STEM in Carroll County Public Schools

STEM - Current Events

STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. A commission authored and investigated Rising Above the Gathering Storm, a work which addressed U.S. competitivness and pre-eminence in the area of science and technology. Many of the ideas discussed by the commission were later captured in an article by Shirley Ann Jackson titled,Waking Up to the "Quiet Crisis" in the United States (read it here).

To address the commission's four recommendations, a STEM initiative was created in Maryland. As a result, the Carroll County Public School System is operating under an implementation grant issued by the Maryland State Department of Education. This grant has an embedded environmental theme. Projects and curriculum for grades four through 12 will be impacted by this particular grant. Additional resources to expand the program to grades K-12 have been utilized. All students will have exposure to STEM in Carroll Schools. The emphasis of these projects is to reach the following goals:

For more information contact:

   Bryan Shumaker                Barry Gelsinger               Gail Caples
STEM Resource Teacher               Director                 Director's Asst.
    410-386-1667                  410-751-3146                 410-751-3126
bsshuma@k12.carr.org          bdgelsi@k12.carr.org         vgcaple@k12.carr.org