MVES treats families, students to STEAM family math and reading night
Published 11:38 pm Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Meadow View Elementary School treated students and parents to Full Steam Ahead Family Math & Reading Night on Feb. 20. (For the Reporter/Kristal Lawrence)
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By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor
ALABASTER – The hallways were filled with smiles as hundreds of families were treated to a night of learning during Meadow View Elementary School’s Full Steam Ahead Family Math & Reading Night.
Meadow View Elementary School held a STEAM, science technology, engineer, art and math, event on Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
“It was a really fabulous night with parents and students,” said Kristal Lawrence, a third grade teacher at MVES who helped organize the event. “There were a lot of people here.”
The overall goal of the STEAM night was to present a variety of learning opportunities and promote collaboration between families and students.
“This event was very impressive and had something for everyone,” said Wayne Vickers who attended the event and serves as the superintendent for Alabaster City Schools. “The activities for our students were both fun and instructional. I’m very proud of Meadow View for going the extra mile with this well-attended event.”
Lawrence said her goal with the event was to increase high-quality learning opportunities, foster creativity, collaboration and critical thinking among students, teachers, parents and stakeholders through literacy, math and science learning opportunities.
“It was just an opportunity to bring the students, families, everyone together and to learn from one another and show what those students are able to accomplish through these things,” Lawrence said.
This year’s edition of Meadow View’s STEAM event was even larger as it also featured the help of students from Thompson High School as well as Thompson Middle School’s sixth grade science student ambassadors.
“We want to partner with our other schools so that the students could see, not just what we do here, but what they have to look forward to,” Lawrence said. “I think that helped to make it better because their activities were amazing, the kids were so engaged. They loved it.”
During the event, each grade level participated in a reading and math activity with various stations set up that pertained to their respective grade levels. Lawrence provided an example of third grade students practicing fluency and learning phonic strategies.
The STEAM-focused portion of the event featured a coding activity as well as building activities. Members of THS helped to host a robot maze and TMS held a learning opportunity for students to engage in experiments that helped them learn about cleaning their hands.
Every student that attended the STEAM event also walked away with a “swag bag” that contained various goodies, including math games and activities.
Lawrence expressed her gratitude for all those who helped make this year’s STEAM event possible, including Vickers, the MVES Parent Teacher Organization, Amanda Wade, Laura Nabors, Katherine Simmons and Jose Alvarado.
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