Shoreline STEM Festival in May
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
By Ray Koelling
Mark your calendars for the third annual Shoreline STEM Festival for all students K-12 and the entire Shoreline/ LFP community. It will be held Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Shoreline Community College from 10:00am-2:00pm.
It is graciously and generously sponsored by the Shoreline Public Schools Foundation, the Shoreline School District and Shoreline Community College. The event is put on by Shoreline STEM, a community-led and organized group of tireless and energetic parents advocating for STEM in K-12 education.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) is a part of education that is growing significantly in importance for the youth of our area and the country. While there are wonderful non-STEM career avenues to follow, STEM educational avenues open up nearly limitless opportunities to anyone in the 21st century.
There is a vast amount of scholarship money available in STEM higher education. All data recognizes STEM professions and careers as being the most financially rewarding. In terms of diversity, accessibility and opportunity for jobs or careers with the highest salaries, most stable growth and best life benefits, STEM career pathways consistently outrank non-STEM pathways.
We hope all students, parents, teachers and community will avail themselves of this unique and important opportunity to attend the annual Shoreline district-wide STEM Festival.
Gradually growing into the premier STEM event of this region, it is a “must attend” for any student interested in science, technology, engineering, math and what their futures might be in this rapidly changing society and world.
In addition, the Shoreline event could be a stepping stone to WSSEF (the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair) and then to national/international ISEF (Intel Science and Engineering Fair) where there are millions of dollars in scholarship and award money available.
For more information, please see the webpage or contact ShorelineSTEM@comcast.net or Ray Koelling.
Corrected 12-13-2014
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3 comments:
Is Ray Koellinger any relation to Raymond Koelling, the Director and Registered Agent for ShorelineStem, which incorporated 35 days ago?
Please relate this program to the controversial Common Core State Standards Initiative and STEM Agenda of the National Governors Association (NGA), and national immigration policy for extending student visas.
For a criticism of the STEM crisis hysteria, see http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/education/the-stem-crisis-is-a-myth
Yes, it's a misprint, the author of the article is Ray Koelling
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