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RHMS STEAM Program
Community partners are a central part to what we do in the RHMS STEAM program. While COVID has often changed how we involve these partners, the fact remains that we still utilize these partnerships to the best of our abilities and continuously look for new ways to do so as well as new potential partnerships. These partnerships also go beyond funding as a majority of our community partners are individuals or organizations who are experts in certain fields and are willing to share their expertise as a part of a project for students by sharing information with them, providing them feedback from an expert point of view, being a judge for final group presentations, or showcasing their work or workplace with our students.
Arts Partners
Arts Partners
Name: Heather Montgomery
Title: Author
Organization: Independent
Project: Roadkill
Name: Mariah Congedo
Title: Reporter
Organization: WTOC
Project: 8th Grade Chemistry Breakthrough Challenge
Name: Amanda Aguilar
Title: TV Reporter
Organization: WTOC
Project: 8th Grade Chemistry Breakthrough Challenge
Name: Liz Georgoff
Title: Art Director For Film & TV
Organization: Independent Contractor
Project: 7th Grade Dinosaur Documentary PBL
Name: Brittany Slattery
Title: Graphic Designer
Organization: Thomas & Hutton
Project: 6th Grade Geology & Dinosaur Project
Name: Carrie Brookshire
Title: Interior Designer
Organization: Brookshire Designed Interiors
Project: Dream Home
Name: Linda Lennane
Title: Owner
Organization: Midnight Star Pottery
Project: Teacher PL & Dinosaur Project
Name: Erik Regan
Title: COO
Organization: Focus Lab
Project: What's In A Name ELA Project
Community Partners
Community Partners
Name: Dr. Bob Ballard
Title: President of the Ocean Exploration Trust
Director of the Center for Ocean Exploration, Graduate School of Oceanography URI
Organization:
Project: 6th Grade Ocean Geology & Exploration PBL
Name: Ben Roberts
Title: Director of Project & Risk Management
Organization: Chehaw Zoo & Park
Project: Red Wolf genetics PBL
Name: Rebecca Hunt-Foster
Title: Park Paleontologist
Organization: Dinosaur National Monument
Project: 7th Grade Dinosaur Documentary PBL
Name: Captain. Owen Morris
Title: Attorney
Organization: US Army, Fort Stewart
Project: 8th Grade Truman Trials
Name: Scott Found
Title: Store manager
Organization: Hilton Head Home Depot
Project: All projects
Name: Andrea Zermeno
Title: Education Specialist
Organization: Makerbot
Project: 6th Grade Math Rover PBL
Name: Randon Sander
Title: EOD Operations NCOIC
25th CBRNE CO (TE)
Organization: US Army, Fort Stewart
Project: Asteroid Mining
Name: Andrew Gorton
Title: Meteorologist
Organization: WTOC
Project: 6th Grade Weather From The Hill PBL
Name: Molly Matthews
Title: Vice President Operations
Organization: DRT America Inc
Project: 8th Grade Chemistry Breakthrough Challenge
Name: Megan Cook
Title: Director, Education & Outreach
Organization: Ocean Exploration Trust
Project: 6th Grade Ocean Geology & Exploration PBL
Name: Terry McCormick
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Organization: Elan Technology, Inc.
Project: 8th Grade Chemistry Breakthrough Challenge
Name: Dr. Brent Feske
Title: Associate Dean of Research and External Affairs
Organization: Georgia Southern University
Project: RHMS Grows
Partnerships For Bryan County's Future
Partnerships For Bryan County's Future
Bryan County, and Georgia's largest recent development include the creation of Hyundai's new meta-plant. This new project in Bryan County paved the way for the STEAM program to get involved with our new neighbors as well. Hyundai generously donated 48 hydrogen fuel cell car kits and a hydrogen fuel cell racing car to the program. In addition Hyundai executives came out to the school to participate in a build with the STEAM program students and invited students to come to the Hyundai ground breaking expo at Enmarket arena.
In addition to the community partners that we have that support us with their expertise or financially we have our STEAM Board. This board is composed of business leaders, community partners, school administration, and parents. The purpose of these quarterly meetings is to inform the board of the progress of the program, updates, needs, ask for feedback, and most importantly provide an open forum for input so the RHMS STEAM program can continue to stay as relevant as possible to the lives of our students and the needs of our community. We do so by discussing trends in students and parent perspective and interest, trends in terms of needs, skills, the makeup of an ideal candidate for careers in our city and beyond within the business sector, and goals community organizations are working towards and how we can best incorporate their work into active learning experiences for students.
Community Stepping In To Support The Program
Community Stepping In To Support The Program
The RHMS STEAM program also continues to enjoy the support of local businesses to support the innovation in the program. This year the RHMS STEAM program teachers were awarded 7 out of the 8 total Coastal Electric Bright Ideas grants given to RHMS.
When Richmond Hill Middle wasn't able to have anyone in the building for our Winter STEAM Showcase and participate in our usual competitions due to high infection rates of COVID in our community, our showcase pivoted to an entirely virtual event. All STEAM ELT competitions changed to community-centered projects that teachers could submit through the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow competition. Small groups of students were allowed on campus to present their project ideas live to audience members who all had a choice of which grade- level's projects to watch. Each ELT created a Donors Choose for materials they needed to complete their projects for the rest of the school year. By the end of the following evening, 75% of all projects had been fully funded.
To further engage the community, the STEAM program created a prize patrol that took the materials that would have been a part of our raffle and instead randomly drew names from those who said they'd like to participate and surprised participants at their houses while they watched the showcase which had a special guest speaker Steve Spangler as the introductory speaker. The online event was so well attended that a series of four extra computers had to be set up to able to accommodate the number of online participants.
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