Project Lead The Way

Project Lead The Way is honored to recognize Sarah Leonard as our National PLTW Gateway Teacher Of The Year! Take a look back at the celebration that took place at Louis L. Redding Middle School, in Middletown, Delaware this week! Appoquinimink School District #STEM #STEMeducation #PLTW

Project Lead The Way thanks onsemi and the ON Semiconductor Foundation for its continued support of new and expanded #PLTW programs at schools in their priority communities. See the link for more information! https://bit.ly/4934NsP

We are celebrating #STEMeducation supported by our partners across the U.S. during American Education Week! #aew2024 Regeneron supports Tennessee schools looking to add the PLTW Biomedical Science program to their course offerings. Visit https://bit.ly/3YPtW5h to learn more about the PLTW Grants program and current grant opportunities.

For those keeping score at home, this is a great example of the benefits of bringing #PLTW to your schools! PLTW programs empower students with… Project Based Learning Creativity Problem-solving skills Voracious learning FUN and more! Washington Community Schools https://bit.ly/3Ol8OPw

Amazing to get back in our Project Lead The Way classrooms and see students in action! There were STEM challenges, awarding a National Gateway Teacher of The Year, and students working hands-on in their Medical Dectives unit. Days like today remind me of the importance in bringing valuable opportunities to students nationwide. One bright middle schooler said: “I love working with a team and I really want try computer science too, because I want to be a video game developer when I grow up.” #FutureLooksBright

When two of your favorites come together, the results are magical! And earlier this week was a perfect example of that happening in one event! During a visit to Lockheed Martin's Manassas, Virginia, facility, I engaged with three young talented team members AND promoted STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to high school students – two of my favorite things! Hussein Abukar, Alexa Dominguez and Kasen Chunn joined me on a side trip to Gainesville High School in Prince William County as part of #NationalApprenticeshipWeek. While there, we talked to Project Lead The Way (PLTW) students about our Training Aspiring Locals to Engineer a New Tomorrow (T.A.L.E.N.T.), an engineering apprenticeship program registered with the Department of Labor. Recent graduates of Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS), Hussein (Class of 2020), Alexa (’22) and Kasen (’24) participate in T.A.L.E.N.T. and work for us in Manassas. Kudos to Thomas Warner and our Manassas team for receiving the 2024 SPARK Business Partnership of the Year Award for PWCS for their work promoting STEM to K-12 students. Launched in Manassas seven years ago to build our talent pipeline, T.A.L.E.N.T. provides high school graduates with the training, mentoring and hands-on experience needed for a STEM career. Since then, we have hired over 100 students as apprentices in various engineering roles. Melissa Boyle does a fantastic job leading T.A.L.E.N.T. and has successfully expanded the program to our Syracuse, Moorestown, Deer Creek and Marinette facilities. During our Gainesville visit, we engaged with the school’s PLTW students. I was so impressed with the senior Engineering Design and Development projects and all the students in the PLTW program. As recent high school graduates, Hussein, Alexa and Kasen easily related to the students and spoke with so much passion and enthusiasm. They were great ambassadors for STEM! I was honored to have served on PLTW’s Board of Directors and am excited to be succeeded by Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey. Charles and I are both proud graduates of Baltimore City Public Schools and worked together at Lockheed Martin before he moved on to Booz Allen Hamilton. He shares my passion for opening the eyes of students to the wonders of STEM, and I personally could not suggest a better addition to the PLTW board. Interested in Lockheed apprenticeship programs or current job openings? Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eUGGQRcG.

As part of American Education Week, we are celebrating schools across the U.S. that bring PLTW’s #STEMeducation to millions of students. Many of our partners support schools in their communities through the PLTW Grants program, like PPG Industries, with open grant opportunities for schools in Alabama, North Carolina, and Ohio. Visit https://bit.ly/4hRjmDv to learn more about these and other opportunities. #aew2024

Thank you, Stephanie C. Hill, for your unwavering commitment to important work. Grateful for your longstanding leadership and support of our mission at Project Lead The Way!

We are extremely proud of one of our PLTW teachers! Congratulations, Mr. Brent Cummings, on this outstanding recognition!

Don't miss this upcoming webinar, "Empowering Students Using Computational Thinking Skills" Boost student engagement through the core concepts of computational thinking: decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithmic thinking. You'll learn how to integrate these skills into your teaching, making complex concepts more accessible and engaging for students. Our presenters will share examples of activities to encourage students to break down problems, identify patterns, develop algorithms, and think like computer scientists, even without coding. Take the next step to fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity in your classroom and continue transforming the way your students approach learning. Education Week #STEM #STEMeducation #PLTW Click below to register: https://bit.ly/3UY2p0F