Education
BY MARK FADDEN
Cannon Elementary celebrates STEM education with learning fair
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Garrett says she is always giving school tours to parents, local business supporters, and even o cials from other districts and their students.
"By the time [the students] leave fth grade here, they are advanced in coding, robotics, critical thinking and problem-solving as an avenue to really support that college, career and military
readiness pathway." TINA GARRETT, CANNON ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
Fourth grader Miles Cordova launches the rocket that he and his partner Tony Tellez designed for Cannon Elementary’s STEMapalooza, the third event of its kind at the school.
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“This day highlights everything that we do all year long,” Principal Tina Garrett said. “[It’s] like a STEM fair wrapped around our four pillars, which are curriculum; community; culture; and career and military pathways.” Having STEM learning opportunities is “crucial” for the future of all students, said Monica Amyett, the instruction content coach for Science/STEM in the Region 11 Education Service Center. “Our students will reside in a future run by algorithms and machines,” Amyett said in an email. “They must be equipped with technical pro ciency to understand this future world and succeed within it.”
Students are enrolling at Cannon Elementary to take advantage of the unique STEM programs o ered at the campus. The campus is the only one in the district to o er programs centered around STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Over the past ve years enrollment has remained consistent at the campus, with around 500 students, according to data from the Texas Education Agency. To put what they’ve been learning into action, Cannon Elementary students got to launch rockets, build planets using 3D printers and hurl meteors through “space” at the third annual STEMapalooza celebration Oct. 27.
Even though Cannon is the only STEM campus in GCISD, Garrett said families desiring a STEM education for their students can apply for enrollment. “Typically between February and March, there’s a window on the district website where there’s a transfer [portal] and [parents can] ll out all their information,” Garrett said. She added she and her sta are “proud of what they do.” “We feel like this [campus] is changing the trajectory of kids’ lives,” she said.
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