Further, the school’s STEAM program offers a preengineering sequence which incorporates courses such as robotics, and a design sequence which focuses on app development and design.“Ultimately both strands lead to a culminating course for seniors. That is AT Entrepreneurship with a focus on social entrepreneurship,” Bonamo recounts. “It is not just commercially-focused. It also challenges students to use design thinking to involve different communities in identifying issues and challenges they face, and then developing solutions with them, and not necessarily for them.” This aligns with Scarsdale’s motto and showcases the value the district places on empathy and the larger community. “We designed these programs to keep in the front of their minds that there are many different people with many different needs. Those two programs, 267 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 12 SCARSDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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