January Spotlight
STEM Activities: From Building Code to Building Bridges and Everything in Between. This spotlight comes over a month late. There are so many good things coming from this spotlight classroom that is was hard to find a stopping point for the ongoing examples. The pictures above are from Melissa Thomasson's third grade class at Jefferson Elementary School. Mrs. Thomasson is one of those teachers that always seems to stay ahead of the curve by consistently implementing cutting-edge teaching strategies within her classroom. The latest examples of this include STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities, and she has implemented many over the last couple of years. When asked about these activities, Mrs. Thomasson stated: "First off, STEM education is vital to our children’s futures! There is just no other way to put it. Many of the careers they will have as adults don’t even exist yet, and yet we are faced with the task of preparing them for whatever l