- Evanston/Skokie School District 65
- EvanSTEM
EvanSTEM
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EvanSTEM is a public-private partnership project housed within District 65 with the goal of creating an Evanston ecosystem of STEM educators, program providers, industry leaders and professionals to increase underrepresented student success in STEM programs, courses and ultimately careers.
EvanSTEM seeks to improve access and engagement for students who have traditionally underperformed or have been underrepresented in STEM programs.
EvanSTEM's MISSION is to coordinate partnerships and programs to build relationships with underrepresented students along STEM pathways to and through high school into college and career.
EvanSTEM's THEORY OF ACTION states that early interest and engagement in impactful STEM experiences among underrepresented youth leads to positive STEM identities and continued pursuit of STEM experiences – if AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE and fostered via meaningful adult RELATIONSHIPS.
EvanSTEM News & Events
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Over 300 attend the Cardboard Carnival
Forty-seven students showcased their spinning, whirling, twirling cardboard arcade games for over 300 attendees to play on April 9, 2022 at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.
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EvansTon's Film It Challenge
Calling all rising 5th - 8th graders! Film It, a citywide mini-movie challenge, kicks off on June 11
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Contact
Kirby Girolami Callam
Director, EvanSTEM
p (847) 859-8059
f (847) 866-7241
callamk@district65.net
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EvanSTEM's Citywide Challenges
Annual citywide challenges develop middle school competencies in coding, prototyping, production, and presentation.
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- NETWORK: Aligned K-12 STEM pathways across schools, out-of-school programs, and districts
- YOUTH: Improved STEM access and engagement for Evanston students who are underperforming or underrepresented in STEM programs
- EDUCATORS: Increased professional capacity of STEM educators
- Cross-Cutting Professional Development
- Development and Piloting of STEM Learning Experiences
... in order to ...
- Understand how youth (particularly underrepresented and underperforming students) navigate through available STEM opportunities and how those STEM programs impact academic outcomes.
- Coordinate and align STEM pathways across schools, out-of-school programs and districts.
- Build >new collaborations between teachers, out‐of‐school educators and STEM professionals, resulting in novel curricula, activities and expanded programs.
- Expand the capacity of STEM providers and educators—within and across school and out‐of‐school settings—to increase targeted youth interest, engagement, and identity with STEM.
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- EvanSTEM Ecosystem of Targeted Programs (TABLE)
- The EvanSTEM Ecosystem Matching Map
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Targeted City-wide Events
- STEM Fest
- ReMake Learning Days CHI
- Code-a-thon
- Winter Break STEM
- EL3
- Educator Professional Development
- STEM Project (re)Design Workshops
- EvanSTEM Mini-maker Conference
- EvanSTEM & District 65 Tech Innovation Educator Fair
- In- & Out-of-School Collaborations
- Student Leadership
- STEM Squad
- Saturday is STEM Day in Evanston
- STEAM Saturdays (KDG-1st grade)
- Digital Divas (4th-5th Grade)
- Quest4Earth (5th Grade)
- MetaMakes (6th Grade)
- Saturday Engineering Challenge (6th-8th Grade)
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A living ecosystem of STEM providers in Evanston creating new STEM programs, experiences, curricula and PD modules, resulting in:
- Increased participation and dosage rates of targeted youth
- Increased use of math, science and engineering practices to problem solve across settings
- Evidence of sequential, cross-setting pathways navigated by youth
- Increased teacher/educator effectiveness within and across settings
- Improved educators attitudes re: integrated, cross-setting STEM approaches
- Increased family involvement, support and understanding of STEM progression & career opportunities.
- Plans to disseminate lessons and scale and sustain the EvanSTEM model
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Layout Display City of Evanston Evanston Public Library Evanston/Skokie School District 65 McGaw YMCA MetaMedia Evanston Township High School District 202 Office of Community Education Partnerships, Northwestern University
Science in Society, Northwestern University
McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
Family Focus - Evanston Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) Evanston WestEnd Business Association Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
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EvanSTEM in the News:
- December 8, 2020: Sixty District 65 Students Rise to EvanSTEM's Challenge
- June 22, 2020: A Look Back at EvanSTEM's Pandemic Spring
- January 30, 2020: First Cardboard Carnival at Evanston Public Library Draws 24 Arcade Games
- July 17, 2019: Meet Evanston: a Mid-Sized Climate Powerhouse
- May 15, 2019: District 65 Sixth Graders Tackle Climate Change
- February 7, 2019: EvanSTEM and EPL to Offer Six STEM Mini-Camps This Summer
- September 20, 2017: Makerspaces Bring Hands-On Learning to Underserved Evanston Kids
- June 3, 2017: Fifth Ward STEM Fest a Big Success
- June 1, 2016: Fifth Ward STEM Fest Draws Many Residents, Scores a Big Success
- September 8, 2015: EvanSTEM: A Community-wide Collaboration to Improve STEM Learning Opportunities in Evanston
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EvanSTEM is supported by: