JAMESTOWN – Twenty students from George Washington Middle School in Jamestown are participating in a pilot program featuring specialized instruction at Jamestown Community College’s Jamestown Campus.
Based on a Science Across the Curriculum initiative that was first launched at Holy Family Catholic School, the program provides supplemental exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts to a small group of seventh and eighth grade students at Washington Middle School.
After Holy Family School closed in 2012, a committee of area educators and community members interested in STEM programming decided to approach another school to continue the Science Across the Curriculum collaboration. Because of its close proximity to JCC, Washington Middle School was offered the pilot program as an afterschool opportunity for up to 20 students to complement their advanced track studies in physics, earth science, chemistry, and biology.
If the pilot program is effective, a self-sustaining model funded through private and foundation support could be developed for future students at Washington Middle School as well as other schools.
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