March 23, 2022 • 18 mins
Candy and Brian are joined by Anthony Tegtmeyer, Technology & Engineering Teacher at Neuqua Valley High School, and Tylen Fleming, a Neuqua Valley Senior, to share insights about the student experience it the Project Lead The Way Engineering Design and Development course.
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(00:01):
[TYLEN] I think definitely those two pieces being able to work in a group and communicate well and then
being able to translate what I've researched what I've learned and what I've built
into paper where others who aren't engineers can also understand
[BRIAN] Welcome to the Indian Prairie Podcast we are your hosts Brian Giovanini, Director of Innovation
(00:23):
[CANDY] And Candy Michelli, Director of Professional Learning [BRIAN] In today's episode we are super excited to welcome
Tony Tegtmeyer from Neuqua Valley High School a technology and engineering teacher as well as
one of his outstanding students Tylen Fleming to share a little bit about his experiences can we
start off by Tylen can you introduce yourself to our audience
[TYLEN] Hello my name is Tylen Fleming I am currently a senior at Neuqua High school
(00:46):
a couple things about me I'm really big into shoes
that's what I do a lot on the side is I resell sneakers and then some other things is I also
plan secondary colleges to either be attending University of Kentucky or Purdue University for
computer engineering
(01:06):
[BRIAN] That's awesome well thank you so much for joining today and offline we might be
asking you some shoot questions and some fashion ideas so thanks for sharing your passions and
interests and Tony can you share a little bit about your experience and your role at Neuqua
[TONY] Hi everyone my name is Tony Tegtmeyer I'm engineering teacher here at Neuqua Valley and I
(01:26):
have a background in engineering I spent roughly 20 years in several different industries including
aerospace automotive as well as some technology and manufacturing this is my eighth year at Neuqua
Valley and I can't remember who said it if it was Confucius you said if you find a job
(01:48):
that you like you'll never work a day in your life and I've basically been playing
for the last eight years so absolutely love it here and kids like Tylen
really really helped me play [CANDY] We're so excited to have both of you here
and hoping to learn more about you in our conversation we're going to start with you Tony can
you start by sharing a little bit about the PLTWEngineering, Design and Development course
(02:13):
[TONY] For those who aren't familiar PLTW Project Lead the Way Engineering, Design, and Development or EDD
it's our capstone course here at Neuqua Valley and throughout all the valley high schools and
it is one of several engineering courses we offer you can take you can start as a freshman
and take what's called Introduction to Engineering Design and then you progress as a senior and you
(02:37):
have to be a senior to take Engineering, Design and Development it really brings together everything
that students have learned throughout their course here at whether it's Neuqua Valley or any of the
other valley high schools you have to have had a couple of other engineering courses and what's
really cool about this course is kids get to choose a problem to solve so it's not really about
(03:03):
building a project it's not about putting a motor on a skateboard and making something really cool
although that does happen it's really about solving a problem that matters to them
as well as going through the engineering design process getting meaningful feedback
from professionals along the way in fact we had our second round of professionals in
(03:28):
engineers in last week and our kids gave some presentations to them and got some feedback
and we go through the real engineering process and the kids design build and test a solution to
to that problem
[BRIAN] It's always great to see that that work that's happening on social media and
just seeing it in your classes and also talking to the students as they're going through this process
(03:51):
Tylen can you talk a little bit about your specific problem that you're solving the process
that you've gone through and kind of where you are in that work right now
[TYLEN] It all started out in the
more like at the beginning of the school year so around like August, September time frame so our
problem was really around water pollution at first so that was like our main like kind of big areas
(04:12):
like let's start off with water pollution how is that something how could we help solve that issue
and to where me and my team came down to so it's a team of three students in total me and two
others we came to decide on building a new water filtration system so how it all started is that we
found that problem of water pollution and we really did some research around it why
(04:37):
basically justifying the problem and from there is when we were like okay
from justifying the problem how would this be something how would we know that this is what
consumers would buy what what would we need to know what to do that kind of thing so from there
we created like specifications so if we're going to build a water filter what specifications
(05:01):
needs to be involved to make sure it's up to basically industry standard and from there
we actually designed our water filter using autocad or like an inventor software now really in
the process we just got finished up with STEMprinciples and basically how is like our design
(05:24):
viable so research in the market and also some laws and regulations behind it as
well as making sure everything how do you know it will work with some tested principles behind that
and that's what Mr Tegtmeyer just said was included with our presentation last week
(05:45):
and so now just starting today is where we're getting our materials in and we're actually gonna
start building our water filter and well like I'll highlight is the main component like stand up
component in there is a UVC light it's been used to clean air and it is starting like in the last
(06:06):
recent couple years to clean water as well and that is our main feature we'll be incorporating
in our water filter and it will clean out like bacteria and other small like micro
I forget the word but at 99.9%efficiency and we'll be doing it at a low
(06:27):
cost as well so that's just a little bit of background like on our water filter and then
where we are in the process right now
[CANDY] it seems like a lot of work and planning and coordination
with a small group of students so that's really cool I understand a little bit that
there's also everything that Tylen is talking about there's a showcase at the end as well so can
(06:51):
you explain a little bit about what the students do during that showcase and how does our community
support those students
[TONY] Great questions the showcase is really the part of the students' final
exam we have a local competition I'll call it here among Neuqua students where we bring in engineers
and they present their project the showcase is another competition we have regionally with
(07:16):
schools throughout the Chicago area and even a couple from Wisconsin this year Project Lead the
Way definitely has supported us growing it it's something we started here a few years ago before
the pandemic we get sponsors that donate time and treasure and we create scholarships for a lot
of the winners and there are a lot of different categories that I won't necessarily go into those
(07:39):
but we're now that we're coming out of COVID we're really looking to expand and get back to where we
were we had this virtually last year and launched everything on YouTube which I think worked pretty
well but there's really no substitute for being in person this year it's going to be April 26th
from 1 to 7 p.m at North Central College we would love for people to come out and see us
(08:05):
also for Neuqua families they're invited on Friday April 22nd to school to see Tylen his
teammates and all the other teams compete for that top spot so once you get the top
spot you will be in a competition with 14 other schools around the area in more of a shark tank
environment so it's a little less of a technical presentation it's more of a a hybrid business
(08:34):
and technical presentation like like the TV show Shark Tank it's a lot of fun parents come out the
community comes out we've had the press there in the past both print and television and so really
the community supports us just by coming out and seeing what the kids are doing they are judges
(08:54):
they give to the scholarship funds and it's a really good chance for them to tell the kids what
a real engineer does in the future and show them that as well so again that's at North Central
on April 26th from 1:00-7:00
[BRIAN] It is a great experience and great showcase of all the student learning
that happens because you will see groups solving all kinds of different problems from
(09:19):
using water filtration to things in academics it's amazing all the different ideas they come with so
Tylen I'm sure you're prepping for that kind of working through that process now but I know
you're not a little more than half with you the year you're kind of starting to close up the year
what learning experiences are you taking from this course EDD that may apply to your post-secondary
(09:41):
plans you had mentioned looking at engineering and stuff like that so what are some things
that you're pulling out of it that will help you in the future
[TYLEN] I think really the biggest
thing is working with other teammates like being engineers I like I think that's
huge because like from here on out that's what I'll be doing it's not just like a solo thing
that like I experience in other classes like you have to work as a team and you have to cooperate
(10:06):
which I think is a big piece that I'll take because I mean there's good things to it to doing
that and then there's also can be some not good things I've definitely been on both sides of that
so I think that's probably the biggest thing and then another I think really big learning
experience I would take is more on the writing and detailed side of things I wouldn't say not
(10:30):
only just writing but being able to like from my research that I've done and from the design that
I'm building right now how can I translate that into words on like a basically like a sheet of
paper where the average consumer if I'm building a product like a water filter could understand
and there's no like questions or confusion or anything like that so I think that's another
(10:55):
really big piece that I definitely know would be in college that I like have to use so I think
I think definitely those two pieces being able to work in a group and communicate well
and then being able to translate what I've researched what I've learned and what I've built
into paper where others who aren't engineers can also understand it
(11:17):
[CANDY] Before I ask Tony another question
Tylen I was just curious from you what is some feedback that you've received through this
process that you've found helpful or that you are looking to apply as well moving forward
[TYLEN] The main feedback we've gotten like through our presentation so we just recently did
one last week and then we did one back in November it hasn't been much about the design but i think
(11:41):
more there's been some more feedback in terms of market because recently we like a almost
like a combined class with marketing and marketing reviewed our one of the portions from our reports
like specifically about how we would market our product its potential profits and all
the areas related to that and that's where we got a big amount of feedback there like our
(12:05):
target customers so for example we want to make ours affordable but also target like homeowners
so like one of the ones okay how can you target like if like what's your like projected like
cost if you want to make it affordable so like let's say people
who need water in third world countries for example and how do you make it like accessible
(12:28):
enough like for enough like homeowners to use it versus them using like a standardized like
Culligan water filter for example so that was one of the most recent feedbacks we got
like way back in November I remember one of the main feedbacks was around like limiting our
like resources and costs to make it less expensive I think that was one of the big things throughout
(12:53):
is try like don't limit yourself just make it like as big now once you understand like how it
works basically is when you can try and figure out ways okay how can I cut costs here kind of
how can I do this to make it more affordable kind of thing so I think those are definitely like the
some of the bigger feedback that I've received [CANDY] Great thanks for sharing that I was just
(13:15):
interested because some of that feedback too is going to be helping you as you're going into
another project in the future so I think that's that's awesome that you you heard some of those
pieces and you're applying it Tony you're involved in a couple other different clubs at
Neuqua can you give us a little bit of overview of some of that work that you have with students
in those clubs
[TONY] Sure I have three clubs one is Girls in STEM club again being you know
(13:39):
here eight years one of the things I noticed and continue to notice is that the underrepresentation
of women in STEM and technology and I think a lot of I've done a lot of research on that and
there's you know a lot of different reasons but a lot of those reasons start early in life even in
elementary school and so I started the club here Girls in STEM just to let girls know that what the
(14:07):
opportunities are and it is for girls is run by girls I have a great leadership team we meet every
couple of weeks they get to choose the topics so we talk about a different STEM topic each
meeting we look at career information we do a hands-on activity which they like and we have
some competitions so Girls in STEM is one of the things that I have next door as we
(14:31):
speak I have Rocket Club which is a competitive club so you have to design, build, and test a
rocket to meet time specifications and an altitude specification and it has to land softly
without breaking an egg so they are diligently getting their rockets ready for launching here
in the next couple of days and then my final one is the Drone Club which I just started this year
(14:57):
it's amazing what opportunities there are with drones they are everywhere
in every industry I could talk for hours about it and it's something that I wanted to start to work
into an aerospace engineering course that I have but actually I thought the best way to do it was
(15:18):
to start a club I am on a group with several people from Texas including a professor from
SMU and we are starting we're having this year a national competition so if you're familiar with
VEX robotics competition and how they have meets and they have state and nationals
it's kind of pattern after that so that's been very interesting a lot of hard work and we hope to
(15:44):
turn that into a class someday whether that's at Neuqua or somewhere else or here in 204 but have
a curriculum and really the the point behind the group that I'm part of which is called ARASE which
is aerial robotics and stem education is to let teachers know everywhere elementary middle school
(16:06):
and high school how to work with drones so that's been very rewarding and very challenging as well
so it all kind of ties together with STEMand what we're doing here in engineering
[BRIAN] Thanks for sharing it's amazing the awesome experience across Neuqua Valley for students so
to kind of close up today Tylen what's next in your journey you mentioned some things that
(16:27):
you're interested in you're a senior the final semester there's a lot of fun things that are
coming up for seniors but what are you most excited about what's kind of on your mind
besides this engineering design and development showcase we know that's top of mind but what else
is kind of on your radar
[TYLEN] like closing months in Neuqua it's going to be sad
so I'm definitely going to be spending time with more friends and family because wherever I
(16:51):
choose university of Kentucky, Purdue University I know I'll be moving somewhere in Indiana or
Kentucky in the coming months so spending time with those friends and family but also
preparing for that as well because I'm excited for new experience and definitely in a different area
I know those two locations either one is going to be different than here in Naperville, Illinois
(17:16):
I'm just ready for that like not like like super easy to go like yeah I want
to go right now but also like yeah I'm ready to go but let me enjoy the moment
while I'm living it right now like so that's what I'm experiencing lately so see how that goes
[CANDY] You definitely have a lot of weeks here to figure some of those things out so
(17:38):
it's awesome that you're thinking about spending time with family and friends before you take off
to bigger adventures we appreciate both of you being here today I've certainly learned a lot
I wish that I had the opportunity to be exposed to some of those engineering concepts early on
that Girls in STEM club sounds great a great opportunity so I'm glad that we have
all these different experiences for all our students so thanks again
(18:00):
[TONY] Thanks for having us
[CANDY] We would like to thank both Tylen and Tony for their time today it was wonderful hearing about
all the opportunities our students have in and outside the school day related to the
STEM and engineering fields we wish Tylen well as he pursues his higher education
after he graduates from Neuqua Valley High School we would like to thank members of our Curriculum
(18:21):
and Instruction team for their leadership on this topic and extend a special thank you to members
of our Communications Department Lisa Barry and Clayton Urbanick for making the podcast happen
if you have any further questions please email your questions to curriculum@ipsd.org
we thank you for your time today and hope you enjoyed being part of the conversation
[TYLEN] I think definitely those two pieces being able to work in a group and communicate well and then
being able to translate what I've researched what I've learned and what I've built
into paper where others who aren't engineers can also understand
[BRIAN] Welcome to the Indian Prairie Podcast we are your hosts Brian Giovanini, Director of Innovation
(00:23):
[CANDY] And Candy Michelli, Director of Professional Learning [BRIAN] In today's episode we are super excited to welcome
Tony Tegtmeyer from Neuqua Valley High School a technology and engineering teacher as well as
one of his outstanding students Tylen Fleming to share a little bit about his experiences can we
start off by Tylen can you introduce yourself to our audience
[TYLEN] Hello my name is Tylen Fleming I am currently a senior at Neuqua High school
(00:46):
a couple things about me I'm really big into shoes
that's what I do a lot on the side is I resell sneakers and then some other things is I also
plan secondary colleges to either be attending University of Kentucky or Purdue University for
computer engineering
(01:06):
[BRIAN] That's awesome well thank you so much for joining today and offline we might be
asking you some shoot questions and some fashion ideas so thanks for sharing your passions and
interests and Tony can you share a little bit about your experience and your role at Neuqua
[TONY] Hi everyone my name is Tony Tegtmeyer I'm engineering teacher here at Neuqua Valley and I
(01:26):
have a background in engineering I spent roughly 20 years in several different industries including
aerospace automotive as well as some technology and manufacturing this is my eighth year at Neuqua
Valley and I can't remember who said it if it was Confucius you said if you find a job
(01:48):
that you like you'll never work a day in your life and I've basically been playing
for the last eight years so absolutely love it here and kids like Tylen
really really helped me play [CANDY] We're so excited to have both of you here
and hoping to learn more about you in our conversation we're going to start with you Tony can
you start by sharing a little bit about the PLTWEngineering, Design and Development course
(02:13):
[TONY] For those who aren't familiar PLTW Project Lead the Way Engineering, Design, and Development or EDD
it's our capstone course here at Neuqua Valley and throughout all the valley high schools and
it is one of several engineering courses we offer you can take you can start as a freshman
and take what's called Introduction to Engineering Design and then you progress as a senior and you
(02:37):
have to be a senior to take Engineering, Design and Development it really brings together everything
that students have learned throughout their course here at whether it's Neuqua Valley or any of the
other valley high schools you have to have had a couple of other engineering courses and what's
really cool about this course is kids get to choose a problem to solve so it's not really about
(03:03):
building a project it's not about putting a motor on a skateboard and making something really cool
although that does happen it's really about solving a problem that matters to them
as well as going through the engineering design process getting meaningful feedback
from professionals along the way in fact we had our second round of professionals in
(03:28):
engineers in last week and our kids gave some presentations to them and got some feedback
and we go through the real engineering process and the kids design build and test a solution to
to that problem
[BRIAN] It's always great to see that that work that's happening on social media and
just seeing it in your classes and also talking to the students as they're going through this process
(03:51):
Tylen can you talk a little bit about your specific problem that you're solving the process
that you've gone through and kind of where you are in that work right now
[TYLEN] It all started out in the
more like at the beginning of the school year so around like August, September time frame so our
problem was really around water pollution at first so that was like our main like kind of big areas
(04:12):
like let's start off with water pollution how is that something how could we help solve that issue
and to where me and my team came down to so it's a team of three students in total me and two
others we came to decide on building a new water filtration system so how it all started is that we
found that problem of water pollution and we really did some research around it why
(04:37):
basically justifying the problem and from there is when we were like okay
from justifying the problem how would this be something how would we know that this is what
consumers would buy what what would we need to know what to do that kind of thing so from there
we created like specifications so if we're going to build a water filter what specifications
(05:01):
needs to be involved to make sure it's up to basically industry standard and from there
we actually designed our water filter using autocad or like an inventor software now really in
the process we just got finished up with STEMprinciples and basically how is like our design
(05:24):
viable so research in the market and also some laws and regulations behind it as
well as making sure everything how do you know it will work with some tested principles behind that
and that's what Mr Tegtmeyer just said was included with our presentation last week
(05:45):
and so now just starting today is where we're getting our materials in and we're actually gonna
start building our water filter and well like I'll highlight is the main component like stand up
component in there is a UVC light it's been used to clean air and it is starting like in the last
(06:06):
recent couple years to clean water as well and that is our main feature we'll be incorporating
in our water filter and it will clean out like bacteria and other small like micro
I forget the word but at 99.9%efficiency and we'll be doing it at a low
(06:27):
cost as well so that's just a little bit of background like on our water filter and then
where we are in the process right now
[CANDY] it seems like a lot of work and planning and coordination
with a small group of students so that's really cool I understand a little bit that
there's also everything that Tylen is talking about there's a showcase at the end as well so can
(06:51):
you explain a little bit about what the students do during that showcase and how does our community
support those students
[TONY] Great questions the showcase is really the part of the students' final
exam we have a local competition I'll call it here among Neuqua students where we bring in engineers
and they present their project the showcase is another competition we have regionally with
(07:16):
schools throughout the Chicago area and even a couple from Wisconsin this year Project Lead the
Way definitely has supported us growing it it's something we started here a few years ago before
the pandemic we get sponsors that donate time and treasure and we create scholarships for a lot
of the winners and there are a lot of different categories that I won't necessarily go into those
(07:39):
but we're now that we're coming out of COVID we're really looking to expand and get back to where we
were we had this virtually last year and launched everything on YouTube which I think worked pretty
well but there's really no substitute for being in person this year it's going to be April 26th
from 1 to 7 p.m at North Central College we would love for people to come out and see us
(08:05):
also for Neuqua families they're invited on Friday April 22nd to school to see Tylen his
teammates and all the other teams compete for that top spot so once you get the top
spot you will be in a competition with 14 other schools around the area in more of a shark tank
environment so it's a little less of a technical presentation it's more of a a hybrid business
(08:34):
and technical presentation like like the TV show Shark Tank it's a lot of fun parents come out the
community comes out we've had the press there in the past both print and television and so really
the community supports us just by coming out and seeing what the kids are doing they are judges
(08:54):
they give to the scholarship funds and it's a really good chance for them to tell the kids what
a real engineer does in the future and show them that as well so again that's at North Central
on April 26th from 1:00-7:00
[BRIAN] It is a great experience and great showcase of all the student learning
that happens because you will see groups solving all kinds of different problems from
(09:19):
using water filtration to things in academics it's amazing all the different ideas they come with so
Tylen I'm sure you're prepping for that kind of working through that process now but I know
you're not a little more than half with you the year you're kind of starting to close up the year
what learning experiences are you taking from this course EDD that may apply to your post-secondary
(09:41):
plans you had mentioned looking at engineering and stuff like that so what are some things
that you're pulling out of it that will help you in the future
[TYLEN] I think really the biggest
thing is working with other teammates like being engineers I like I think that's
huge because like from here on out that's what I'll be doing it's not just like a solo thing
that like I experience in other classes like you have to work as a team and you have to cooperate
(10:06):
which I think is a big piece that I'll take because I mean there's good things to it to doing
that and then there's also can be some not good things I've definitely been on both sides of that
so I think that's probably the biggest thing and then another I think really big learning
experience I would take is more on the writing and detailed side of things I wouldn't say not
(10:30):
only just writing but being able to like from my research that I've done and from the design that
I'm building right now how can I translate that into words on like a basically like a sheet of
paper where the average consumer if I'm building a product like a water filter could understand
and there's no like questions or confusion or anything like that so I think that's another
(10:55):
really big piece that I definitely know would be in college that I like have to use so I think
I think definitely those two pieces being able to work in a group and communicate well
and then being able to translate what I've researched what I've learned and what I've built
into paper where others who aren't engineers can also understand it
(11:17):
[CANDY] Before I ask Tony another question
Tylen I was just curious from you what is some feedback that you've received through this
process that you've found helpful or that you are looking to apply as well moving forward
[TYLEN] The main feedback we've gotten like through our presentation so we just recently did
one last week and then we did one back in November it hasn't been much about the design but i think
(11:41):
more there's been some more feedback in terms of market because recently we like a almost
like a combined class with marketing and marketing reviewed our one of the portions from our reports
like specifically about how we would market our product its potential profits and all
the areas related to that and that's where we got a big amount of feedback there like our
(12:05):
target customers so for example we want to make ours affordable but also target like homeowners
so like one of the ones okay how can you target like if like what's your like projected like
cost if you want to make it affordable so like let's say people
who need water in third world countries for example and how do you make it like accessible
(12:28):
enough like for enough like homeowners to use it versus them using like a standardized like
Culligan water filter for example so that was one of the most recent feedbacks we got
like way back in November I remember one of the main feedbacks was around like limiting our
like resources and costs to make it less expensive I think that was one of the big things throughout
(12:53):
is try like don't limit yourself just make it like as big now once you understand like how it
works basically is when you can try and figure out ways okay how can I cut costs here kind of
how can I do this to make it more affordable kind of thing so I think those are definitely like the
some of the bigger feedback that I've received [CANDY] Great thanks for sharing that I was just
(13:15):
interested because some of that feedback too is going to be helping you as you're going into
another project in the future so I think that's that's awesome that you you heard some of those
pieces and you're applying it Tony you're involved in a couple other different clubs at
Neuqua can you give us a little bit of overview of some of that work that you have with students
in those clubs
[TONY] Sure I have three clubs one is Girls in STEM club again being you know
(13:39):
here eight years one of the things I noticed and continue to notice is that the underrepresentation
of women in STEM and technology and I think a lot of I've done a lot of research on that and
there's you know a lot of different reasons but a lot of those reasons start early in life even in
elementary school and so I started the club here Girls in STEM just to let girls know that what the
(14:07):
opportunities are and it is for girls is run by girls I have a great leadership team we meet every
couple of weeks they get to choose the topics so we talk about a different STEM topic each
meeting we look at career information we do a hands-on activity which they like and we have
some competitions so Girls in STEM is one of the things that I have next door as we
(14:31):
speak I have Rocket Club which is a competitive club so you have to design, build, and test a
rocket to meet time specifications and an altitude specification and it has to land softly
without breaking an egg so they are diligently getting their rockets ready for launching here
in the next couple of days and then my final one is the Drone Club which I just started this year
(14:57):
it's amazing what opportunities there are with drones they are everywhere
in every industry I could talk for hours about it and it's something that I wanted to start to work
into an aerospace engineering course that I have but actually I thought the best way to do it was
(15:18):
to start a club I am on a group with several people from Texas including a professor from
SMU and we are starting we're having this year a national competition so if you're familiar with
VEX robotics competition and how they have meets and they have state and nationals
it's kind of pattern after that so that's been very interesting a lot of hard work and we hope to
(15:44):
turn that into a class someday whether that's at Neuqua or somewhere else or here in 204 but have
a curriculum and really the the point behind the group that I'm part of which is called ARASE which
is aerial robotics and stem education is to let teachers know everywhere elementary middle school
(16:06):
and high school how to work with drones so that's been very rewarding and very challenging as well
so it all kind of ties together with STEMand what we're doing here in engineering
[BRIAN] Thanks for sharing it's amazing the awesome experience across Neuqua Valley for students so
to kind of close up today Tylen what's next in your journey you mentioned some things that
(16:27):
you're interested in you're a senior the final semester there's a lot of fun things that are
coming up for seniors but what are you most excited about what's kind of on your mind
besides this engineering design and development showcase we know that's top of mind but what else
is kind of on your radar
[TYLEN] like closing months in Neuqua it's going to be sad
so I'm definitely going to be spending time with more friends and family because wherever I
(16:51):
choose university of Kentucky, Purdue University I know I'll be moving somewhere in Indiana or
Kentucky in the coming months so spending time with those friends and family but also
preparing for that as well because I'm excited for new experience and definitely in a different area
I know those two locations either one is going to be different than here in Naperville, Illinois
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I'm just ready for that like not like like super easy to go like yeah I want
to go right now but also like yeah I'm ready to go but let me enjoy the moment
while I'm living it right now like so that's what I'm experiencing lately so see how that goes
[CANDY] You definitely have a lot of weeks here to figure some of those things out so
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it's awesome that you're thinking about spending time with family and friends before you take off
to bigger adventures we appreciate both of you being here today I've certainly learned a lot
I wish that I had the opportunity to be exposed to some of those engineering concepts early on
that Girls in STEM club sounds great a great opportunity so I'm glad that we have
all these different experiences for all our students so thanks again
(18:00):
[TONY] Thanks for having us
[CANDY] We would like to thank both Tylen and Tony for their time today it was wonderful hearing about
all the opportunities our students have in and outside the school day related to the
STEM and engineering fields we wish Tylen well as he pursues his higher education
after he graduates from Neuqua Valley High School we would like to thank members of our Curriculum
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and Instruction team for their leadership on this topic and extend a special thank you to members
of our Communications Department Lisa Barry and Clayton Urbanick for making the podcast happen
if you have any further questions please email your questions to curriculum@ipsd.org
we thank you for your time today and hope you enjoyed being part of the conversation
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