I am just so proud of my Walnut Creek Campus students doing speech! Two of them advanced to state! Grateful to be just an observer of their individual stories. #ihssa

Congratulations to Walnut Creek's Randi Glaser, one of just six teachers to receive the Governor's STEM Advisory Council and Kemin Industries 2024 Iowa STEM Teacher Award! Randi was celebrated at Walnut Creek this morning for her engaging and inventive teaching. Congratulations!

There are some people you meet, and you just say: WOW! Congratulations to West Des Moines Community Schools Randi Glaser! She was chosen as the Kemin Industries + Iowa STEM SC Regional STEM Teacher of the Year! Thanks, Randi, for your energy, dedication to students, and innovation science curriculum.

Congratulations to Randi Glaser, our SC Iowa STEM Region recipient of the 2024 Iowa STEM Teacher Award, presented by Kemin Industries. She was recognized for her commitment to ensuring more students have access to STEM education. Congratulations, Randi!

I was out of school for the past three school days and with subs, I know most students are not going to do much. But this kid just blew me away with what they got done! Connecting both our current standard with our next unit! 🤯

Candling eggs today and this week! Baby chicks hopefully hatch april 8th!!

Bird beaks created by our Teachergeek kit! Too cold to go outside, so the food got sprinkled all over the floor! Ha! Natural selection and STEM wrapped into one lab.

I am tired. In the best way. From making bread through yeast fermentation, 🫀dissection, Newton Egg cars, and preparing for our plant sale, this teacher is tired. Engaging students in meaningful learning is hard work.

Even teachers still learn. Attended a class from the ISU Extension and Outreach in Dallas County learning how to graft apple trees. 🍎 🌳 my mom was better than me, and I definitely had help on both trees from the instructor! Haha!

WCC Chicken Hatching Livestream. We highly anticipate this activity brought by the anatomy students each spring. These chicks are due on Monday, April 8th! 🐣🐥youtube.com/watch?v=HnTJoS…

STEM challenge: design a device that keeps your hand at body temperature as it is submerged in icy waters for 5 min. Homeostasis. Be like a walrus.

Over the lunch hour, we celebrated and recognized the 2024 Teacher Award recipients! This award is generously sponsored by Kemin Industries and presented by the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council and the Iowa Department of Education.

For #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we want to share a video tribute to our Iowa STEM Kemin Industries SC Region Teacher of the Year--the incredible Randi Glaser Randi Glaser West Des Moines Community Schools Thanks to all the wonderful teachers out there doing this hard job! We💙U! youtu.be/fzTxNBJBVy8?si…

Iowa STEM Congrats, Randi Randi Glaser! Love this video!

Walnut Creek Campus 2024 graduate Keara Cameron is a fan of "mind-boggling" stories. Through finding her confidence, determination, and joy in learning, Keara is now writing her own surprising story as she begins her college journey. discover.wdmcs.org/keara-cameron

“Randi, you like our music?” Students, I do not care. Is trap music blasting? Yup. Is 100% of the class working collaboratively and getting a lab done? Yup. Are they all getting along? Yup. How many kids have left the class for ‘all the reasons?’ None. This is a class success.

One of our 3D printers is broken. These students are fixing it. Could I fix it? Yeah. But are these kids learning through fixing it AND gaining ownership in the classroom and the 3D printer? Also yes. fusestudio Iowa STEM SC Iowa STEM Region Walnut Creek Campus