KC STEM Alliance | STEM in Action: Stories to inspire

Students examine the entrepreneurial mindset as they explore market potential for senior projects

Nearly 20 students spent one of their first days of summer freedom huddled with the KC startup and business community to consider the...

05 June, 2018

Meet Chayanne

Thanks NBC Action News for this great profile of one of the Kansas City region's rising STEM stars: ...

17 May, 2018

Center students a bright spot in Kansas City’s educational landscape

KC STEM Alliance and Project Lead The Way Launch Master Teachers hosted a design-thinking session during the Kauffman Foundation’s Rethink Ed gathering April...

16 May, 2018

FIRST is more than robots: Sarah’s story

When Sarah Soriano started her freshman year at Mill Valley High School she was extremely quiet and a bit reticent to speak her...

15 January, 2018

Ruby’s Story: The Multiplier Effect

Meet Ruby Rios, one of KC STEM Alliance's youngest volunteers! Back when she was wrapping up fifth grade, Ruby's dad pushed her to...

11 October, 2017

Taking innovations from the classroom to the marketplace

As a child, Dylan Smith dreamed of being an inventor. Although he later wrote off the idea in favor of the practicality of...

13 June, 2017

You go girl! FIRST Robotics Competition 1710 introduces girls to STEM

What if it were as easy to find a hero in the STEM world as it is in the sports world? Olathe-based FIRST...

31 March, 2017

FIRST Inspires Stories: Robotics is all in the family

Drop by a family dinner with the Crance family of Lee’s Summit and the chatter will quickly turn to robotics. Bob, who has...

17 March, 2017

FIRST Inspires Stories: Paying it forward with Gracious Professionalism

This week brings us to the pinnacle of the FIRST Robotics season in the Kansas City region as 60-plus high school-level FIRST Robotics...

14 March, 2017

STEM in Action Update: Blue Valley launches Femineer Program

With leadership from Project Lead The Way teacher Karen Henderson, the Blue Valley Femineers launched with 22 girls on Jan. 2. Blue Valley is...

12 January, 2017

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STEM in Action: Stories to inspire

Students examine the entrepreneurial mindset as they explore market potential for senior projects

Meet Chayanne

Center students a bright spot in Kansas City’s educational landscape

FIRST is more than robots: Sarah’s story

Ruby’s Story: The Multiplier Effect

Taking innovations from the classroom to the marketplace

You go girl! FIRST Robotics Competition 1710 introduces girls to STEM

FIRST Inspires Stories: Robotics is all in the family

FIRST Inspires Stories: Paying it forward with Gracious Professionalism

STEM in Action Update: Blue Valley launches Femineer Program

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