Based on STEM area teacher recommendations, the first cohort included 40 and the second cohort 37 students. Of those total 77 students, 40 (52 %) students completed all project activities including the cumulating final IT/STEM project; an additional 21 (27 %) students participated in all major project activities but did not complete the final project; and 16 (21 %) students left the program during the first year of their participation, mostly indicating personal reasons.