![]() Leading up to the beginning of the year, the STEAM Team of teachers trained around problem-based learning (PBL) instruction, visited existing programs in the area and prepared cross-curricular projects for students. STEAM Choice Program at Lake Asbury Junior High SchoolĢ019-20 marked the inaugural year of the STEAM program at Lake Asbury Junior High School (LAJH). Since our inaugural event four years ago, they OneClay Robot Rumble has continued to expand and we had over 500 students compete at last Spring’s event! We are so excited to continue to see this event grow, as we believe that the critical thinking skills that students acquire through the fun and engagement of building and coding a robot will benefit them in all aspects of their learning. All schools are invited to the OneClay Robot Rumble, and each club can bring more than one “team” or robot to compete. We wanted all students to have the thrill and learning opportunities brought through competition, so the OneClay Robot Rumble gives students a Competition Type Environment, which allows more students access to a full Robotics Experience. Last year, we were incredibly proud of our District FIRST® Robotics Competition Team for winning the Imagery Award at our Regional International Competition.Īfter the Fall FIRST® Competition Season ends, each school opens its Robotics After School Program to additional students. We have had very successful teams from both the Elementary and Secondary levels that have moved beyond District competition to compete at the Regional and State levels. Our students and coaches go above and beyond in their learning, growth, and proficiency each year with these FIRST® Team Competitions. Our collaboration around STEAM initiatives is key to ensuring that we are providing the best possible educational experience for our most valuable assets–our students.Īll elementary and secondary schools have the opportunity to compete in FIRST® Competitions. Our laser-like focus on innovation and technology reflects the values of our community and keeps an eye to the future for what it means to be a student of the 21st Century: creative, informed, technologically literate, and flexible, but most of all a critical thinker.Ĭlay County District Schools plans to continue to increase our students’ access to technology with the 1:OneClay online platform of carefully cultivated online resources and tools, as well as to provide access to academies, electives, resource classes, teams, and clubs that expose our students to STEAM concepts, including our OneClay Robotics program. We have embraced a culture of learning and growth for ourselves as educators so that our students will ultimately benefit. Clay County District Schools has truly become an educational environment for which everyone can be proud.
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