This summer, CAST STEM students have been interning with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (TMMTX). TMMTX is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation… Continue reading CAST STEM Interns Deliver End-of-Summer Presentations at Toyota
This week I would like to introduce you to two CAST Tech graduates, Leandro Saldaña, 2023, and Brooke Zepeda, 2022. As a teenager, Leandro loved computers, taking them apart… Continue reading Elevating Alumni through CAST’s Apprenticeships
On Friday, July 26th, our summer interns, Kay Cansino, and Timothy Huff, hosted the annual Alumni Summer Social at Brooks Greenline Park, creating a vibrant atmosphere where alumni could reconnect… Continue reading CAST Network Hosts Alumni Reunion Event
*Image courtesy of The Spectator* Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting JCB Academy, a public school in Rocester, England, created as part of the vision of a… Continue reading Building Partnerships through JCB Academy in England
As part of CAST’s onboarding process for new educators for this upcoming school year, CAST participates in an annual “Teacher Fest” to welcome the new teachers and introduce them to… Continue reading CAST Welcomes New Teachers at Teacher Fest
I don’t remember precisely when in my adult life the idea that deep partnership could defy logic, so that 1+1 added up to 3, or sometimes even 5, but it… Continue reading The Power of Healing and Voice at CAST
Earlier this year, CAST Schools was named a winner of Round Three of the Catalyze Challenge. The grant from the Catalyze Challenge focuses on increasing learner agency and employer-learner engagement… Continue reading Building Apprenticeships through the Catalyze Grant
In 2018, shortly after we had opened CAST Tech, our first high school downtown, CAST Schools became a nonprofit organization with two employees, myself and longtime education guru Carol Mendenhall.… Continue reading Expanding the CAST Network Team
Recently, we have been having conversations with the young people working in our office about the topic of Youth Voice and Agency. It is a topic we discuss frequently,… Continue reading Where Is the Role of Students in Their Own Learning?
At CAST, we strive to give our students ample opportunities within the workforce through our various industry partners. Over the past several months, Lancer Worldwide, a manufacturing facility with a… Continue reading Creating New Opportunities between CAST STEM and Lancer Worldwide
The Centers for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) Network is a tax-exempt organization as described in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service code. CAST Schools are partnership schools with a focus on STEM careers, project based learning and work-based learning. Key partners include public school districts, higher education institutions, and local employers from target industries.
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