Hawthorne Elementary Becoming a STEM Magnet School
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 …
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