On Friday, May 3, CPS students participating in the competitive Paschen Engineering Scholars Program from George Westinghouse College Prep (GWCP) participated in an educational tour of the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero as part of their STEM discovery and training initiative. From 12:45pm to 2:45pm these high school students toured the Stickney Water Reclamation Plant (WRP), one of the largest wastewater treatment facilities in the world, serving residents in the central part of Chicago and 46 other communities. Owned and operated by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), the Stickney WRP serves 2.3 million people within 260 square miles in Cook County to mitigate flooding and convert wastewater into valuable resources such as clean water, phosphorous, biosolids, and natural gas. Students that participated in the tour represent each of the current four classes of F.H. Paschen’s Engineering Scholars Program, a curriculum that includes hands-on activities that allow the scholars to develop technical skills, build problem-solving abilities and gain real world work experience to improve their knowledge of and access to career opportunities in the STEM fields.