The STEM Impressionists program provides middle and high school students opportunities to engage with STEM activities and careers. In middle school, the program aims to document students' STEM experiences to support college applications and scholarships. It also introduces students to various STEM careers through experts. In high school, the program offers training and certifications in skills like coding, robotics, and Raspberry Pi. It encourages students to teach others and provide leadership. The long-term goal is for students to build a cohort that supports their STEM careers over time by giving back to younger students. In 2017-2018, the program participated in seminars on artificial intelligence.

1. STEM Impressionists
2017-2018
Year 2

2. https://www.slideshare.net/AngelaDeHart/stem-impressionists
STEM Impressionists
2016-2017 Activities

3. The story behind..

4. The Invitation
You are being invited to a presentation of an
opportunity that I would like to offer to a group of
students next year. The intent of participation in this
group is for each student to walk away with a STEM
experience that will allow them to earn scholarship
money for college and place their activities in alignment
We meet in F226 on Wednesdays during academic time

5. Part 1: Middle School

6. The STEM Impressionists: The Middle School Years
Ms. DeHart created the STEM Impressionists Group to work with Glasgow Students who are interested in exploring
STEM. The main objectives for this club are:
1) To ensure that the participants engage in STEM activities that are documented and can be showcased. Recording
student engagement in STEM activities not only gives them the ability to evidence the quality of their
knowledge/skills but offers them the opportunity to create a resume that can be used to support their qualifications
when they are applying to colleges and for scholarships.
2) To create an avenue of career exploration by introducing students to different STEM career paths. Providing
students with an opportunity to speak to experts in different STEM fields allows them to get a feel as they narrow
their interests. Being able to teach STEM skills to others gives students a solid hands-on interaction with the
topic/tool as well as having a more in-depth understanding of how the topic/tool works.
3) To introduce STEM to students and their peers. This attribute affords students with the opportunity to give back
to their community, it allows them to gain professional presentation/communication as well as the practical hands-
on skills they need to prepare them for their 21st-century careers.
The STEM Impressionists Group is hands-on and innovative. It empowers students with leadership and entrepreneurial skills and
prepares them for real world challenges in various fields.

7. Part 2: High School

8. The STEM Impressionists: The High School Years
Once members of the STEM Impressionists leave middle school they are offered opportunities to continue their focus in
STEM. The main opportunities for students are:
1) To engage in training that leads to certifications in coding, robotics, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other career-valued STEM
skills. Upon certification students are encouraged to use their skills to teach other students via peer-to-peer training during the
Hour of Code, at Glasgow’s summer STEM camp, at George Mason’s summer FOCUS STEM camp, and other opportunities that
allow students to learn and then apply the 21st century skills of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity,
planning, and self-determination.
2) To be leaders for the program. The STEM Impressionists is a program that is being develop by and for the students that
participate in it. In order for the program to stay relevant students and adult facilitators have to work together to create, sustain,
and grow the program. Student participation and feedback are integral to that process. Students in the “Next Step” of the program
are experienced and mature enough to represent the program at STEM seminars as well as providing leadership for the STEM
activities taking place at the middle school level.
3) To participate in the STEM Impressionists cohort. As students encouraged to build and record their STEM experiences so that
they can use them to facilitate their IB/MYP project, apply STEM internships, apply for College/University scholarships and apply
to the high school (i.e. Thomas Jefferson/Edison High School) and eventually the college/university/career of their choice.
Because the program anticipates students running into career challenges, like the “glass ceiling” (https://goo.gl/rx6LHX) the program
incorporates a mentorship atmosphere that turns into a formal cohort in 9th grade. The objective is for students to become their
own networking and mentorship cohort that matures with them throughout their lifetime – giving back to students throughout the
K12 system over the course of their careers.

9. 2017-2018 Activities

10. Seminars

11. Artificial Intelligence Seminar
http://aisummit.girlscomputingleague.org/

12. Artificial Intelligence Seminar

13. Presentations

14. http://info.smartbrief.com/STEMSummit2017