L&N STEM Academy Welcomes First Regional Students

This week, the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville will welcome its first regional students, as the Knox County school opens its doors to students that applied from 5 regional county and city school systems for the 2014-2015 academic year.  Joined by the Innovation Academy in Blountville, which enrolled students from 4 surrounding counties this year, […]Read more The post L&N STEM Academy Welcomes First Regional Students appeared first on Tennessee STEM Innovation Network.

This week, the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville will welcome its first regional students, as the Knox County school opens its doors to students that applied from 5 regional county and city school systems for the 2014-2015 academic year.  Joined by the Innovation Academy in Blountville, which enrolled students from 4 surrounding counties this year, the L&N STEM Academy and Innovation Academy are the first two schools in the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network with enrollment from throughout the region.

On August 7, the Knox Board of Education voted to allow regional students to attend the STEM Academy after 3 Campbell County students spoke to the board about their desire to join the next class at L&N.

Smith has aspirations of becoming governor and eventually the President of the United States. He feels L&N STEM Academy will give him what he needs to reach his goals. “I feel that one of the best high school educations can be received at a STEM school and I feel that L&N is [one of the best] with their curriculum and their technology and just their learning experience,” said Smith.

The new regional students will attend orientation with their classmates August 8 and start as students at L&N STEM Academy on August 11.

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