Windsor-Essex Catholic school students show off STEM academy

The Catholic school board for Windsor-Essex showed off its new science technology engineering and math (STEM) academy atHoly Names High School Friday.

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The STEM academy was created to give students advanced education in the sciences and to better prepare them for post-secondary education in those fields.

The newly renovated robotics, chemistry and physics labs give students a chance to do more hands-on work with the disciplines.

The school board has spent $1.2 milliongetting the academy up and running. The academy offers 30 credits from grade 9 through 12.

The board plans to start STEM academies at St. Thomas of Villanova and St. Anne's high schools next year.