Welcome to the Automotive Trades Foundation

The ATF is a nonprofit organization established cooperatively by the Montgomery County business and professional community and Montgomery County Public Schools to provide a unique method of training high school students for skilled positions in the automotive field: the Mini Dealership, a licensed used car dealership. Students receive valuable on-the-job training that will prepare them for higher educational opportunities or direct entry into the automotive industry.

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Check out the Automotive Trades Foundation video describing the automotive programs.

 

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News & Annoucements

ATF Scholarship 2024

The ATF is opening up scholarship requests for the “ATF Scholarship.” The purpose of the ATF Scholarship is to provide post-secondary education to a full-time, MCPS automotive student, who plans to participate in a post-secondary education program, such as the WANADA ADEI Tech Development internship program.

Refurbished Car Sale Inventory

Car sale inventory.

DC News Now and MCPS Provided Coverage for the December Refurbished Car Sale

Press coverage for the MCPS Automotive programs.

ATF Donates Times and Expertise to Refurbish Accessibility Van

On Thursday, February 16, 2022 at Damascus High School, the Automotive Trades Foundation’s business partners and Damascus HS automotive students gifted vehicle parts and their technical skills to refurbish a Chrysler Town and Country Accessibility Van for an MCPS graduate and current MC student Sa’niya Lipford.

DarCars Training 2022

ATF Shop Videos

Here are some in-house videos created to support our students in the ATF program.    Oil Changes

Aviation Students Featured on GMA

Congratulations to two of our Aviation students who were featured on Good Morning America. Click here to see the video .

ATF Student Recognition 2019-2020

ATF Student Recognition 2019-2020    The ATF and its teachers would like to recognize the following outstanding students from the 2019-2020 school year.  Below, our ATF teachers shared about their exemplary students.

Magruder Aviation Student Earns National Scholarship

Congratulations to Luke Moitoza for being awarded the AOPA Student Flight Training Scholarship of $10,000. Luke is one of 100 students Nationally who was awarded this Scholarship.

Damascus Car Sale Receives Media Coverage!

2019 Media Coverage at Damascus High School: WTOP   2017 Media Coverage at Damascus High School:  High School Mechanics Learn in Class NBC4 WHAG Damascus ATF 2017