Pictured are Maureen Donahue, Southwestern Central School superintendent, and Matt Langworthy, Southwestern Elementary School principal, as they watch students demonstrate the various uses of the makerspace room during a recent board of education meeting.
P-J photo by Jordan W. Patterson
Inside the Southwestern Elementary School makerspace room, which is tailored to STEM education, school officials recently promoted the upcoming STEM Wars event next week.
Schools in the region often hold competitive STEM-related (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) events each year. Southwestern has often participated in those by sending its middle school and high school students to compete.
However, the Thursday event will look to engage elementary students.
Matt Langworthy, elementary school principal, and Shannon Sauder, tech integrator, presented to the Southwestern Central School…
