22 Tennessee schools receive STEM designation for 2020

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Each school awarded the Tennessee STEM School Designation was evaluated through a rigorous application process including a self-evaluation, interviews, and hosting site visits with the Tennessee STEM Designation review team. The designation rubric included five focus areas: infrastructure, curriculum and instruction, professional development, achievement, and community and postsecondary partnerships. 

As a part of the process, schools were also required to submit a plan of action for implementing and sustaining STEM and/or STEAM education for the next five years. 

The 22 schools that received the Tennessee STEM School Designation for 2020 are:

· Ashland City Elementary School, Cheatham County Schools

· Bradley Academy- An Arts Integrated School (K-6), Murfreesboro City Schools

· Cleveland High School, Cleveland City Schools

· Erma Siegel Elementary School, Murfreesboro City Schools

· Harrison Elementary School, Hamilton County Schools

· Hixson Middle School, Hamilton County Schools

· Kenwood High School, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System

· Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering (MASE) (6-12), Shelby County Schools

· Midway Middle School, Roane County School District

· Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Maury County Public Schools

· Mount Pleasant Middle School, Maury County Public Schools

· Mount Pleasant High School, Maury County Public Schools

· Normal Park Museum Magnet (PK-8), Hamilton County Schools

· Peabody High School, Trenton Special School District

· Petros-Joyner Elementary School, Morgan County Schools

· Pope John Paul II High School, Private

· Portland East Middle School, Sumner County Schools

· Randolph Howell Elementary, Maury County Public Schools

· Red Bank Elementary School, Hamilton County Schools

· Red Bank High School, Hamilton County Schools

· Sequoyah High School, Monroe County Schools

· Waterville Elementary School, Bradley County Schools

Blount County teacher wins $25,000 for STEM classroom makeover

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Union Grove Elementary teacher Amy Buchanan won the Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ Extreme Classroom Makeover grant of $25,000 to help improve STEM education in public schools across East Tennessee.