Nuts & Bolts: December

STEM stands for...

Science

Technology

Engineering

Math

It is a way to help individuals express themselves through many hands-on opportunities and careers!

CSO stands for Chief Science Officer and is a program run out of SVSU. Each CSO's goal is to raise STEM awareness throughout their community. They can do this through action plans - an idea that they feel will educate more people about STEM! My name is Christy Cole and I am a Chief Science Officer at Freeland High School and this newsletter is my action plan! My fellow Freeland Middle and High School CSOs include Sierra Metive, Carolina Mondragon, Isabella Reed, Braeden Oehring, and Cate Cole. Watch out for their amazing action plans that include a STEM night, STEM club, and flight night!

Learn more about the CSO program at https://www.svsu.edu/stem/k-12studentsandparents/chiefscienceofficers/

December is computer science education month! Therefore, this month's STEM career highlight is...

COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

The Quick Facts

• Involves writing & testing code that is used to help computer programs/applications work
• Median salary of around $82,280 per year
• Hard skills: learning languages to different software/programming systems
• Soft skills: communication, attention to detail, multitasking, & organization

Interested in this career? Check out: https://www.computerscience.org/careers/computer-programmer/ and support the Freeland Robotics Teams!

Make sure you look out for another addition of "Nuts and Bolts" next month!