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Academy of Information Technology & Engineering Open House

How well prepared do you want your child to be for college and a career?  In the 21st century achieving high school commencement requirements is just not good enough!  Your child deserves and will receive a vibrant, challenging, technology-enriched, college preparatory education in western Fairfield County's interdistrict magnet public high school: the .

At 5:15 AM, what are most high school age students doing?  They're probably rolling over for another hour or two of sleep.  If they are students at the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford, Connecticut, however, they are getting ready to catch the bus for school.  Those of us with teenagers are wondering what could cause this phenomenon.

The Academy of Information Technology & Engineering (AITE) is nothing like the traditional high-schools most of us attended.  Located in a futuristic looking building, providing a college preparatory education, and integrating technology, internships, and service learning, the school is a model of what a high school must be for the 21st century.  Entering its second decade, the school's students are the recipients of an educational environment that expects all of them to be college and career ready upon graduation. 

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Under the leadership of Paul L. Gross, the principal, the focus and curriculum of AITE is designed to meet the evolving needs of the next 25 years.  With the reality of globalization, increased foreign economic and educational competition, and a dynamic world situation, the curriculum and course offerings of AITE provide its students with a world class education, dedicated to the promotion of studies in science, technology, world languages, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  This goal requires all AITE students to master four-year sequences in English Language Arts, mathematics, social studies, science, and, a world language.  AITE offers French, Spanish, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and American Sign Language.  Honors, advanced placement, virtual high school, and college credit bearing courses round out the unique curriculum.  Finally, all students and faculty are provided with and use tablet laptop computers for work in school and at home.

Serving students from Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Stamford, and other districts in western Fairfield County, AITE is empowering students to shape the future.

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To learn more, join us at one of our open houses being held on Thursday, January 20th at 7:00 PM or Saturday, January 29th between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM. You may also visit our website at www.aitestamford.org for more information.

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