Labs for Learning (LFL), introduces 72 high-potential, high-interest underrepresented minority students to the wide-ranging field of biotechnology. The goals of the Labs for Learning initiative are: 1)To provide students with skill sets that prepare them for future success in mathematics/science courses and provide a basis for scientific problem-solving and scientific research skills. 2).To encourage interest in the bio-sciences and a career trajectory in a STEM career. 3).To provide substantive and extended support to students in a high school plan of study that will provide the appropriate basis for college and success in a STEM career.  LFL target students from six underperforming school districts in northeastern North Carolina. Students enter LFL as rising seventh graders and continue in the program through their 10th grade year. The program consists of an intensive two-week residential summer program on the NCSSM campus and academic-year activities at the students’ home school. Collectively, the program offers classroom and laboratory instruction, academic planning and career guidance, as well as opportunities for instructors, students’, and their parents to collaborate on the students’ success.

Two-week residential summer program with traditional academic year activities

School districts in Northeastern North Carolina

Carole Stern
Outreach Specialist
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation
1219 Broad Street
P.O. Box 2418
Durham, NC 27715

Phone: 919/416-2877

www.ncssm.edu
http://l4l.ncssm.edu/

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