Today we held the Grand Opening to our new STEM Lab. Thanks to all of our community for your support! Special guests today were NJ Senator, Mr. Andrew Zwicker, Executive County Superintendent, Mr. Juan Torres, Superintendent, Dr. McGann and our Board of Education members.

What a day to be a Desmares School Dolphin! Today, we celebrated the opening of our amazing STEM Lab. Thankful for all the generous support that made this possible and for @AttiyahFRSD for bringing her vision to fruition. FlemRarSchools Dr. Kari McGann

We are very proud of this accomplishment in opening the first elementary STEM lab FlemRarSchools. We are building scientists, technology experts, engineers, & mathematicians!

Always so proud of our FlemRarSchools teachers for engaging in meaningful science professional development with Wil van der Veen and Stacey van der Veen . Our RFIS cohort rocks!

Join National Math and Science Initiative on February 21st for their webinar Breaking Boundaries: Celebrating Black Excellence in STEM!" New Jersey Department of Education NJEA NJPSA NJ Office of Diversity and Inclusion NJSBA TIES STEM Ecosystems Black Women in STEM

Fabulous kickoff to NJ STEM Month with a keynote address from Laura sharing her journey from ESL student to STEM leader extraordinaire! She shared the power of the universal language of math New Jersey STEM Pathways Network HSMCSTEM

March is Women’s History Month! ⁦Desmares School⁩ ⁦FlemRarSchools⁩

What advice would you give a new teacher about building up students’ math confidence? ❤️ (Thanks to educators Alison J. Mello Ed.D., Crystal M. Watson, Ms.Merritt, Kristin T & Jerry Toups for the inspiration.)

Teaching math by tricks must stop!

A friendly reminder that we have our social media contest going on! All you have to do is post using #NJSTEMMonth for a chance to win. The more you post, the higher your chances of winning a $100 Amazon gift card. Additionally be our 2,000th follower to also win a gift card!

Engineering design with our youngest learners!

Happy Pi Day!

3rd grade mathematicians created their own tangrams and began to discover how shapes can be made with other shapes!

Despite some clouds, today’s solar eclipse was an awesome experience for all. One student told me, “I will always remember this day!” Thank you @KWolffFRSD, Barley Sheaf & FlemRarSchools for making this possible and to Dr. Kari McGann for stopping by to experience it with us!

Announcing our in-person Summer Administrator Institute! Join us July 30-August 1 at Princeton University. Details coming soon! Wil van der Veen Jessica Monaghan Learning Forward NJ NJSELA Lisa Kiel @Matthewmb77 @KWolffFRSD Jessica Glover

📢 Calling all math educators! Join us at the AMTNJ Fall Secondary Content Conference, "Math Practices in Action," on Nov 22 BrookdaleCC. Share your expertise! Submit proposals by June 8, 2024. More info: amtnj.org/conferences/ #AMTNJFall24 #AMTNJ #LearnwithAMTNJ

READ: An elementary teacher integrated #mathematics and #science to engage fourth graders in an authentic inquiry exploring sustainability solutions for their school: nctm.link/sLMux

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