ST 1.10 Community, post-secondary, and business/industry partners and/or families actively support and are engaged with teachers and students in the STEM program.

Ashley Wright presenting to Rotary	MediForm Partnership with Chad Vranich and DMI. Use of 3D powder printer as a source of income for the Academy and real world workplace experience with medical imaging.
Ashley and Nick Faist Students use the medical image and strip away layers to prepare for the print.
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Partnership Zoo Atlanta MediForm complete prints for animals at Zoo Atlanta to enable vets to better visualize potential areas of treatment.
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STEM Partnerships

Cary Green Mr. Green has donated his time to recruit and moderate the STEM Lecture series, run workshops to train the STEM squad on time management, and develop business opportunities for our Academy.	XL Catlin Mr. Done Roe wrote and was awarded a grant and additional support form XL Catlin for our OTTObotics camp.	Don Roe Don Roe has volunteered time and resources to our STEM Academy and development of FRC booster.
Marty and Rikki Commella The Comellas have been very involved as parents and business partners with our Engineering and more specifically developing the FRC booster.	Kellen Hill and FRC Kellen Hill of Press Metal has mentored our FRC team to become competitive on a national level.	John Malone As a parent and business partner has worked tirelessly with our engineering students on coding for FRC and VEX.
Rick Folea Mr. Folea has been involved with the STEM Academy from its inception. His has given freely of his time and resources from Automation direct.	3D Powder Printing Partnership DMI and Chad Vranich partnership. Ashley Wright presenting the program to Rotary.	Chad Vranich Brought 3D powder printer partnership to FCHS STEM Academy.
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Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Montana	Careers in Engineering	Dr. Bill Bass Through a connection with a former student, we were able to schedule Dr. Bass to speak with our STEM students. Dr. Bass founded the Anthropological Research Facility or the "Body Farm" popularized by the Patricia Cromwell novel.
Dr. Bill Bass An American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition.	Bill Bass at FCHS Our students were completely absorbed by his stories and he even signed a school human skull.	Women in STEM
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