About Austin Polytech
| Austin Polytechnical Academy is an engineering- and manufacturing-focused and college prep public high school on Chicago's West Side.
Thanks to over 60 partner companies, our students learn about the many different career opportunities in manufacturing through field trips, guest speaker visits, job shadowing opportunities, internships, and more.
Austin Polytech is a project of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council. Our career program is operated by the Center for Labor and Community Research.
Learn more at austinpolytech.org
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| It takes more than a traditional high school budget to help our students engineer their futures.
We need to invest in our world class machine shop, college- and career-prep program, and work-based projects and activities.
For example, APA has a SkillsUSA chapter in which students meet weekly to work on school and community leadership projects, attend regional and state conferences to participate in job skill competitions.
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Career Program
| The career program at Austin Polytech is operated by the not-for-profit Center for Labor and Community Research.
If you have any questions, please call the Career Services office at (773) 534-6326 or visit us in Room 140.
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Contact
| Austin Polytechnical Academy
231 N. Pine Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60644
Main Office: (773) 534-6301
Career Services: (773) 534-6326
Fax: (773) 534-6046
austinpolytech.org
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APA in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Tonight
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What do Chicago Tonight, The New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune have in common? They all featured great stories about Austin Polytech in October.
On October 14, WTTW's acclaimed current affairs show, Chicago Tonight, aired a segment about Austin Polytech by Chicago News Cooperative reporter Ash-har Quraishi.
The segment complemented a New York Times feature on APA, the first in a series of articles by Chicago News Cooperative reporter Meribah Knight, who will follow two seniors and one junior throughout the year.
A week later, the Chicago Tribune profiled Austin Polytech as part of the Holiday Giving campaign by Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund.
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APA ranked best West Side school in math score improvement
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Math scores at APA have shown continuous improvement. Based on data from the most recent ACT tests, Austin Polytech now ranks first in our region in math score improvement. City-wide, APA's math scores place in the top 20 high schools. Other schools in the top 20 include Walter Payton, Whitney Young, and Urban Prep Charter.
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Above, Devon McShane solves an equation in Mr. Mac's AP Calculus class. Mr. Mac credits APA's math excellence to the school's interactive curriculum that applies math to real-world engineering and shop situations and, most importantly, to the hard work of APAstudents.
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APA students tour UIC campus |
by APA junior Torres Hughes
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On October 27, 2010, 18 Austin Polytech students went to University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). It was a GREAT trip. Students were able to take a tour of UIC's tallest building, which is twenty eight stories tall. This is where the President and the Board of Trustees meeting room is located. Students went to the 28th floor, took pictures, and lounged around the huge building.
Our tour guide was Dr. G,a professor at UIC who teaches Intro to Electrical Engineering. We shadowed Dr. G. and sat in on a class and took notes as he gave his lecture. We also joined in on a few active classes, including the largest class which held 400 students. The college students sat quietly as the professor gave her lecture; after the class was over, students were able to walk around this class too!
After shadowing Dr. G, we went to lunch waited in line with UIC students, swiped our passes and picked out our lunch from a buffet. After lunch we went to UIC's Electronics Visualization Laboratory (EVL). Dr. Andrew Johnson gave us a brief description about the laboratory. We found out that the lab was founded in 1973 and Jason Leigh is the current director. The lab supports about 18 graduate students and 6 undergraduate students. The lab researches advanced display systems, visualization systems, high speed networking and more. This gave students an example of what a particular day at college would be like. Everyone enjoyed the trip and especially the food. We can't wait to the next trip that is in store for us!
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Photo Gallery: Homecoming weekend at Austin Polytech
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Terrence Moore addresses the APA crowd before the big game.
APA senior Julils Johnson strikes a pose.
Joseph Noy runs it in for a win!
Austin 52 and Manley 20. Go Tigers!
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