South FM High unleashes hovercraft project
In the year of 2010, it is not Paul Revere screaming out the historic phrase that “the British are coming”, but instructor Clyde Grant from South Fort Myers High School proclaiming that “the engineers are coming the engineers are coming”.
South Fort Myers High is one of five high schools in Lee County that offers a pre-engineering program where students can study their way into higher education and a better understanding of how things work.
Engineer students Damion Kaveney, Ryan Silva, Michael Jewell, Derik Nguyen, Alvaro Intriago, and Jarvoni Palmer were only one group of students who researched, designed, built and modified a working hovercraft during the last nine weeks of school at South Ft Myers High. Their hovercraft project required them to design a craft that will travel on both land and water using limited supplies. The hovercraft project is part of a hands on, high academic class that will inspire kids to pursue the world of engineering. This year South Fort Myers High had eight graduating seniors get accepted into engineering programs around the country.