Three engineers spoke to Debbie Bondy’s seventh grade tech ed class at Scarlett Middle School recently
Peter Winkler, Network Management Systems Automation Developer at Ford Motor Company, speaks to the group. Clockwise around the table are Amit Lathia, senior engineer at NSF International; student Dorothy H; teacher Debbie Bondy; students Dazanna G. and Ethan W.; engineer Cynthia Redinger; and student Calliope B.Cynthia Redinger, a traffic engineer with the city of Ann Arbor, talks to the seventh graders about the many different directions an engineering major can take. On her left is Calliope B. On her right are Dazanna G. and Ethan W.
about what they do and how they got where they are.
Bondy says she invites professionals into her classroom to help students realize there are many options in engineering and STEM fields.
“They get a lot of information about the different kinds of engineers there are, and what different engineers do, how they got where they are, what they did for hobbies, and what they did in high school and college,” says Bondy.
Congrats Scarlett, I have three children, two of which attended Scarlett. Once a Roadrunner always a Roadrunner. Keep up the good work.
Corinne from Tappan