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The program continues to grow. This year there is a record number of 34 8th grade students who are on track to earn their certificate in June and 49 7th graders who are currently working to meet the 7th requirements.
Every year the school hosts a STEAM Speaker series for the STEAM Certificate students. During this program, people who work in a STEAM-related careers speak to STEAM certificate students about their profession and the educational path they took to get to their job. The purpose of the program is to make students aware of the variety of STEAM related careers and to show students that there are many different paths that can be taken to get to a profession in STEAM. This year students heard from a Neuroscientist who earned a degree in English and Child Development, was a sailing coach, traveling around the world before deciding to go back to school to be a neuroscientist.
One of the extra curricular activities STEAM students can participate in to earn hours for their certificate is the Edu-Futuro Robotics club. Four Kenmore students attended the annual regional Edu-Futuro robotics competition held on Saturday, February 24 at Robinson High School in Fairfax, VA. During the competition students were challenged to program VEX IQ robots to navigate mazes. Competing against other schools from Arlington and Fairfax, the team of Kenmore students which included Keshav Maripuri, Cameron Lieberman, Conor Burke and Nathaniel Shikher took first place. Edu Futuro partners with Kenmore to provide an after school robotics club for middle school students that meets for 2 quarters after school one day a week.
July Schedule of Board Meetings, Work Sessions, and Advisory Council and Committee MeetingsThe Arlington School Board’s July schedule of Board Meetings, Work Sessions, and Advisory Council and Committee Meetings is now available.
The Arlington School Board adopted the 2025-34 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) at the Board meeting on June 20, 2024.
The Arlington School Board certified two collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) at its June 20 Board meeting.