STEM School Chattanooga To Receive Award For MakerMinded Competition

  • Monday, May 22, 2017

Six schools in Tennessee are being recognized for outstanding participation in advanced manufacturing and STEM learning and preparedness as part of the MakerMinded competition, including STEM School Chattanooga.  

The Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow national manufacturing institute, the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network and Tennessee Tech University iCube are announcing the winning schools of the 2016-2017 MakerMinded Tennessee Competition on Wednesday.  The winning schools are  

 STEM School Chattanooga – Hamilton County Department of Ed (Chattanooga area)
 Heritage High School – Blount County Schools (Knoxville area)
 Cookeville High School – Putnam County School District (Cookeville area)
 White Station Middle School – Shelby County Schools (Memphis area)
 Rose Park Middle School – Metro Nashville Public Schools (Nashville area)
 Maxine Smith STEAM Academy – Shelby County Schools (Memphis area)

MakerMinded is a new online STEM learning and competition platform designed to impassion students about advanced manufacturing and provide them with transformational STEM learning experiences that set them on track towards 21st century manufacturing careers.  

Over 1,600 students and 149 schools competed for points by completing a diverse range of STEM and advanced manufacturing activities over the course of the school year.  

Students will be present to receive awards by Lawrence E. Brown, executive director, LIFT. Prizes include national recognition and Virtual Reality Learning Systems delivered to each winning school.

The presentation will be held at the Embassy Suites and Conference Center in Murfreesboro. 

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