Chesapeake High School
Partnerships
Industry Partnerships Educational Partnerships Community Partnerships
What types of partnerships are involved with Chesapeake High School?
Chesapeake High School has worked diligently to form partnerships within industry, education, and the community. We believe in nurturing a variety of partnerships that will enrich the programs offered, as well as the experiences of students and staff members.
Are you interested in partnering with Chesapeake?
We welcome the opportunity to collaborate about additional partnership opportunities. Please contact Corri Perrini, STEM/Magnet Coordinator, if you are interested in discussing partnership possibilities with Chesapeake High School.
Ms. Perrini can be reached at 410-887-0341 or cperrini@bcps.org.
Industry Partnerships
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Educational Partnerships
Project Lead The Way
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Community College of Baltimore County
Building STEPS
Upward Bound
Lutherville Laboratory Elementary School
Community Partnerships
Charles Evering VFW Post 6506
Cooperative Education Student Employers
Lockheed Martin
In September of 2007, a partnership with Lockheed Martin was officially launched at CHS. Since that time, the partnership has blossomed. The goal of this partnership is to link students and teachers to scientists and engineers at Lockheed Martin.
This partnership consists of multiple facets, including “Ask the Expert”, which involves students communicating with engineers about their coursework through teacher regulated email. In addition, Lockheed engineers have visited engineering classrooms regularly to work directly with students on projects and coursework.
The “Chat and Chew” lunch meetings have also been a successful part of the partnership. Monthly lunch meetings have allowed students to have one-to-one interactions with engineers to discuss coursework, college, and career interests in the field.
Finally, during the summers of 2008 and 2009, Lockheed Martin hosted CHS teachers for a 10 day externship. During these 10 days, teachers spent their work day learning about various segments of Lockheed’s business - real-life lessons that they can incorporate into their lesson plans during the school year. During the externship experience, teachers will rotate through the various engineering disciplines (software, electrical, mechanical, systems and test), finance, operations and facilities, community and public relations and business development, and tour the Middle River facility and offices in Washington DC. In addition to bringing back enriched lesson plans to their classrooms, teachers also report back on their experience to their home school administration and colleagues.
Related Articles
http://wjz.com/seenon/lockheed.martin.math.2.790990.html
http://www.thebannekerinstitute.org/news/schools-enlisting-defense-industry-to-boost-stem
http://www.avenuenews.com/articles/2009/01/22/class_notes/doc49760ceb56cae058453843.txt
VEX Robotics Competition
http://www.bcps.org/schools/flashlights/
Northrop Grumman
In addition to working with Lockheed Martin, Chesapeake High School is also partnering with Northrop Grumman to expand upon STEM related opportunites for students. Lockheed, Northrop, in conjunction with the local computer gaming community, have been collaborating on bringing new virtual learning opportunites to Chesapeake High.
Related Articles
http://www.thebannekerinstitute.org/news/schools-enlisting-defense-industry-to-boost-stem
Project Lead The Way
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a national engineering curriculum that offers a dynamic high school program, providing students with real-world learning and hands-on experience in the field of engineering. Students interested in engineering will discover PLTW is an exciting portal into these industries.
Chesapeake High School introduced the PLTW pathway in Aerospace Science during the 2007-2008 school year. Enrollment has grown from 21 students during the first year of implementation, to over 140 students in the current school year. Engineering students also participate in robotics competitions in Baltimore County, and are aspiring to compete in regional and national competitions by next year.
Related Links
http://www.pltw.org/Engineering/Curriculum/Curriculum-high-school.cfm
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
UMBC works in conjunction with Project Lead The Way to provide professional development opportunites for teachers of PLTW courses at Chesapeake. In addition, once the accreditation process is complete, students in the PLTW pathway will be eligible to earn college credits from UMBC upon graduating from CHS.
Related Links
http://www.pltw.org/professional-development/affiliates/affiliates-UMBC.html
Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
The Essex campus of CCBC has recently partnered with CHS to provide opportunities for students in the Arts, Multimedia and Communications Academy. CCBC art instructors will visit CHS to co-teach courses with CHS art teachers, as well as host events at CCBC for students and parents.
In addition, many of the academic pathways at CHS offer opportunities for students to earn college credits that articulate to CCBC programs. In the recent past, CHS has graduated students that went on to attend CCBC with a full year of college credit!
Building STEPS
Building STEPS is an organization that exposes high school students to science and technology-based careers, and helps them excel in these fields where minorities are underrepresented. The multi-year program, supplementing each student’s classroom learning, includes seminars, a summer internship, college counseling and alumni services. More than 90% of Building STEPS students have advanced to college. Building STEPS offers the exposure, guidance and support system for its students to succeed.
Chesapeake High is currently in the first year of partnership with Building STEPS, and we have 6 students enrolled in the program.
Related Links
Upward Bound
Upward Bound provides support to high school students in their preparation for college entrance. The program provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Currently, Chesapeake High School is in the second year of partnership with Upward Bound. There are 3 students enrolled in the program, working with the UMBC campus.
Related Links
http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioupbound/index.html
Lutherville Laboratory Elementary School
Environmental pathway students at Chesapeake have embarked on a partnership with Lutherville Elementary School. CHS hosted 25 third grade students for a tree planting activity on the CHS campus. Following this, Lutherville Laboratory hosted 13 CHS students and taught them how to construct reef balls, and the benefits to the Chesapeake Bay.
Related Articles
http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/education/5486/young-students-lead-way-bay-health/
Charles Evering VFW Post 6506
The Marine JROTC pathway does a great deal of community partnering and outreach with the VFW Post 6506. This opportunity has provided students with authentic real world experiences as related to the leadership curriculum that they study.
Cooperative Education Student Employers
The Cooperative Education program at CHS is proud to have expanded on the companies that employ students. The following is a list of local businesses that currently employ CHS students:
5 below |
A- Team |
Arby's |
Auto Specialities |
Buster's Auto Service |
Catches |
Checkers |
CHS Art Dept. |
D.Q. Chill &Grill |
DBL, Inc. |
Deep Creek Elem. |
Dollar Tree |
Dots |
Dunbar |
Exxon/Subway |
Food Lion |
Footner & Co. |
Geresbeck's |
Hydroponics |
Kentucky Fried Chicken |
Longhorn- Steakhouse |
Lowe's Home Improvement |
Martin's East |
Max Rave |
McDonalds |
Noodles& Company |
Panera Bread |
Party City |
Penske Trucking |
Pizza Hut |
Pizza John's |
Sandalwood Elementary |
Skateland |
Sparkling Cleaning, Inc. |
Angles at Play Day Care |
Starbucks |
Stars & Cracks Windshield Repair |
Sunchasers |
Taco Bell |
Ultra Zone |
Unifirst |
Wegman's |