The ACE Mentor Program of Cleveland provides mentoring and engagement with 170 Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school students in project based learning in architecture, construction and engineering industries. 

ACE relies upon committed, energetic mentor participation from Cleveland’s leading design, engineering, and construction firms. By acting as professional role models, these mentors make a significant contribution to the community, while helping to develop the professionals who will lead tomorrow’s building industry. 

This year's Mentor Kick-Off will be held at Tri-C's Unified Technologies Center. You will have a chance to tour the Ideation Station and learn how your team of students can utilize it this year. The Ideation Station includes:

• A high-tech learning lab with day, evening and weekend hours, accessible to students and their families
• A 2,400-square-foot lab designed to promote innovation, creativity and design, and to facilitate mastery of new and emerging technologies
• Like all fab labs, the Ideation Station provides a springboard for entrepreneurship within the community and serves as a portal for project-based, hands-on STEM education
• Ideation Station features an Epilog laser cutter, ShopBot 4x8 router, Roland vinyl/circuit cutter, other industrial-grade fabrication equipment and electrical tools, and open source software 

Other topics covered at this session will include:

• Introduction of this year's RFP
• Resources available
• "Lessons Learned" for new mentors
• Review of 2016-2017 ACE Cleveland calendar
• Registration and participation information

The 2016-17 ACE Program is September 2016 - May 2017, afternoons (after school) and a few Saturday sessions, interacting with students.