World Wide Technology's STEM Student Forum is dedicated to educating high school students on the importance of STEM disciplines and the opportunities they present, while also creating positive change in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
STEM Student Forum invites high school teams to create solutions for their school's unique needs. Each team works directly with a WWT mentor to develop a solution to the proposed problem over six weeks. At the end of the program, each team presents its final solutions to a panel of WWT leaders.
Every year, I'm more inspired by the passion these young people hold for improving their community.
Facts and Features
- Each high school team consists of 4-10 students, a faculty advisor, and 1-2 WWT mentors.
- At our virtual kickoff event on Friday, January 19, teams will be presented with a problem to which they will develop their solution over the course of six weeks.
- Students will hear from a panel of former WWT interns and apprentices, who are now employees at WWT.
- All teams will submit a 5-minute video presentation by Wednesday, February 21. WWT judges will select the top 5 videos, notifying finalists by Friday, March 1st.
- At our hybrid virtual/in-person finals on Saturday, March 9, the top 5 finalists will have the opportunity to present to and receive feedback from a panel of WWT leaders.
- Winners will receive grants from WWT to implement their solutions in their high schools.
2023 Results
This year's program included 21 local high schools with 177 participating students. Over 66 volunteers contributed more than 700 hours, including 33 WWT mentors, both in-person and virtually, who supported each school's team.
Christian Brothers College High School received the $10,000 first place prize for its project, which tackled environmental and social sustainability by using plastic bottles to create a recycled 3D printer filament. The filament could then be used to create items for the unhoused, such as combs, toothbrushes, razors, tiny house bricks, and more. Read the full story here.
- First Place: Christian Brothers College
- Second Place: The Fulton School
- Third Place: Parkway Spark!
- Fourth Place: Pattonville High School
- Fifth Place: Nerinx Hall
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