It's a new school year and a new year of STEM Academy!
This year we have started a new project called Genius Hour. Genius Hour is based upon Google's 20% time for employees. For my Scholars it means that 20% of their time (every Friday) is devoted to researching a topic they are passionate about and finding a divergent and creative way to present it to the class (TED talk, movie, etc.). Two of my 8th graders share a passion for computers and want to build one from scratch. They wrote a proposal for Senator Howard Lee to fund their project and he presented them with a check! So proud of Roi and Collin for their initiative!
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