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RICH TOWNSHIP Non Profit Org
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HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 227
20550 South Cicero Avenue PAID
Matteson, IL 60443 Permit #130
Homewood, IL
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Phone:
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NEW PARTNERSHIP

Amazon Partnership

And Why It Is

Important To Rich

Township High School!

What does the Amazon partnership Science course will be exposed to an household goods and toys, leaving
mean for Rich Township High School Edhesive curriculum, a fully sequenced employees to focus on larger items
students? The district partners and paced digital curriculum, that and other tasks. These centers are
with Amazon by participating in the will prepare them for more advanced promising not only for our computer
Amazon Future Engineer program. courses such as AP Computer Science, science students, but also our students
AP Computer Science principles and in Robotics and Electronics courses
Amazon Future Engineer is a comprehensive Virtual and Augmented Reality. as we prepare them for the emerging
childhood-to-career program to inspire, Mechatronics career field.
educate, and train children and young Matteson will be the home of one of
adults from underserved and low-income two Amazon fulfillment centers in the These distribution centers represent
communities to pursue careers in computer south suburbs creating more than 2,000 internships and employment
science that is a result of the collaborative full-time jobs. The facility, which will opportunities for students where they
efforts of Amazon and Edhesive. be located at 7001 Vollmer Road, will can practically apply what they have
employ the latest version of robotics learned in class and learn even more
The students who are currently enrolled that automate the shipping of smaller while they are on the job.
in the Introduction to Computer items such as books, electronics, small

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