Science & Technology Leaders

Farmington Teacher Challenges Girls to Consider Careers in Tech Fields

Heidi Skodack, Farmington High School teacher, leads Tech Girls, coaches the robotics team and works with Project Lead The Way, a national science and technology program.

Heidi Skodack waves and gives hugs to the students sharing a box of pizza after-hours in the engineering and technology wing tucked into the back of Farmington High School. She has been a teacher there for 10 years, instructing classes like architecture, engineering and CAD/technology. She is one of the science and technology leaders whom Patch is highlighting in recognition of Women's History Month. Skodack leads Tech Girls at Farmington High School, a group of high school students who mentor eighth grade girls, to promote girls going into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. "There's not enough women going into engineering," she said. She said a reason girls don't consider STEM fields is they don't know about women …

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Vera Lucksted

6:52 am on Friday, March 22, 2013

Ms. Skodack sets a great example for all of her students. We are fortunate to have her at FHS!   more ›

Bosch Awards $25,000 in Grants to Farmington Public Schools

Fifteen teachers win $1,000 awards and $10,000 goes to the district's Digital Calculator Program.

Teachers from 10 Farmington Public Schools will receive a total of $15,000 to fund projects that get their students interested in energy, science and technology, thanks to Farmington Hills-based Robert Bosch LLC. The Bosch Energy, Science and Technology (BEST) program funded 15 classroom projects, after 28 teachers responded to requests for proposals earlier this year, said company government and community affairs manager Kim Lindsey-Feagin. In addition, Bosch donated $10,000 to the district's Digital Calculator Program.  Bosch chief financial officer Maximiliane Straub said science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education matters a lot to the company. "By helping cultivate students' interest in science and technology today, we …

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Learn More about Farmington Schools New STEM Curriculum

The district offers an information meeting at Farmington High School on Jan. 31.

Farmington Public Schools students in grades 8-11 and their parents will learn more about new curriculum options in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses during a meeting held at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in the auditorium at Farmington High School. Changes in the STEM curriculum were driven by recommendations from the district's Choice Options committee, made in February of 2011. Farmington, Harrison and North Farmington high schools have adopted Project Lead The Way (PLTW) and will begin offering its STEM courses in the 2012-2013 school year. PLTW is a not-for-profit organization that provides middle and high school STEM education programs to 4,200 schools throughout the country. “PLTW has a long history of successfully …

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