GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP) —STEM learning can be fun and exciting. That’s what the students at Jackson Middle School are learning firsthand through a program called GEAR UP.
Meagan Flowers is the GEAR UP Community Coordinator. She says it is important for students to understand there is a world of opportunity beyond their classrooms.
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“Gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs. It is a federal funded grant where again we aim to increase the success of students in post-secondary education,” says Flowers. “We are operational right now in 10 schools here in Guilford County and we really target middle and high school students to start thinking about post-secondary planning, creating a college going culture, providing resources, enrichment and support to students and families.”
Through a partnership with BetaBox Learning, the students are getting valuable hands-on STEM learning that could spark an interest in their futures.
Says Flowers, “We want them to get outside of the regular 4 walls of their classroom to have experiences like this so that it will spark an interest to start thinking about what’s going to happen when they get to high school, what’s going to happen after high school and hopefully moments like this will encourage them to stay on the path for success.”