Parents praise Mojave Middle School's new Math and Science Academy

At a community event at Mojave Middle School, parents and staff introduced the school's new Math and Science Academy (MSA), saying the program will infuse science, technology, engineering and math across daily instruction and reach students at feeder elementary schools.

School leaders and parents described the MSA as an effort to expand hands-on learning, including robotics and student-built projects, with the goal of making STEM part of "every class every day," rather than confining it to stand-alone courses.

A parent and community member said, "Tonight at Mojave, alongside mister Farrar, our principal, we were introducing our MSA program, the new math and science academy in Mojave Middle School to our community. We're really trying to put the word out there to some of the the elementary schools that feed into Mohave and just get people excited about the program. The math and science academy at Mohave really is an innovative program in that our ultimate goal really is to infuse STEM throughout the school. It's not just those typical STEM courses that we're looking to build. We're looking to build STEM in every class every day." The speaker identified Principal Farrar as present at the event.

Another parent said the hands-on aspects were a draw for students: "This is the stuff that Mike loves to do, and it gets him excited. All of the hands on, all of the the departments, the robotics, all of the the STEM building stuff is super exciting for my kid. And so he's excited to start middle school. He's ready for the end to start."

The first commenter later noted the event drew a large crowd and active participation: "I think the event tonight was was actually pretty awesome. I didn't know what kind of crowd to expect. We actually had a really, really good turnout. My room is in shambles right now just because we had so many people through here playing the arcade games that the kids made. People are excited about what we're doing." The commenter added, "I'm excited about it. People seem to be really on board with what we're talking about."

The transcript excerpt contains only community remarks describing the program and the event; it does not include any formal motions, votes or school board decisions.

Background: The Math and Science Academy (MSA) at Mojave Middle School was described at the event as a curriculum initiative intended to integrate STEM learning across subjects and to showcase student work, such as robotics and arcade-game projects. Specific implementation details, enrollment numbers, budgetary funding sources and official start dates were not specified in the excerpt.