ELKINS — The School District is increasing its emphasis on computer science by expanding its participation in the Amazon Future Engineer program and improving district resources, administrators said.
“I feel excited,” said ninth-grader Kyle King, 15, of Goshen. “There’s going to be so many more opportunities where I can learn different things and get more fluid in programming, coding, building drones and just building things in general.”
Elkins High School participated in the Future Engineer program for the first time this year, said Katie Kunz, computer science teacher.
The district learned about the program through an email from Amazon, she said.
“The application process included a form to fill out about our school district demographics, computer science programs we offered and short essays asking why we were applying,” Kunz said. “After passing the first portion of the…
