Promethean Board and Science Workshop

Hi All,


On 1/24 from 4 - 6 PM some very hard working elementary school teachers learned more about the use of the Promethean Board in support of science teaching. It was one of the best attended Promethean workshops ever!

The idea was to review some basic skills and expose the team to "flip charts" that directly related to elementary school science topics. Brian Byrne, a gifted flip chart creator and curriculum associate for elementary Math, produced two exceptional examples for science tasks relating to "Soggy Paper" and "Magnetism" for us to utilize at the workshop.

We can't wait to see the results of the workshop as these talented educators start to generate their own content via ActivInspire! These Promethean Boards are widely available in the SPS due to the generosity of the GEF Developing Futures™ Grant. We hope that workshops like these will continue to unleash their power!

I truly enjoyed working with you all...as did Beth, Louise, Paula and Lori!

Jim :-)

Scofield's HP Catalyst water quality project!

Here are some images of a professional videographer capturing stories from the students and staff involved in the HP Catalyst grant water quality testing project that connected Scofield to China.

For a set of links describing the project Click here!



This amazing STEM experience recently brought Chinese teachers and students to Scofield in October. A sub-set of Scofield teachers and students may have the amazing experience of traveling to China to see the Middle School attached to Shandong University in Jinan, China first hand!



Myself and Bryan Olkowski spend an unbelievable week in New Delhi, India in March representing Scofield at a Global HP conference for grantees. You can't make this stuff up!



The people of New Delhi were fascinated by my (then ) bushy mustache.


For more on the New Delhi trip see our blog of the experience here.

STEM career day- Scofield Silver Team

Here are some images of the STEM career event held at Scofield MMS for the 7th grade Silver Team. From all reports, it was a smash hit. They utilized parents from their team to provide workshops on STEM related careers!

Way to go!

Stamford-based ACE Mentor garners national award from the White House!

See the Stamford Advocate article by clicking here!

STEM and the Superintendent!

So, How STEM'y is this?

Here is a tweet from our Superintendent about holding the moon rocks that were brought to town! (Many thanks to Louise McMinn for making that possible!)

Here is the link to the picture.

Join the You Tube Space Lab challenge!

Join the challenge by clicking on this sentence to find out more!

SPS Teachers (Moon) Rock!

Here are some images from the NASA moon rock certification course that was delivered at AITE in Stamford, CT. It was fun and engaging! We now have the right to request the use these amazing national treasures as educational tools. What an honor!

Special thanks to Louise McMinn for making this happen!