The Carrollton City Schools STEM Showcase will be held Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Joshua R. Mabry Center for the Arts on the Carrollton High School campus. The public is encouraged to attend.
Annette Murphy, director of Title I and federal programs for the system, said the event was planned to "show off" the students work in all grades – from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The expo-like event will feature student work from all four of the system's schools, demonstrating the integration of the four subjects covered by STEM in the classroom.
Murphy said it was important to have all grades represented to show attendees the wide range of projects that can have STEM elements.
"We wanted to show how the projects progress through the grade levels," Murphy said. "Obviously, the projects the students are doing in first grade are not of equal scale to those they're doing in 11th grade. But they do involve a similar way of thinking and problem-solving that is inherent in every project."
From 5 to 6 p.m., showcase-goers will be able to browse the lobby and gallery to see what the schools are doing. Also available for interaction will be several hands-on activities on the theater stage.
At 6 p.m., Superintendent Dr. Kent Edwards will give a short presentation in the Brenda Sue Holcombe Theatre, sharing the school system's vision of STEM and its implementation with the community.
Edwards will also recognize Central Elementary School, which was recently awarded with STEM School certification by the Georgia Department of Education, as well as the Southwire Company for its partnership with CHS.
At the end of the event, drawings will be held to give away four iPad Mini tablets, donated by the Carrollton City Schools Educational Foundation in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Visitors are urged to get their drawing ticket as they enter, Murphy said, and recipients must be present to win.
"We hope that this will be an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments our students, dedicated teachers and helpful community partners have made," Murphy said. "Hopefully, the positive impact we've experienced will be seen by everyone."
As an example of what one of the exhibits will consist of, Murphy shared the challenge given to CHS students in the Southwire Engineering Academy.
"The instructors tasked the students with designing a smartphone application that could be used to calculate how much wire is remaining on a spool," the director said. "And the students took the challenge and designed an app that can be found and downloaded on Apple's App Store. And it's helped reduce the amount of wire that's leftover and goes to waste."
The app, titled Southwire Partial Reel Calculator, along with the accompanying wire spool, will be one of many exhibits for attendees to interact with at the showcase.
"All of the activities are project-based, so they give students the challenge to work together to solve real-world problems," Murphy said. "We're looking to show some of the innovation we think we've fostered by adding this mode of learning. The kids are more engaged and excited about this kind of learning than any other kind we offer that I've seen."
For more information about the showcase or STEM learning, visit www.carrolltoncityschools.net.
Son of Loretta and Calvin McPherson. Although he is a resident of Fairfield Plantation in Villa Rica, Ga, The facility bus children with disabilities in the Carroll County from schools to his location for training. It is devastating that this organization fueled by a pedophile has not been detected by the community yet. The community of Ohio did not have the opportunity to defend themselves against this pedophile and previous owner of Morning Glories Daycare. Unfortunately, Lathan Access Technologies, has been applauded as a pillar of the community. The great reward is the Carroll Advocacy Center in the same neighborhood. I feel that this organization will set a clear message to the children, the community and other states when it rids the community of this deception.
Reginald Lathan Sr., my father and abuser, raped, drugged, beat and enslaved me and others without compassion. February 18th, 2013 he left another message threatening children that he has victimized. He has made false police reports with the intent to scorn the children he has molested recently. For the past 3 months our lives have been a remembrance of the lifetime of devastation caused by Reginald Lathan Sr. Children and others involved have received numerous threats of harassment from Reginald Lathan Sr and his employee Rolisha Lathan, of RoeLathan company. It is rewarding to see that the Oak Mountain Academy, along with other schools will receive training on signs of child abuse and Pedophilia behavior.
Reginald Lathan Sr is very familiar with the students and staff of Oak Mountain Academy. Unfortunately, it has gone undetected that he is their very threat. There is a child that understands the harm he has caused to Oak Mountain Academy. That child is a student there and also one of many victims left in silence. Unsurprisingly Reginald Lathan has a child in his care, my brother, left alone with a rapist of young boys and girls. My brother is left on the property with Calvin and Loretta McPherson, whom were told 25 years ago by a young girl being rapped by my father. My brother is left with his family and employee of Reginald Lathan Sr that has detailed the corruption of keeping secrets to safeguard the estate.
The average pedophile will molest 354 young boys and girls in their lifetime. Reginald Lathan Sr has based his career around hundreds of children yearly, for the past decade. The community has the right to protect their children. The community has the right to be armed with the facts. I compel anyone to verify the facts of my statements. The documentation is overwhelming. The community need to understand why haven't Reginald Lathan Sr been restrained from their children.
For the past 3 months there has been numerous reports made. Although the threat of our children's well being has not been a priority to all. The Child Advocacy Center is the first of its kind in this community and I hope Reginald Lathan Sr is the last pedophile to be applauded as a pillar of the community.
One million dollars is nothing to One million voices.
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