Did you know that in 2017 the sales for Pennsylvania lottery tickets were over $4 billion? Obviously, people love the idea of winning money! Although your odds for hitting the Powerball jackpot are pretty slim (roughly 1 in 259 million), the odds are significantly better for the students who apply for an ACE scholarship! This year,...
Steve Cromity (Daltile, ACE Advisory Council Member) and Eric Huefner (Langan Engineering), leaders of team #3, have been doing an amazing job keeping their team engaged and actively working on a variety of A/C/E related lessons. In one of their first sessions, students built 3D shapes out of marshmallows & toothpicks as well as paper towers...
On January 15, 2018, GBCA, the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters, ACE Mentor Program of Eastern PA, Clemens Construction Company, and community volunteers came together for a 2018 Martin Luther King Day of Service project. Meeting at the Francis J. Myers Recreation Center in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia, we built elevated garden planters to...
Jason Jiang graduated from Philadelphia University (now Jefferson) in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Architecture and a minor degree in visualization and multimedia. Before PhilaU, Jason attended Northeast High School in Philadelphia where the ACE Mentor Program shifted and shaped his career path. Early in his senior year, Jason approached his high school counselor for...
COMMUNITY BUILD PROJECT! On Monday, January 15, 2018, from 9:00am – 3:00 pm, partners General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) and ACE Mentor Program of Eastern PA will bring professionals from Clemens Construction Company and the ACE volunteer network of students and mentors together for a Martin Luther King Day service project designed to enhance the local community spaces in advance of the...