Kate Highsmith

The heat is intense this summer, so we needed an indoor creative activity. My son made this Fire Spirit Cookie Inspiration for the ⁦@CookieRun baking challenge⁩ #cookierun

Thanks @NorthCarolinaCulture for the awesome book Plott’s Tale. The students of Patriots STEM Elementary loved it! It went perfectly with our life cycle unit and special play doh lesson on the monarch butterfly. 🤩 Also handed out milkweed at STEM night this week! #plottstale

Wow! Our kiddos are all smiles in the garden today harvesting sweet potatoes with our STEM teacher, Mrs Murray. Thanks to @PHHI_NCSU for the sweet potato slips this past spring! #notallclassroomshave4walls

A big Thank you to Gold Hill Rock & Gem who donated a huge rock collection to our 1st grade science students & gifted each 1st grader with a polished gem “pet rock”! We are so grateful to have you as a community partner. I think we have some new rock hounds around @Patriots_Elem

Hands-on student-led learning! That’s how we STEM @CCGriffinMS @CCSSTEM @CabCoSchools @ProgramChoice

STEM Kick-off @CCGriffinMS ! Learning by using the 4 Cs: creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking! @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice @CabCoSchools

The early bird gets the robotic worm! @CCSSTEM

🎉Nailed it! Build a functioning tape dispenser or a pencil holder with LEGO bricks!

Mrs W was so proud of these ladies for winning her STEM HR paper chain challenge this morning. The guys talked a big game, but these Girls in STEM were innovative even after the tape was used up! Way to go ladies!!! @CCGriffinMS @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice @CabCoSchools

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Glad it is almost weekend because students and teachers are in need of a recharge! @Patriots_Elem @CCGriffinMS @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice @CabCoSchools

Our garden and our literacy skills are growing at Patriots STEM Elementary! #GrowandGLOW @Patriots_Elem @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice @CabCoSchools

It’s a good day for learning and leading at CC Griffin Middle School! Can’t hide that Gryphon Pride! @CCGriffinMS @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice @CabCoSchools

Thanks Cabarrus County EMS HQ Station 9 for your back to school supplies for our STEM schools! We appreciate all you do for our community and especially our STEM schools! @Patriots_Elem @CCSSTEM

It’s a great day for a STEM culture building activity in 5th grade! @CCSSTEM @Patriots_Elem @ProgramChoice

Meet your 2024-2025 VEX IQ Robotics Competition Hero Bot: Swish! ⚽🤖 Explore what makes Swish a great starting point for any team in part 1 and dive into ideas for making Swish more competitive in part 2! Part 1: buff.ly/4bShIOh Part 2: buff.ly/4bRbOgf

So many helpful hands making it possible for Patriots’ students to sample greens from our STEM school garden on Friday. @Patriots_Elem @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice

Virtual visit with Sea Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida for our 4th grade science students who are studying animal adaptations @Patriots_Elem @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice

It’s the little things…tadpoles. Lifecycles with 2nd grade. Love that smile. @Patriots_Elem @CCSSTEM @ProgramChoice