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PSJ Open House empowers STEAM students
Fourth grader Lindsay Carnes, right, sells some sunset beads to first grader Emmy Daly. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Laken Hicks took first place in the science fair, with her study of the effectiveness of different soils, called “Which Poo Is For You?” [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Owen Walker stands with his children, fourth grader Silas, left, and second grader Emery, with the Lego creations. The students made their works either from Kits, or as Master Builders, entirely from scratch. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Together with family friend Braelynn Riley, at bottom far left, the Smith family stands at their booth, from left: Maggie, Shawn, Sarah, James, Katie, mom Mandy and dad Brandon. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Third grade teacher Michelle Baker, at back, stands with, from left, fifth grader Aubrey Vaughan, Kindergarten teacher Jessica Vaughan, and third grader Natalie Vaughan. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Sixth grader Miles Barber had a Jibbitz Bar where kids could customize their Crocs. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Sixth graders Martin Iorio, left, and Jordan Dailey sold all kinds of stuff at their booth, including do it yourself cookie kits. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
With the help of dedicated volunteers, Port St. Joe Elementary School Art Teacher Kelly Deal combined all the elements of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics), along with entrepreneurship, for a multifaceted event April 16.
The event, both indoors and outdoors, combined the fifth grade science fair along with the Kindergarten through sixth grade science projects.
A display showed off the art projects for students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grades.
Outside, students who created their own things, whether it was baked goods or bracelets, original artwork or creative crafts, could sell it to raise money for their own pet projects.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.