Prep Students Support Our Lady of Sorrows STEM Fair

    which now enjoy the tutoring support of 83 Prep students, who work with nearly 90 of the three schools' youngsters. As an outgrowth of the newest relationship, OLS Principal Judy Foley asked for Prep STEM and Robotics students to be judges at the school's 2nd Annual 6th-7th Grade STEM Fair on January 23rd.

     Since last September, under the direction of OLS STREAM (science, technology, religion, engineering, art, and math) teachers Jennifer Hogan and Matt Ferro, the OLS students worked in eight teams, researching countries challenged by the desperate need for food, clean water,  sanitation and affordably clean energy.
     The young students were tasked to come up with feasible projects that positively impact humans, their local economies, and, by extension, the world. The Prep judges evaluated the projects, posing questions to the OLS’ teams about their informational brochures, engineering notebooks, prototypes, displays, and for evidence of their teamwork. In addition to criteria surrounding science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the 6th- and 7th-graders were challenged to demonstrate an understanding of the country's geography, history, art, economics, culture, climate and religious customs.

     Provided by SHP Robotics Team Adviser Minh Trinh and STEM Instructor David Snyder, the 10 Prep judges were: Noah Alonso, Alejandro Echaniz, Bryan Grullon, George Haddad, Slok Jariwala, Jordin Lamothe, Shicong “Tommy” Pan, Daniel Sadek, Christopher Tarabay and Mark Tarazi. The members of the Prep group received highmarks from the OLS staff for their professional approach to their difficult task.