(TNS) — Where one woman leads, another will follow.
Our Sisters’ School, a tuition-free, all-girls middle school serving grades 5 through 8, has been engraining the importance of a well-rounded STEAM education in students for the past few years.
STEAM curriculum focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math instruction. Traditionally, it was known as STEM learning, but arts has recently been introduced to the mix. OSS has welcomed the new curriculum with open arms to help break the glass ceiling in male-dominated fields.
“We’re talking about 10-year-olds,” said Tobey Eugenio, creativity director and art/STEAM teacher. “They haven’t yet formed the opinion that they can’t do this.”
Since arriving at OSS in 2015, Eugenio has been a part of a vision to open the curriculum to more than just academics. Before,…