West Fallowfield Christian School (WFCS) will hold its first STEAM event on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics, and all fields will be represented at the event. The community is invited to view numerous interactive, hands-on displays presented by the school and supporters.
The free event is designed to appeal to youngsters from prekindergarten through eighth grade and their families, and it should interest students from all schools, as well as WFCS students.
The entire middle school staff from WFCS is involved in planning and implementing the event, including the English and social studies departments. The Academy high school-level students will also be involved as presenters.
The idea for the event was generated by language arts department teacher Mark Fiscus, who is involved with the Envirothon competition and Nature Club at WFCS. He saw a similar presentation at a public school and was impressed by the presentations and by the enjoyable atmosphere provided for the community.
"It was a great evening. I really enjoyed going around looking at all the different tables and seeing what people were doing," Fiscus said. "I presented it to the teachers here, and there was an enthusiastic response."
At least 20 stations will be set up in the multipurpose and art rooms, where visitors can walk to the different tables and participate. "The whole idea is these can be hands-on presentations. (Visiting) students can actually participate," Fiscus said. "The main purpose is to have a community project where people come in and enjoy the evening."
In addition to the interactive stations, five eighth-grade students who will be taking their science fair projects to the Chester County-level competition will have their projects set up and ready to explain to visitors.
WFCS principal Robbie Martin said that even though WFCS is a small Christian school, it keeps up with advances in education. "What we do is take what we've got and move it forward to the best of our ability. We're a forward-thinking school, and we're very much doing what everybody else is doing," he noted.
Martin encourages the community to enjoy the first-time event. "Come and see what we do, but at the same time there is also going to be other stuff there so you can see what's actually going on in education as a whole," he said. "We're excited to have it, and we look forward to the community being here."
West Fallowfield Christian School is located at 795 Fallowfield Road, Atglen. For more information, readers may visit http://www.wfcs.org or http://www.facebook.com/westfallowfieldchristianschool. In the case of extreme weather, a snow date of Tuesday, Feb. 26, has been set. Weather-related updates will be posted on the school website and Facebook page.
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