Northside High School

Northside High School Application for 2012-2013 The Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Program at Northside Dr. Michael Edmondson, Program Coordinator Mr. James Wilson, Principal, Northside High School

Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Components Section 1 Curriculum Component Introduction Requirements and Rationale Course Descriptions Section 2. Sample Schedules Rationale for Schedules: Background Section 3.. Discipline Component Section 4.Qualifications and Retention Component General Statement Admittance Retention Behavioral Academic Service Section 5.....Service Component

Section 1 Curriculum Component Introduction Requirements and Rationale Course Descriptions for Core Engineering and Engineering Design Courses

Northside High School Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Curriculum Component Introduction: The Academy for Engineering and Engineering Design at Northside High School is designed for the student who wishes either to focus on a solid preparation for a career in engineering design or on one of the many specialty fields in engineering. Students who are a part of this innovative program will have the additional advantage of becoming part of a recognized curricular program praised nationwide by countless engineering and technical schools, including (in our region) the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Schools of Engineering at Auburn University, Southern Polytechnic University in Marietta and Columbus Technical College. Partnerships with the aforementioned engineering and technical schools are currently being pursued. The Georgia Tech connection, Columbus Technical College, and Auburn connections are solidly in place. These schools already recognize the national curriculum that we intend to put in place at Northside High School. The curriculum is known as Project Lead the Way, a program originally established through the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, and now known throughout the United States. This program has two very specific foci: (1) to prepare students for success in engineering, and (2) to provide a program for students who have an interest in engineering and allied design fields, yet who wish to pursue a more technical education as opposed to a full college degree in a field of engineering. Requirements and Rationale: Thoughtful study on the part of the student will engender even more elective openings than are currently shown. Per state requirements, all students must take four units of English and four units of social science. Those in the college track must have four units of science and mathematics plus two units of foreign language. This is accounted for in all the Engineering tracks. The Engineering Design and Technology Track represents the option for students who would prefer an applied engineering career background training. Certainly, electives can be selected to add languages or other appropriate personal interests to the schedule.

All students, whether in the Engineering or Engineering Design track, must take a core of five engineering courses: (1) Introduction to Engineering Design (2) Digital Electronics (3) Computer Integrated Manufacturing (4) Principles of Engineering (5) Engineering Design and Development These courses are the core of Project Lead the Way, a nationally recognized course of study for students interested in engineering and applied engineering careers. Students who are interested in collegiate or vocational careers are equally well prepared by this curriculum, developed and endorsed by the American Society of Professional Engineers. Students can receive college and vocational credit for the first four courses, transferable to and recognized by major universities and technical schools, including the Georgia Institute of Technology. Additionally, Academy students will be encouraged to take a fine arts course. This course will allow for a historical and artistic perspective of some of mankind s most beloved, intricate, and enduring engineering and architectural projects as portrayed in art, architecture of civilizations, and other media. Technical writing will also be encouraged for all students to enhance their ability to accurately and adeptly communicate design, specifications, and requirements of projects. Course Descriptions for Core Engineering and Engineering Design Courses: Introduction to Engineering Design - A course that teaches problem-solving skills using a design development process. Models of product solutions are created, analyzed and communicated using solid modeling computer design software. Digital Electronics - A course in applied logic that encompasses the application of electronic circuits and devices. Computer simulation software is used to design and test digital circuitry prior to the actual construction of circuits and devices. Principles of Engineering - A course that helps students understand the field of engineering/engineering technology. Exploring various technology systems and manufacturing processes help students learn how engineers and technicians use math, science and technology in an engineering problem-solving process to benefit people. The course also includes concerns about social and political consequences of technological change. 5

Computer Integrated Manufacturing - A course that applies principles of robotics and automation. The course builds on computer solid modeling skills developed in Introduction to Engineering Design, and Design and Drawing for Production. Students use equipment to produce actual models of their three-dimensional designs. Fundamental concepts of robotics used in automated manufacturing, and design analysis are included. Aerospace Engineering: A survey course in the field, this course encourages design and construction, use of flight simulation, rocketry construction, and flight appllications. Biotechnical Engineering: Designed to showcase the connections between the medical sciences and engineering. Students study, experiment, and model application and processes in medicine and engineering. Engineering Design and Development - An engineering research course in which students work in teams to research, design and construct a solution to an open-ended engineering problem. Students apply principles developed in the four preceding courses and are guided by a community mentor. They must present progress reports, submit a final written report and defend their solutions to a panel of outside reviewers at the end of the school year.

Section 2 Rationale for Schedules: Background

Northside High School Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Per state requirements, all students must take four units of English and four units of social science. Those in the college track must have four units of science and mathematics and two units of foreign language. This is accounted for in the Engineering track. The Engineering Design and Technology Track represents the option for students who would prefer an applied engineering career background training. Electives can be selected to add languages or other appropriate personal interests to the schedule. All students must take a core of five engineering courses: (1) Introduction to Engineering Design (2) Digital Electronics (3) Computer Integrated Manufacturing (4) Principles of Engineering (5) Engineering Design and Development A fine arts course will also be encouraged for all students to provide for an ability to accurately and adeptly communicate design, specifications, and requirements of projects. Students should enter having had Algebra 1 or its equivalent. Students will take Honors and AP level of all sciences, with Advanced Placement Environmental Studies being reserved for those who have a terminal mathematics of Advanced Algebra-Trigonometry.

Section 3 Discipline Component

Northside High School Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Discipline Component Societal and school standards of behavior are expected and required in order for students to remain in the Academy. Students in the Engineering and Engineering Design Academy at Northside High School are first expected to conform to the Muscogee County Board of Education s approved Behavior and Discipline Policy. For those who violate it, however, outcomes as prescribed in the Handbook and the School Behavior code will occur. Any student who experiences out of school suspension for any purpose will have his or her suspension reviewed. A suspension for drugs, alcohol, weapons, or behavior warranting removal from Northside naturally removes the student from the Academy, and they shall not be readmitted. Should this student also come from outside Northside s attendance zone and removal from the Academy occur, the student will be required to return to the home school at the end of the semester. This student cannot re-enter Northside Academy at any time. Students who are in the attendance zone for Northside High School will be removed from the Academy and cannot re-enter the Academy. For students who receive discipline resulting in Central Detention, In-School Suspension, Saturday School, or any other after-school detention not resulting in suspension or expulsion, a conference with parents will be scheduled. The student will not, however, necessarily be removed from the Academy. Repeat offenders shall be removed.

Section 4 Qualifications and Retention Component General Statement Admittance Retention Behavioral Academic Service

Northside High School Engineering and Engineering Design Academy Qualifications and Retention Component General Statement: Students entering the Academy for Engineering and Engineering Design and Technology should be well prepared and be willing to develop a strong work ethic. Dedication to the pursuit of excellence will be expected. Admittance: For admittance to the Academy, students should have an overall minimum 3.00 GPA and score a Stanine 6 in Mathematics. All students should enter having had Algebra 1 or its equivalent. All aspects of the Academy programming require a sound mathematical footing, as evidenced by the student s middle school work as described previously. Alternately the determination may be made from the selection of those students enrolled in the higher mathematics and with higher grades in the mathematics courses, in addition to the overall GPA consideration. No admittance test is required. Faculty reserves the right to administer an appropriate mathematics placement test to determine course placement in the Academy. Students may enter at the ninth or tenth grade, but not later, due to course requirements. An entrance interview may be required of students. These interviews will be conducted by the Principal or the Academy Coordinator or his/her designee. The nature of the interview will be to determine the student s interest in entry into the program, his or her interest in engineering and/or engineering design and technology, and to determine student interests to help place students into appropriate activities to best suit their program of development. A copy of middle school discipline records must be provided, if any, or a statement from the school indicating none is present. Retention: Behavioral retention is determined as follows: Students in the Academy must maintain a high standard of work and achievement. They must also adhere to standards of behavior as described elsewhere in this document. Students who are suspended out of school will have their case reviewed by the coordinator of the Academy program and a recommendation for either probation or removal from the program will be made to the principal. For students outside the attendance zone, this would also mean a return to the home school if removed from the magnet..

Academic retention is determined as follows: A student shall be retained in good standing so long as she or he is passing all courses involved in the requirements of the academy. These include the core engineering classes, required mathematics classes, and required science coursework. Failure of non-engineering classes places the student on academic probation. Failure of Academy classes removes the student from the program. The student has until prior to the start of the following fall semester to retake and successfully gain credit in the failed non-engineering course(s). Inability to do so will result in removal of the student from the Academy. Failure of Introduction to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Principles of Engineering, Biotechnical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Projects, or Engineering Design and Development will result in removal from the Academy program. Please note that in the case of the Advanced Placement Science, AP Environmental Science is reserved (first priority) for those with a terminal mathematics less than Calculus or AP Calculus. Service Retention is determined as follows: By the conclusion of the junior year, students must have completed a minimum of 75 hours of appropriate community service. By Christmas break of the senior year, the senior must have completed an additional 25 hours of community service. As long as these requirements are met, the student will be retained in the Academy program. Failure to do so is cause for removal from the Academy program. Students should distribute their efforts in the following fashion, as a minimum (this is required, not suggested): 25 hours of community service by the end of the freshman year 50 hours (cumulative) of community service by the end of the sophomore year 75 hours (cumulative) of community service by the end of the junior year 100 hours (cumulative) of community service by Christmas break of the senior year These are cumulative per year. A broad range of service options will be acceptable. 13

Section 5 Service Component

Northside High School Engineering and Engineering Design/Technology Academy Service Component Students need to have a sound ethic of work and service. A component of the Academy for Engineering and Engineering Design at Northside High School will be to require service of the students in the Academy. By the conclusion of the junior year, students must have completed a minimum of 75 hours of appropriate community service. By Christmas break of the senior year, the senior must have completed an additional 25 hours of community service. As long as these requirements are met, the student will be retained in the Academy program. Failure to do so is cause for removal from the Academy program. Students should distribute their efforts in the following fashion as a minimum (this is required, not suggested): 25 hours of community service by the end of the freshman year 50 hours (cumulative) of community service by the end of the sophomore year 75 hours (cumulative) of community service by the end of the junior year 100 hours (cumulative) of community service by Christmas break of the senior year These are requirements per year. A broad range of service options will be acceptable. This service can take a number of forms. Students are not precluded from exceeding the requirement. While it may be possible to serve in engineering fields or design fields, this is encouraged but not a requirement. There are many areas in the community that may be utilized. This includes service at or with such organizations as the student s church, synagogue, or mosque, community aid agencies, school service clubs or organizations, and tutorial programs. A directory of service options and contact persons will be developed. Students may select their area(s) and agencies of service from this catalog of options, and a designated faculty coordinator will handle actual placements. Student must obtain documentary evidence of their service, and must summarize their experiences. The essays and documentary evidence will be kept on file by the coordinator of the program until graduation. A well-rounded individual must recognize that service to others builds character, leadership, and perspective. It engenders responsibility, a work ethic, and moral development.

Greetings! I am pleased and proud to be able to have this chance to talk with you about Northside High School and the Academy for Engineering, Architecture, Information Technology, and Engineering Design. We believe we have the plan for a special school for students who wish to obtain the best education possible. We also know that the Academy will provide a pre-engineering and design and technology education that has no equal! The program at the core of our Academy is a nationally recognized, nationally endorsed program called Project Lead the Way. You may request a disk where you will find a number of files which describe the courses in the Academy, movies which show the kinds of projects you will design and produce, and question and answer files which will answer some of the common questions which arise. (We are a National Model School for Pre- Engineering). I would like to point out that a student in the Academy can receive college credit for four of the courses if the student scores at acceptable levels on a nationally produced examination in these courses. The five core courses begin with Introduction to Engineering Design. In this introductory course, you will design and test objects from cups to airplanes. (Remember engineering and engineering design and technology cover virtually every aspect of our daily lives from the straws we use to drink milk shakes to the architecture of football stadiums!) Next is Digital Electronics, in which you design electrical projects and (upon successful testing) actually build these on breadboards and in devices. After that comes Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Here a student designs products, and using a milling machine controlled by computer, constructs the products. Principles of Engineering takes the student through all areas of engineering and gives an overview of the jobs and responsibilities available. Finally, in Engineering Design and Development, the student designs and constructs a major project either alone or in teams. Additional exciting aspects of the program include a Robotics Competition, JETS/TEAMS Engineering competitions, other engineering and design competitions, and four optional summer programs in which the student will be in either half- or full-day summer camps at Georgia Tech, Columbus State University, Columbus Technical College, Southern Polytechnic University and in working partnerships with engineers, architects, and design technologists. Also available as an option will be trips to various engineering and technology sites of interest throughout the world. These trips will be offered at least every other year. 16

Engineering, Architecture, and IT Faculty Additional Involved Science and Mathematics Faculty Ms. Dana Gonzalez Honors Biology Mr. Paul Davidson Honors Chemistry PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing Dr. Michael Edmondson Coordinator, Magnet Program Advanced Placement Chemistry Advanced Placement Physics B PLTW Engineering Projects PLTW Engineering Design and Development PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design PLTW Principles of Engineering Honors Chemistry Honors Physics Conceptual Physics Mrs. Tamara Garner Honors Chemsitry Physical Science Mr. Matt Hanes PLTW Principles of Engineering PLTW Engineering Design and Development Ms. Amanda Huffstutler Advanced Placement Biology Dr. John Gillis Calculus Advanced Placement Calculus PLTW Principles of Engineering

Mr. Harry Hightower PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing PLTW Aerospace Engineeering PLTW Digital Electronics Advanced Placement Physics B PLTW Engineering Design and Development Ms. Mary Ramsey Science Olympiad Advance Placement Environmental Science Zoology Mrs. Susan Sneed Honors Physical Science Conceptual Physics Science Olympiad Honors Physics Mr. Randy Wenndt PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design PLTW Biotechnical Engineering Honors Physics Advanced Placement Physics B

Representative Awards Received by Members of the Northside Science and Engineering Faculty Muscogee County Teacher of the Year Georgia Secondary Schools Science Teacher of the Year Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics National Recipient Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics State Recipient (2) IBM Schools of the Future Finalist At and T Schools of the Future Finalist Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Page One Award Governor s Technology Award Governor s Roundtable for Science and Mathematics Two Years Optical Society of America Southeastern Educator of the Year Phi Delta Kappa Teacher of the Year Nationally Certified School for Pre-Engineering Programs Year One of Operation Exchange Club Teacher of the Month 18 Times Radio Shack/Tandy Technology Scholar National Recipient 19