Sweet Science Series: Tour of the CNY STEAM High School

Join us as we tour the STEAM High School, Central NY’s first high school featuring a STEAM-focused curriculum and open to students from SCSD and OCM BOCES component districts. Parking is available in the front bus loop.

The STEAM High School began operations in September 2025. Classes are or will be offered in topics as interesting and diverse as robotics, data analytics, semiconductors, construction management, animation and game design, and visual and performing arts.

The building, designed by the gifted and prolific local architect, Archimedes Russell, first opened in 1903. The style is Neo-classical and Beaux-Arts with elaborate brick and limestone facades, balustrades, Ionic columns and arched windows. The famed Lincoln Auditorium for many years hosted the Syracuse Symphony. The former Central High School contains some of the original woodwork and ornate interior design. Updated and repurposed, the school is now ready to educate and train students for the new economy.

Our tour will be led by Dr. Jody Manning, STEAM HS Executive Director.