PLTW curriculum provides opportunities for students to engage in hands-on activities, projects and real-world problems, with a focus on computer science, engineering and biomedical science-related topics.
Last year, only Horace Mann Elementary for grades kindergarten through sixth had the PLTW program, and the district had a limited amount of access to the courses at Schaefer and Hayward middle schools for grades sixth through eighth.
The district was awarded an $89,300 grant earlier this year. That made the expansion possible for each kindergarten through sixth grade level and at the middle school level to “ensure that every student is able to experience one of the PLTW Gateway programs during seventh and eighth grade.”
PLTW helps solve the country’s high-tech staffing shortage by increasing the number, quality and diversity of engineers graduating from U.S. schools.
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