WHAT: Students in Fontana Unified School District’s Future Shapers Academy (FSA) will present its contributions and input to the city of Fontana’s Downtown Core Project, a proposal to develop downtown Fontana into a local and regional destination.

Fontana Unified launched the Future Shapers Academy in 2023-24, with FSA students spending the inaugural school year collaborating with leaders from the city of Fontana on designing an entertainment center in downtown Fontana. Students tackled a series of smaller design challenges that contributed to the larger project.

WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 24
2 – 4 p.m.

WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers
8353 Sierra Ave., Fontana

DETAILS: Fontana Unified designed FSA to replicate authentic workplace situations that cultivate meaningful, professional relationships between students and local industry leaders. The District’s plans to use the FSA to expand its work-based learning opportunities made it one of only two school districts in California and 81 nationwide to secure semifinalist honors in the U.S. Department of Education’s inaugural Career Z Challenge, a $2.5 million multi-phase prize competition.

FSA students and District leaders will be available for on-camera interviews onsite after their presentation.