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Foothills Middle School

Hydropower and STEM Career Academy Taking Applications until May 4, 2018

Looking for a great STEM experience for students who will be entering 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade in the 2017/2018 school year, are 15-18 years of age, and have a GPA of 2.5 or above for the most recent academic year? Try the Hydro STEM Academy. The Academy sponsor is the Foundation for Water and Energy Education (FWEE), with Chelan County PUD’s Rocky Reach Visitor Center as the host location. 

Hydro STEM Academy

  • START DATE

    June 18, 2018 9:00 AM

  • END DATE

    June 22, 2018 4:00 PM

  • LOCATION

    Rocky Reach Dam and Visitors Center

The FWEE Hydropower and STEM Career Academy can help you make the best choice for what your future might hold.

You’ll explore the physics of producing hydropower, race solar cars and fly your own drone. These are part of STEM challenges that include meeting and doing hands-on activities with mechanical and electrical engineers, plant mechanics and operators, divers, and linemen. As the week unfolds, career options and educational pathways that may inspire you to pursue a four year college, community college and/or an apprenticeship program will be revealed. These are exciting careers available in the communities you call home.

College advisors and mentors will also be on hand to identify the prerequisites and academic achievement needed to pursue these and related careers. The goal is to help you connect what’s going on in the classroom with possible careers in very direct, meaningful ways.

This offering comes from industry and educational professionals from around the Northwest. Their desire to engage with you is best described with the phrase “pay it forward,” an expression describing someone who benefited from a good deed and wishes to repay it to others. Each of your instructors has a story, often with twists and turns, about finding a career that brings them joy every day. Could their story be yours?

The Academy sponsor is the Foundation for Water and Energy Education (FWEE), with Chelan County PUD’s Rocky Reach Visitor Center being the host location. Support from our members enables us to keep registration costs to $175 per student with some scholarships available. For those traveling more than one hour, a host family option is being made available. The application and other resource materials on this site provide you the information you need to apply. Applications need to be postmarked no later than May 4th, 2018.

For more information and to apply:

http://fwee.org/education/academy/

Upcoming Events

April 1

Spring Break (No School)

Start: Apr 1, 2024 End: Apr 5, 2024

Multi-Day Event

April 9

Board Meeting

6:00 PM

April 15

Board Workshop

1:00 PM

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