Tag: STEM
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Summer reading program set to begin at Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Library’s annual summer reading program will begin June 24 with crafts and activities for all ages from 11-3 p.m at the library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza at the corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road in the Municipal Center. The program’s theme, “Build a Better World,” will focus on STEM (science, technology,…
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Bishop George Ahr graduate earns Civil Air Patrol award
Civil Air Patrol Cadet Caroline D’Souza, a Bishop George Ahr High School graduate, has earned the Civil Air Patrol Billy Mitchell Award. The award was presented to D’Souza by New Jersey Wing Commander Colonel Steve Tracy in a special awards ceremony held at the VFW Hall on Washington Street in Manville on June 14. D’Souza…
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Donation to provide steam for STEM program at diocesan schools
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A recent private donation to the Diocese of Metuchen will allow Bishop Ahr High School to focus on continuing its robust STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — program it set out to create two years ago. “One of our first priorities will be to construct a…
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Metuchen school receives grant to fund STREAM program
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Testing car speeds with speed guns and air resistance with parachutes are the types of activities that fourth-graders at St. Francis Cathedral School are experiencing through the school’s STREAM club. STREAM stands for Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. The school’s club is the recipient of a…
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Team 25 to hold annual Brunswick Eruption robotics competition
More than 40 high school robotics teams will roll into North Brunswick beginning at 8 a.m. on Nov. 12 when Raider Robotix-FRC Team 25 serves as the host to Brunswick Eruption in its 15th off-season robotics competition at North Brunswick Township High School, 98 Raider Rd., North Brunswick. Teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York…
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Edison students reach semifinals of STEM competition
EDISON – Two juniors at the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technology in Edison have been named semifinalists in the Siemens Competition, the nation’s premier competition in math, science and technology for high school students. Malavika Vivek and Anjali Gupta, both of Edison, were selected from more than 1,600 students who…
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Two Sayreville teachers attend national science conference
Two science teachers from Sayreville were among 53 selected to attend the 2016 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual conference March 31-April 3 in Nashville, Tennessee. Lauren Gassman and Edward Mish from Sayreville War Memorial High School were among the STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics) teachers sponsored by DuPont. “DuPont has a long-standing reputation as…
