• Hire a Project Director
• PR campaign at district and schools
• Create a Stealth Sciences webpage
• Collect baseline data
• Survey staff and students on STEAM interests
• Create a school engagement platform
• Cultivate community partnerships for STEAM and CTE engagements: Military Installations, UAF, Foundation Health, etc.
• Hold Professional Learning Sessions to identify STEAM gaps and create a plan
• Coordinate PD for train-the-trainer to attend the Alaska Cross Content Conference in Juneau (October)
• Calendar upcoming Stealth Sciences Family Nights

• Recycling
• Effect of pollution on the water supply
• Supporting succession through forest preserves
• Eight (8) scientists hosted STEM micro-learning activities at a field trip to Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project
• One hundred and twenty-five (125) students kids participated in STEMKAMP.

The 2022 STEMKAMP curriculum this year will be "New Frontiers in Space!" Students will get to plan and explore ways we can thrive on a new planet through fun-filled hands-on STEM activities! The STEMKAMP will be held July 25th-29th.

One thousand, three hundred fifty-two (1,352) Chromebooks have been purchased for Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High, Lathrop High, North Pole High, North Pole Middle, and Tanana Middle to support a 1:1 student/device ratio. There are DIPLOMA Student Learning Coaches in these schools that are provided to assist military connected students in the areas of Math, English, and attendance to prepare them to be College and Career Ready.

Point of Contact: Heather Fleck, heather.fleck@k12northstar.org

The school district has been awarded a 5-year grant, $999,997, FY 18-23. Step Up to STEM's main purpose is to enrich the STEM curriculum for 4th-8th graders and their teachers at three target schools (Ladd Elementary, Arctic Light Elementary, and Tanana Middle School) through:

• creating a database of STEM field trips and guest speakers
• implementing STEM summer camps for 300 students a summer
• creating before and after school STEMtastic clubs
• facilitating/teaching professional development in STEM areas for staff
• creating makerspaces/STEM labs
• developing local STEM partnerships with businesses, nonprofit agencies, military units, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Point of Contact: Sarah Robinson, sarah.robinson@k12northstar.org

NSMI grant, $199,110, for FY 20-22, provides teacher trainings to North Pole High and Ben Eielson High School!

Professional Development
Educators are enhancing content knowledge and pedological skills, and developing leadership practices in and out of the classroom.

Curriculum Supports
NMSI gives classroom teachers planning and assessment resources, as well as culturally responsive classroom lessons and supplies to engage students in their learning.

Teacher Villages
NMSI's Teacher Villages provide private forums to collaborate, problem-solve and network with like-minded educators across the country with access to expert coaches who manage the groups.

National Math & Science Institute (NMSI) grant is a project funded by NSMI and DoD STEM.

STARTALK’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages, with programs for students (K-16) and teachers at Arctic Light Elem. K-8, Ladd K-8, Tanana Middle 6-8, and Ryan Middle 6-8.

STARTALK grant, $283,670, for FY 21-23, to provide language training programs for teachers and students to meet future national security challenges and contribute to language workforce development for the Federal Government.

STARTALK is a project funded by the National Security Agency and administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland.