Owego Apalachin Central School District Superintendent Cory Green introduced to the community Project STEAM 21, an alliance that incorporates STEAM programs not just into the school district, but the community. He was joined by community stakeholders to discuss what this project means for the future of Owego. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project began six months ago with a series of collective impact meetings where community members and stakeholders gather to discuss what the community needs in order to advance in a society that is leaning into STEAM initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis alliance and this partnership not only benefits kids,\u201d Green said, \u201cbut it benefits the entire community and the future of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STEAM initiatives, or science, technology, engineering, agriculture\/arts and math, is about bringing all aspects together for students to enter the workforce. Green used the example of advanced manufacturing. A worker may be using machines, but there are also aspects of design, math, science, financing marketing, and advertising and so on behind the initial machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all coming together to meet the needs of the students,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
STEAM programs expose students to think critically, to be creative and to be collaborative with other students, which will carry on to when they leave the school, bettering themselves and the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Fred Akshar spoke on Friday as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCommunity changes, society changes and you too have to change,\u201d Akshar said about education being different then it was even 10 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akshar added, \u201cThe only thing that you need to be successful is for the adults in the room to create those opportunities. This initiative is doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jamie Holliday, Boys and Girls Club executive director, has been on the Project STEAM 21 Steering Committee since the beginning and has been exploring different ways the Boys and Girls Club could provide for the initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project STEAM 21 fits with the Boys and Girls Club goals. The club\u2019s tagline is \u201cGreat futures start here,\u201d and Holliday said, \u201cWe\u2019re striving to prepare young people for great futures and a big part of that is collaboration with community alliances like project STEAM 21.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, Holliday is helping the most with the project by offering the club space, which is used by adults during the day and for kids with their evolving after-school programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m going to dream real big, I would want some sort of technology incubator where people in the community will be able to come and come to work collaboratively with others,\u201d Holliday said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Green emphasizes that this partnership with the community not only helps current students, but future students and the future of the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe collective impact of the community working together to benefit itself will change the workforce and bring great things to the area,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cBeing able to collaborate with all the different stake holders and understand exactly what the needs are in the entire community, from workforce development to housing, to understanding the makeup of our entire community is really important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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