What is ESTEAM?

You may have heard of STEM education--science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  You may also be familiar with STEAM education, in which the arts were added to the equation as a recognition of the importance of the aesthetics of our innovations.  However, you likely may not have heard of ESTEAM until this school year. The Yorktown Central School District is a pioneer in infusing the work of empathy in the STEAM studies.  Empathy underpins all of the work of STEAM education, and we believe that STEAM cannot exist, with any level of authenticity, without first teaching students to be empathetic.