Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy

We'd like to share some exciting news! The Santa Barbara Unified School District has issued a press release highlighting the DPEA's collaboration with local elementary school districts to develop STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) curriculum. See the link below for the full press release.

This also marks the first time we have announced publicly that Formative Foundation is the new name of the DPEA Foundation. Formative Foundation is the non-profit organization that shepherds funding to support the DPEA program and other innovative educational initiatives such as the STEAM Consortium. We will also continue to be known as the DPEA Foundation, and legally we have ensured that we can continue to do business as the DPEA Foundation for the foreseeable future.

https://www.sbunified.org/newsroom/featured-news-article/~board/newsroom/post/south-county-districts-form-elementary-steam-work-group-with-dos-pueblos-engineering-academy

The online application to join the DPEA Class of 2029 is now available. All the details you need about applying to the DPEA can be found by visiting the Admissions section at the top of our website's homepage. https://www.dpengineering.org/admissions.html

For applicants that would like to come and see the DPEA facility, an Open House event for prospective students and their families is scheduled for Saturday, November 16th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

The application period will close on Saturday, November 23, 2024.

Hello DPEA Alums from Class of 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023!

We hope that you are doing well and learning many new things!

We have an important request to ask of you. (This request was also sent out to you via email on January 13th.) Every year, the State of California collects data about CTE pathway completers in high school. (You completed two CTE pathways in Engineering Technology and Product Innovation & Design.) Basically, the State would like to know where you have taken your career path after graduation.

This short survey will help the State of California to understand where our CTE $ have achieved desired outcomes - i.e. YOU going on to a career or college. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ02MOWyFiUHiadq215OyqmtC7XcHoxpa2YwSU-ZmKnDuKCg/viewform

Would you mind taking this short survey to help DPEA and California with the data necessary to continue to invest in students' college and career pathways going forward? Thank you to those that have already completed the survey. For those of you who have not, please take just a few minutes to do so now.

Thank you!

CTE Completer After High School Survey: 2024 Hey SB Unified CTE Alumni! Hope life after high school is treating you well! We're trying to catch up with all of you awesome folks and find out how things have been since graduation. Would you mind giving us a hand by filling out this quick post-high school survey? The first part is all about meeti...

The DPEA Class of 2028 Online Application is Closed.

Thank you to the many qualified applicants who have applied to the DPEA Class of 2028.

The application process continues as students who submitted their online application by the deadline have already received the necessary information to complete their Application Video which is the next step in the process and due on January 9th. Have fun working on your videos during Winter Break and we'll see you next year!

Notifications for the Class of 2028 will be emailed on the evening of Friday, February 9, 2024.

The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy is now accepting applications for the DPEA Class of 2028. The DPEA welcomes applicants from throughout the Santa Barbara Unified School District and encourages all interested students who currently reside within its boundaries to apply. Applications are due by Saturday, December 9th.

See our website for everything you need to know about applying to the DPEA.
https://www.dpengineering.org/admissions.html

The DPEA Class of 2027 Application is open! Deadline to apply is Saturday, Dec 10th. Check out our website for all the details and the online application. https://www.dpengineering.org/admissions.html

Congratulations to one of DPEA's many great teachers, Mr. Gibson!

Novembers student of the month is Sam Zrodlo, staff of the month is Ms. Gomez, and teacher of the month is Mr. Gibson!!

More exciting news to share! The DPEA was featured in an online webinar series on Saturday, Feb 26th. COLOR, LIGHT, MOTION is an online series featuring media artists, scholars and educators in dialogue about artworks from the David Bermant Collection of media and kinetic arts.

The episode, titled the "Art of Engineering", focused on educational programs supported by the David Bermant Foundation. DPEA founders, Amir Abo-Shaeer and Emily (West) Shaeer were featured in this episode. The David Bermant Foundation has been an important DPEA partner for many years, and the DPEA would not be on its current trajectory without the vision and influence of David Bermant.

Here is the newsletter about it with a link to the video of the episode.

*The UCLA Art|Sci Center is home to the Art|Sci Collective, an international group of researchers and creatives that develops projects, workshops, performances, and exhibitions that address social, ethical and environmental issues related to scientific innovations. If you would like to get involved, you can subscribe to their newsletter or reach out to [email protected]

Episode 7: Color, Light, Motion - Featuring Amir Abo-Shaeer and Emily West The late David Bermant was born in New York City and grew up in Manhattan. In January of 1941, six months after graduating cm laude from Yale University at age 21, he joined the U.S. Army. He ended his army career as a major of artillery in Patton’s Third Army, earning a bronze star with an oak l...

Calling all DPEA Alumni - we need your help!

Since you graduated from the DPEA, a Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway, we need to know what you’ve been up to since you left. Every year, our CTE Grants require us to gather information on how our graduates are doing. We try to collect this information every year by sending out a survey. The results of the survey help us fulfil our grant requirements, and they provide the SB Unified School District with information about how they can improve programs in the future.

Would you please take a few minutes to fill out the survey? Go to https://tinyurl.com/CTESurvey2021-2022

Thanks in advance for your help!

CTE Completer Post-secondary Survey 2021-2022 Dear SB Unified CTE Alumni: We hope that you are thriving in your life after high school! In an effort to learn about how our students do once they graduate, we are reaching out to ask if you will please complete this post-secondary survey. We are required to share with the California Department of....

Happy New Year (and 2nd Semester to our students) from the DPEA!

Construction continues to move along, and everything is on track for the new facilities to be completed this fall. These photos feature the DPEA Team sitting in the frame for the astronomical observatory that will be featured on the occupiable roof deck. They progressively zoom out for perspective.

A YouTube LIVE stream of the three video cameras archiving the DPHS CTE Pavilion Construction Project can be found on our website at https://www.dpengineering.org/cte-pavilion-construction-cameras.html. We are thrilled to see the progress!

We are excited to share this article from the Winter Issue of the Montecito Journal magazine. It celebrates the history and achievements of the DPEA and features student and alumni voices to highlight the profound impact the program and staff have had on young women in particular.

The long-standing faith of parents and partners in the value of our mission and vision has made our story – and the inspiring stories of our graduates – possible. Thank you for believing in the transformative potential of interdisciplinary, project- and design-based Career Technical Education.

Thank you for this inspiring article!

Montecito Journal Education Innovators W2021.pdf

We are now accepting applications for the Class of 2026! The online application is due no later than Saturday, Dec. 11th and the Application Video is due no later than Monday, Jan. 10th. Head on over to https://www.dpengineering.org/admissions.html for more information and to access the online application.