STEM & Engineering Academy
Mission Statement
The mission of the STEM/Engineering Academy is to educate a cross-section of students with a variety of interests and strengths to infuse traditional school curricula with real world problem-solving, collaboration and inquiry-based learning, and to prepare the engineers, researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs of the 21st century. The STEM/Engineering Academy aims to provide students with a multitude of learning experiences to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the challenges of the emerging global community through a dynamic, technology based, and college preparatory, small school environment.
Honors, Awards, and Competitions
Reconstruction & Resiliency Project:
Baldwin’s team placed first in the LISTEM Hub’s engineering competition (2014).
Spark! Challenges:
Baldwin has participated successfully in two Industrial Engineering competitions sponsored by North Shore LIJ Health System (2014-2015).
First Robotics:
Baldwin has participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition since 2005. The team has won the Rookie All-Star award, Entrepreneurship Award, Sportsmanship Award and reached the semi-finals or finals in 6 of their 10 years of competition.
LI STEM Hub Expo:
Baldwin has demonstrated its FIRST Robotics robots at the LI STEM Career Expo for the past three years.
National Grid Pipeline Program:
Two female Baldwin engineering students were selected for the National Grid Pipeline Program (2013).
Partners
- Northrop-Grumman Corp.
- National Grid
- Cameron Engineering
- Dept. of Public Works
- Junior Achievement
- Hofstra University
- FIRST Robotics
- Cradle of Aviation Museum
- LI STEM Hub
- Baldwin Foundation for Education