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ACE Mentor Program of Rochester

The ACE Mentor Program of Rochester mentors high school students interested in the fields of Architecture, Construction, and Engineering.

Founded in 2009, over 120 students have benefited from participation in the local ACE Mentor Program of Rochester. Each year, students from surrounding school districts apply to the program with the interest of expanding their knowledge in the building industry. The ACE Mentor Program of Rochester provides guidance into the construction industry to roughly 30 students each year. The students are required to participate in construction site visits, learn roughly 12 different disciplines of construction, physically construct a playhouse, develop a project through schematic design to be able to present to the public, and observe many other tasks that we as architects, contractors, and engineers face on a daily basis. The ACE Mentor Program of Rochester is a volunteer based, not-for-profit organization, which relies on donations for scholarships, student supplies, and the development of the upcoming program.

09/04/2026

Join us next Wednesday, September 9th for an Open House to learn about the 3 Program Offerings through ACE Mentor Rochester! We will be at LeChase Construction from 6-7 pm going over the details with everyone and answering questions.

Note - attendance is not mandatory to be in the program.

09/02/2026

Are you someone in the ACE industry looking to give back to the community? Join us next Thursday, September 10th from 4:30-7 pm at Radio Social to learn about how you can get involved in the ACE Mentor Program! Inspire the next generation of professionals, meet some industry peers, and develop your mentorship skills along the way!

08/05/2026

Earlier this summer, our Community Parks students and mentors delivered the 3 awesome structures, aptly named Goat Mountain, The Great Goatsby and the Alpaca Shack, to the farm at Bridges for Brain Injury! 🐐

The students spent the spring portion of the ACE program year designing and building these structures, and being able to deliver them to the farm was such a rewarding part of the experience! 🚜

The team at Bridges for Brain Injury was so delighted to receive these structures, saying “We are grateful that we could welcome your team, the students and their families to the farm to see the finished projects be established on our farm grounds. The animals will truly benefit from their work…Beyond the project itself, we are especially thankful for the partnership that developed along the way. Working with your team was a pleasure, and we greatly appreciated the communication, collaboration, and shared commitment to creating something meaningful for our farm and the people we serve.” ❤️

Thank you to everyone involved who helped make this collaboration happen! 🌟

04/12/2026

Congratulations to the amazing students who participated in the Community Parks Program this year! 🏞️ Students in this program learned about civil engineering, landscape architecture and urban planning over the course of the past few months, and had an opportunity to work on two exciting projects! 🛠️

Students began the year designing a community park for the Highlands Senior Living Community that catered to a multigenerational audience and included great features like benches, nature areas, and more! ⛲️

Later in the year, the teams partnered with Bridges for Brain Injury to design and built fun play and shelter structures for goats and alpacas! 🐐

All of the students had a great year and fantastic presentations, and a special congratulations to those who earned a scholarship or took voucher! We are very proud of you all and can’t wait to watch you succeed in the future. 🧑‍🎓

04/10/2026

On Friday, March 27th we hosted our amazing annual ACE Mentor Program of Rochester Graduation Ceremony! This event was a celebration of the amazing work that the students in our three programs, Community Parks, Playhouse, and Trades, completed over the course of the past six months. 👏🏼

We had our largest group yet, with 83 students from 24 different Rochester-area schools as well as homeschooled students. This first post highlights overall celebrations, board member and ACE regional director speakers and fun celebration photos! 🧑‍🎓

We would also like to highlight our three William J Ketchen Emeritus Scholarship Award Winners: Brooklyn, Leeah, and Sahar. Congratulations to you all on a well-deserved award 🌟

03/25/2026

As we excitedly prepare for our 2025-2026 ACE Mentor Program of Rochester Graduation Celebration this Friday, we want to sincerely thank all the amazing companies who sponsor our program and help students learn more about the Architecture, Construction, Engineering and Trades fields each year. We could not do this without your generous support, we are so thankful to each and every company on this list! 👏🏼❤️

03/04/2026

This year we added the highly-requested Trades Program to our curriculum, focusing more in-depth on trades like carpentry, framing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and more. Sixteen students from across the Rochester area meet weekly to learn new skills and work on hands-on projects, with support from industry professionals in the trades and related fields. 🔨

We are immensely thankful for the generous donation from Construction Industry Association of Rochester to the ACE Mentor Program of Rochester to help the Trades Program come to fruition. The funds help offset the cost of building materials, space for training and tool vouchers for select students awarded at our graduation later this month. 🏆

It is partnerships like these that help make our program such a beneficial resource for the next generation of young professionals in the ACE industry. Thank you, Construction Industry Association of Rochester! 👏🏼

03/02/2026

We are thrilled to invite you to our annual ACE Mentor Program of Rochester Graduation Ceremony on Friday, March 27th! 🎓 Students, Families, Mentors, and Industry Professionals are welcome to join us at the Memorial Art Gallery for an incredible night full of student presentations, awards, scholarships and celebrations! ✨ This event is entirely free, but donations are always graciously appreciated. All proceeds from donations and 50% of the 50/50 Raffle will go directly back to the program for the following year! We hope you can join us, see you all in a few weeks! 🎉

01/27/2026

Thank you Local 276 for hosting one of the most fun events of the year - the Metal Stud Framing Competition! Students loved the hands-on competition and learned so much from the volunteers - thank you to the following companies who participated (Grayco Corporation, , and RW Dake) and congratulations to the Davis Fetch Corp. who came in 1st place! 🏆🛠️

01/14/2026

We are so excited to share the Winter 2025 Issue of the ACE Mentor Program of Rochester Newsletter! 🗞️

Our three programs - Trades, Playhouse and Community Parks - are full of amazing students from all over the Rochester area who have been hopping right into hands-on learning and activities over the past few months, supported by industry professionals who serve as mentors to the students. 👷🏼‍♀️🛠️

Check out the photos, program updates, Q+A’s and more in this edition of our newsletter and comment below what aspect of our program you love the most! 🌟🫶🏼

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Rochester, NY
14614

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http://acementor.org/

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