Greenville County Schools will open the doors of A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School in August as the first elementary school in South Carolina with a school-wide engineering curriculum. The instructional program is centered on engineering processes, real-world skills and technology, and various engineering fields of study.

A. J. Whittenberg will be the most technologically advanced elementary school in Greenville County.  As a LEED- certified building, the school facility, itself, will serve as a learning laboratory with engineering labs visible from the interior and exterior, a “green” roof, and solar energy panels to study how the sun generates electricity.
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