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Muskego High expands STEAM, CTE shops with Chamber-backed redesign
Summary
School staff described an expanded STEAM curriculum and redesigned fabrication and shop spaces at Muskego High School, highlighting new career-technical offerings such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, metals fabrication and graphic/AV design and crediting the Muskego Chamber of Commerce for support.
A school staff member for the Muskego-Norway School District said the district has redesigned Muskego High School’s STEAM and career-technical education offerings to give students broader hands-on experience and opportunities for industry-recognized credentials.
"help our students be college, career, community ready," the staff member said, summarizing the district’s stated goal for the program redesign and for the new learning spaces.
The staff member said the district used data from students and the community to expand specific career-technical pathways, including architecture and construction, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, and to enlarge the fabrication lab so students can work with metals, acrylics and automation. The presentation also described adding audiovisual and graphic-design coursework to overlap with art and technology offerings.
Students who spoke at the presentation described the new facilities as less cramped and more practical for learning trade skills. One student said, "What I'm learning in these classes is gonna help me not just in the job career that I choose, but it's also gonna help me if I have a home project at home. I can do it on my own and have a basis of doing that." Another student said the shop’s new machines give them a chance to practice woodwork and metalwork: "My favorite thing I'd say would happen to be learning how to use all the new machines in the wood shop... And then right now, we're learning how to use metal and weld, and I could use that for my future because I wanna go into welding or underwater welding." A separate student added that the new fabrication classes "could just help me get, like, a little head start in understanding more. But I'm excited to do like the fabrication side... The new machines, there's a lot of opportunities to like create something with them."
The staff member attributed much of the expansion to local support, saying the Muskego Chamber of Commerce and the broader school community helped make the updated spaces possible. In closing remarks, a student thanked "the entire Muskego Norway school community" and the Muskego Chamber of Commerce for contributions that will "help our warriors continue to succeed for generations to come."
No funding amounts, timeline for construction, enrollment counts for the new programs, or formal board approvals were specified during the remarks. The presentation focused on program goals, the kinds of coursework being expanded, and student reactions to the updated facilities.
