Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

Students already have the qualities of great designers and innovators and PLTW taps into their exploratory nature, engaging them in learning that feels like play, and encouraging them to keep discovering. The PLTW program at the elementary level is entitled Launch and empowers students to adopt a design-thinking mindset through compelling activities, projects, and problems that build upon each other and relate to the world around them.  And as students engage in hands-on activities in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science, they become creative, collaborative problem-solvers ready to take on any challenge. In Seaford UFSD, The PLTW program is implemented through the LIFT program at the Harbor and Manor Schools.

K-5 Launch Teachers

Leah Kukla 

Daniel Maricondo

Jennifer Rosenberg 

At the middle school level the PLTW program is entitled Gateway, which consists of different modules that cover Biomedical Science, Computer Science, and Engineering bands. Middle school students dive into STEM areas to discover their current passions and how they can apply their STEM knowledge in real world scenarios.The hands-on program boosts classroom engagement and excitement, drives collaboration, and inspires “Eureka! moments” and deep comprehension.
 
At Seaford Middle School, the PLTW program is part of the 6th Grade Wheel, ensuring that every student has exposure to this exciting curriculum. All 6th graders students take Computer Science for Innovators and Makers. Our 7th graders are engaging with the Project Lead the Way curriculum called Medical Detectives! 

6-8 Gateway Teachers

Gregory Broas

George Frontino

Frank Maniscalco

Samantha Riebling

Our high school scholars currently have the choice of three PLTW courses, Human Body Systems, Computer Science Principles, and Cybersecurity. In Human Body Systems, students examine the interactions of human body systems as they explore identity, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis in the body. Exploring science in action, students build organs and tissues, monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary action, and respiration; and take on the roles of biomedical professionals to solve real-world medical cases. Students in PLTW Human Body Systems have the opportunity to attain 3 college credits through Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). In Computer Science Principles, students can express their creativity through code as they analyze computing innovations and the impacts they have on our lives, use abstraction and algorithmic thinking to solve problems and create value for others, and develop, analyze, implement, and test programs developed for a purpose. Throughout the course, students learn to uncover patterns in data, protect data, and explore how the internet connects the world in which we live. Students can also choose to take Cybersecurity. In this course students learn to identify cybersecurity threats and protect against them, detect intrusions and respond to attacks, and identify their own digital footprint to learn how to defend their own personal data.

PLTW High School Teachers

Steven Roveto

James Scourtos

Lauren Thompsen