STEM 2 is a course designed to use engineering concepts to empower students to apply content from their math and science classes to solve problems, with an end goal of establishing the capacity in each student to go forth from Princeton with a solid mental toolkit of adaptive problem-solving skills that can be applied to any situation.

STEM 2 specifically works to leverage the knowledge students built last year in STEM 1, physical science, and algebra. In addition, it will draw upon new content students are concurrently exploring in geometry and biology.

At the conclusion of the STEM 2 year, a segment of STEM students will elect to transition to career-track education options at Scarlet Oaks Career Technical Campus. Another segment of STEM students will pursue an aggressive honors-track schedule of classes that preclude continued participation in the STEM program. Roughly half of the current STEM 2 cohort will, however, matriculate into STEM 3 as juniors and onward to STEM 4 as seniors.

This program is not intended to serve as a pre-engineering program for students planning on majoring in an engineering field in college; those students are encouraged to sit down with counselors and/or teachers as soon as they decide they want to pursue engineering at the university level so that we can provide relevant guidance. The STEM program at Princeton is geared to be relevant for students across the population, not just those planning on college right after high school.