Columbus Elementary School is proud to host three nights of family oriented, bilingual workshops on STEM – science, technology, engineering and math. These in-person workshops, for Columbus parents, are from the FLORES (Family Learning and Outreach for Research and Education in STEM) Project, created by Mercy College.
The workshops will empower parents to bring science into their child’s daily lives. They will expose parents and children to engineering, teach about sound, and provide instruction in coding by programming a robotic mouse. FLORES is a great way to promote community, questioning and wondering for both children and parents.
The workshops will take place on the evenings of May 5, 12, and 19. Mercy College Master STEM Teacher Fellow Anny Vanegas, WIPRO Fellow Maia Starcevic, first-grade teacher Deanna Lasco, and English as a New Language (ENL) teacher Elva Franco will lead the workshops. WIPRO is a private firm that created a grant to promote science education. The support of Director Of Instructional Support Tiara Reyes-Vega, Principal Michael Galland, Interim Assistant Principal Francis Cruz, Dr. Meghan Marrero and Dr. Amanda Gunning of Mercy College), the Mercy Fellows at Trinity, and the Columbus PTA is appreciated.