The Colorado Springs School of Technology (CSST), District 11’s new STEM Innovation High School, is done being built at what they’re saying is an extremely fast rate.
After completing construction in less than five months, the Colorado Springs School of Technology is ready to start the school year with a new instructional approach.
The school offers four specialized career pathways: Aerospace, Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership.
“It’s not very often we get a chance to do something that’s completely and totally new. That’s very, very exciting. This is something worth coming out of retirement,” says teacher Steve Kern.
This tuition-free STEM high school will cater to specific career paths and offer a new approach to learning environments. Since it’s the first year for the campus near Nevada and Fillmore, there won’t be any upperclassmen.
Currently, they will teach 9th and 10th graders, but as the students progress to higher levels, so will the school’s curriculum, says officials.
“I’ve seen an awful lot of students that have been just way too weighed down, and these are 14, 15, 16-year-olds that still have a lot of growing, learning, exploring to do. We want them to be engaged,” says teacher Steve Kern.
Many students, excited to start on Tuesday, expressed that being enrolled in the school has given them a sense of solidarity and a fresh start.
“I don’t like talking to people, and so to already have people that I relate with and that I can be friends with is important for me,” says a student of CSST, Cohen Nelson.
CSST is a CAPS Network affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
