What We Believe

Our Vision

To create a community of excellence.

Our Mission

Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy provides a high-quality CTE and STEAM education to exceptional scholars from marginalized communities that results in college and career success. #FULLSTEAMahead

RFSSA Academy GOALS:

1. To explore career interests and plans for postsecondary and career opportunities through place-based internships & learning experiences.
2. To provide each student the knowledge and skills required to earn an industry based certification or college degree.
3. To help students develop skills that will enable them to become visionary leaders and critical thinkers in a global society. 
4. To provide scholars mindfulness training and structures that help scholars remain cognitively and emotionally centered on achieving their professional goals.

Our Core Values

Our core values are the driving agent for continuous improvement and reflection in all that we do. Each member of our school community takes the PACT to accomplish whatever they endeavor.

• Perform like a Leader: I model integrity and fairness at all times. I do not accept mediocrity for myself or my peers.  I believe in and support my team, whether in the classroom or on the field, and aspire to achieve greatness. I model academic and social excellence in my school, my community and our global society.
• Act like a Global Citizen: I embrace life outside my personal space and am open to differences in culture, perspective, and beliefs. No matter how foreign the concept or daunting the challenge I face in learning and performing, I take action with a global mindset and share my passion. 
• Create like a Visionary: I am a change agent who understands risks and failures are necessary steps towards one day becoming successful. I do what is necessary to create a path towards my goal and be courageous enough to walk the path and obtain my goal.
• Think like a CEO: I own my brand of learning and performance. I cultivate my talents and strengths into unique assets that empower me to achieve whatever I aspire to do. I relentlessly strive to be better, do better and will never rest in temporary successes.