{"id":30060,"date":"2014-04-03T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=30060"},"modified":"2014-04-03T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:06:16","slug":"fourth-annual-stemtastic-showcase-saturday-april-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2014\/04\/fourth-annual-stemtastic-showcase-saturday-april-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Annual STEMtastic
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\"\"The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools and The School District of Lee County will present a STEMtastic Showcase on\u00a0Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.\u00a0at the Lee County Public Education Center, 2855 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33966. In an effort to introduce students and their parents to the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), students in grades K-12 will have the opportunity to visit hands-on exhibits, meet local scientists, and engage in STEM activities. Last year, more than 2,000 students attended the showcase with their parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our children to be competitive in the global marketplace, it is imperative that they pursue an education rich in STEM-related courses so they can pursue careers in the STEM jobs of today and\u00a0tomorrow,\u201d said Marshall T. Bower, President and CEO of The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools. \u201cSTEMtastic exposes them to both STEM education and career opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The STEMtastic Showcase will have ongoing activities in the four hallways of the Lee County Public Education Center. Tables, exhibits, virtual classrooms, outdoor and indoor activities, and computer labs will be set up so students can learn more about the various subject areas. Local businesses are invited to participate. For more information, please call The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools at\u00a0239-337-0433<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, CenturyLink, Chico\u2019s FAS, Inc., and Lee Memorial Health System are major sponsors of The Foundation\u2019s STEM initiatives and STEMtastic. We are grateful for the support from Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Covanta Energy, EnSite, Inc., and Greenprint Lawn and Landscape. The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations and AT&T have also provided generous grant funding for our STEM initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools and The School District of Lee County will present a STEMtastic Showcase on\u00a0Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.\u00a0at the Lee County… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}