Sweet Home High senior Robert Rice gained a real-world glimpse of science and engineering as an apprentice this summer, working alongside Pacific Power’s lead engineer in Albany, Paul Della.
Rice, 17, was one of 141 high school students selected by Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeship in Science and Engineering (ASE) eight-week summer program. The selection process is competitive. This summer’s apprentices had a cumulative grade point average of 3.8, and mentors selected students from a pool of…