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What is STEM?

The STEM Academy is an advanced four year program that is offered to students enrolled in Lacey Township High School. STEM is an acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. The program introduces students to more in depth and modern technology through projects that connect multiple subjects, not just science and math. The teachers of the STEM academy, Mr. Kuzan and Mr. Setaro, are currently working on including even more subjects then we do now. Currently the three STEM courses offered to students enrolled in the academy are a STEM Core elective class, a STEM math, and an advanced STEM science. Soon, we hope to incorporate both World History and English into future projects. This program utilizes a student's ability to think outside the box, work with their hands, and put what they have learned into a real life situation. Later years incorporate more networking and leadership skills to instroduce STEM students to more business and entrepreneurship engineering and designing. STEM doesn't require students to just sit in a desk and copy down notes; students enrolled in STEM have the opportunity to learn from projects and labs that are assigned throughout the years. We learn how to create websites, correctly give a presentation, collect data in an accurate way, how to utilize modern technology, and it gives us the opportunity to pursue more tech based careers in the future.

About Lacey Township

Lacey Township is a town in Ocean County and is a part of the Jersey Shore. It has the second largest square foot area out of Ocean County and a population of 27,000 middle class people. In the school district, there are three elementary schools (Mill Pond Elementary School, Cedar Creek Elementary School, Lanoka Harbor Elementary School, and Forked River Elementary School), one middle school (Lacey Township Middle School), and one high school (Lacey Township High School).

About Lacey Township High School

On average, there are about 1,291 students in the entire high school and only 18-23 students enrolled in the STEM Academy at each grade level. The school budget is mainly focused on academics along with athletics. Each student receives a personal Google Chromebook for schoolwork and are now able to have online courses, class lessons, and online work to do at school or at home. Many clubs and activities are available to the average hardworking pupil as well as having many opportunities to join various sports year round. All in all, Lacey Township High School is a well-rounded curriculum full of hardworking and fun students.