Penguins - MSSM |
"If we want more STEM graduates, we must promote ideas, language, people, and programs that demonstrate relevance and foster a sense of belonging. These things can be tough to learn, just like anything else. But we need to tell students they can do it, and we need to hold them accountable .It’s about the ability to excel, because the world has changed, and technology and math are at the heart of everything. We must tell young people that understanding STEM means they can create things that change the world. This is the language of a new generation, and we must learn to speak it." - Barbara McAllister
VEX Robotics Program |
Maine School of Science & Math |
"In the VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams from around the world in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test on the playing field as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state, and national levels; local champions go on to compete against the best in the world at the VEX Robotics World Championship this year held in Louisville, Kentucky!"
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"We're a public, residential high school for people who enjoy stretching their brains in new and challenging directions. Our students hail from across the state of Maine and around the world. They come for inquiry, camaraderie, and a unique high school experience. Here students, staff, and faculty engage in energetic intellectual sparring served up with encouragement and support. We're a community of enthusiastic learners. We're mathematicians and musicians, engineers and entertainers, biologists and bloggers, writers and readers. Today's technology allows us to connect our students with scientists, scholars, and graduates around the globe from the comfort of Limestone, Maine. We offer a world-class education in the safety of a small town. Students leave MSSM ready to excel both academically and socially at the nation's top colleges and universities."
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