Posts tagged Career and Technical Education
Learning & Leading with Video — $3,200
Learning & Leading with Video — $3,200

Curricular Area: Career & Technical Education, Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment and Professional Development
Schools: Columbia High School, Henkle Middle School, W & P Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: GoPros, Subscriptions, Professional Development

Video has the ability to motivate, captivate, and inspire. This grant seeks to leverage the power of video production, story-telling, student motivation, and student leadership to create a cadre of students at Columbia High School who can not only find an authentic and personal voice to portray their learning, but who can also lead others to build their own skills and understanding across a variety of curriculum areas.

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2021Anne StringerArts, Equipment, Career and Technical Education
2D Design & Fabrication Laser Cutter — $6,000
2D Design & Fabrication Laser Cutter — $6,000

Curricular Area: Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School, Henkle Middle School, W & P Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: Lasercutter

Our objective is to make a laser cutter available to a large sector of students who do not currently have access to a machine which is commonly found in manufacturing, engineering, commercial art, and secondary education. Students will use the laser cutter to gain hands-on experience in prototyping for speci?ic engineering projects. This machine revolutionizes the way traditional subjects like art and woodworking are taught, giving students the opportunity to develop skills in digital design and fabrication which will open new career paths for them.

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2021Anne StringerSTEM, Arts, Across Subjects, Equipment, Career and Technical Education
All Terrain Electric Vehicle – $9,992
All Terrain Electric Vehicle – $9,992

Curricular Area: STEM, Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Plans and parts for building the ATEV

For the past six years CHS students have been designing and fabricating electric cars to compete in over 50 Electrathon America races. With this grant, students will pilot an innovative and highly motivational twist to this event by building the first of its kind all-terrain, full suspension electric vehicle: the Piranha III!.

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Spring 2019Anne StringerSTEM, Columbia High School, Career and Technical Education
Media Arts Project – $5,355
Media Arts Project – $5,355

Curricular Area: Arts; Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
Items Purchased: iPad Pro Kits and accessories

The aim of this grant is to facilitate a 7-12th Media Arts Pilot Program, with the long-term goal of a sustainable Career and Technical Education program in Film and Media Arts.

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Fall 2017Guest UserHenkle Middle School, Columbia High School, Arts, Career and Technical Education, Across Subjects
CHS Robotics Takes Flight - $4,200
CHS Robotics Takes Flight - $4,200

Curricular Area: STEM; Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment; Curriculum
Schools: Columbia High School​​​​​​​
Items Purchased:  10 Quadcopter kits; technology and flight lessons, curriculum development

This grant funds a nine-week unit on unmanned aerial vehicles (or "drones") to be implemented in the introductory robotics class at CHS.

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Spring 2017Guest UserSTEM, Curriculum, Columbia High School, Equipment, Career and Technical Education