2012-2013 School Year Summary

2012-2013 School YearSummaryBringing the excitement of STEM and more to students

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School summary

Student contacts 11,935

Schools 84

Elementary 61

Middle 14

High 5

Combined 4

School districts 11

Volunteers 332

Firms / universities participating 49

Professional societies / non profits participating 50

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The schools we visited



Student ethnicity and gender

7.4%8.6%

48.2%

32.3%

0.3%

3.2% AfricanAmericanAsian Indian

Caucasian

Hispanic

NativeAmericanTwo or more

51.5%48.5%

Female

Male

4.7%64.5%

30.8%

FreeLunches

ReducedPriceLunchesNo lunchsupport

Pie charts’ data are based on number of students



School districts and schools

34.4%

17.1%14.4%

12.3%

6.4%

2.9%

2.5%

1.8%

1.7%

1.7%

3.1%

1.8% Austin

Round Rock

Lake Travis

Leander

Pflugerville

Killeen

Lampasas

Georgetown

Manor

Temple

charter/private

other

72.1%

17.8%

6.9% 3.2%

ElementaryMiddleHighMixed

Pie charts’ data are based on number of students



School districts

Austin Del Valle

GeorgetownKilleen

LampasasLago Vista

Lake Travis

Leander Manor Pflugerville Round Rock TaylorTempleplus charter and private

schools



Schools per district

District Elementary Middle High Combined Total

Austin 33 5 1 1 40Round Rock 9 1 1 - 11Lake Travis 3 2 1 - 6Leander 5 1 - - 6Pflugerville 3 1 2 - 6Manor 2 1 - - 3Georgetown 2 - - - 2Killeen 1 1 - - 2

Del Valle 1 - - - 1Lago Vista 1 - - - 1Lampasas - 1 - - 1

Taylor - 1 - - 1Temple 1 - - - 1

Private/charter - - - 3 3Total 61 14 5 4 84



122

22141211105

60

76IBMApplied Materials3MCity of AustinThe University of Texas at AustinMWM Design GroupSpansionothernot identified

Volunteers

Firms/organizations/colleges with> 5 volunteers listed



Firms / organizations / colleges volunteering

3M

AISD school board

Applied Materials

AT&T Labs

Atkins Global

Austin Energy

Bury + Partners, Inc.

Cardno TBE

Carter Jenkens

Castleberry Engineering

CH2M HILL

Chemical Logic Inc

City of Austin

City of Pflugerville

Dot Hill Systems

Ed Seymour Consulting

EFI Global Inc

Engineered Exteriors, PLLC

FHWA

Frank Lam & Associates

Freescale

General Electric

HDR Engineering

IBM

Intel Corporation

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

KLRU

KPFF Consulting Engineers

LPE

LTHS

M3 Design

MWM Design Group

National Instruments

Occidental Petroleum

Olin Corporation

Purdue University

School Choice Magazine

Silicon Labs

Southwest Research Institute

Spansion

St. Francis School

Texas Board of Professional Engineers

Texas Tribune

The University of Texas at Austin

Tokyo Electron America

TX Comm. on Environmental Quality

URS

Vickrey & Associates

Williamson County



Societies and non-profits volunteering

ACEA

ACM

ACS

Agile Austin

AIChE

APS

ASCE

ASEE

ASHRAE

ASME

Austin EPIC

AWWA

CPESC

EIT Louisiana

Epsilon Gamma Iota

GDI

HAULYP

Skillpoint Alliance

SME

SPE

SPP

SWE

TAME

TAWWA

TFMA

TSPE

TSPE

UEFI

University of Texas Women in Engineering Program

USGBC

WEAT

WIT

WTS

YMBL

CPESC

IGDA

MRS

National Association of Professional Women

National Engineering Organization

National Society of Black Engineers

NGWA

NSN

NSPE

NSTA

PMI

PyLadies

RCI

RTEMS

SAMPE

SEAoT



Highlighting a local STEM Connection

Junior FIRST® LEGO® League FIRST® Tech ChallengeFIRST® LEGO® League

Program DescriptionProduced by the STEM Council at Skillpoint Alliance

Supported by Intel, ARM, National Instruments, and moreStudent Participants

Are introduced to engineering and team researchDesign, create, & program robots they bring to local events

Gain exposure to LEGO® WeDo, LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT®, LabVIEW & ROBO-C

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grade Level



Central Texas STEM connections

Not included in the school statistics

Event Number of ParticipantsAustin Energy Regional Science Fair 2822

Cub Scouts STEMboree 175*

Capital BEST na

Career Days na

Engineering Day at the Austin Children’s Museus 300*

Central Texas FIRST® Robotics 2188

Extreme Weather at the Texas State History Museum na

Future Cities na

GirlStart STEM Festivals na

Girl Scouts STEM Festival 135*

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2103

School Science Days/Nights 400*

SHPE Noche de Ciencias 45

Site visits 500*

SparkTruck 400*

Summer STEM Camps 155

TOTAL 9223

* - estimated



Busy hands



Student art


Documents

2012-2013 School Year Summary