STEAM is an educational approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to guide student inquiry. This approach enhances dialogue and critical thinking, affording students the skills to take thoughtful risks, persist in problem-solving, and work through a creative process. This interdisciplinary thinking is needed to be innovators, educators, learners, and leaders of the 21st century.
STEAM is in demand across the world, the United States, and here in North Carolina. As the nation’s only all-girls boarding and day high school with a STEAM focus located on a college campus, Salem Academy has stepped up to meet that demand. We offer interdisciplinary holistic coursework in the STEAM areas such as robotics and coding as well as humanities and the arts.
What is STEAM?
At Salem Academy, we are committed to providing a well-rounded, interdisciplinary and forward-thinking education, hence STEAM is at the heart of our curriculum.
STEAM is an educational approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to guide student inquiry. This approach enhances dialogue and critical thinking, affording students the skills to take thoughtful risks, persist in problem-solving, and work through a creative process. This interdisciplinary thinking is needed to be innovators, educators, learners, and leaders of the 21st century.
STEAM is in demand across the world, the United States, and here in North Carolina. As the nation’s only all-girls boarding and day high school with a STEAM focus located on a college campus, Salem Academy has stepped up to meet that demand. We offer interdisciplinary holistic coursework in the STEAM areas such as robotics and coding as well as humanities and the arts.
In STEAM curricula at Salem Academy, students leverage both hard and soft skills to solve problems. Academy students are free to question, create, and think for themselves. Along the way, they learn to collaborate with others, design solutions, and adapt to the ever-changing world around them.
Women are underrepresented in STEM-related careers. According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women make up approximately 34% of the workforce in STEM fields.
But Salem is changing that—and shattering stereotypes along the way by adding the power of the Arts to STEM. The arts component of STEAM fosters creativity and encourages students to think outside the box. It provides a valuable balance to the analytical thinking required in science and technology fields.
At Salem Academy, we believe that our graduates leave with the skills and interest needed to be successful in the field of their choice – be it STEM or STEAM.
Collaboration is a fundamental aspect of STEAM curriculum. Students work in teams to solve complex problems of practical relevance. This helps them see the direct impact of their learning by simulating the collaborative nature of professional environments. Salem Academy graduates go on to fields such as STEM, where they close the gender gap, become role models for the future, and motivate creativity inside STEAM fields to innovate for the future.
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