The Anoka High School STEAM program has helped inspire its first group of graduates to pursue careers in anything from vocal performance to engineering to pharmaceutical sciences.
“Our STEAM students have an impressive range of interests,” STEAM Curriculum Integrator Rana Nestrud said.
Anoka hosted its graduation ceremony Monday, June 7, and graduates have an array of post-high school goals. The STEAM program — short for science, technology, engineering, arts and math — was created in 2017, and students who successfully complete the program receive a STEAM certification on their transcripts.
“We specifically designed the program to provide a foundational set of skills including utilizing the design thinking model and working in group settings,”…