Parents and Students: Go to Ms. Akers' Website and to Maryland MESA (Math Engineering Science Achievement) for further information.	Rationale: Living in the twenty-first century requires much more from every individual than a basic ability to read, write, and perform simple mathematics. Technology affects every aspect of our lives, from enabling citizens to perform routine tasks to requiring that they be able to make responsible, informed decisions that affect individuals, our society, and the environment. Citizens of today must have a basic understanding of how technology affects their world and how they exist both within and around technology. Technological literacy is fundamentally important to all students. Technological processes have become so complex that the community and schools collaborate to provide a quality technology program that prepares students for a changing technological world that is progressively more dependent on an informed, technologically literate citizenry. Technology Education is an integrated, experience-based instructional program designed to prepare students to be knowledgeable about technology - its evolution, systems, technologies, utilization, and social and cultural significance. It results in the application of mathematics and science concepts to technological systems in areas such as, but not limited to: construction, manufacturing, communications, transportation, biotechnology, and power and energy.
	Two courses are offered at Sollers Point Technical High School, IETC (Introduction to Engineering and Technological Concepts) and EPA (Engineering Principles and Applications). Both courses are designed to complement and support the development of skills and knowledge in the areas of math [algebra], science [physics and chemistry] and reading in order to aid students in mastering the skills and knowledge necessary to pass the high school graduation assessments biology, algebra, geometry and English. Both courses satisfy the technology education graduation requirement.