Fontbonne students visit Brown University to plant STEM seeds
Fontbonne Hall Academy students who are participating in the high school’s Brown Pre-College Scholars Program in Engineering recently spent a day at Brown University, where they went on a guided tour of the engineering facilities and watched a chemical and mechanical engineering demonstration.
The students also got the chance to sit in on an engineering class and tried their hand at solving problems. During a lunch with Brown students, the Fontbonne students learned about the university and the process of applying to attend the Ivy League university.
Fontbonne Hall Academy, a Catholic high school for girls located at 9901 Shore Road in Bay Ridge, offers the Brown Pre-College Scholars Program in Engineering to students in grades 10 through 12. The program is part of Fontbonne Hall’s overall effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses for students, school officials said.
“Our partnership with Brown University is an important addition to Fontbonne’s STEM program,” Principal Mary Ann Spicijaric said when the Fontbonne-Brown program was launched in September. “It’s exciting to be the first high school with this program, and as an all-girls school, we want to offer programs that inspire young women to pursue science and engineering.”