STEM Programs

During the summer, students in grades 6, 7 and 8 have the opportunity to learn more about the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) during the Youth Science and Technology Academy, held at Whitesboro Middle School as a joint venture with Mohawk Valley Community
College (MVCC).

The camp is split into two sessions, Science and Technology Academy 101 and 102, where students who participate in the first week of the summer camp are able to go on to the second session. Some of the topics that are covered in the camp include electronics, mousetrap cars, nanotechnology, solar, laser engraving, 3D printing, solar ovens, drones and dye sublimation. At the end of each week, students are taken on trips to places like MVCC’s labs, and Danfoss on SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s campus.

The Youth Science and Technology Academy is held during the month of July.

In an attempt to raise awareness, prepare and excite students for potential jobs in their own backyard, Whitesboro High School offers a course called “Introduction to Nanotechnology.”

This one-of-a-kind science course, which is completely lab-based and hands-on, is designed to introduce students to the emerging field of nanotechnology and its implications for society. At the conclusion of the course, students have a better understanding of the relevance of nanotechnology as it relates to chemical and physical systems, electrical and magnetic nanostructures and nanoapplications with light and material nanofabrication.

Enrolled students must have taken biology and chemistry, as well as a third year of math, to
qualify for the elective.