STEM Summit to help prepare students for world’s fastest growing job market
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CHS administration hopes that the STEM Summit will encourage students to pursue science and math-field careers.
Many believe the 21st century will have a far more competitive and innovative job market than any other time period in history.
On Dec 9 and 10, CHS will host a STEM Summit for ninth graders in the Swartz building, an event intended to help students succeed.
Samantha Moyer, the Department Chair of Science, explained this summit will help students “to understand the different career pathways that are involved with STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.”
According to the Brookings Institution, a non-profit think tank based in Washington D.C., the percentage of jobs that are STEM careers have doubled since the Industrial Revolution.
With 26 million STEM positions across the United States, Junior Achievement, the organization sponsoring this summit through CHS, hopes to educate incoming high school students about STEM occupations.
During the Summit, freshmen will be engaged in chemistry and robotics activities, participate in math competitions, and will be able to ask members of the Carlisle community who work in STEM careers about their work, and much more.
This event is anticipated by countless ninth grade students.
Freshmen Morgan Ely said this will be “a learning experience and can benefit the future of students.”
Additionally, ninth grader Hunter Slear also had positive things to say. He stated this “is a good idea” and it will allow him to meet those “who are in…the science field.”
As of 2014, 50% of occupations in science, technology, engineering, and math don’t even require a bachelors degree. Junior Achievement hopes to teach students that they don’t need to go to a four year college or more to work the job they want to.
Students aren’t the only ones interested in this learning opportunity. Freshman principal Walt Bond beliefs the STEM Summit and exploring STEM professions are “important because that’s the biggest growing area of careers.”
Junior Achievement concludes that “many of the jobs the [students] will pursue didn’t exist ten years ago.”
The goal of this function is to show people that not every job requires the traditional educational path and having knowledge of STEM will be important for working in the future.
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Matt Fuller • Jan 20, 2015 at 10:48 pm
It seemed like this was lots of fun for the freshmen. I have a sister who participated and she seemed to have a blast. She brought back some foam hand thing and kept slapping me with it. I wish I could’ve been there!
Kimberly Nickle • Jan 20, 2015 at 2:09 pm
This program is a good way to get students introduced to the field of science and technology. It provided them with a fun, new way to see what these careers could have in store for them, should they choose to pursue them. It opens doors to opportunities that students haven’t had before and gives tem a sneak peek on how interesting careers in these fields could be.
Maddie Shultes • Jan 20, 2015 at 1:36 pm
I was a volunteer at the STEM activity and I have to admit it was a good experience. While I myself was not participating in the activities I noticed that all the kids who were seemed inspired by what they were doing. Each station incorporated science into fun and everyday life activities and as I walked around the gym I learned a lot of fascinating things that I did not know before. I think it was a good move on CHS’s part to have the STEM summit for 9th graders and I recommend that they continue it in the following years.
Sean Dailey • Jan 20, 2015 at 8:47 am
Science has always been one of my favorite subjects in school, and through the STEM program, I have had far more opportunities that interest me than I might have had otherwise.
Logan Redcay • Jan 15, 2015 at 8:28 am
I think this is a great way to peak the interest of science in high school students. What better way to show how fun science can be than by allowing them to do some quick and exciting experiments.