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North American Region Educational Programs
Adoptive-school programs
Many Rohm and Haas facilities "adopt" schools in their host communities, often establishing ongoing, long-term relationships with their students, educators and administrators to develop meaningful programs and maximize the utility of available resources. Support includes enhanced science-, math- and technology-based curriculum, mentoring, career awareness and job preparation exercises, financial and in-kind gifts and dozens of eager employee volunteers.
Learn about the adoptive-school relationships in place in numerous Rohm and Haas operating communities.
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Explorer Post (Spring House, PA)
Exploring is a part of the nationwide Learning for Life career education program for young men and women aged 15 - 20 years old, to provide them with the structure and resources needed to learn about career opportunities, make ethical choices and achieve their full potential as adults. The award-winning Scientific Career Awareness Explorer Post was established at the Rohm and Haas Spring House Technical Center near Philadelphia in 1988. With nearly 70 students from more than a dozen nearby schools participating in the program each year, it remains one of the largest Exploring programs in the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Check out Spring House's Explorer Post for the most recent meeting schedule and related documents, including a permission slip.
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Science/Math Fairs
Rohm and Haas employees across the country volunteer as judges and assistants at a variety of science- and math-based events and competitions, to help ensure the development of tomorrow’s scientists and engineers and promotes the thrill of scientific discovery among today’s youth.
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FIRST Robotics
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a cooperative team effort among students, teachers, communities, corporations and governmental entities inpspiring in young people an appreciation for science and technology. One of the organization’s key programs is the FIRST Robotics Competition—an exciting, multinational event that joins professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in a competitive format that culminates in a high-tech spectator sporting event.
In addition to providing financial support to fund local student teams, engineers and other professionals from Rohm and Haas sites contribute hours of their time over the span of several months to help students build sophisticated robots that can accomplish specific tasks during regional and final competitions.
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Delaware Valley Science Fair
Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc. (DVSF) was founded in 1949 and incorporated in 1993, making it one of the oldest Fairs in the country. It is now also one of the largest. The Fairs were designed as a vehicle for stimulating interest in science and technology among students in middle and high schools in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware tri-state area. The philosophy behind the Fairs is that students learn science by doing science. DVSF's mission is to join parents, teachers and industry to stimulate and nurture young people so that they grow and develop into contributing members of the community. DVSF provides a forum for students to present their scientific work and interact with scientists in their field to receive feedback on their efforts. Students are awarded scholarships, cash prizes and other non-monetary recognition for outstanding work, and mentoring and teacher training are provided to encourage participation. The value of DVSF's award, prize and scholarship package given annually is nearing $1 million.
Rohm and Haas has been a major sponsor of DVSF for decades. Several of the company's scientists support the program year-round through their own personal financial contributions, or by serving as members of the Board of Trustees or DVSF committees and volunteering as judges.
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Invention Convention
CMP Technologies, a subsidiary of Rohm and Haas in Newark, Delaware, supports the Hagley Museum’s three-day Invention Convention. CMP Technologies employee volunteers helped more than 2,000 local children and parents fine-tune their inventions and experiments, and apply for their own patents. |
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Junior Achievement
For more than 25 years, Rohm and Haas has supported Junior Achievement (JA), the world’s largest nonprofit organization committed to furthering education about the free enterprise system. JA partners business with education by recruiting employee volunteers from a variety of industries, and equips them with all the curriculum materials and training they need to teach economic-based lessons in the classroom. Each year in the United States, the company makes an annual contribution and provides dozens of employee volunteers to several JA chapters.
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Learn more about the local JA relationships that Rohm and Haas maintains in multiple locations.
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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
In conjunction with the program launched in the early 1990s by the Ms. Foundation for Women, Rohm and Haas sites across the United States have participated in the annual "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" event, held on a Thursday each year in late-April. Originally designed to expose girls to a wider range of career options, the program has evolved to include boys and to encourage conversation about work-family issues and “family friendly” workplaces for working mothers and fathers. Rohm and Haas employees and departments develop a range of tours, interviews, problem solving scenarios and other innovative workplace activities designed to spark career interest among youngsters, and to showcase the range of demands, tasks and professions that exist in the operation of a global manufacturing company. |
 YMCA Achievers
The YMCA Achievers program—called Black Achievers at some YMCA chapters, and Minority Achievers at others—was founded in 1971 at New York City's Harlem YMCA. Its purpose is to help young people of color develop a positive sense of self and to set high education and career goals. African American and Latino professionals act as role models and volunteer leaders, and many Rohm and Haas employees have volunteered their time as speakers for the group’s regular meetings.
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