Standard 1.11

ST1.11 - Students are supported in their STEM learning through adult-world connections and extended day opportunities.

At St. Louis School we believe that a child's education extends beyond the classroom walls. The home, the playground, and the school campus, in general, can all be invaluable settings for a child's personal and scholastic growth. St. Louis School offers a wide variety of after school programs to enhance the learning opportunity in an appropriate, engaging matter. Students have the opportunity to explore their passions, foster leadership skills, engage in critical thinking and collaboration in a fun, relaxed setting. Extra curricular and club programs are open to all students on a first come first serve basis. St. Louis School offers financial assistance to any family in need to make the opportunities available to all. St. Louis School has a goal to continue to improve the participation of girls in the Robotics Club program.

Robotics -

St. Louis School currently has four FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics teams and one American Rocketry Challenge team for the 2019-2020 school year. Members of the American Rocketry team previously participated in the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Underwater ROV competition for the past three years.

Clubs

Our list of clubs:

3D Printing Club

Art Club

Band

Basketball Program

Battle of the Books

Chess Club

Chorus

Cross Country

CyberSTEM

Design and Build

Drama Club

Environmental Club

Girls on the Run

Rubik's Cube Club

Speech & Debate

Student Council

Volleyball

Yoga Club

In five short years, the SLS FIRST LEGO League program has blossomed into four award winning teams with passionate members empowered by committed parents and mentors. Our teams have qualified for the State Championship for four years in a row and proudly represented the state of Maryland at the World Championship in Detroit (Spring 2018). Participating in an FLL team is a valuable experience where students work together in order to solve real world problems. To learn more about FLL visit: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/.

The St. Louis School AquaKnights won Second Place for Robot Demonstration and Third Place for Product Presentation at the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) competition held at Villanova University (Spring 2019). The AquaKnights were the youngest team to compete and faced off against 28 other teams from Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, DC, New York and Ontario, Canada. Over the past school year the team designed, built and tested an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and today was the culmination of that effort. "The MATE competition requires students to think of themselves as entrepreneurs and transform their teams into companies that manufacture, market, and sell products. In addition to engineering their ROVs, the students are required to prepare technical reports, poster displays, and engineering presentations that are delivered to working professionals who serve as competition judges." To learn more about the MATE ROV competition, visit https://www.marinetech.org/home/

Students in grades four through eight are invited to engage in computer-based and hands-on STEM activities through gaming, modeling, robotics and simulation with an emphasis on logical thinking, problem-solving, and the application of coding to real-world problems. Participants will learn and apply basic concepts of programming, cryptography, and cybersecurity while exploring the interconnections of science, math, technology, and engineering. Students will program with Scratch and will be introduced to Python, HTML, and Java Script in the fall and with robotics using LEGO EV3's and VEX IQ in the spring.