AI Builder Foundations
Students learn how modern builders think, prompt, organize information, test ideas, and use AI responsibly.
A Celeste Project initiative
EyeRise Quest — Learn the skill. Build the proof. See the path.
The flagship initiative of The Celeste Project — a youth-to-workforce AI builder pathway beginning with promising 7th–9th grade students and designed to support learners through graduation with skills, project proof, mentorship, and pathway visibility. The first 4-week pilot is the entry point into the larger journey.
The Three Pillars
Learn. Build. Rise.
Every EyeRise Quest experience moves a student through three simple, repeatable stages.
Project Proof
Students complete small builder missions that create visible proof of what they are learning.
Future Pathways
Designed to connect students to mentorship, showcases, certifications, internships, apprenticeships, college pathways, entrepreneurship, and future careers in AI, data, cybersecurity, automation, and digital business.
Pilot Model
Starting small. Building with purpose.
The first EyeRise Quest pilot is a 4-week entry experience for 7th–9th grade students — the entry point into a longer youth-to-workforce AI builder pathway designed to support students through graduation. Students complete beginner-friendly AI and technology builder missions, create a working mini tool, generate project proof, and begin seeing how their skills connect to future opportunities.
Pilot length
4 weeks
Pilot size
8–12 students
Location
Triangle area of North Carolina
Focus
AI literacy, builder mindset, responsible technology, confidence, and future pathways
Format
Web-based platform with optional guided community sessions
Final outcome
Student project showcase
The first stage of a longer journey
This pilot is designed to test the first stage of a longer student journey that can continue through graduation — across discovery, skill development, portfolio demonstration, and future launch into internships, apprenticeships, certifications, college pathways, and careers.
The first pilot is being designed for the Triangle area of North Carolina, with proximity to universities, RTP-area technology companies, community organizations, and potential future sponsors. EyeRise Quest is designed to remain lightweight and flexible, so students can eventually access the platform through a browser on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, or laptop.
The Vision
Youth-to-Workforce Pathway
EyeRise Quest is designed as a multi-stage pathway that begins with early exposure and grows toward project proof, mentorship, and future opportunity. The first pilot introduces students to the builder mindset. The long-term vision is to support students through graduation.
01
Discover
Grades 7–9
Students build confidence, explore AI and technology, complete beginner-friendly builder missions, and create their first project proof.
02
Develop
Grades 9–10
Students deepen skills through AI Builder Foundations, Python-style tools, creative AI, responsible technology, and guided project practice.
03
Demonstrate
Grades 10–11
Students build stronger portfolio projects, participate in showcases, receive mentor feedback, and connect their work to real-world use cases.
04
Launch
Grades 11–12
Students prepare for internships, certifications, apprenticeships, college pathways, employer exposure, entrepreneurship, and future careers.
The pathway is designed to support promising students from early exposure through graduation. Stages will roll out responsibly as the organization grows.
The Pilot Curriculum Arc
What students explore in the first pilot.
A focused arc of builder missions inside the entry-stage pilot — growing AI literacy, confidence, and a clear view of what's next along the youth-to-workforce pathway.
AI Builder Foundations
How modern builders think, learn, and use AI as a creative and practical tool.
Builder Blocks
Small, repeatable building blocks students use to organize information and assemble ideas.
Prompt With Purpose
Learning to give AI clear, intentional instructions that produce useful results.
AI Helper Prompt Blueprint
A reusable prompt framework students can apply to school, projects, and future work.
Creative AI Prompting
Using AI to generate ideas, visuals, and projects that reflect each student's voice.
Responsible Technology
Learning what AI can and cannot do, plus how to use it safely, honestly, and ethically.
Pilot Roadmap
A clear arc of missions that build toward a final student project showcase.
Be part of the first cohort.
EyeRise Quest is in early-stage development as the flagship initiative of a nonprofit in formation. The first 4-week pilot is the entry point into a longer youth-to-workforce AI builder pathway. A live demo and interest list for the first pilot will be shared as the platform comes online.