Opening Minds to Engineering

Gateway Academy opens a pathway for students that is based on their curiosity about the way things work, and it’s a place for girls and boys from all backgrounds to discover and follow their interests in STEM fields. Campers work together using leading-edge technologies to sample such disciplines as robotics, aeronautics, and computer design.

About Project Lead The Way®
Project Lead The Way ® (PLTW) is a national not-for-profit organization that provides engineering and biomedical sciences curricula for more than 250,000 students in nearly 3,000 middle and high schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. PLTW’s Gateway To Technology™ engineering program is the curriculum used for the Gateway Academy. For more information, visit www.pltw.org.

About the SME Education Foundation
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation (SME-EF) advances manufacturing education through youth programs and scholarships. Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview Summer (STEPS) camps, now known as the Gateway Academy program, were created in an effort to fill the pipeline with skilled manufacturing workers. Through 2008, more than $4.5 million has been invested to inspire more than 5,700 young people to explore technical careers. For more information, visit www.smeef.org. For a sneak peek into the world of manufacturing, visit www.manufacturingiscool.com.