STEM Academy
Mission and Vision
Vision: Create an inclusive environment that prepares students to excel in STEM fields of study in order to be innovators in an evolving society.
Mission: The Lakeville South STEM Academy will provide students with opportunities to develop critical thinking skills, creativity, collaboration, and communication for post-secondary and future readiness.
STEM Pathways
The Lakeville South STEM Academy and Industrial Technology
course offerings offer students four career pathways. Each STEM pathway will:
- Build on a core of science and math offerings
- Provide engineering and technology opportunities
- Embed 21st century learning throughout multiple disciplines
- Culminate in a real-life capstone project with a community connection
STEM Graduation Recognition
Students who complete the following requirements will get a STEM Academy medallion at commencement and a designation on their transcript:
- Eight semesters of math
- Eight semesters of science (Environmental & Biomedical Engineering counts as 1 semester)
- Engineering Your Future 1 & 2
- One STEM Pathway Course
- Building Construction / Applied Architecture
- Environmental and Biomedical Engineering
- Engineering Your Future 3
- Robotics
- Capstone Course
STEM Capstone Experience
The Capstone course serves as a culminating demonstration of what a student has learned in their STEM pathway. In this course, students will complete a semester long engineering design project in which they will:
- Research a problem
- Design a solution
- Utilize the engineering process
- Demonstrate progress via a digital portfolio
- Create a variety of deliverables
- Present to a panel of teacher and community members