Nominations for the Iowa STEM 2024 Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries are due tomorrow! Nominate an educator who goes above and beyond to teach STEM and make a difference in the lives of students. Nominate them today! iowastem.org/teacheraward

Happy National STEM Day! We are so thankful for being a STEM BEST program! We appreciate our partners, mentors, students, & those championing our program to make it a success! Here’s to another year of m innovation, collaboration, & critical thinking around all things STEM!

🥧Happy Thanksgiving! 🥧May your hearts be as full as your plates today! We are grateful everyday for our partners, mentors, and those championing our program to create an amazing experience for us! #noboms #stembest

Thank you so much Kirk, and the rest of the Corteva Agriscience plant in Jackson, MN for an amazing tour and discussion today! What a great opportunity for our SAFCO era crew!! #stembest #noboms

📣 The No Boundaries program is expanding📣We are SO EXCITED to be adding Harris Lake Park to our NOBO family! H-LP ninth graders will be joining our NOBOMS crew creating an eighth & ninth grade program! We are also adding TWO awesome Facilitators! Stay tuned!

🔹Meet Mr. Barnhart! 🔹 Matt will be the NOBOMS Harris-Lake Park CSD Facilitator! We are excited to work alongside him this year!

🔹Meet Mrs. Clouse! 🔹 Kori will be joining Becky as an Okoboji NOBOMS Facilitator! She brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the program! Welcome!

🔹Meet Mrs. Rients! 🔹 Becky has been the facilitator for NOBOMS from its inception & excited to begin the 7th year of this program!

From passion projects to real-world impact, No Boundaries has been transforming learning for six incredible years. The best is yet to come!

🎉 4️⃣ Days until NOBOMS officially starts! 🎉 Photo details: Julie Andres from Mau Marine pitching at Partner Palooza last year! One of the many exciting events that take place in the program!

🎉 Tomorrow, Harris-Lake Park CSD NOBOMS officially starts! 🎉 Photo details: 2023-24 NOBOMS group at Partner Palooza!

Introducing the inaugural Harris-Lake Park CSD NOBO Middles crew!! 🎉 We had a great first day!

NO BOUNDARIES! Make Learning AUTHENTIC, ENGAGING & RELEVANT! 🎥👇🏼 youtube.com/watch?v=hWD41b… On this inaugural episode of the Hack The Class 🎥 podcast, Laura Williams ✨ sits down with Rebecca Rients from No Boundaries Middles to talk all things PASSION PROJECTS! 👾 "Helping students learn in

NO BOUNDARIES! Make Learning AUTHENTIC, ENGAGING & RELEVANT! 🎥👇🏼 youtube.com/watch?v=hWD41b… On this inaugural episode of the Hack The Class 🎥 podcast, Laura Williams ✨ sits down with Rebecca Rients from No Boundaries Middles to talk all things PASSION PROJECTS! 👾 "Helping students learn in

Inspiration often comes from sharing information. One thing leads to another and before you know it you have an amazing game changing program for kids! And that's just what happened No Boundaries Middles✨ Get ready to #hacktheclass with Rebecca Rients! Explore more in my 2024 Release of The

…And we are off!! We had a GREAT day with our NOBOMS crew!This was the first day with Okoboji & Harris-Lake Park CSD students together under one roof!! Here’s to a great year!! We are beyond excited to see the year unfold for our students. Stay tuned!

We have TWO amazing practice projects for the students to pick from- Gunderson’s Tasty Transformation & Boji Mileage Club 2.0!! The students will be working in groups for the next month learning the rhythms of project management and collaboration with a practice project!

The STEM BEST informational webinar is Wednesday this week! Learn about the upcoming STEM BEST funding opportunity and hear from Administrators and Teachers from Boone and Okoboji about their STEM BEST Programs. zurl.co/I0i1

🖼️The Gallery Project had their first partner meeting today! 🖼️ They are working with Danielle Clouse- Gast at the Pearson Lakes Art Center! The team got to tour the different galleries and even took a trip to the Vault!! Stay tuned to see the progress of this project!

The Mindfulness in Motion 2.0 crew met this morning both in person and on Zoom! Another great initial meeting in the books! They cannot wait to get started in classroom next month and very excited about their partnership with Lakes Regl Health Healthy LifeStars Okoboji Elementary