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GGE and High Schools Enter into Partnerships

Woodstock High School, Fredericton's Albert Street Junior High School, and UNB's Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (GGE) signed partnership agreements in August 1995. These partnerships reflect the mutual interest each institution has in enhancing the quality of education in mathematics, science, and technology and in encouraging students to consider careers in these fields.

For Woodstock High School, the goals of the partnership include GGE providing assistance to enhance the high school's new technology centre, and to expose students to the practical applications of mathematics, science, and technology. To reach these goals, the two institutions will work together to develop a learning module for the technology centre and to ensure that the curriculum content remains current. Those concerned in the partnership are exploring how best to develop and implement a course for students that would qualify for university credit. Finally, there will be visits of Woodstock High School students to the GGE department and of GGE faculty as guest speakers to the high school.

For Albert Street Junior High School, the goals of the partnership are to increase the use of computers in mathematics, science, and technology learning, and to expose the students to the practical applications of these subjects. To reach these goals, GGE has supplied the school with a number of Macintosh computers and hard drives and is working with the school to develop practical computer-based exercises using these computers. Throughout the school year, there will be visits by the students to the GGE department and GGE faculty will be guest speakers at the school.

Standing L to R: Alfred Kleusberg, chair, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, UNB; Kevin Pottle, principal, Albert Street Junior High; Michael Ircha, acting dean of engineering, UNB. Seated L to R: Bruce McMillan, principal, Woodstock High; Byron James, assistant deputy minister of education; Robin Armstrong, president, UNB.