The Wheeler STEM program is regarded as the No. 2 STEM program in the country, according to an educational survey.
Study.com placed the Wheeler STEM program only behind Stuyvesant High School in New York City on a list of the Top 30 STEM programs in American high schools.
According to Study.com, which describes itself as an online educational resource, the Wheeler STEM program:
” . . . also [has] been recognized for their outreach in helping other schools develop STEM programs. The STEM Center offers an accelerated and advanced course of study focusing on medical biotechnology, engineering/robotics, chemical engineering and advanced chemistry. The program culminates in senior research and internships with local business and institution partners. Students have the opportunity to take twice as many math and science courses as they would in a traditional curriculum.”
The formal name for the Wheeler STEM program is the Center for Advanced Studies. It was started as a magnet program in 1997. (STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.)
In 2017 Wheeler became the first high school in Georgia to be certified as a STEAM school, which includes an arts component.
For the last six years, Wheeler also has held a STEAM symposium that reaches out to the whole student body.
Many of the other schools on the Study.com list are schools specializing in STEM programs, including the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, as well as elite private schools in the Northeast and San Francisco Bay Area.
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