Reading Public Schools

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Reading Public Schools
STEM Capstone Project
Frank Buono Andrea Bruno Amy Dyment Joanne
Fitzpatrick Marcia Grant Jennifer Grimaldi
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Our High School STEM Makeup

• Approximately 1300 students attend RMHS
• RMHS Math
• 1 CAGS
• 8 Masters
• 4 Bachelors
• Some teachers have more than one certification

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Math Curriculum

• 21.5 in 2004 took AP Calculus
• 62.5 Male
• 37.5 Female

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Current Enrollment

• 100 of students take biology
• 95 take chemistry (in the form of Honors
  Chemistry, College-Prep Chemistry, or ChemCom)
• Nearly 40 continue on to take physics (as
  either Honors Physics or College-Prep Physics)
• This group most likely to pursue STEM careers

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AP Courses

• AP Physics and AP Chemistry
• Enrollment 10-15 students
• Predominantly Male

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Trends

• 22 of graduates who take the SAT plan to pursue
  STEM careers.
• Reduction of 8 over the previous year
• Will this trend continue?

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STEM Goals

• Increase the majors in Stem fields
• Increase the number of STEM teachers
• Improve Math and Science Instruction

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How To Succeed

• Professional Development
• Attend STEM sponsored workshops courses
• Lynnfield CPMSIE
• Embedded Computers Systems _at_ NECCO
• TI Multiple Intelligence Cadre Program
• Sponsored a district wide Intel training course

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Obstacles

• Funding
• Time
• Support

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Where Weve Been

• Community Career Night
• Highlighting emerging STEM technologies
• Local speakers
• U Mass Lowell Engineering Professor
• Youth Workforce Specialist from the Merrimack
  Valley Workforce Investment Board
• Reading Registry of Outreach Volunteers (ROV)

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Where We Are Going?

• Invite Merrimack College Dept of Engineering and
  Computer Science to RMHS
• Mindstorm kits for Middle Schools
• Invite NECCO professors to talk with our middle
  school students
• Jordans furniture Juiced!!

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Thanks Marjie for all your hard work and help