Hoover High School SABE Academy Prepares Students for Tomorrow’s Global Challenges
The demand for highly skilled engineers, renewable energy experts and development specialists is growing in the San Diego region and across the globe.
The new roles for environmental engineers, scientists and green technical occupations will become increasingly more critical within the next decade, and students at Hoover High School in San Diego are being prepared to fill these jobs.
Sustainable Academy of Building and Engineering (SABE)
Students in all grade levels are participating in the Sustainable Academy of Building and Engineering (SABE), part of Hoover’s Green Technology and Engineering Program. The program provides students a challenging hands-on approach exploring engineering, renewable energy and green technology related careers. Learning activities include several experimental hands-on student built projects, ranging from solar boats to solar greenhouses.
Greg Newhouse, the region’s Deputy Sector Navigator of the Advanced Transportation and Renewable Energy (ATRE) Sector has been an integral part of the SABE program implementation, providing resource support and industry advisory board input. Additional key program partners are the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569, Grid Alternatives, San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, California Center for Sustainable Energy, and Strategic Energy Innovations.
Student participation in SABE continues to increase each year.
Last year enrollment included 106 freshman, 76 sophomores, 32 juniors, and 28 seniors. During 2015-16 SABE has grown to have approximately 76 students at each grade level. Graduating students advance to many of the community college programs in the region as well as to universities.
For more information about the SABE Academy and ATRE, contact Greg Newhouse at gnewhous@sdccd.edu.
