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Where education and innovation hope to converge
Published on Monday, May 12, 2008
The school, located in the national hall that celebrates inventors and creativity, has as its goal nothing less than to cultivate a similarly inquisitive spirit and inventiveness in science and technology within the Akron Public Schools.
The middle school for fifth through eighth grade is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009.
The STEM school is the result of a rare convergence of vision and leadership. It marks the realization of concepts that could be achieved only through extensive collaboration. A broad partnership has coalesced behind the project to raise interest in science and math at a time when innovation has become the key to economic development.
The shared interest is evident in an alliance that includes Mayor Don Plusquellic and a city administration that helped secure the local share of construction funds, the city school system and the University of Akron, the inventors hall, the Greater Akron Chamber and Akron Tomorrow. A team led by William Considine, the president of Akron Children's Hospital, hopes to raise $15 million to support staff development and programs such as an inventor-in-residence and student projects.
The school presents Akron students a unique opportunity to study in an environment that offers stellar models of the disciplines essential for scientific understanding and the creativity to turn knowledge and skill to creating solutions.
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