September 2019
Grants boost cyber, STEM education at Fort Meade schools
From hack-a-thons inside a new cyber range to hands-on projects with industry experts to science activities for elementary students, Fort Meade schools will soon offer expanded STEM and cyber education thanks to two new grants.

A $1 million grant from Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) will enable Meade High School, McArthur Middle School and four elementary schools serving Fort Meade to begin offering expanded computer science and cyber training, redesigned mathematics classes, and new, extra-curricular STEM activities, beginning this school year.

“With this new initiative, Fort Meade schools are going to see cyber course work threaded through K to 12,” said Tim O’Ferrall, FMA General Manager. “Those expanded offerings will include immersive opportunities in STEM, cyber and IT coursework, including ‘passion courses’ where students will be able to focus on a particular type of coding or other subject they are passionate about.”
DoD approves design funds for Meade High School renovation    

Major renovation plans for Meade High School have moved closer to becoming a reality.

Following a multi-year wait for funding, the Department of Defense has approved a grant for architectural and engineering design work which must be completed to qualify the renovation for a federal capital construction grant.

“The AACPS Facilities Division continues to actively work with FGGM personnel and the DoD’s Office of Economic Adjustment to pursue a federal grant to comprehensively renovate and expand Meade High School,” said Alex Szachnowicz, Chief Operating Officer of Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). “Design efforts are ongoing and expected to be completed by April 2020. Construction must await the award of the second phase of the grant.”
Learn about the STEM Core Initiative
STEM Core expands to two new colleges
 
STEM Core – the intensive, personalized program that enables first-year college students to tackle calculus and pursue STEM careers – is expanding to two new colleges in the Fort Meade Region thanks to a $1.3-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). 

“A big part of our success in winning the grant was being able to show employer support for these pathways so we really credit the Fort Meade Alliance and some individual employers for helping us get this funding,” said Michael Venn, Assistant Dean of Mathematics at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). 
Math, music and space
Program helps high school students prepare for STEM careers

Five weeks of intensive math education may not be the first option that jumps to mind when thinking about summer vacations. But that’s exactly how 16 students from Digital Harbor High School spent a large portion of their summer break.

The students were starting a year-long STEM Core program – an intensive, personalized course that helps students build their math skills and prepare for STEM careers.
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