Most schools teach Science and Math, and employ technology, so what makes a STEM school any different? Many schools have added the engineering design process , in creative ways, to multiple content areas. Some people think of places with high tech offerings such as robotics or FabLabs or Maker Spaces with 3-D printers. Does all of this make a STEM School? While all of these are excellent examples of methods of engaging and teaching students, these elements don't stand alone to make a school. For STEM models to power a school, and to empower students, there needs to be an underlying structure, a belief system, processes by which content is given a purpose. At STEM School Chattanooga this is exemplified by the tenets "Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Innovation." These skills are outlined not only in the school mission statement, but also by being the driving force behind all of the decisions that propel the school, and its amazing students, into the future. Sch...