Summary
Organization name
The STEAD School
2021
Tax id (EIN)
84-4313030
Category
Education
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
18251 HOMESTEAD TRLCOMMERCE CITY, CO 80022
Adams County, CO, US
About
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The STEAD School is a Colorado public High School in Commerce City specifically focused on the Agricultural Sciences. STEAD stands for Science, Technology, Environment, Agriculture, and Design. The STEAD School has been recognized as a leader in innovation delivering on a project-based learning experience that engages students in meaningful work that is relevant to our current times. Deeply connected to their respective communities, STEAD students are stewards of their environment and address increasingly complex food, health, environmental, and energy challenges that face the state, the nation, and the planet. Your donation today can help support STEAD's innovative model and students impact the world.
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Mission
STEAD’s mission is to empower students to design and lead their own postsecondary and career pathways within the context of an exciting Science, Technology, Environmental, Agricultural and System Design thinking learning environment. Heads, hearts and hands are engaged in project-based learning as students develop their individual passions to become lifelong learners, thinkers, creators and activists. All students graduate with a professional portfolio, post-secondary plans, a robust set of work and community service experiences and can graduate with college credit.
Background Statement
The Founding Board was inspired to create The STEAD School’s unique educational model through a combination of academic research, emerging trends in agribusiness, industry experts and partners, and the historic geographic location of the proposed high school in the Agriculture Innovation Triangle. Per Colorado State University’s November 2014 Report The Emergence of an Innovation Cluster in the Agricultural Value Chain along Colorado’s Front Range, “innovation cluster” is defined as “a geographically proximate set of interconnected companies and associated institutions in a particular field ... [where] co-location of the various stakeholders accelerated knowledge sharing and development of new products and services.” STEAD students will participate in this Agriculture Innovation Cluster ecosystem through internships with industry partners and opportunities for college credit with post secondary institutions like Colorado State University, local community colleges, and technical trade schools.
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Organization Data
COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022