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The Applied STEM elective for eighth graders at Lakewood Middle School provides students with hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools and tech.

Recent projects? Mini traffic lights, a moving excavator, and even a miniature crane! These creative builds combine engineering, coding, and problem-solving—skills that prepare students for the future.

You might remember from your own math class that the angles of a triangle always equal 180 degrees. But can you prove it? Eighth and ninth graders set about proving the Triangle Sum Theorem during their geometry class at Lakewood High School recently.

This partnership between LMS and LHS allows eighth graders to challenge themselves academically while learning together with their peers. Students in the mixed middle/high school class folded patty paper and used compasses and protractors to measure angles and construct geometric shapes.

Many relationships have suffered over disagreements about money, so students in Consumer Math explore the risks and rewards of borrowing, especially from family and friends. They learn that while borrowing from someone they know might seem easy, not paying the loan back can have long-lasting consequences.

This year marks the first time Lakewood Middle School is offering Consumer Math, a hands-on class modeled after the high school’s personal finance course.