North Penn High School Engineering
Academy earns National Certification!
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What
is the North Penn Engineering Academy?
The North Penn High School Engineering Academy
represents a course sequence that addresses the
educational needs of students planning on a post high
school educational program in a two or four year
college leading to a career in engineering or
engineering technology.
The program offers students an
opportunity to explore potential occupational paths,
and if appropriate, to prepare for the college
experience. The Engineering Academy is for any
5.0 or 6.0 level student who is contemplating a career
in Engineering.
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Students who wish to
enroll in The Engineering Academy must
complete the application process available
from their guidance counselor or from this
website (click
here).
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Penn Engineering Academy News
Engineering
Academy Application Information (2012-2013)
Welcome to the North Penn
Engineering Academy website!
The application process is now open
for the 2012-2013 school year.
Please follow the link below to
begin:
All
application documents are accepted
on a rolling basis.
Form #s 1-3 are due to your guidance
counselor.
Teacher recommendations are due to
Mr. Michael at NPHS
*Note to parents
and students:
While it is highly recommended that
incoming engineering students
register for two engineering
courses; students are not excluded
from the Engineering Academy if only
one engineering course is scheduled.
Students who can only schedule one
course should enroll in Introduction
to Engineering Design (IED).
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Penn Engineering Academy News
Attention
Engineering Academy Alumni
Engineering Academy and Technology
Education Graduates
If
you are a graduate of the North Penn
Engineering Academy or have taken
courses in our Technology Education
department, please follow this link
so we can stay in touch with you.
"We need to make technology and engineering as important as science and math in
STEM education," says Ioannis Miaoulis, president and director of the Museum of
Science, Boston and founding director of its National Center for Technological
Literacy® (NCTL®).
According to Miaoulis, introducing engineering into the K-12 curriculum is
critical because engineering design skills and concepts engage students in using
their math and science knowledge to solve real problems and create new
technologies. "Until now, school curricula have focused more on the natural
world, not the technological one. But it is the technological, or human-made,
world that facilitates 95% of our daily experience," he says. "Technological
literacy is basic literacy."
Recognizing a 21st century curriculum must include human-made world, the NCTL
advocates for engineering education in schools and museums nationwide, helping
states modify educational standards and assessments, creating standards-based
K-12 engineering materials, offering educators professional development, and
creating museum exhibits and programs.
Students who wish to
enroll in The Engineering Academy must complete the
application process available from their guidance
counselor or from this website (click
here).