CAT Advisory Board

Center for Advanced Technologies

Lakewood High School

May 24th, 2021

AGENDA

I. Review minutes- Mr. Singh

II. Program Updates

a. Thank you to CAB Seniors
b. GCOOS Grant (Simoniello & Pacowta)
c. Civil Engineering Internship/Scholarship/Community Support (Morris)

III. Review where CAT is today

a. Number of students by grade level

b. Number of open seats for Freshmen

c. Increasing young women in CAT (data based on the last three school years)

d. Plan on recruiting

IV. 2021-2022 CAB Plan

V. Open discussion

Review Minutes

see attached doc

Program Updates

What a Scientist looks like...

Program Updates

Thank you to our CAB Seniors, congrats c/o 2021!

GCOOS Grant

 

Civil Engineering Internship/Scholarship/Community Support

CAT Today

  • Number of students by Grade level
  • Number of open seats for Freshmen
  • Increasing young women in the CAT program (data based on the last three school years)
  • Plan on recruiting
    • General Recruiting
    • Young women recruitment
    • Set goals

# of students by grade level

2020-2021

  • 9th grade - 85 students
    • 23 F/  62 M
  • 10th grade - 101 students
    • 25 F/ 76 M
  • 11th grade - 96 students
    • 25 F/ 71 M
  • 12th grade - 87 students
    • 15 F/ 72 M

Incoming Freshmen

2021-2022

Total seats available - 150

Total # of rising freshmen- 89

 

Increasing young women enrollment in CAT

  • 2021-2022- 18 F Freshmen, 89 Total
  • 2020-2021- 23 F Freshmen, 85 Total
  • 2019-2020 - 22 F Freshmen, 92 Total

Recruitment

Using female students as tour guides

Targeting John Hopkins, Azalea MS, Meadowlawn, Thurgood Marshall (magnet program fairs) Handing out pink CAT stickers

Recruit during lunches, PTA's, SAC's

In-depth video of our Robotics lab, hands on projects, publish on CAT website

Student testimonials in different CAT classrooms

Infographic w/ data

2021-2022 CAB Plan

Choosing student representatives (conduct interviews 08/18-25)

Field Trips

Guest speakers/programs (September Panel event)

Virtual & Live events

Open Discussion

2021-2022 Meeting dates:

1st meeting- 09/01/2021

2nd meeting - 11/15/2021

3rd meeting- 01/27/2022

4th meeting - 04/26/2022

 

Time: 6pm-7pm

Location: MS Teams

 

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