The Hillsboro School District, Oregon Air Show Charitable Foundation, Oregon Air Show, Portland Community College, and Port of Portland held a grand opening celebration for the Oregon Aerospace Careers for Everyone, or O-ACE, program on Thursday, April 7, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hillsboro Airport.
O-ACE is a high school pathway program for students interested in careers as aviation maintenance technicians, avionics technicians, or professional pilots. The program began in the fall of 2020 and has a goal of increasing diversity within the industry by introducing nontraditional - female and/or non-white - candidates to the field. The course is taught by a bilingual, licensed female pilot - Sheri Fisher.
Our Featured Students are Glencoe’s Robotics Team 4488 Shockwave. They have been a powerful force in FIRST Robotics since their rookie season in 2013. Fresh off a competition win and Excellence in Engineering Award at the Pacific Northwest District Clackamas Academy Event over Spring Break, they are currently ranked #2 in Oregon and #4 in the Pacific Northwest heading into the District Championship event in Spokane April 6-8, which is post-press time. They are poised for a great showing in Washington and an almost certain invite to the World Championships in Houston later this month. Learn more about the team on their website glencoerobotics.com and visit our website to watch an inspiring video created by the Oregon School Boards Association in 2016 as part of their Promise of Oregon campaign. If you’d like to donate to the team to help them get to the World Championships, you can do so through the Glencoe Webstore.

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