Engineering

Pathways

Engineering Lead Teachers

David Robles
lrobles5@lbschools.net
Teacher, ENG Co-Lead

Esmeralda Solano
esolano02@lbschools.net
Teacher, ENG Co-Lead

Engineering Teachers

Carl Fraytet 
cfraytet@lbschools.net
9th and 11th

Dithmar Rualo
drualo@lbschools.net
9th and 10th

Gregory Stich 
gstich@lbschools.net
12th

Why Engineering?

With five engineering courses over four years, McBride students design new and innovative products using industry standard CAD/CAM software and CNC machining processes.

Students learn math, science, history, and English in the context of the engineering design process and hands-on projects. Using the nationally recognized and locally tested Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering curriculum, students graduate from this pathway with demonstrated manufacturing and design skills and a strong understanding of the variety of engineering career and college options. Along the way, they experience the joy of creating something new, from concept to reality.

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Vision

Engineering the future for a global economy beyond the twenty-first century.

Mission

McBride Engineering will provide an innovative and empowering environment that will encourage each student to become a critical thinker, a leader, and an ethical representative in the global economy of the twenty-first century.

The McBride High School Engineering Booster Club (‘Boosters’) is a charitable, non-profit organization whose purpose is to support interests in the McBride Engineering pathway.

For more information check out the Engineering Booster page.

WHY SHOULD I BECOME AN ENGINEER

You'll have the power to make a difference! By becoming an engineer, you can help solve problems that are important to society. You could be controlling and preventing pollution, developing new medicines, creating advanced technologies, even exploring new worlds.

You'll have money and job security! Engineers have significantly higher starting salaries than do college graduates with bachelor's degrees in many other fields. After 4 years of college, you could be making $40,000 to $60,000 a year. And society will always need people, like engineers, who solve problems and come up with new ways of thinking about and doing things.

You'll be working with other talented people! Engineering is a team effort. As an engineer you may be working on projects with experts in many different fields and people from different backgrounds - even different countries.

You'll have lots of options! Engineers work everywhere: in big and small cities, rural communities, even remote wilderness areas. Some work in business offices or classrooms, others in factories or research labs; some work outdoors or even in outer space! Some engineers go into medicine, law, business management, or policy. An engineering education will prepare you for many different careers.

You'll get to do cool stuff! Be the first to develop or try out a new technology, like a flying car or an undersea house. Design and build virtual reality amusement parks. Discover and patent a new material that can mend broken bones or cure arthritis. Engineers will be involved in making all the wonders of the future a reality.

(Source: Engineer Girl)

Course of Study

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Pathway Minimum Requirements

MCBRIDE ENGINEERING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

3.0 or better GPA and enrollment in the Algebra 1 A-G requirement at middle school

With five engineering courses over four years, students will design new and innovative products using industry standard CAD/CAM software and CNC machining processes. Students will learn math, science, history, and English in the context of the engineering design process and hands-on projects. Using the nationally recognized and locally tested Project Lead the Way engineering curriculum, students will graduate from McBride Engineering with demonstrated manufacturing and design skills and a strong understanding of the variety of engineering career and college options. Along the way, students will experience the joy of creating something new, moving from concept to reality.

Work-Based Learning

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Engineering Competitions

ENG Booster

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The McBride High School Engineering Booster Club (‘Boosters’) is a charitable, non-profit organization whose purpose it is to support interests in the McBride Engineering pathway. The Boosters will strive to provide financial and outreach support to supplement the costs that are unable to be funded through school district and other government sources. In order to achieve this objective, the Boosters will sponsor a variety of activities and fundraisers. The Boosters will lend support to the Engineering pathway teachers and administrative staff for the purpose of contributing to the academic success of the engineering pathway and its many programs and projects. These include field trips, speakers, internship opportunities, fundraisers, extracurricular activities and financial, material and equipment donations.

Visit our Engineering Booster Club page and get more info.

Contact Info: mcbrideengineeringboosterclub@gmail.com

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For questions or complaints, contact Equity Compliance Officer: Steve Rockenbach, Director of Employee Relations, 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90815, 562-997-8220, srockenbach@lbschools.net and Title IX Coordinator: Kimberly Dalton, Director of Human Resource Services, 1515 Hughes Way, Long Beach, CA 90815, 562-997-8108, kdalton@lbschools.net and 504 Coordinator: Jenny R. Acosta, Program Administrator, 2221 Argonne Ave, LB 90815, 562-986-6870, JRAcosta@lbschools.net.

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