{"id":2,"date":"2018-02-14T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nstemhs.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:18:45","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/","title":{"rendered":"National STEM Honor Society\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n<div class=\"home-intro\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h1 class=\"mission-statement\">Our mission is to inspire innovation and recognize student excellence from Pre-K to Career in the fields of <span style=\"color: #9ae4be;\">S<\/span>cience, <span style=\"color: #9ae4be;\">T<\/span>echnology, <span style=\"color: #9ae4be;\">E<\/span>ngineering, and <span style=\"color: #9ae4be;\">M<\/span>athematics.<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"tag-line\"><span id=\"motto\" class=\"tag-line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From Pre-K to CAREER<span class=\"tm\"><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<br>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; 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