SINTON ISD STEM ACADEMY

Second Annual
Sinton STEM ACADEMY 
5K Walk/Run

Benefiting Relay for LIFE
BEGINS: THURSDAY, April 19 at 6pm  
ENDS: at the Sinton ISD track.

New this year…
Our students added a KIDDY WALK. 
The Kiddy walk/run will be at the track only with the 5K going to the through town.
Click below for information and registration!
Sinton STEM ACADEMY 5k

STEM Newsletter

Sinton High School working on their device during competition.

 On Saturday March 3, Sinton ISD STEM students from the middle school and high school participated at the Coastal Bend Engineering Competition at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. Each team was given a task of building two telegraphic device using pre-assigned materials. After the completion, each team had to present their devices to the panel of judges and explain the design and the construction process. The teams also had to transmit two messages to demonstrate the team’s code and the use of the device and transmission ability. Our students did a great job of completing their task,presenting their product to the judges, and transmitting and decoding messages . At the end, Sinton ISD completely dominated the competition. Our high school team came in 2^nd place, our 8^th grade received third place, and our 7^th grade received the 1^st place. A huge thank you and congratulations to our sponsors Mrs. Pena, Ms. Mahan, Mr. Soliz, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Rodriguez AND their students for doing such a phenomenal job!!!!our 1^st and 2^nd place winners will advance to attend the Engineering Design Fair in Harlingen, Texas on May 5, 2012.
To see more photos and winners from the competition click here!

A huge thank-you to our wonderful Sinton community for showing your support Tuesday evening, February 28th . The crowd was full of proud parents, cousins, aunts and uncles, friends, and neighbors!  Students and teachers…You are developing fine young STEM partners for our future and we appreciate your efforts! 
Click here to see more pictures of our STEM Night celebration!

This young man is already a well-seasoned presenter; he gathered a crowd Tuesday evening!

10th Grade Ambassadors discuss student issues with SHS principal, Mr. Arismendi.

Sinton High School Ambassadors are a select few students who share our STEM Academy vision! Recently these students met with our high school principal, Mr. Arismendi, to discuss a visit from  Texas High School Project consultant, Kim Fossey.   These students are well spoken, positive, and our Sinton ISD leaders right now!

Ambassadors met at The Discovery Center Monday, February 20th with EM Smith Middle School student leaders to discuss how our STEM Academy is impacting their education. They shared their experiences with Ms. Fossey and  provided a tour of our Sinton High School facility later that afternoon. Read more about our High School Ambassadors by visiting our Sinton High School Blog!  (THSP is now Educate Texas.)

The Smith Middle School Future City students presented their project (a futuristic city using recycled materials) in San Marcos on Saturday, January 21^st.   Thirty-six teams competed in this Texas regional event. 

Our team earned a 3^rd place!  We are so proud of you!  A huge thanks to their sponsor, Geoff Rickerhauser, and to Bonnie Rodriguez for countless hours with the kids. Kudos to Stevie Swanson for attending the competition and helping them prepare for Saturday’s judging! 

STEM Coordinator, Mrs. Mounts said,  “I truly believe this  competition encouraged and stimulated interest in STEM.  Our Sinton ISD STEM Academy strives to develop a “STEM-savvy” workforce for the future.  Our Sinton students have the opportunity to help shape the future of our global community.”

You are looking at some of the brightest kids in Texas! Go SMS students…go!

Due to a conflict with our winning volleyball team…We will postpone our STEM Night so that we can celebrate our girls playoff spot! Our STEM Night will be hosted sometime in February! We can’t wait to show off our students! You rock!

Ms. Mahan and Ms. Ceballos are sponsoring this year’s Girls in STEM club! They will be meeting in Ms. Ceballos room at 3:50 on Monday right after school! If you are interested, they would love to have you on board. Last year our girls took field trips to Austin and Kingsville! We promise to have fun…and you’ll find out how cool it is to have  jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math!  (Room 9 on the South Side at 3:50 pm)
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•  THSP coach, Mrs. Ozuna met with all our teams, visited the classrooms, made suggestions, and offered a short PBL training to our STEM teachers
•  Robotics teams on both campuses have already started meetings and planning for their competition
•  Future City Club at the middle school has already formed and getting ready for another great competition
•  Our high school teams had a great experience traveling to the Port of Corpus Christi, visiting sites and making many contacts
• Our middle school teams have already started planning for their STEM night to be held on November 10
• Plans are on the way to invite speakers from Texas A&M university to come and talk to our students about STEM
• Trainings are under way for TI Math Forward program at the middle school and TI NSpire at the high school

 Thank you to all of you for being a great team player and working hard to make our STEM Academy successful.  Also, I would like to thank our awesome administrators on both campuses who work tirelessly and provide endless support to our students.   Finally, I would like to thank the parents of our Sinton ISD community for your continued support! We couldn’t do it without you!

Nassrin Spencer
Project Director
Sinton ISD STEM Academy