Full STEAM Ahead REPRESENTING THE NETTLETON STEAM EAST FOUNDER’S TEAM: Allison Moss: 5th Grade, 1 Year in EAST Jaslene Garcia: 6th Grade, 1 Year in EAST Nevaeh McQuiston: 5th Grade, 1 Year in EAST Abigail Moss: 5th Grade, 1 Year in EAST Ella McMasters: 6th Grade, 2 Years in EAST Carlos Montana: 6th Grade, 1 Year in EAST
N
ettleton STEAM proved that age sets no limits in EAST. Located in Northeast Arkansas’ largest city, EAST students at Nettleton STEAM partnered with Downtown Jonesboro businesses to help market what the area has to offer, 3D-printed a container to potentially send worms to space, and so much more to earn the program’s first ever Founder’s Award.
was your reaction when you learned Q: What Nettleton STEAM won Founders? Jaslene: I was so happy, excited and overcome with emotions. I was also so proud of my classmates and everyone in our program. Allison: Once I saw that we won Founder’s, I was so excited! As a first year EAST student it was hard to believe that I had made such an impact on our program. I was surprised but I knew deep down that we had earned it.
you nominated yourselves for Founders Q: When this year, why did you think your program was a great choice to win?
Nevaeh: I knew when we nominated ourselves for Founder’s we had done a lot of really interesting and unique projects with a lot of community partners. We had worked so hard. I really thought we had a chance. 6
EAST QUARTERLY | EASTinitiative.org
