About Georgia Chief Science Officers
Georgia Chief Science Officers (CSO) is a STEM leadership development program for middle and high school students, enhancing students’ leadership, communication, and project management skills. Students are empowered to lead STEM/STEAM initiatives at their schools and in their communities. CSOs build relationships with STEM industry mentors and connect with companies and careers in their region.
The program is part of the CSO International consortium, led by the SciTech Institute in Arizona. Georgia CSOs are joining more than 1000 other CSOs in Arizona, Oregon, Michigan, New York, Delaware, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, Mexico, Kuwait, and Kenya.
In 2022-2023, the program included 40 students from 20 schools in Atlanta, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Marietta City, and Paulding counties. Check out our recent News Releases: Graduating CSO Class of 2022 (May 4, 2022), 21st Century Leaders and Science ATL launch STEM leadership program (September 8, 2021), Hispanic Heritage Month: CSOs On the Go! (November 3, 2020), Virtual STEM Day: A recipe for success (April 27, 2020), Science ATL welcomes a new class of Chief Science Officers (August 13, 2019).
Georgia Chief Science Officers is a program of Science ATL, engineers of Atlanta Science Festival, and was launched in 2018 with funding from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Current sponsors include UPS, International Paper, Lockheed Martin, Cox Enterprises, Delta Community, and Norfolk Southern.
Questions?
Contact Tysheonia Edwards, Metro Atlanta Cabinet Coordinator via email at [email protected].
Now Recruiting Leadership Coaches!
We are looking for STEM professionals from industry and academia to serve as Leadership Coaches to middle and high school students in the Chief Science Officers program. Share your career journey and leadership experiences with middle/high school student leaders in monthly evening Zoom calls. Two coaches will meet virtually with 6-8 students once per month. Apply here or contact Tysheonia Edwards to learn more ([email protected]).
2022-2023 Participating Schools
| Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta) |
| John Lewis Invictus Academy (Atlanta) |
| KIPP WAYS Academy (Atlanta) |
| Eddie White Middle Academy (Clayton) |
| Forest Park High School (Clayton) |
| Forest Park Middle School (Clayton) |
| Jonesboro High School (Clayton) |
| Lovejoy High School (Clayton) |
| ME Stilwell School of Arts (Clayton) |
| North Clayton Middle School (Clayton) |
| South Cobb High School (Cobb) |
| Stone Mountain Middle School (Dekalb) |
| Amana Academy (Fulton) |
| Global Impact Academy (Fulton) |
| Westlake High School (Fulton) |
| Marietta High School (Marietta) |
| Marietta Middle School (Marietta) |
| P. B. Ritch Middle School (Paulding) |
| Paulding County High School (Paulding) |
| South Paulding High School (Paulding) |
