Willowbrook receives national recognition, named distinguished school for STEM curriculum and career readiness

Willowbrook is proud to share the school has been recognized as a 2022-23 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School.

Willowbrook is one of 262 high schools throughout the U.S. to receive this honor for providing broad access to transformative learning experiences for students through PLTW’s computer science, engineering and biomedical pathways. The PLTW Distinguished School recognition honors schools committed to increasing student access, engagement and achievement in their PLTW programs. To be eligible for the designation, Willowbrook had to meet the following criteria in the 2021-22 school year:

• Had 25 percent of students or more participate in PLTW courses, or of those who participated in PLTW, at least 33 percent took two or more PLTW courses;  
  
  
• Offer and had students enrolled in at least three PLTW courses;  
  
  
• Have strategies in place that support reasonably proportional representation with regard to race, ethnicity, poverty and/or gender.

Willowbrook is part of a community of PreK-12 schools, colleges/universities and corporate and philanthropic partners throughout the country united around a passion for providing students with inspiring, engaging and empowering learning opportunities. For more information about PLTW’s recognition program, go to pltw.org.