Goodbye, summer learning fun
The Arlington School District recently wrapped up a busy summer with continuing and new programs.
The Arlington High School NeoBots robotics team held its third year of summer day camps for third- through eighth-graders, teaching their younger counterparts about 3D printing, programming robots and making wristbands with programmable LED lights. The camps are a fundraiser for the club.
Post Middle School will pilot a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) block program in 2015-16, and a new STEM summer school for middle-schoolers was added this year in preparation.
Meanwhile, the district’s Books on the Bus program was visited by hundreds of students. The bus went out each Wednesday and visited six neighborhoods.
Capping it all off were end-of-summer celebrations for various programs. Over 100 students attended a party for Books on the Bus on Aug. 19 at Presidents Elementary School, where they got tickets for shaved ice, heard stories, created bookmarks and chalk drawings, and received awards and prizes for reaching reading goals. A Literacy Camp and Bilingual Summer Program also held celebrations.
EdCC director speaks at international conference
Mel Cossette, executive director and principal investigator of the National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (MatEdU) housed at Edmonds Community College, was invited to present at the Gordon Research Conference at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, on June 24.
Cossette’s presentation was based on MatEdU’s research and was titled, “Recruitment and Retention Practices for Women into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.” The MatEdU program was the only community college program invited to present at the international conference.
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