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ST. LOUIS — The annual celebration of the best and brightest St. Charles County students in STEM subjects will include a special salute and learning experience at Rams Park later this year. The St. Louis Rams will host 17 high school students at Rams Park as reward for being honored at the March 6, 2015 STEM Recognition Breakfast, an event hosted by Partners for Progress of Greater St. Charles. The Electrical Connection, which has sponsored the STEM breakfast for the past five years, is co-sponsoring the Rams Park event. It also introduced the Rams to the STEM breakfast, which was held at the Old Hickory Golf Club in St. Peters, Mo.

STEM is a national and regional effort to better prepare the workforce of tomorrow by encouraging today’s students to engage more in studies, events and careers involving science, technology, engineering and math. “The Electrical Connection’s has not only consistently supported our event, but this year engaged the St. Louis Rams in our celebration,” said Greg Prestemon, president, Partners for Progress.

“We are pleased to partner with the St. Louis Rams to pay tribute to students excelling in STEM subjects in St. Charles County,” said Jim Curran, executive vice president, Electrical Connection.

“The STEM breakfast was a great event for St. Louis Rams,” noted Michael O’Keefe, vice president of sales for the Rams. “We look forward to partnering with the Electrical Connection on April 15, 2015 at Rams Park to further celebrate the students by demonstrating how STEM education is important in operating all phases of the franchise.”

The Electrical Connection has formed other educational partnership with the Saint Louis Science Center, Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Rams, St. Louis Football Club, University of Missouri system, Saint Louis University and more. The St. Charles County students honored at this year’s STEM breakfast include:

ÔÇó Kate Adams - Lutheran High School

• Grace Arias - Christian High School
• Anthony Buchholz - Duchesne High School
• Aiza Bustos - Francis Howell North High School
• Brian Engel - St. Dominic High School
• Nicholas Fields - Fort Zumwalt North High School
• Saivaroon Gajagowni - Fort Zumwalt West High School
• Sara Lively - St. Charles High School
• Scott Lyon - Orchard Farm High School
• Mackenzie Meyers - Wentzville Holt High School
• Aishwarya Mogulothu - Fort Zumwalt South High School
• Alexandria Ostrander - Fort Zumwalt East High School
• Andrew Powell - Wentzville Timberland High School
• Gary Rudolph - Francis Howell High School
• Christopher C. Smith - Francis Howell Central High School
• Lawrence Thompson - St. Charles West High School
• Exander Turnbull - Lewis & Clark Career Center

The Electrical Connection is a partnership of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One and the St. Louis Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). Members provide safe and reliable electrical construction, maintenance, repair and replacement services across Missouri, the nation and the world.