At Salemwood School in Malden, Massachusetts, yesterday, Ms. Sarah Augustyniak’s first grade class was excited to learn how Mariana Becomes a Butterfly! Thanks to the generosity of National Grid and support from the Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation, thousands of students in Malden now have access to EiE^® Try It! Kits and storybooks. These resources provide hands-on science and engineering experience to encourage STEM learning outside of the classroom.

Last month, Museum of Science, Boston & EiE’s Research & Evaluation Manager Chris San Antonio-Tunis, was part of an informational webinar: Inspiring Young Minds Through Out-of-School STEM. Gemma Lenowitz of Overdeck Family Foundation led our expert educator, as well as Nav Deol-Johnson of Imagine Science, Britt Magneson of National Inventors Hall of Fame® and Nick Monzi of Learn Fresh as they discussed why out-of-school STEM programs are so critical for both academic and social emotional learning

JOIN US! Tuesday, January 25th, EiE’s VP of STEM Education, Heather Gunsallus will be a featured panelist in the official launch of Overdeck Family Foundation’s Grantmaking & Impact Report. This special webinar, free, and open to the public, will feature 10 nonprofit leaders from across Overdeck’s focus areas  who have spent the past year leading their organizations through innovation, evidence building, and growth.

We’re excited to present at CSTA NE 2021, a virtual conference about Computer Science! This year’s theme is Innovation and our expert curriculum designer, Brianna Wilkinson, will present an hourlong session about computational thinking!

Ishika Nag, a sophomore at Oviedo High School, in Oviedo, Florida, is becoming the go-to youth engineering organizer in her community. With help from EiE, she just hosted her first STEM camp with elementary and middle school students across Florida, as well as a few out-of-state participants.