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
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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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