Friday, September 5th

After an incredible two months of summer vacation, we were thrilled to welcome S.T.E.P. members (new and old) at our very first meeting of the 2014-2015 school year.

It was great to hear why everyone joined S.T.E.P., and we have several goals to accomplish this year!

• Conference! S.T.E.P. Forward: Closing the Gap that Matters is coming up on October 16th and 17th, and we are so excited to include the entire club in the planning and preparation. Registration (on the Conference 2014 tab) is still open until September 30th–we’d love to see you there!
• S.T.E.P. in a Box! Who are we? What’s our mission? What do we actually do? If you’d like to create a S.T.E.P. chapter at your school, S.T.E.P. in a Box will answer those questions and more. We plan to visit at least two schools this year, so please email caryacademySTEP@gmail.com if you’re interested!
• Research! Last year, we started researching the connection between Myers-Briggs personalities and learning styles. This year, we hope to conduct more surveys and gather more data to draw some conclusions and come up with some solutions for students who are struggling to learn.
• Volunteering! We’re in the beginning phases of planning a workshop program that will be a partnership between NC museums and elementary schools to involve more hands-on activities in students’ learning. We would also love to do more volunteering projects like those we did at the end of last school year. If you have any ideas, please let us know!