Monday, April 22, 2013
The third annual event was held April 12 at the Saratoga campus of the Waukesha STEM Academy.
Genny Lambert scans the impressively expo-fitted Saratoga School gymnasium, the same way a proud mother would watch her daughters head off to college. It's a brief moment of reflection amidst the chaos of more than 100 excited young girls, dressed in matching light blue shirts, bouncing past the diverse selection of career fair stations that line the walls. It was only three years ago that Lambert, a teacher at the co-ed Saratoga campus of the Waukesha STEM Academy, had the dream of creating an event that would help young girls realize that a career in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) field was not reserved only for men. “It all started with my idea — my passion — to make sure that there’s more girls in the STEM …
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Waukesha STEM Academy-Saratoga Campus
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Students at Waukesha elementary school have already been receiving science, technology, engineering and mathematics-based education approaches for two years.
Parents who want to see their children receive a higher emphasis in science, engineering, technology and mathematics will have an option beyond Waukesha STEM Academy. Hawthorne Elementary School, which is already teaching STEM applications in its school, was given a formal magnet school status for its emphasis in personalized STEM education. The magnet status allows “for a full program (STEM Academy) adoption, open flexibility for open enrollment and school choice, and provide avenues for future grants and programming supports.” Because Hawthorne already is implementing the STEM approaches, the change allows Hawthorne to operate as “a neighborhood school that is open to school choice,” Superintendent Todd Gray said. If there are more …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Waukesha North High School's Project Lead the Way program offers a rigorous curriculum that allows students to apply what they are learning in math and science class to real-life engineering and technology projects.
Editor's note: The following information was provided to Patch via a news release from Waukesha North High School. Waukesha North High School has received national certification for its Project Lead The Way (PLTW) program. PLTW, a nonprofit organization and the nation’s leading provider of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education programs, offers a rigorous world-class curriculum that allows students to apply what they are learning in math and science class to real-life engineering and technology projects. PLTW also prides itself on high-quality professional development of its teachers and an engaged network of business, community and university partners to give students the fullest experience. “We’ve seen how the…
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Girls experience hands-on engineering, math and science activities at Waukesha college.
It seems like every day there is news lauding science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs and education in our schools and communities. However, girls and women still lag in those areas, not in terms of capability but in involvement. To counteract that, a day-long seminar of workshops designed to peak girls’ interest in science, technology and engineering was held Saturday at UW-Waukesha for 80 girls between the ages of 11 and 14. “Planting Seeds for the Future” was the theme of the Girls in Engineering, Math and Science (GEMS) event, which also offered classes for parents. All the workshops were led by female role models in that profession. The classes offered hands-on experiences for the girls and were run by women …
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University of Wisconsin-Waukesha
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