MATTESON STEM CENTER TO SERVE COMMUNITY
School District 159 Superintendent Mable Alfred, along with elected officials and clergy celebrated the groundbreaking of the District’s STEM Center. Pictured Left to right: Rick Reinbold, Village President, Richton Park, IL, Sheila Chalmer-Curran Village President, Matteson, IL, Carolyn G. Palmer, SD 159 Board Member, Carl Scott, SD 159 Vice President, Sharee Morton, SD 159 President, Rev. Dr. Trunell Felder, Senior Pastor, New Faith Baptist Church International, Matteson, IL, Dr. Mable Alfred, Superintendent SD 159, Debbie Meyers-Martin, State Representative 38th District, Rev. Andrew D. Singleton Jr., Senior Pastor, Victory Apostolic Church, Matteson, IL and Calvin Jordan, Rich Township Supervisor were all there to celebrate the groundbreaking of the District’s STEM Center. Photo by Janette Ramos
The Community STEM Center in Matteson is expected to be open by
the 2022-2023 school year and will be located at 20648 Matteson Avenue. The
facility will house the School District 159 offices and the Community STEM
Center. The STEM Center will include an aerospace lab, a Makerspace lab and
a foundational lab for younger students and community members.
the STEM Center is to pique children’s interest in science, technology, engineering
and math. “One thing we know, we have to prepare ourselves for a world
that many of our students don’t see right now, a world that doesn’t exist,” she said.
not being raised to finance and build the STEM Center project.
Representative Debbie Meyers-Martin. For Meyers-Martin, the STEM Center is necessary for the students to be prepared for the globally competitive world. For them to do that, resources must be available for those students to be innovative, discover, explore, research, and collaborate. “Preparation, education, those types of resources are extremely important for our students to be successful,” she said.
that they so well-deserve and it is our responsibility to make sure they have those resources,” said Meyers-Martin.
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