Project lead the way coming to Upland High School
Students at Upland High School are being given a chance to follow a path into the world of engineering, where math makes sense and hands-on projects are endless.
Upland High School will implement an engineering program through Project Lead The Way this fall.
The district is still exploring an opportunity to introduce a biomedical program into the high school curriculum.
"It provides a series of courses for students that have some real world advantages," Linda Kaminski, assistant superintendent of educational services at Upland Unified School District, said during a presentation to the school board Tuesday.
Project Lead The Way is a national non-profit organization established to help schools give students knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The program is already funded through private and state grants.
Two to four teachers will be sent to Cal Poly Pomona over the summer to participate in a two-week training course.
Doug Hutchings, a retired engineer who teaches algebra, geometry and calculus at the high school, has shown interest in becoming part of the program.
"The project already has a success record in high schools," he said. "So the program has already been boiled down to the high school level where it can still be challenging to the high school student, but is not overwhelming."
A main focus of the program is improvement of students' math skills through various projects.
"I think the program will have a real positive impact on math," Rich said. "As students see how to apply math they'll become more interested in higher levels of math. We might see an increase in demand in high level math classes."
Read more in the Thursday February 12 edition of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper or tonight here.
Upland High School will implement an engineering program through Project Lead The Way this fall.
The district is still exploring an opportunity to introduce a biomedical program into the high school curriculum.
"It provides a series of courses for students that have some real world advantages," Linda Kaminski, assistant superintendent of educational services at Upland Unified School District, said during a presentation to the school board Tuesday.
Project Lead The Way is a national non-profit organization established to help schools give students knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The program is already funded through private and state grants.
Two to four teachers will be sent to Cal Poly Pomona over the summer to participate in a two-week training course.
Doug Hutchings, a retired engineer who teaches algebra, geometry and calculus at the high school, has shown interest in becoming part of the program.
"The project already has a success record in high schools," he said. "So the program has already been boiled down to the high school level where it can still be challenging to the high school student, but is not overwhelming."
A main focus of the program is improvement of students' math skills through various projects.
"I think the program will have a real positive impact on math," Rich said. "As students see how to apply math they'll become more interested in higher levels of math. We might see an increase in demand in high level math classes."
Read more in the Thursday February 12 edition of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper or tonight here.
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