STEAM Ahead program gives students a taste of higher-level science, math, arts

eSchool News: The students crouched intently over laptop computers, inputting data from a chemistry experiment. It was the kind of thing one might expect to find in a college biology lab, but this scene took place recently at Manchester High School West, and the students were only freshmen.

Creating a college-level environment is the basic point of the new program the students are participating in, STEAM Ahead. After more than a year of planning, lofty presentations and fundraising, the program is now a reality for the 55 West students who make up its inaugural class.

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