STEM Enrichment Opportunities
Students enrolled in the Benton High School STEM Scholar program are highly encouraged to participate in one or more extracurricular STEM enrichment opportunities. These activities are excellent chances for students to become actively involved in applying classroom learning to real-life situations. More opportunities will be added as the BHS STEM program matures.
  • LATechSTEP - This program is funded by a National Science Foundation grant. The goal of the program is to identify, recruit, and retain talented students into engineering fields of study. Louisiana Tech hopes to provide teachers with the information they need to help interest students in engineering careers and to recruit students directly through participation in the program.
  • Engineering Club
  • Northwest Louisiana Autonomous Robotics Competition
  • SMART Program - Science and Medicine: Academic Research Training - The SMART program is designed for advanced students who are interested in careers in medicine, research or biomedical engineering. They participate in intense research projects led by physicians and staff at LSUHSC and NW Louisiana Biomedical Research Foundation.
  • "A-HEC of a Summer" Health Careers Volunteer Program - "A-HEC of a Summer" Health Careers Volunteer Program is an opportunity for young adults, ages 15-18, to explore career opportunities by "hands on" participation as a volunteer in a local medical facility for 15 days. The program provides students the chance to experience and apply science knowledge to the health care industry and to develop relationships with industry mentors.
  • Louisiana Region I Science & Engineering Fair
  • Louisiana Computer Programming Classic - Competition held once a year for Louisiana high school students to show-off their programming knowledge (Beginning in 2009)
  • AutoCAD course (TEED 132) via BPCC
  • Website Design I (CWD 130) via BPCC
  • Engineering and Science Day at Louisiana Tech
  • Literary Rally - Regional and State
  • PSAT/NMSQT - Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. It's a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™. It also gives you a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs. The PSAT/NMSQT measures (1) critical reading skills (2) math problem-solving skills (3) writing skills.
 

"Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is the future for our students. Not only is Maryland in the thick of the nation’s economy-driving technologies of aerospace, defense, and systems engineering, computer software and network engineering, and bioinformatics and biotech but also the nation’s biggest beneficiary of Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC). The Department is committed to helping our schools prepare globally competitive graduates with the skills necessary for tomorrow’s world and the resulting work environment." - Dr. Nancy Grasmick