STREAM RESOURCES:
Complete STREAM Website
Events for this school year:
- X-Stream Games 5-7-23 Website and Informational Resources with all the information you need to know about the event and each category
- Click below to register for a specific category:
- Arcade Academy
- Kitchen Chem
- Public Speaking
- Robotics VEX IQ
- Science Scrimmage
- Shark Tank
- Creation Station (you must reach out to Siobhan before registering - limited to the first 3-4 schools)
Upcoming Events 2023-2024 School Year
- Math League 11-17-23
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Registration is now closed.
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Link to Folder with resources - The folder has the free sample of the Math League competition for both grades 3-5 and 6-8.
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- Spelling Bee 1-29-24
- Registration is now closed.
- Link to document with Tips and Resources
- Science Fair 3-9-24
- Registration is now closed.
- Science Fair Parent Letter
- Poster
- Important Information
- Helpful Document Google Folder
- X-Stream Games (A Sunday in May, 2024)
previous activities:
Anchor Churches Project Flyer - Winner Christ the King and St. Agnes Church
STREAM Education Initiative
STREAM educates students for their future.
The idea of emphasizing the subject areas of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math has been driven by the business community to prepare a more agile,educated workforce for our country's future. However, in recent years, it has been increasingly evident that our economy is truly driven by innovation and the creativity and communication nurtured through the "Arts" is an essential component to innovation and worthy of emphasis as well. Rooted in our faith as Catholic schools, "Religion" is woven throughout all subjects and completes the picture for a holistic approach to education. STREAM schools, therefore, are the necessary evolution of STEM Schools in Buffalo, using an interdisciplinary approach to bridge subject areas. It is important to note that that STREAM Education is not a new curriculum, but a philosophical framework for delivering excellence in Catholic education for 21st century learners!
STREAM Education makes learning relevant.
STREAM Education allows academic concepts to be coupled with increased real life application in all the disciplines. Students become involved in hands-on projects where problem solving, collaboration, and the results of their efforts make lessons more relevant than a textbook alone. Increased technology to enhance learning is emphasized, and career connections as well as exposure to working professionals further relates students to their own learning and their futures! It helps answer the "Why are we learning this?" question.
STREAM Education emphasizes interdisciplinary connections.
STREAM intentionally connects disciplines to drive instruction. In the real world, content knowledge is interwoven, layered and sophisticated, not experienced in isolation. STREAM Education promotes the coordination of topics around central themes, and encourages the exploration of concepts in relation to one another. While disciplines are essential, STREAM asks where does my subject area blend with yours. This framework promotes deeper understanding and the transference of knowledge outside specific disciplines.
It takes a village.
STREAM Education recognizes that not only are we are to prepare young people for their future, but for the strong economic future found in our own backyard. It empowers local diocesan schools to target an increase in 21st century education resources by creating partnerships with local businesses. Authentic educational opportunities and platforms for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning all STREAM disciplines will be sought within our community businesses, academic institutions, and cultural centers. These larger school-community relationships are integral to STREAM success and a measure of achieving a truly common goal: a bright future for the Catholic school students of Buffalo.