Mt. Everett's Innovation Pathway in Advanced Manufacturing focuses on building hands-on 21st century skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Students work out of the school's Makerspace Lab to build robots, rockets, and more.

Robotic Engineering:
The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally. Each year, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game. Students build innovative robots equipped with sensors and actuators to tackle the required tasks. Students can opt to take their creations to regional competitions. In addition to learning valuable engineering skills, students gain life skills such as teamwork, perseverance, communication, collaboration, project management, and critical thinking. The VEX Robotics Competition prepares students to become future innovators with 95% of participants reporting an increased interest in STEM subject areas and pursuing STEM-related careers.

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Aerospace Engineering:
Rockets, flight simulators, marine drones, aerial drones and a moon buggy make up this course. First, students in the course will compete in the American Rocketry Challenge (TARC). Students design, build, and launch model rockets to meet the specifications of the current year's challenge. Students continue to explore concepts in aerospace by learning to pilot aerial drones in both auto pilot (autonomous) and remote control modes. Students will explore the basic concepts of flight and the future of drones in various industries. Students then design and build an underwater ROV also known as a marine drone. Students will take their creations to explore local bodies of water. Finally, students will design and build an electric vehicle, or moon buggy, for ground exploration.

Mt. Everett High School students aim for the stars with rocket program - The Berkshire Edge

Mt. Everett drone team prepares for competition - The Berkshire Eagle

Deep Dive for Robotics - Berkshire Eagle.

3D Design I & II: Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing
In these courses, students will learn Autodesk's Fusion 360, a cloud-based 3D modeling, CAD, CAM, CAE, and PCB software platform for product design and manufacturing. Students will learn to design and print their creations from Fusion 360 to Makerbot printers. Students will work toward earning Makerbot's 3D Printing Certification in the first course. In the second course, students will continue to develop their skills in Fusion 360 learning more about both additive and subtractive manufacturing.