STEAM Newsletters
STEAM Newsletters
Stay up to date with STEAM-focused Expanded Learning and out-of-school time information by signing up for the monthly newsletter. We will be sharing content from the Million Girls Moonshot and other STEAM initiatives that support STEAM in our Expanded Learning programs. Check out recent and past newsletters, and don’t forget to sign up (under “Stay Informed”)!
STEAM Newsletter – Celebrating Girls in STEM!
October 21, 2021
This October we are celebrating girls and women in STEAM! “Let’s reimagine who can be an engineer; who can build; who can make. Let’s reimagine the future,” is the mission of the Million Girls Moonshot (MGM). As we celebrate the women in this field, it’s a perfect opportunity to explore MGM’s four transformative practices:
STEAM Newsletter – Systems A Go for Fall!
September 21, 2021
Welcome to the September installment of CAN’s STEAM Newsletter! This month Million Girls Moonshot is focusing on tools and resources for Networks, programs, and partners to relaunch the Moonshot and plan for capacity-building events for programs and families this fall!
STEAM Newsletter – Environmental Literacy and Revving up for Fall
August 17, 2021
As schools and OST programs return and welcome students, educators, families, and communities to the 2021-2022 school year, we recognize the unique times we continue to work through. While we continue to experience the COVID pandemic and its layers of challenges, unfortunately, regions of Northern California are also currently experiencing destructive wildfires. These fires are damaging homes, schools, communities, and ultimately impacting the environment. Our hearts, thoughts, and support are extended to our OST family and communities affected by these fires.
STEAM Newsletter – A Summer of STEM
July 20, 2021
Welcome to CAN’s monthly STEAM newsletter!
This month, the Million Girls Moonshot will continue to focus on tools and resources for Networks, programs, and partners as they implement STEM in summer programming. As programs across the country slowly head back to hybrid and in person programming, this is an opportunity to reintroduce the four transformative programming areas: equity and inclusion, engineering mindsets, role models, mentors and families, and STEM pathways and transitions to the field and families.
STEAM Newsletter – Taking Flight Into Summer
May 20, 2021
This month, the Million Girls Moonshot will focus on tools and resources for Networks, programs, and partners as they plan for and implement summer 2021. As programs slowly head back to hybrid and in-person programming, this is an opportunity to reintroduce engineering mindset, role models, and reach out to families.
STEAM Newsletter – Diverse Role Models and Mentors
March 23, 2021
Welcome to CAN’s second monthly STEAM newsletter!
This month, the Million Girls Moonshot continues to focus on diverse role models and mentors as a strategy to strengthen equity and inclusion across the Networks and in STEM programs. They dive deeper into how programs can incorporate STEM role models and provide examples of role models in action. Whether you are inviting a role model to visit your afterschool program, organizing a panel of STEM professionals, connecting with a role model virtually, or viewing a role model video, these resources ensure a positive, impactful experience for the participants and the role models.
CAN STEAM Newsletter – Diverse Role Models and Mentors
February 25, 2021
Welcome to CAN’s first monthly STEAM newsletter! We will be sharing content from the Million Girls Moonshot and other STEAM initiatives that support STEAM in our Expanded Learning programs.