STEM Department

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  • Philosophy

    Xaverian’s STEM classes are an integral part of every students’ experience and provide them with the scientific language to be leaders in the business arenas of technology and engineering. The program allows students to have hands-on experiences with real-world applications that will yield significant advantages when it comes to preparedness for college classes and fieldwork. 作为Xaverian致力于为学生在全球经济中取得成功做好充分准备的一部分, 该校与亚马逊Edhesive和Project Lead the Way (PLTW)合作。, 在美国初中和高中使用的严格和创新的STEM教育课程计划的领先供应商.S. Through these partnerships, Xaverian提供全面的工程课程, computer, 以及由PLTW老师合作设计的生物医学科学, university educators, engineering, computer, and biomedical professionals, 和外围博彩平台管理者促进批判性思维, innovation, 以及学生解决现实问题的能力.

STEM Department Goals

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  • 具备较强的团队合作和沟通能力

    培养学生较强的团队合作能力和沟通能力, and develop organizational, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Design, Build, and Program

    允许学生使用多个平台进行设计, 构建并编写解决方案以解决现有问题.
  • 调查STEM专业人员的角色

    让学生有时间研究生物医学的作用, computer, 以及工程专业人士,因为他们在各自的领域学习不同的概念.
  • 学习STEM领域的原理

    To provide students with the newest scientific equipment and state-of-the-art labs to learn the principles of these three fields.
  • Prepare for Leadership Roles

    为学生提供学术基础和经验,为他们在整个职业生涯中担任领导角色做准备.

Middle School Courses

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  • Automation and Robotics

    In Automation and Robotics, students trace the history, development, 以及自动化和机器人的影响. 他们学习机械系统, energy transfer, machine automation, and computer control systems. 学生使用强大的机器人平台进行设计, 构建并编写解决方案以解决现有问题.
  • Design and Modeling

    In Design and Modeling, 学生开始认识到一个工程笔记本的价值,记录和捕捉他们的想法. They are introduced to and use the design process to solve problems and understand the influence that creative and innovative design has on our lives. Students use industry-standard 3D modeling software to create a virtual image of their designs and produce a portfolio to showcase their creative solutions.

High School Courses

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  • STEM 9

    这是Xaverian一年级学生的必修课. 本课程是一个很好的切入点,新的高中计算机科学(CS)学习者. All students who take CS Essentials will have many opportunities for creative expression and exploration in topics of personal interest, 无论是通过应用程序开发, web design, 或者将计算机与物理世界连接起来. CS基本介绍学生通过一个平易近人的编码基础, 基于块的编程语言,他们将在创建可用的应用程序方面取得早期成功. 随着学生计算思维能力的提高, they will transition to programming environments that reinforce coding fundamentals by displaying block programming and text-based programming side-by-side. Finally, 在介绍Python编程语言时,学生将学习基于文本的编程的强大功能.
  • Principles of Biomedical Sciences

    The Principles of Biomedical Science (PBS) course is an introduction to biomedical science through exciting hands-on projects and problems. 学生在探索包括心脏病在内的健康状况时,研究生物学和医学的概念, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. 他们通过从一个虚构的女人的病史和尸检报告中拼凑证据来确定她的死因. They investigate lifestyle choices and medical treatments that might have prolonged the woman’s life and demonstrate how the development of disease is related to changes in human body systems. The activities and projects including experimental design require students to utilize data acquisition software to calculate energy trapped in food, measure blood pressure, and record an electrocardiogram.  向学生介绍人类遗传学, human physiology, basic biology, medicine, and research processes, and the key biological concepts, 包括维持体内的平衡, metabolism, inheritance of traits, 以及对疾病的防御都是课程的一部分. This course is designed to provide an overview of all the courses in the biomedical science program and lays the scientific foundation for subsequent courses. Students practice problem solving with structured activities and progress to open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication, and other professional skills. 
  • Human Body Systems

    In this course, 学生们进入人体内部,探索帮助我们运动的各个系统, protect us from disease or injury, 促进身体内部和外部世界的交流. 学生研究每个系统作为整体的一部分是如何运作的, 建立和强调体内平衡的作用. 本课程为学生提供了一个培养分析和工程技能的机会. 他们设计实验并使用数据采集软件来监测呼吸功能, muscle action, and reflex and voluntary behavior. Working collaboratively, 学生通过评估能量输入和输出来评估健康状况, analyze blood types, 在假人的骨骼上构建器官和组织.  They engage in role play which allows them to assume the position of biomedical professionals solving real-world medical mysteries.
  • Medical Intervention

    在医学干预课程中,学生将研究各种涉及预防的干预措施, 诊断和治疗疾病,因为他们跟随一个虚构的家庭的生活. 本课程探讨如何预防和对抗感染, 如何筛选和评估我们DNA中的代码, how to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, 以及当身体器官开始衰竭时,如何战胜疾病.  通过不同的场景,学生接触到与免疫学相关的各种干预措施, Surgery, Genetics, Pharmacology, Medical Devices, and Diagnostics. Each scenario introduces the student to multiple types of interventions and reinforces the concepts learned in the previous two courses, as well as present new content. 干预措施的范围从简单的诊断测试到治疗复杂的疾病和失调. 这些干预措施在家庭的几代人中得到展示,并提供了对过去的看法, 生物医学科学的现在和未来. Lifestyle choices, medical ethics, and preventive measures are emphasized throughout the course as well as the important role scientific thinking and engineering design play in the development of interventions in the future. 鼓励学生在设计研究性研究时具有创新性和协作性, 康复计划或治疗模块.
  • AP Computer Science Principles

    Computer Science Principles introduced during the Sophomore year encourages students to work in teams to develop computational thinking and problem solving. 这门课程的目的不是教学生掌握某一种编程语言,而是培养学生的计算思维, 激发人们对计算机领域的兴趣, 并引入能够培养创造力的计算工具. The aim of this course is to build students’ awareness of the tremendous demand for computer specialists and for professionals in all fields who have computational skills. 它吸引学生考虑由计算机的现在和未来的社会影响所提出的问题. Students practice problem solving with structured activities and progress to open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop planning, documentation, communication, and other professional skills. 
  • Cybersecurity

    Cybersecurity introduces the tools and concepts of cybersecurity and encourages students to create solutions that allow people to share computing resources while protecting privacy. Nationally, computational resources are vulnerable and frequently attacked; in Cybersecurity, 学生通过理解和弥补这些弱点来解决问题. 本课程提高学生对道德计算行为的认识和承诺. 它还旨在培养学生的消费技能, friends, citizens, and employees who can effectively contribute to communities with a dependable cyber-infrastructure that moves and processes information safely.
  • Web Design and Development

    本课程将教学生使用HTML和CSS轻松创建,编码和发布. 学生将从历史的角度了解网络的发展和关键的行业标准设计准则. 学生们将学习如何创建一个强大的在线形象, 所以他们可以带着网站创建的基础知识离开,并将其应用到规划中, 设计和开发自己的网页(基于商业计划)在一年的过程中.

    Goals:
    • 能够读写基本的HTML和CSS代码
    • 根据商业计划创建一个功能齐全的网站 
    • 了解市场营销和网站标准
    • 创建和设计一个美观的网站
    • 了解如何将网站上传到web服务器
    • 熟悉不同的网页设计理论,理解网页术语
  • Cloud Computing Certification

    随着大多数公司和组织将其业务实践迁移到云, 有必要培训的用户需求量很大. 认证(如本课程中提供的)将是验证用户云技能的主要解决方案. IT专业人士应该加强他们的云技能,因为这是一个最优先的投资和强大的招聘领域. With a certification, IT专业人员会注意到质量的逐步提高, effectiveness, 以及超越竞争对手的表现.

    云计算是一个主要的关注领域. 作为认证员工,用户在外部世界具有竞争优势. AWS和Google Cloud(将在本课程中重点介绍)占云计算世界的50%以上. For example, 这里针对的4个AWS认证是最受欢迎的认证.

    云技术正在快速发展, 拥有AWS认证,并且是一名IT专业人士, 你将建立你的知识和信誉.

    学生负责与认证考试相关的费用.
  • Computer Science A

    计算机科学A (CSA)与美国大学理事会的计算机科学A框架保持一致. CSA builds on the basic skills learned in PLTW Computer Science Principles (CSP) to teach students Java and authentic AndroidTM app development. This course aims to fully develop Object Oriented Programming (OOP) skills that were introduced in CSP and will require consummate engagement with the material for success. 在本课程中,学生在学习使用各种工具的同时,继续磨练他们的沟通和协作技能. The primary goal of the course is to create independent-thinking app developers: every unit in this course builds on the students' prior knowledge and skills strengthening their ability to complete an app development cycle independently from the ground up. 
  • 工程设计与机器人导论

    工程设计导论, taken by sophomores, PLTW工程项目是高中水平的基础课程吗. In IED, 向学生介绍工程专业和解决工程问题的常用方法, an engineering design process. 运用基于活动-项目-问题(APB)的教学教学法, students’ progress from completing structured activities to solving open-ended projects and problems that require them to develop skills in planning, documentation, and communication, 以及其他专业技能. 通过团队协作活动, and projects, students learn to solve problems as they practice common engineering design and development protocols such as project management and peer review. 他们根据公认的技术标准开发技术表示和设计解决方案文档的技能, 并使用当前的3D设计和建模软件来表示和沟通解决方案. In addition, 在工程问题解决中常用的计算方法的发展, 包括统计分析和数学建模, are emphasized. 与专业实践和产品开发相关的道德问题也被提出. 
  • Principles of Engineering

    Principles of Engineering (POE), is a survey course which exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a postsecondary engineering course of study. 通过吸引和挑战的问题, 学生探索广泛的工程主题, including mechanisms, 材料和结构的强度, automation, and kinematics. 本课程应用并同时发展中等水平的数学知识和技能, science, and technology. 学生有机会通过活动发展技能和理解课程概念, project-, and problem-based (APB) learning.  By solving rigorous and relevant design problems using engineering and science concepts within a collaborative learning environment, APB学习挑战学生不断磨练他们的人际交往能力, creative abilities, and problem solving skills. Students will also learn how to document their work and communicate their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community. 它还允许学生制定策略来实现和指导自己的学习——这是教育的最终目标. 
  • 工程设计与开发

    本课程是PLTW高中工程专业的顶点课程. It is an open-ended engineering research course in which students work in teams to design and develop an original solution to a well-defined and justified open-ended problem by applying an engineering design process. 学生将进行研究,选择,定义,并证明一个问题. 在仔细定义设计需求并创建多种解决方案方法之后, 学生小组选择一种方法, create, and test their solution prototype. 在工程设计过程中, 学生将与专家密切合作,并不断磨练他们的组织能力, 沟通及人际交往能力, 他们的创新和解决问题的能力, 以及他们对设计过程的理解. 课程的高潮是每个学生团队向外部评审小组展示并捍卫他们的原始解决方案.

STEM Department Members

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    Alexander Alfredo 

    数学系主任,营业部主任,计算机科学协调员
    (718) 836-7100 x858
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    Ahmed Aly 

    Teacher
    (718) 836-7100 x797
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    Kathleen Campbell 

    Teacher
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    Kimberly Cruz 

    招生助理校长
    (718) 836-7100 x117
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    Gregory Delgeorge 

    Coordinator of Engineering
    (718) 836-7100 x813
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    Christopher Demera 

    Teacher
    (718) 836-7100 x793
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    Angelika Filippone-Marino 

    Teacher
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    Jessica Healey 

    Academic Dean
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    Lalita Krishnamurthy 

    Coordinator of Biomedical Sciences
    (718) 836-7100 x859
  • Photo of Daniel Majikas

    Daniel Majikas 

    体育主任助理/教师
    (718) 836-7100 x800
  • Photo of Erin Richroath

    Erin Richroath 

    Teacher
    (718) 836-7100 x804
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    James Schreiner 04

    Teacher
    (718) 836-7100 x188
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    Patrick Snyder 10

    (718) 836-7100 x189
  • Photo of Agatha Vreeland

    Agatha Vreeland 

    Teacher
    (718) 836-7100 x832

Xaverian

Established in 1957, Xaverian是由Xaverian兄弟赞助的全国13所外围博彩平台之一.