Why a STEAM Expo?
What's STEAM? Good question - it is STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) + A for Art and Design. STEAM is the ultimate buzzword in education since it will give our kids the skills they need for the future. Why an Expo? REACH would like to focus on the incredible things going on in our schools and community. This Expo…
Huge Arts Education Win
For arts education proponents, Thanksgiving came early this year. In the midst of the biggest shakeup of federal education law in over a decade, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) successfully added an amendment today to the rewrite of the nation’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) legislation that will integrate the arts into STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). This…
Stem Toys Made For Girls Are The Hot New Trend
This holiday season sees a flood of new STEM toys marketed just for girls. Here are six contenders. The shortage of women in computer science and tech has been a topic of heated discussion and much teeth-gnashing. . Given that STEM (science, tech, engineering and math) careers are regularly among the highest paid and the number of STEM jobs is…
Schoolchildren Get Into Stand-up Act
STAND UP AND CHEER - Montebello Elementary's Jennifer Cancro and SMS's Beth Byrne Boehning . . . Flashback Fall 2013 - Both RCSD teachers applied for & received REACH Grants for AlphaBetter Stand Up Desks. The AlphaBetter Student desk allows students to stand at their desk while learning and utilize the attached swinging foot rest for balance. The AlphaBetter Student…