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ST MARY’S FLAGSHIP ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM, I3 – INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTELLIGENCE AND INNOVATION, CONTINUES TO GROW AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE. THIS YEAR SAW 190 YEAR 10 GIRLS PARTICIPATE IN 39 TEAMS AT THE FINAL SHOWCASE, ALONG WITH INCREASED INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND SPONSORSHIP.
Launched in 2018, the compulsory Year 10 program aims to integrate STEM subjects across multiple discipline areas in collaboration with technology, enterprise, science and mathematics teaching, while also developing the students’ so-called ‘soft skills’ of critical thinking, ideation, creativity, communication, teamwork and presentation ability. The program requires students to work together across the year to come up with a solution to a real-world, United Nations goal, by the development of an app to help manage the problem. The course culminates in the annual ‘i3 Live Pitch Showcase’ in which the teams of students pitch to a panel of expert industry judges.
28 FIDELITER Live Pitch showcase
