Senior Sarah Chiriboga (l.) and instructor Isabella Mancini (r.), explained Wilson Tech’s Architectural Design/CAD program to the BOCES Board at its January meeting.
As the Architectural Design/CAD program progressed from residential to commercial structures, Wilson Tech student Sarah Chiriboga learned both the technical skills and the confidence to win a paid internship with William F. Collins Architects in Setauket. For the senior’s final year at Tech, she will be gaining more skills to pursue her dream in college to become an architect.
Sarah explained her work-study program to the BOCES Board at its January meeting following thepresentation her Tech instructor, Isabella Mancini, made. Mancini narrated a slide presentation which showed samples of students’ work from sketches to intricate computer 3D models of buildings that students had created in CAD and SketchUp.
Sarah’s internship is possible through Wilson Tech’s work-study program and partnerships with local industry professionals. All of Wilson Tech’s Career and Technical Education programs provide students with work-based learning experiences that connect directly to classroom and laboratory learning.Sophomores and juniors can enroll in any of Tech’s 28 programs for high school students for fall 2014 by calling the guidance counselor in the home high school or Tech’s Admission Office at 425-9050.
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