STEM - Overview

As the world around us shrinks and competition for high paying, highly technical jobs no longer exists solely within our nation’s boundaries, we must shift our past educational practices and seek a new paradigm for preparing our future scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. To this end, the St. Mary’s County Public School System has developed a rigorous and unique program of study emphasizing the core areas of mathematics and science with an infusion of technology and engineering.This STEM program is offered to all SMCPS students and housed at three schools: Lexington Park Elementary School, Spring Ridge Middle School, and Great Mills High School. The proximity of these three schools to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station and the Technology Corridor make them ideal sites.

Entering high school next year and have questions - email us at: classof2015@smcps.org

Rising Freshman Orientation Nights Flyer

Rising Freshman Information Night Power Point

STEM Parent Brochure                        Engineering Co-op Program

For information on the College of Southern Maryland's Partnership agreement with the University of Maryland, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center (IHNAWC), and the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center (SMHEC), please visit the following link: http://www.csmd.edu/mth/. Look to the right side of the main page for the partnership information.

General information about transferring in to the A. James Clark School of Engineering can be found at the UMD website:

http://www.eng.umd.edu/prospective/psug_transfer.html and also http://www.eng.umd.edu/advising/advising_transfer-students.html The first link gives transfer criteria for both internal (current UMCP students) and external (non-UMCP students) where the second has extensive advising information.

For additional information on this program visit:

http://www.ndep.us/Labs/Pax/engineering_co-op_flyer_ver5.pdf