STEM / STEAM Program

We are honored to have received our CCSD STEAM Certification. Go Team Ford!
Read more about our STEM/STEAM Program
- Teachers are provided intentional planning for standards based learning with interdisciplinary connections.
- Students interact with STEM Career Speakers: meteorologist, astronaut, nurse, pilot, veterinarian, civil and mechanical engineers, etc.
- Students participate with an innovative Earth Parent Program where parents deliver educational lessons with teacher support that connect grade level standards to sustainability and environmental education.
- Students participate I Project Based Learning and Environmental Education opportunities which are aligned with grade level standards and relevant to the real world.
- We partner with community organizations and businesses and believe that this relationship is foundational. Partners include: Ford Elementary School Foundation, Ford PTSA, Cobb EMC, C & S Paving, Signs and More, Northwest Family YMCA, Captain Planet, Brookstone Animal Hospital, and more!
Environmental Education

STEM Focused Career Speakers and Technology Integration
Debbie Broadnax, Principal
Meghan Smith, Assistant Principal