Erika Malcom, Joslyn Maldonado and Krystal Ince

The team’s innovative teaching idea, “Integrating STEM Into All Subjects,” focuses on creating a program for the students at Prestwick STEM Academy to be able to give back to the community in different ways. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) instruction is becoming increasingly important in our world. Students at Prestwick STEM Academy need to learn how to collaborate and communicate effectively, become problem solvers and create innovative products and solutions. With the Voya grant, the group plans to build a curriculum across all subjects that incorporates these ideas through STEM principles. By building units as service projects, students will learn how to use their learning to help others. Students involved in the project will have an opportunity to learn different ways to problem solve a situation and how to collaborate with others in a group.