ABOUT ROYAL STEM ACADEMY
The Royal STEM Academy is a program offered in Royal ISD. Royal ISD’s STEM Academy program is a transfer from their child’s assigned home campus (Royal Elementary, Royal Prairie, Royal Junior High). The overall goal of the STEM Academy is not only to increase student achievement in math and science, but to inspire students by exposing them to rigorous “real world” problems and issues in a project and inquiry based learning environment. Students admitted into STEM must be academically prepared to successfully complete a curriculum that includes depth & complexity and may be a faster pace than on-grade-level classes. Due to this, students at STEM are required to follow the minimum schedule requirements, which include Project Lead the Way in 6-8th grades and Robotics & PLTW in 2nd-5th grades.
Royal ISD is rapidly growing in enrollment and has become a fast-growth district. Due to this, adjustments to schedules and programs are ongoing and may also happen throughout the year. The STEM Academy must consider enrollment and classroom capacity when determining the number of students who will be admitted to the STEM Academy each school year.
We are proud and excited to announce that the Royal STEM Program was chosen as a 2019-2020 “Project Lead the Way” (PLTW) Distinguished School in the 2019-2020, 2018-2019, and 2017-2018 school years. This recognition indicates that the Royal STEM program is empowering its students to thrive in our evolving world and is achieving exemplary results from its PLTW Gateway program. Click here to watch a special message from PLTW President and CEO Vince Bertram.
