The CREATE Mentoring Program exists to educate and inspire high school students to pursue career pathways which create the built environment.
The CREATE Mentoring Program is a 10-week project in which students will:
- Work with various mentors from the engineering, architecture, trades and construction industry to simulate the comprehensive process of planning, designing, and building a structure
- Participate in hands-on trades based projects
- Visit active jobsites
- Gain hard and soft skills including computer software programming, scale modeling, public speaking, and project management
- Attend the annual competition/awards banquet to present their projects against other participating schools from California.
Want to get involved?
Meet the 2023 CREATE Advisory Board
Board Chair
Drake Costa | Turner Construction Company Vice Chair Ginger Thompson | Dreyfuss + Blackford Architects |
Keith Bauer | Buehler
Chris Garcia | Studio W Architects Brian Giambastiani | Swinerton Kyle Glankler | Rudolph & Sletten Josh Hatfield | Livingston Concrete Andy Lee | Southland Industries Heather Lim | Pacific Coast Building Services, Inc. |
Derek Labrecque | JK Architecture, AIACV
Rodman Marquez | DPR Construction Claire Seger | Lionakis Kerry Washington | Millie & Severson, Inc. Rebecca Weldon | Degenkolb Engineers Michelle Wells l Market One Builders |
2023 CREATE Teams
Burlingame HS
Chico HS Cordova HS Del Campo HS Folsom HS Hiram Johnson HS Livingston HS Mills HS |
Oakmont HS
Rio Americano HS River City HS Rosemont HS SAVA Sutter Union HS West Campus HS |
Contact Viviana Castro-Martinez at vcastro-martinez@cie.foundation or
Katie Kemper at Kkempker@cie.foundation for next year's participation.
CREATE SCHOLARSHIP
Seniors pursuing a career in the built environment (architecture, engineering, construction management, or the trades) through direct hire, apprenticeship programs or post-secondary education including two and four-year universities are eligible to apply for the CREATE Mentoring Program Scholarship through November 1, 2023.
CREATE SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
Current sophomores and juniors in the 2023-2024 school year are eligible to apply for a $1,250 scholarship toward attending the 2024 CREATE Summer Camp (to be hosted June 2024). The CREATE Summer Camp is a five-day, four-night program that introduces students to careers in construction, re-development, engineering, architecture and the trades. Students will design and build a project for a local nonprofit, complete a needs assessment, meet industry executives, tour active job sites, explore Sacramento and San Francisco, and stay at CSU, Sacramento. Summer Camp Scholarship Applications are due March 29, 2024 to be awarded on December 11th during the CREATE Awards Lunch.
Current sophomores and juniors in the 2023-2024 school year are eligible to apply for a $1,250 scholarship toward attending the 2024 CREATE Summer Camp (to be hosted June 2024). The CREATE Summer Camp is a five-day, four-night program that introduces students to careers in construction, re-development, engineering, architecture and the trades. Students will design and build a project for a local nonprofit, complete a needs assessment, meet industry executives, tour active job sites, explore Sacramento and San Francisco, and stay at CSU, Sacramento. Summer Camp Scholarship Applications are due March 29, 2024 to be awarded on December 11th during the CREATE Awards Lunch.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SPONSORS!
Presenting Sponsor:
Cornerstone Sponsors:
Signature Sponsors:
Foundation Sponsors:
Host/Advertiser Sponsors:
AIA Central Valley, Atlas Labs, Brown Construction, Comstock Johnson Architects, Inc., CYS Structural Engineers, davisREED Construction, Inc.,
Deacon Construction, LLC, Degenkolb Engineers, Earl Consulting Company, LLC, Fuhrman Leamy Land Group, Geopier, Harris & Sloan, Kitchell CEM,
Lawson Mechanical Contractors, Lionakis, Nacht & Lewis Architects, Unger Construction Company
Deacon Construction, LLC, Degenkolb Engineers, Earl Consulting Company, LLC, Fuhrman Leamy Land Group, Geopier, Harris & Sloan, Kitchell CEM,
Lawson Mechanical Contractors, Lionakis, Nacht & Lewis Architects, Unger Construction Company
CREATE is a program of the 501(c)3 SRBX Construction Industry Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Tax ID 20-0595531.
Tax ID 20-0595531.