STEM
STEM education programs are intended to cultivate problem solvers through discovery, critical thinking, and investigative learning while incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in the classroom. The purpose is to create connections for our students between their home, school, and the community.
Rome City Schools is pleased to announce that two of our elementary schools, Elm Street Elementary and West End Elementary, are STEM certified by the Georgia Department of Education.
Elm Street Enterprises is a STEM curriculum designed for learning through entrepreneurship, giving back, and developing a world vision.
Elm Street students are learning through a business and engineering design model as early as Kindergarten. Through entrepreneurial experiences, the school aims to teach students the importance of social awareness and giving back to the community.
West End Elementary designed and implemented a STEM program for all of their elementary-aged students (Pre-K-6th Grade). The purpose of their program is to:
to educate with rigor and relevance
embed the basic tenets of STEM in an integrated classroom with cutting-edge technology and hands-on activities
preserve pollinators
STEM empowers our students to take responsibility for their world on both a local and global scale by being aware of what and where they eat. All students are learning the basic life cycles of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, and friends of the pollinators, such as worms.
Through long-term problem-based learning activities, students have designed and are maintaining pollinator gardens, composting with worms, creating eco-friendly pesticides, and suiting up to tend the WEE Bees. In addition to self-awareness, students and teachers are educating the community about the importance of sustaining pollinators.
Teacher Resources
Contact Information
Sabrina Teems - Early Learning Specialist