Coding students around Kentucky showcase skills in hopes of advancing opportunities
Students from all over the state gathered at the Kentucky State Capitol on Sept. 19 for an opportunity to present their computer science projects to legislators.
Schools in Fayette, Scott and Boone counties receive $5.7 million from Toyota to further STEM education
Schools in Scott and Fayette counties and the Ignite Institute in Boone County will receive grants of up to $5.7 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to help prepare students for future science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.
Three Kentucky teachers named National STEM Scholars
Three Kentucky teachers were selected as National STEM Scholars, a collaborative professional development opportunity for middle school science teachers.
Bell County astronaut John Shoffner chats with Middlesboro Independent students from International Space Station
Middlesboro Independent School students had an astronomical opportunity on May 26 when astronaut John Shoffner talked with students via video call from the International Space Station (ISS).
Martha Layne Collins High School named Kentucky winner for STEM competition
Martha Layne Collins High School was selected as Kentucky’s state winner in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition and will receive a prize package of at least $12,000 in school supplies and technology.
State championship STLP project helps Russell-McDowell students connect to their community
Fifth-grade student Zander Everman from Russell-McDowell Intermediate School (Russell Independent) felt like a lot of his peers used the Greenup County War Memorial as a playground, with no real context on the history or significance of the memorial. Everman, alongside classmates Zaina Razak and Jimmylee Mullins, wanted to change that.
Ignite Institute’s robotics team wins 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship
The Ignite Institute’s (Boone County) robotics team – PiBotics 38141B – won the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship May 7 in Dallas, Texas. Of the 20,000 teams registered, only 818 teams from 40 countries were selected for the world competition.
Kentucky Milken Award winner makes school ‘a place kids want to go’
Jessica Goodman thought Farmer Elementary’s (Jefferson County) first school-wide assembly in two years was for special guests to learn and celebrate Farmer’s literacy efforts. Instead, the assembly, which included special guests Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass and Gov. Andy Beshear, was for her.
Jefferson County’s Jessica Goodman receives $25,000 Milken Award
Jessica Goodman, a kindergarten through 5th grade Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher at Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County), was celebrated on April 22 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
Kentucky teachers Kaysin Higgins and David McDowell win prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Two Kentucky teachers won the prestigious 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the nation’s highest distinction for teaching in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and/or computer science.