Visit for updates on after-school Enrichment programs including new program registrations and club news. As always, please check the Enrichment Calendar on the stemk12.org website for the most up-to-date information on event locations, cancellations, and time updates.
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Donations will enable Enrichment to provide much-needed program scholarships for STEM families in need of financial assistance, update equipment, like Spike Prime kits for our First LEGO League, and offset expenses for our low to no-fee clubs and activities, like Battle of the Books and Craft Club. Click the button below to donate to STEM Enrichment today!
Elementary Enrichment News
Club Registrations
Several spring elementary enrichment registrations are now open including chess, crafts, fencing, hip hop, poms & cheer, theater production and yoga. Opening after the break: Girls Who Code (grades 3-5) on Tuesdays starting in late January.
| Elementary | |||||
| Program | Meets | Duration | Time | Grade | Registration/Related Links |
| Battle of the Books – Practice dates | Thursdays | 12/7/23-TBD | 2:55-3:30 | 3-6 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Chess Club 3rd Quarter | Mondays | 1/22-3/4/23 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Chess Club 3rd Quarter | Thursdays | 1/18-3/7/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Choir Audition Submission 4th – 5th Grade only | Thursdays | 2/1-5/9/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | 4-5 | Submit Audition |
| Craft Club Kindergarten – 1st Grade | Wednesdays | 1/17-3/6/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-1 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Craft Club 2nd – 3rd Grade | Wednesdays | 1/17-3/6/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | 2-3 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Craft Club 4th – 5th Grade | Wednesdays | 1/17-3/6/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | 4-5 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Fencing – 3rd Quarter | Wednesdays | 1/17-3/6/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | 4th Quarter Registration Coming Soon |
| Girls Who Code NEW | Tuesdays | 1/30/24-4/30/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | 3-5 | Register |
| Hip Hop (age 5.5 or older) | Fridays | 1/19-4/19/2024 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | Registration Open |
| Poms & Cheer Club (age 5.5 or older) | Mondays | 1/22-4/15/2024 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | Registration Open |
| Scratch Coding NEW | Thursdays | 2/8-5/16/24 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | Register |
| Theater – (age 5.5 or older) | Wednesdays | 1/24-4/17/2024 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | Registration Closed |
| Yoga (age 5.5 or older) | Thursdays | 1/25-4/18/2024 | 2:35 – 3:30 PM | K-5 | Registration Open |
Girls Who Code Grades 3-5 Tuesdays 2:35 – 3:30 p.m. Registration Open
Starts Tuesday, January 30th! Get more information. Girls Who Code Clubs are spaces where girls can join our sisterhood of supportive peers and use Computer Science to change the world. When you join a Club, you will learn by reading excerpts from our books Learn to Code and Change the World and The Friendship Code, practice new skills by completing fun and simple online coding tutorials, and build community through interactive activities with the rest of your Club. Space is limited to 12 students.
STEM Elementary Scratch Coding Club for Grades K – 5 Spring: Thursdays 2:35-3:30 p.m.
STEM School Enrichment partnering with Crest Robotics and Coding Academy to provide coding classes for Spring 2024 using Scratch (a block-based coding platform built by MIT). Visit https://www.crestcomputing.com/enroll-now/p/stemsp23 for more information.
Advance Choir Club Grade 4-5 Now accepting audition videos
In STEM’s Elementary Advanced Choir Club, students will learn a minimum of 5 songs that will be more rigorous and more challenging than the songs we learn in normal class. Students who audition for the Adv. Choir Club should want to learn harmonies, possibly sing solos, and perform in a small group to really hone in their musical skills. If your student would like to audition, please help them record and submit a 2-3 minute video of them singing an appropriate song of their choice. It could be a cappella or with a karaoke backing track as an audition. If you’re unable to submit a video, Ms. Erin will have a limited number of time slots available between February 1-7 to pull students for auditions. The video upload submission is the preferred method of auditioning. Videos will not be shared and will only be used for auditioning purposes.
Next week’s newsletter – Summer camps registrations and 4th quarter registrations will open for Chess, Craft Club and Fencing clubs.
Secondary Enrichment News
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Middle School Registrations
| Middle School | |||||
| Program | Meets | Duration | Time | Grade | Registration/Related Links |
| Battle of the Books – Practice dates | Thursdays | 12/7/23-TBD | 2:55-3:35 | 3-6 | Must be selected for teams to receive registration. |
| BEST Robotics | Mon/Fri/Sat | 9/8/23-12/17/23 | Varies | 6-8 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Brain Bowl | Tue/Thurs | 8/22/23-TBD | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-8 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Broadcasting Club | Thursdays | 9/14/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| Chess Club | Wednesdays | 9/13/23-5/15/24 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Register |
| Cubing (Rubik’s) Club | Thursdays | 8/24/23 – TBD | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-12 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| CyberPatriot | Fridays | 9/1-TBD | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Dungeons and Dragons Club – New | Thursdays | 1/11 – 5/16 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| Game Master Training | Tuesdays | Varies | 3:00. – 3:45 | 6-12 | Registration Coming Spring 2024 |
| Girls’ Persist | Wednesdays | 9/6/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-8 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Magic the Gathering Club | Tuesdays | 8/22/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 4:45 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| MathCounts | Thursdays | 8/24/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-8 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Project 7 Bible Club | Fridays | 9/15/23-5/17/24 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| Science Olympiad | Thursdays | 11/16/23-4/11/24 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| Star Wars Club | Fridays | 8/7/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Register |
| SteMed Jr. | Thursdays | 8/24-12/14/23 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| Theater Production – Addams Family Cast/Crew | Mon/Wed | 1/29-5/5/24 | 3:00 – 5:30 | 6-12 | Register |
| TSA Club (After School Only) | Tuesdays | 9/5/23-TBD | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | 6-8 | Register |
| TSA State Conference Student Participant | Thur-Sat | 2/22-2/24/24 | All Day | 6-12 | Payment & Permission Form |
High School Registrations
| High School | |||||
| Program | Meets | Grade | Registration/Related Links | ||
| BEST Robotics | Fri/Sat | 9/8/23-TBD | Varies | 9-12 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| Business Clubs – DECA/FBLA/SpartMart | Wednesdays | 9/6/23-3/20/24 | 7:00 – 7:45 AM | 9-12 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2025 |
| Chess Club | Wednesdays | 9/13/23-5/15/24 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Register |
| Cubing (Rubik’s) Club | Thursdays | 8/24/23 – TBD | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 6-12 | Registration Coming Soon |
| CyberPatriot | Fridays | 9/1-TBD | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Closed to new partcipants for 2023/2024 |
| First Robotics Club (FRC) | Tuesdays | Year Round | 6:00 – 9:00 PM | 9-12 | Register |
| Flight Club | Monday/Friday | Jan – May | 3:00 – 4:30 PM | 9-12 | Register |
| Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA | – | – | – | 9-12 | For more information contact michelle.wesley@stemk12.org |
| Ornithology Club | Wed/Sat | 8/23/23-5/17/23 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM (Wed) | 9-12 | Register |
| Project 7 Bible Club | Fridays | 9/15/23-5/17/24 | 3:00 – 3:45 PM | 9-12 | Register |
| Star Wars Club | Thursdays | 8/7/23-5/9/24 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 6-12 | Register |
| SteMed | Thursdays | 8/24-12/14/23 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 9-12 | Register |
| Theater Production – Addams Family Cast/Crew | Mon/Wed | 1/29-5/5/24 | 3:00 – 5:30 | 6-12 | Register |
| TSA | Wednesdays | 9/6/23-TBD | 3:00 5:00 PM | 9-12 | Register |
| TSA State Conference Student Participant | Thur-Sat | 2/22-2/24/24 | All Day | 6-12 | Payment & Permission Form |
| UNICEF Chapter | Tuesdays | 8/22/23-5/14/24 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | 9-12 | Register |
Good Luck in the State Championships STEM School Brain Bowl Team 8A!
The competition is this Saturday at Hamilton Middle School.
Congratulations to our MathCounts program for qualifying for the State Championship!
Our 6th/7th-grade team comprised of Yash A, Sylvester H, Ethan L and Shriya M finished 6th overall in the competition. Sylvester and Shriya qualified to compete in the MathCounts State Championship at Denver University on Saturday, March 16th. A big thank you to STEM math teacher Holly Li, our first-time MathCounts coach, for dedicating her time and energy to preparing our students for the qualifier. Way to go Spartans!
Dungeons & Dragons
Robotics Team, FRC Impulse 4418, Sponsors Needed!
FRC Team Impulse 4418 is currently struggling to sustain itself through this competition season and must raise $45,000 this year to continue to supply the same benefits to our community as we have done in previous years. With a reduced budget, our options for robot construction become more limited and our ability to create a competitive robot for our district that exposes students to industry-relevant software, electronics, and manufacturing techniques becomes more difficult. If we fail to raise enough money, we may face the possibility of shutting down. To cut down our costs, we have resorted to tearing apart our previous robots for parts, limiting the number of robots we can field at outreach events to our community. Factoring inexpensive registration fees, we are struggling to compete at our usual pace.
Impulse is an independently funded team, so any support would greatly assist us this FIRST Robotics Season. The funds would help us pay for the maintenance that allows our team to build skills throughout the season, food for our 28-person team, and the materials needed to build the 2 robots we bring to competition each year. Our operating budget sits at around $30,000 per season, and we are planning on expanding our fabrication efforts this year in order to increase our chances at the national-level competition.
Please feel free to have a look at the attached Sponsorship Packet, which outlines our goals, sponsorship levels, and our mission as a team. If you have any questions or would like to sponsor our team, please reach out to first4418@gmail.com for any additional information!