UPCOMING EVENTS IN WICOMICO SCHOOLS

Events Scheduled for Early 2015

Saturday, Jan. 10

STEM Saturday
Parkside High School

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Saturday classes will be offered throughout the 2014-15 school year for students in grades 4/5 and 6/7/8. The next STEM Saturday will be held Jan. 10, with students in grades 4-5 exploring “It’s a Starry, Starry Night: Explore the Stars in Our Universe” and middle schoolers working on “Up, Up and Away! Hot Air Balloons.” All STEM Saturdays will take place from 10 a.m.-noon.

STEM Saturdays are free for Wicomico County students in grades 4 through 8. Anyone interested in attending a STEM Saturday event must pre-register, and early registration is recommended as the courses fill up early. For a detailed schedule and registration form, see the STEM Saturday 2014-2015 flyer athttp://wcboe.org/instruction_student_services/programs/stem_program. For information contact Gretchen Boggs at 410-677-4504 or gboggs@wcboe.org.

STEM Saturdays will also be held:

Feb. 7: “Science Behind Winning: Logic or Luck, Games and Probability” for elementary, “Scratch: Creating Interactive Stories and Games” for middle school. At Salisbury Middle School.

March 7: “Bubble-ology: The Mystery and Science of the Bubble” for elementary, “Coastal Creatures: Creatures that Inhabit Our Coastline” for middle school. At Salisbury Middle School.

April 4: “You Live Where? Macro Invertebrates of Schumaker Pond” for elementary, “Structural Engineering: You Can Build What?” for middle school. At Ward Museum.

Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.

Monthly Meeting of Wicomico County Board of Education
Board of Education Auditorium

The January meeting of the Wicomico County Board of Education will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the Board of Education auditorium. The agenda is posted at www.wcboe.org; click on the BoardDocs box (left side of home page) to view the agenda. 410-677-4561

Saturday, March 7: 3rd annual Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 21: Destination Imagination Eastern Region Tournament, Salisbury Middle School