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Summer Opportunities

You will have the opportunity to participate in various camps at UNCC and/or CPCC in the summer. These camps will allow you to explore different types of engineering in a fun and exciting atmosphere. Listed below are some of the summer camp offerings:
Robotics
Motorsports Engineering
Computer Engineering and Operating Systems
Electrical, Mechanical and Computer Engineering

Matthew Wykoff, CTE Academy Coordinator
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Lamar Young, VAOE Instructor
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Derico Davis, VAOE Instructor Derico1.Davis@cms.k12.nc.us
Melissa Verea.,
Career Pathways Advisor
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Tammy Reynolds, Career Development Coordinator
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Students in their first engineering course participate in Central Piedmont Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Day.

Zebulon B Vance High School
7600 IBM Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262
980.343.5284

Zebulon B. Vance High School

Vance Academy of Engineering (VAOE) 2014-2015

Our goal is to provide the best public education CMS and its partners have to offer, by training and exposing AOE students to the engineering and technical fields.
Engineering students will have the opportunity to earn honors credit, while being exposed to state of the art equipment at Vance, CPCC and UNCC. Students will be given opportunities to participate in work-based learning experiences such as job shadows, internships, college and workplace site visits.
Mentors will assist students in making career and college decisions as well as assistance in project refinement for regional design competitions. During the junior and senior year, qualified students will have the opportunity to enroll in classes offered at CPCC.
Academic Cohorts

Accelerated Freshman
Grade 9
Honors Math II
PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design
Honors Biology
Grade 10
Honors Math III
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Honors Chemistry
Grade 11
AP Calculus
Civil Engineering & Architecture
Honors Physics
Grade 12
AP Statistics
Principles of Engineering
AP Physics
Internship
CPCC Career & College Promise

Standard Freshman
Grade 9
Math I/II
*STEM Enhancement Course
Earth/Env or Honors Biology or Physical Science
Grade 10
Math III
PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design
Biology or Honors Chemistry
Grade 11
AFM or Honors Pre-calculus
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Chemistry/Physics
Grade 12
Civil Engineering & Architecture
Principles of Engineering
Internship

*Entrepreneurship, Multimedia Webpage Design, Principles of Business & Finance.

Academic Cohorts
Beginning the Junior year, AOE students will have the opportunity to take classes at CPCC through the Career and College Promise Program. Once AOE students have met CPCC’s admissions requirements, students will have access to the following pathways:
Civil Engineering Technology
Simulation and Game Development
Residential Architectural Technology
Computer Integrated Machining
Engineering and Mathematics
Mechatronics Engineering Technology
For more information visit http://www.cpcc.edu/hsprograms or our Career & Development Coordinator (CDC). If AOE students choose the CPCC option, their AOE academic track will be adjusted accordingly.
As a culmination experience, AOE students will participate in an internship and a design project during their senior year. Requirements to graduate as a Certified AOE student include:
4 PLTW Courses
≥ 34 Hour Approved Internship
Upon completion with Vance Academy of Engineering, students will be recognized as leaders of their class with the tools necessary to make decisions for higher educational and career opportunities.
As an academy member, you will also have access to free SAT and ACT prep and award winning scholarship writing courses to assist you in preparing and paying for higher learning opportunities.

Rising Sophomore
Grade 10
Math III
Introduction to Engineering Design
Biology or Honors Chem.
Grade 11
AFM or Honors Pre-Calculus
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Chemistry/Physics
Grade 12
Civil Engineering & Architecture
Principles of Engineering
Internship

Rising Junior
Grade 11
AFM or Honors Pre-calculus
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Chemistry/Physics
Grade 12
Civil Engineering & Architecture
Principles of Engineering
Internship

Work Based Learning
As a member of the VAOE, you will have the opportunity to participate in work based learning beginning with your first class. Work based learning includes everything from site visits and engineering facility tours, to job shadowing and internships. All VAOE students will be required to participate in an internship after their 3rd course (or in the summer between 11th and 12th grade). Our goal is to ensure that all VAOE students become exposed to relevance between school and the work place.
For more information about Work Based Learning visit our Career Center .

VAOE student works on a solar project at local business, Livingston and Haven.