Cherrelyn Elementary School families learn at STEAM Expo

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kids, sh, catapults, robots and hawks were all present at the rst annual STEAM Expo at Cherrelyn Elementary School.

e Feb. 23 event welcomed families into the school for hands-on activities to get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, arts and math, as part of Cherrelyn’s goal to reinvigorate STEAM programming at the school.

What is STEAM?

STEAM education is o ered at all Englewood Public Schools to all students, from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, according to Cherrelyn’s website. For students in younger grades, STEAM curriculums focus on exploration, investigation and discovery, the website says.

“ e idea is like everything else in elementary school, just kind of like hands-on exploring, engaging things to get them excited to come through our whole school system,” said Kirk Benson, the STEAM teacher at Cherrelyn.

Students attend Benson’s STEAM class as a “special” like music or art. In it, they learn about digital media; computer science; sustainable agriculture and green energy; engineering, manufacturing and design; visual and performing arts and bio-medical sciences.

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