pm
Mayor Daley Dedicates Manufacturing Technology Center
Thursday, January 14th
3:00pm to 5:00pm
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Opportunity Corner
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Get involved! To learn more, contact Bill Vogel at
bvogel@polytechnical.org
Volunteering
Job shadowing coaches who enjoy working with small groups (2 to 4 students).
Equipment
Wheeled serving cart for APA Coffee Cafe. Stainless Steel preferred.
Old, unusable printed circuit boards - if you have any, please overnight two or three to Melvin Slater, Digital Electronics teacher, at 231 N Pine Ave, Chicago, IL 60647.
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Become an Industry Partner
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Help us educate the next generation of leaders in advanced manufacturing! Our partners provide financial resources, equipment, student mentoring and guidance, work-based projects, plant tours, and more.
To sign up, please contact:
Bill Vogel
bvogel@polytechnical.org
(773) 278-5418 ext. 24
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Join the Career Team
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Help bring manufacturing into the classroom! We are actively recruiting Teacher Manufacturing Mentors (TMMs) to partner with an APA teacher and help integrate manufacturing into the curriculum.
To sign up, please contact:
Erica Swinney Stein
eswinney@polytechnical.org
(773) 278-5418 ext. 26
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Partner Newsletters
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Want to stay up to date on other High Road initiatives? Sign up for our partner newsletters:
Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council (CMRC)
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Manufacturers Share their Knowledge with APA Teachers
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APA teachers and Teacher Manufacturing Mentors (TMMs) from 15 partner companies paired up at the TMM orientation last month to discuss lesson plans for APA's first semester.
The team's goal was to bring concreteness to classroom material by using examples from real-life situations in the manufacturing business.
 After an initial meeting in the library, each teacher brought their TMM into their classroom, where the pair brainstormed some plans and returned to the library for a "sharing session."
An additional dozen TMMs have signed up, and their guidance will become instrumental as the school year progresses.
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APA Team Meets with Mayor Daley
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 APA partner Joan Wrenn of Hudson Precision played a key part on the team that met with Mayor Daley last month to discuss APA's achievements, long-term mission, and partnerships with advanced manufacturers.
Mayor Daley mentioned the gap of understanding between educators and manufacturers, presenting an opportunity to mention APA's TMM program -- "a good idea," according to the mayor.
Other members of the delegation included APA Principal
Bill Gerstein, APA Founder Dan Swinney, WaterSaver Faucet President
Steve Kersten, APA Industrial Coordinator Bill Vogel, and CPS Chief Education Officer Barbara
Eason-Watkins.
At a subsequent meeting with Ms. Eason-Watkins, Joan Wrenn and Dan Swinney discussed in greater detail APA's need for an additional NIMS instructor in order to achieve our credentialing goals. The team secured an agreement with Ms. Eason-Watkins to support APA's objective.
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APA Coffee Cafe Expands Business in Austin
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Currently working with APA Junior Charmaine
Simmons and Sophomore Joselyn Broadway, Dr. George Cole has been providing premium brewed coffee to the Austin Polytech campus from 7:00am to 8:00am every schoolday -- as well as teaching Charmaine and Joselyn sound business principles.
Charmaine and Joselyn have been getting up at 5:00 every morning to meet Dr. Cole and prepare the coffee "brew of the day." After obtaining a long range contract, the APA Coffee Cafe has recently expanded their services to the health clinic.
Now the team aspires to open their high-quality products and services to the Austin community at large. In their first effort, the Coffee Cafe set up shop at the Chicago Police Department facility at Madison and Central, where Sgt. Glenn White (an 18-year veteran of the police force) sampled the students' brew and declared it "very tasty!"
Under Dr. Cole's direction, the Coffee Cafe is developing further plans for expansion.
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