Chesapeake
High Gets Big Fat Check
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& photo by Ben Boehl
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Stephanie Hill of Lockheed Martin
presented a check of $15,000 to Baltimore County Public School
Superintendent Joe A. Hairston and Chesapeake principal Maria Lowry
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With tough economic times, school systems are hoping not to lose money
in budget cuts. There sure aren’t expecting an increase in funds, which
made Lockheed Martin’s $15,000 donation to Chesapeake High School a
nice surprise.
Stephanie Hill, Vice President Ship and Aviation Systems and Baltimore
Site Lead of Lockheed Martin presented a check of $15,000 to Baltimore
County Public School Superintendent Joe A. Hairston and Chesapeake
principal Maria Lowry at the school on Friday, Feb. 26.
“Lockheed Martin has an outstanding support of education and deep
interest in investing in the future,” Hairston stated. The check went
toward the school’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program that prepares
students to be innovative and productive leaders in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics.
Hill is concerned that China has 200,000 engineers and India has over
200,000 engineers while the United States only has 129,000 engineers.
That is why Lockheed Martin donated the check, to invest into their
future so Chesapeake and other schools can produce the next generation
of engineers.
“We (The U.S.) will not keep our competitive edge at this rate compared
to China and India,” Hill told the students in attendance. “Despite the
bad economy, the big opportunity for jobs is for IT and engineers so
you are doing the right thing.”
Hairston is proud of the PLTW program as enrollment has increased from
21 students in the 2007-08 year to 140 students in this year’s program.
“You believe in yourselves, your teachers believe in you, your parents
believe in you and we believe in you,” Hairston said.
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