Completed work is filed in the portfolio so that at the end of the year, students have a record of what they have accomplished. Attendance is taken at each workshop and feedback is provided to the high school. The high school determines if the student was present for school that day and contacts the student's parents if deemed appropriate. Many of the students also participate in other programs such as sports, cheer leading, and driver's education. The program must be flexible enough to provide for these types of activities.
Students get bored quickly with just doing homework.
Additional hands-on projects are needed and planned to keep their interest. One such project would be some type of team design project which could be worked on and completed during the senior year. Many organizations are currently attempting to address these needs by promoting the study of engineering and the sciences in the early years of a child's development. He helped develop the pre-engineering program and was its first director. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he retired from the U.S. Air Force civil service after 30 years experience as an engineer and manager at numerous locations throughout the world.