WORLD IS OUR CLASSROOM INC

Programs

1. As part of our bridging expectations partnership, the springfield public schools and world is our classroom offer an advanced manufacturing technologies pathway program at mitchell machine in springfield and springfield technical community college (stcc). At mitchell machine, students will tour the facility to learn about how the local company designs and builds sophisticated special machinery and machine parts for clients in aerospace, communications, defense, medical, optics, to name a few. Students will also get a close-up introduction to modern manufacturing equipment, design and development, quality control, cad/cam systems, customer service, and scheduling. At stcc, the students will explore and gain hands-on experience in the state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing technologies center and learn about different stem associate degree and certificate pathway programs.

   $15,449 spent
   10% of program spending

2. As part of our bridging expectations partnership with the world is our classroom, we are offering a biotech/bioengineering/biomanufacturing career pathway program at eppendorf in enfield and holyoke community college (hcc). At eppendorf, students will tour the international life science company that develops, manufactures, and distributes products for use in laboratories around the world, including pipettes, pipettes tips, and centrifuges. Students with get a close-up look at cutting-edge manufacturing equipment, clean room technology, innovative engineering design, quality control, and safety measures. At hcc, the students will work in a state-of-the-art science laboratory using eppendorf equipment to perform an elisa experiment to discover who among the group is "patient zero." in this activity, students will learn the science behind antibodies and antigens, which is the premise for how a rapid covid test works.

   $46,346 spent
   30% of program spending

3. Wioc/sps/umass - amherst bridging expectations 2-day transportation engineering pathways program, includes visits to: union station, springfield; umass aviation training and simulation center at westover reserve base, chicopee; and umass school of transportation engineering, amherst. Students will explore transportation challenges in physics, technology, and engineering design; national transportation issues, such as highway safety and driver distractions; intelligent transportation systems (its); intermodal transportation systems; traffic congestion; public transportation planning; and environmental sustainability.

   $46,345 spent
   30% of program spending

4. Wioc/sps clean energy pathway program: holyoke heritage state park, holyoke dam and tour of the canal system are focal points for discoveries about hydro, wind and solar power. Students participate in solar panel and wind turbine activities to demonstrate the power of natural, renewable energy sources. They also take part in an energy consumption activity to measure energy usage with kilowatt meters. Students learn about energy transmission, consumption and conservation, different energy resources, and careers in clean energy. They come away with a deeper appreciation of the power of natural, renewable energy sources. A gateway to the 21st century bridging expectations is a partnership of sps and world is our classroom (wioc). It aligns with sps' portrait of a graduate: a five-year strategic plan. Bridging expectations is designed to empower high school students with the stem skills they'll need in the industries that need them most. Together: inspiration and academic guidance high school students from springfield public schools (sps) are getting a first-hand look at career pathways in five of the region's fastest-growing sectors: o transportation engineering o advanced…

   $46,345 spent
   30% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,485.