March 2017 CenturyLink STEM Excellence Award

Isaac Wright, a sixth grade student at Mapleton Elementary School in Nebo School District, is the March 2017 CenturyLink STEM Excellence Awardee. The STEM Action Center partners with the Utah Jazz and CenturyLink to recognize outstanding students that have demonstrated their commitment and passion for excellence in their STEM efforts in school and their community. Isaac was recognized at the …

Teachers Take Advantage of Professional Development Opportunities and See Student’s Scores Rise at Blackridge Elementary School

Student’s SAGE science scores have moved from an average of 56 percent to 77 percent this past year at Blackridge Elementary. Steve Giles, principal at Blackridge Elementary, attributes this success to their teachers who have taken advantage of professional development opportunities offered to the school by Dr. Steven Shumway, professor for the Technology & Engineering Education program in the Fulton …

STEM Grant Puts Engineering in the Classroom

When you hear a teacher say, “Students would rather do this than anything else in class,” engineering may not be the subject that comes to mind. But for an elementary classroom in Salt Lake City School District, that is exactly what you’ll hear. Paula Marquez, a fifth grade teacher at Highland Park Elementary, recently received a classroom grant from the …

2 Davis County high schools receive major STEM donation

Deseret News — School administrators know it’s not every week that you have a huge windfall come walking through the front door. But for students, faculty and staff at two Davis County high schools, good fortune came knocking in a big way on Friday afternoon. The National Math and Science Initiative, the Northrup Grumman Foundation and Hill Air Force Base …