Taft STEAM enjoys end of year events

Taft Early Learning Center STEAM Lab is steaming forward to finish out the 2022-2023 school year with amazing happenings with Ms. gallerani's students! Ms. gallerani would like to express her deepest gratitude to our community partnerships: Taft PTO, Uxbridge Police Department and Sergeant Morrissette, Massachusetts Department of Fire Services and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey, Fork Farms and Sam Malesa, Pat Stephan with Ceramic and glass Industry Foundation, Koopman Lumber and Hardware, and Uxbridge Cultural Council (LLC).

During the month of May, Taft STEAM Lab hosted a Connection to STEAM Career Day with Sergeant Morrissette from the Uxbridge Police Department. All students had the opportunity to learn from police technology with a drone demonstration.

skey. Students were able to make connections and build off with Sergeant Morrissette drone presentations and learn more about thermal imagines in drones and fire services with drone technology. Students had the opportunity to perform three science experiments with Fire Marshal Ostroskey looking at drone images compared visible light and infrared light!

The series of Connections to STEAM Careers has continued with the Ceramic Engineering Industry. The students had the opportunity to learn about a local resident, Pat Stephan's expertise and ceramic samples.

The Taft STEAM Lab has just formed a great partnership with Fork Farms with hydroponics in the classroom. We are in the middle of harvesting the produce and the students are extremely excited about the project! Stay tuned as we will update you on the project!

Submitted by Amanda Gallerani

Local Music Students to perform free concert

Barbara Paquette’s Music room held their Spring recital last month at the Village Congregational Church in Whitinsville. Students performed on piano, drums, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, and guitar. Barbara Paquette’s students Ethan Larue, (piano) and noah Allen, (trumpet) will be performing on Sunday, July 2nd at the

Village Congregational Church in Whitinsville at 2:00 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public. A variety of music from classical to jazz will be performed.

Ethan will be entering his Senior year at nipmuc H.S. in Mendon. noah will be entering Berklee College of Music when he returns from a European tour with the Carnegie Jazz Ensemble. noah has studied with Barbara Paquette for 15 years and Ethan has been with with her for 10 years. They have performed in numerous recitals, participated in ngPT and ABrSM exams. Music will continue to be a big part of their lives in college and beyond.

The Taft STEAM Lab Outdoor Classroom is expanding in big ways! A massive thank you to Uxbridge Koopman Lumber and Hardware and Uxbridge Cultural Council LLC for their donation to purchase the materials to create an all weather proof whiteboard for the outdoor classroom. Thank you to Steven gallerani for donating his skills and building the board.

During the month of June, Taft STEAM Labs hosted a continuous series of connections to STEAM Career Day with drones with the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services with State Fire Marshal Peter Ostro-