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2019 NEWS
AOBI converts bus into a greenhouse that provides fresh vegetables
A repurposed bus, a dream and leadership is all it took for the Academy of Building Industries to create its own special greenhouse. Read full article HERE
AOBI instructor draws on experience to run classroom like a business
About 15 years ago, Coy O’Kelley was a former business owner in Arkansas with a desire to move west. VIEW ARTICLE HERE
Green Business of the Year
We're proud to have won this award from the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce. READ MORE
AOBI accepts $16,000 donation
Toby Orr, owner of T.R. Orr, Inc., presents a check for $16,000 to Academy of Building Industries High School Student Council President Haily Chase and Vice President Greg Payne on Thursday. READ MORE
Building a solid future: 50 graduate from AOBI
BULLHEAD CITY — Angel Jimenez, Academy of Building Industries valedictorian, noted the special nature of his classmates’ accomplishments during his speech. “We were all in such a hurry to graduate but what will each of us do?” he asked. “Go to college, go into the...
2017 NEWS
Open house gives parents up-close look at AOBI
FORT MOHAVE — Jean Thomas wants to see more of her students dressed like Brandon Rivera was Wednesday evening. Rivera, a senior at the Academy of Building Industries, wore a work shirt from S&S Concrete, where he is doing an internship. Thomas, AOBI’s principal,...
AOBI Students Deliver
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Buddy Bench made for Kiwanis Club
Moose Riders Donate to AOBI
Mugging It
MUGGING IT: Rich Lettman, owner of the Mohave County Coit Cleaning and Restoration franchise, shows a couple of branded mugs to entrepreneurship class students Tuesday at the Academy of Building Industries. The company has asked the class to develop mugs it can use to...
Graduation Day
GRADUATION DAY Members of the Academy of Building Industries Class of 2014 file into the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce building Friday night for the school’s graduation ceremony. The 55 graduates marked the largest class ever for the school, which opened in 2004....
Open House
AOBI OPEN HOUSE Academy of Building Industries wood-shop students coat a cutting board with mineral oil. Instructor Paula DeShaw’s students discussed how they are made and finished. Some cutting boards were offered as raffle prizes during Thursday’s open house. ...
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2016 NEWS
Construction project helps students grow
Academy of Building Industry high school students completed work Wednesday on a shade structure they built for the Camp Mohave Elementary School Garden Club. READ MORE
Building something special: 40 students on ‘hero’s journey’ graduate AOBI
Members of the Academy of Building Industries Class of 2016 make their way through the Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce auditorium Friday evening for graduation. Principal Jean Thomas said the school has grown from four graduates in 2005 to 40 this year, about half...
Open House
Construction Project Helps Students Grow
Great article in the Mohave Daily News Read HERE By DK McDONALD The Daily News | 0 comments FORT MOHAVE — Academy of Building Industry students spent the past few months building a shade structure for the Camp Mohave Elementary School Garden Club. The finishing...
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