One class that is under utilized by our students is Pre-Engineering. Students may take this class beginning in their freshman year of high school- unlike the other courses that begin when a student is a junior. This provides our students a head start when they take advanced math and science courses and continue on to college or a technical field. One of our students became interested as a 6th grader when she attended a summer camp called "Baking a Raspberry Pi" where the students programed and built their own computer.
None of our students are currently in the Biotechnology program. According to the description put out by SST, students take this program who have "aspirations of doing lab research to cure cancer, or using DNA testing to help catch criminals, or learning the techniques of exploring the human genome". Perhaps our students don't realize the breadth and depth of this program and the many avenues that a student can follow after taking such courses. This is such a needed area that many companies will hire students right out of high school to work in their facilities. We need to do a better job of introducing and educating students about this program.
The Seacoast School of Technology is a "hidden gem" where students have an opportunity to try out a career in which they are interested and can do it through hands-on experiences. The possibilities for success make the SST a wonderful choice for many of our students!
Students
come to SST's Biotechnology program with aspirations of doing lab
research to cure cancer, or using DNA testing to help catch criminals,
or learning the techniques of exploring the human genome. Using the
same technology and lab procedures employed in commercial research
facilities, SST students equip themselves with the skills to make major
scientific discoveries.
Units
studied in Biotechnology include scientific methodologies,
environmental biotechnology, cellular and microbiology, immunology,
forensics, genetics, DNA sequencing, organism modeling and much more.
Biotechnology stu
