Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools May/June 2016 | Page 7

Learning skills today for tomorrow’s jobs
UCPS students are designing their future through STEM

Whether it’s building a solar panel, determining the glide path
science and operating principles of clean energy systems to problems
of a wing span or navigating a robot just completed in class, Union
that can be caused by our dependence on fossil fuels. Students study
County Public Schools students are learning the skills they need
photovoltaic systems, water and energy conservation, wind turbines,
today for tomorrow’s jobs.
biofuel generation, bioreactors,
Union County Public Schools offer
waterpower, energy harvesting, fuel
more than two dozen academies
cells and nuclear power.
through the Career and Technical
Aviation Academy at Sun
Education program. This school year,
Valley High School
UCPS opened a few new academies.
The Sun Valley academy exposes
You are invited to visit the Clean
students to various aspects of
Energy Academy at Parkwood High
aviation from avionics, to aerospace
School and the Aviation Academy at
engineering. Students study an
Sun Valley High School.
engineering design process utilizing
In addition, middle school
electronics labs, aircraft visits and
students throughout Union County
projects. Students will also study
are learning and competing in
avionics systems, which are an
robotics. These programs introduce
integral part of aircraft design,
students to STEM (Science,
and have vastly increased aircraft
Technology, Engineering and Math),
capability.
a precursor to other STEM-related
To schedule an interview or to visit
SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • ENGINEERING • MATH
programs and academies offered in
a classroom, please contact UCPS
UCPS high schools. You could