The CSE assists Booker T. Washington High School with its summertime and academic-year Scholastic Testing Enrichment Program. STEP enables 11th graders to enhance test taking skills while reviewing biology, chemistry and physics concepts. This partnership with Booker T. Washington High School assists in the creation of Health and Human Services Academy centered on a community wellness center. The program promotes student participation in the Health and Science careers by enhancing student achievement, graduation rates and College entry. Students have the opportunity to shadow health professionals and to participate in internships.
Teachers benefit via professional development opportunities such as workshops and internships.
Also involved in this initiative are Emory's School of Public Health, School of Medicine and School of Nursing. This residential program for outstanding sophomores and juniors in the Atlanta-area high school targets students who have completed advanced mathematics and science coursework. Participants are nominated by their academic counselors and spend six weeks on the Emory campus honing critical thinking skills and studying biology, chemistry and physics. The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is open to undergraduates attending Emory and other institutions. Participants complete a research project under faculty supervision and attend activities relating to ethics in research and science careers.