Ginette Lewis, a certified nursing assistant and mother of two, is welcomed into her new home built by Atlantic Community High School Eagle Nest students.
Lewis, a certified nursing assistant, qualified today for a new home built by Atlantic Community High School, with help from the city. More than 200 people, city dignitaries, staff, architects, builders and residents showed up today to help Lewis turn the keys.
The Atlantic Community High School Eagle Nest Construction Academy built the three-bedroom, two-bath, one-car garage home at 46 NW 12th Ave. Paul Mieszczenski, a 38-year veteran teacher at Atlantic Community High School, helped the students with the logistics of the project, along with a laundry list of community support. Students did everything from lay the foundation to landscaping. They had community support and city funding but put in the labor themselves.
“It’s awesome!” student Dan Burke said.
“This experience got me into environmentally-friendly building. That’s now what I want to do.”
Many gave speeches but perhaps Vice Mayor Gary Eliopoulos summed it up best.
“The Eagle has landed and we will do this again,” he said.

Hundreds turned up at the dedication to the new home.

AHS Principal Dr. Kathy Wiegel said the work her students did gave her "goosebumps."

Former Delray Beach Commissioner Jon Levinson championed the project.

Paul Mieszczenski, a 38-year veteran of Atlantic Community High School, helped the students with the logistics and put in sweat labor before retiring after teaching building and construction at the school.

AHS student Dan Burke addresses the crowd.