engineering

STEM Day 2013 at Fickett Elementary

Fickett Elementary recently held STEM Day on May 3, 2013. The event was sponsored by the UPS Foundation.  During STEM Day, falculty and staff engaged the students at Fickett in a variety of STEM activities to allow them to preview some of the programs for the school’s pilot year.  Students in grades 3-5 participated in engineering design projects, and K-2 students attended an in-house […]

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Coan Students are Encouraged to Enter STEM Careers

On March 14th, Communities in Schools invited 25 eighth grade girls from Coan Middle School to attend a college access conference focusing on S.T.E.M and nonconventional careers for women. The event was held at Georgia Institute of Technology and was funded through a College Access Challenge Grant (CAGC). The young women were privileged to receive […]

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IBM IGN.I.T.E. and EX.I.T.E. Technology Academies at Price

The IBM Corporation and Luther Judson Price Middle School have been school partners since 2007. The IGN.I.T.E Technology Academy is for the boys and it stands for Igniting Interest in Technology and Engineering. Boys are selected from the seventh and eighth grades to participate.  Under the direction of Genelle Betterson and Arnold Dones, the boys […]

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