Preparing for the test was a long process,” he said. “The certification covers everything that SolidWorks has to offer. The Expert test is the final in a series of six, and Cimini said the long process to qualify began soon after he began in Cherokee Trail’s computer-assisted design program as a freshman. Nuebel himself had to sit for the test twice before passing, an experience that he said carries its own value for his students: “You have to fail to learn it’s an opportunity for growth,” he said.ĬT junior Alexander Cimini took that lesson to heart when he began studying for the four-hour, 20-question exam. The vast majority of those who’ve passed the exam are engineers and not high school or college students.” “It’s a test for a go-to professional at an engineering firm.
“It is considered the highest level exam for that software, and not just for students,” Nuebel said. Nuebel hasn’t been exempt from this phenomenon – he studied and passed the test in order to better serve students who’ll see doors opened to them with the certification. Students see their peers succeeding and earning the honor, and they want to do the same. Such high-level, real-world qualifications align closely with the Instructional Excellence priority in Cherry Creek Future Forward, the district’s roadmap for maintaining excellence well into the future.Ĭherokee Trail technology and engineering teacher Ben Nuebel says the most positive kind of peer pressure accounts for the high number of students in the school earning the certification. Of the 13 students in Colorado to have earned the Expert designation, eight have come from Cherokee Trail, and three have come from Grandview. “I love the idea of being able to design your own parts and make what you want, that there’s nothing stopping you.”įitzjarrell isn’t the only student at Cherokee Trail, or in the Cherry Creek School District, to earn this distinguished honor. I’m tied for the youngest to pass the test in world,” said Fitzjarrell, a sophomore at Cherokee Trail High School. “I’m the youngest to pass the test in Colorado, I’m the youngest to pass the test in the country. Zachary Fitzjarrell is a member of the relatively small number of those who’ve passed the test, and he’s only 15. The Expert exam is the ultimate test of a technology that’s ever-evolving, one that’s responsible for much of the computer-assisted design across the world. It’s a brutal test of one’s skills in SolidWorks, a computer-aided design program that’s long been the industry standard for professional engineers. Only 4,287 people across the globe have passed the Certified SolidWorks Expert exam. Walnut Hills Community Elementary School.
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