Help students reach their academic and vocational potential in the Mid-Columbia area!
Washington State STEM Education Foundation
You can make a difference in the lives of students in the Tri-Cities by becoming a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) volunteer, and assisting with STEM classroom activities, events, job shadows, mentoring, internships, and career days in schools and learning centers. Volunteers can also help with volunteer recruitment, office support and special events. We need volunteers from all ages, backgrounds and educational levels.
About Washington State STEM Education Foundation
Location:
P.O. Box 1617, Richland, WA 99352, US
Mission Statement
To create a substantial and sustainable impact on the quality of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education in the Mid-Columbia."
We accomplish our mission through cultivating and influencing STEM education to assure rigorous instruction and real-world experiences in STEM that will allow students to perform in a highly-technical 21st century where they engage in multi-disciplinary endeavors and reasoned problem-solving on a daily basis.
Create the ideal STEM learning environment. Empower teaching professionals through an intergrated curriculum. Build a STEM-focused community through public/private partnerships. Inspire the next generation of innovators and creators.
Description
The Washington State STEM Education Foundation is a national model for generating passionate support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Public Education: Every Student, Every Day
In 2006, concerned leaders from the private sector approached the Kennewick, Pasco and Richland School Districts with a visionary idea -creating an innovative STEM high school specifically designed to prepare students with the skills necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. In 2008, the Washington State STEM Education Foundation was formed in support of this revolutionary school, Delta High School, with the mission to create a substantial and sustainable impact on the quality of STEM education in the Mid-Columbia.
Known as the STEM Foundation, we support a view that STEM literacy is a foundational skill which matters for all careers, not just the technology workforce. STEM builds critical thinking abilities because it addresses how we view and experience the world around us. Especially at a time when global challenges in water, climate, and energy require broad and comprehensive solutions across policy and technology, proficiency in English, mathematics, technology, and science, as well as literature, history, and the arts will be essential. Our future workforce must be comfortable with ideas and abstractions, analysis and synthesis. Gaining a STEM proficiency provides the foundation for these skills, and also helps build the flexibility to adapt quickly to frequent changes in the labor market that are expected as global shifts in the economy become faster.
We are a non-profit organization incorporated in 2009 and located in the Tri-Cities area (Kennewick, Pasco, Richland) of Washington State.