The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced today (Friday, May 23) that it will be renewing Elm Road’s STEM Certification for an additional five years!

This Certification means that our school is a certified institutional leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Click here for more information on the IDOE’s STEM Certification process. Our school completed a rigorous application and review process, which must be repeated every five years to remain certified.

The IDOE first named Elm Road a STEM Certified school in 2020.

Created in 2015, the IDOE’s STEM Certification program recognizes schools committed to teaching STEM disciplines beyond the classroom. STEM Certification exemplifies a highly innovative approach to education, employing a great deal of inquiry, project-based learning, community engagement, entrepreneurship, student-centered classrooms, integration into humanities and related arts and out-of-school STEM activities. For secondary schools in particular, earning STEM Certification requires heightened intention and coordination in terms of vision, scheduling and interdisciplinary collaboration. More than 100 schools statewide hold STEM Certification.

We also congratulate our fellow P-H-M elementary school, Northpoint, for receiving their first time certification!

Our students are lucky enough to have a big hill behind the school that leads down to the playground. This allows for the best recess times during the winter. Students can do everything from sledding to making snow angels.

Take a look at the photo gallery below, students definitely enjoyed the snow today (Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020)!