Ignite Institute is a

STEAM fields STEAM education is an approach to teaching STEM subjects that incorporates artistic skills like creative thinking and design. The name derives from the acronym ''STEM'', with an ''A'' added to stand for ''arts''. STEAM programs aim to teach student ...

high school located in

Erlanger, Kentucky Erlanger is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 19,611. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati metropoli ...

, and is the first STEAM-focused high school in Kentucky specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. Specifically, they offer courses in Biomedical Sciences, Allied Health, Computer Science, Engineering, Design, and Education.

History

The school site was donated by

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as a parting gift to the community of Erlanger as they have now moved to Texas. Toyota's gift was one of their former laboratories, which they wanted to be transformed into a school that would specifically train students to enter fields where employees were needed in the Northern Kentucky area. Ignite agreed and established internal colleges relating to these fields such as Allied Health, Biomedical Sciences, Design, Education, Engineering, Computer Science, and Logistics; all cornerstones of the NKY workforce. The school is fully managed and operated by the Boone County government.

Sports

VEX Robotics

On May 7, 2022, Ignite's

VEX Robotics VEX Robotics is a robotics program for elementary through university students and a subset of Innovation First International. The VEX Robotics competitions and programs are managed by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF). In Apri ...

team won the World Championships in Dallas, Texas. Out of 20,000 registered teams, only 818 from 40 countries were selected for the world competition. The IGNITE robotics team went 10–0 in round-robin qualification matches. They then went on to win the quarterfinal and semifinal to get to the best-of-three division final. They lost the first match, but came back to win the second match and the third match to earn a spot in the grand elimination bracket of all 10 division winners. They again won their quarterfinal and semifinal matches taking them to the best of three final to crown the world champion. The grand elimination was held in a 10,000 seat-domed arena where the crowd cheered on the IGNITE team to win.

References

External links

Ignite Institute Home Page

Ignite Institute Video Feature on Fox 19
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