LOCAL SuMMER STEM PROGRAM GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY, EXPANDS PROGRAM DRAMATICALLY

Morristown, NJ –August 9, 2017 – Gooey slime, high launching rockets, and environmental cleanup were all part of the third annual Summer STEM Institute program host by the Exploring/Learning for Life division of the Patriots' Path Council, Boy Scouts of America in Cedar Knolls. More than 250 students from the Greater Morristown area attend the co-ed program, 158% increase from 2016.

"The redesigned curriculum included STEM oriented field trips and speakers series providing students with hands on, real life STEM experiences," said director Coral Kennedy. "Speakers came from Verizon, NJ Natural Gas, Johnson and Johnson, Nokia Bell Labs and more!"

In addition to an outstanding program, more than $5,000 in financial assistance was awarded to over 20 youth. Transportation was also provided to participating families.

"I like going to my STEM camp because my counselors are nice and my favorite projects were the lava lamps, slime, and stomp rockets,” said Elizabeth Dadaian of Mine Hill. “I really hope I can come back next year!”

Each week the students also participated in a service project by collecting several boxes of donations to be shipped to service men and women overseas through Jersey Cares.

STEM continues to be a major compliment of the local Scout program and hopes to expand in the near future. For more information on Summer STEM Institute, please visit www.summerstem.org.

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About Summer STEM Institute

Summer STEM Institute was created in 2015 after the Patriots’ Path Council, Boy Scouts of America was charged with leading the first pilot program. After a very successful inaugural summer, the program expanded to welcome grades 1-6. The program is run under the Learning for Life division of the Boy Scouts of America.