Omaha Street School Attends Virtual Hands-On Summer STEM Classes 7/20 – 7/22/2020

Omaha Street School students learned different STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) career options on Monday. They performed several engineering activities, first one was to design 3 paper airplanes with the goal being to fly the furthest distance, another was to add a toothpick to their airplanes to pop a balloon, and the third […]

Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Learn About Graphic Arts 3-12-2020

Graphic Arts was the subject of the day on March 12th, 2020 for the HAL (High Ability Learners). After learning about what graphic artists do and some career areas for graphic artists, the HAL students learned about chameleons and designed their own chameleons with similar background on paper. The HAL students then had the opportunity […]

Girls in STEAM at Howard Kennedy 2019-2020

Working in collaboration with Facebook, Kiewit and Sherwood Foundations, community organizations (UNO, UNL, Collective for Youth, Girl Scouts, STEM Ecosystem, 75 North, Scott Scholars) and school districts (Westside Omaha Public Schools and Papillion/LaVista) to bring STEM education/careers to students, specifically girls ages 8-14. The Girls in STEAM event is a 10-week program (1 event/week) where […]