Sandy Springs public school students must really enjoy math, as 60 pupils in grades 4, 5 and 6 volunteered to spend a Saturday competing in the High Point Elementary School’s Second Annual Hound Bowl Math Tournament. The event, sponsored by Sandy Springs Education Force (SSEF), was free for all participating students. The program was sanctioned […]
North Springs High School Opens Music Studio
Not long ago, talented North Springs Charter High School artists relied on outside — often expensive — resources to produce audition materials to apply to prestigious music programs and career opportunities. Today, they create these materials in school and prepare for music industry careers, both in performance and production. A brand new music studio at […]
Dunwoody Springs Solar Club Participants Demonstrate Teamwork and Learn About Solar Energy
New challenges, teamwork and demonstrating love for the earth while aspiring to learn how to conserve resources. It’s a typical afternoon at the Dunwoody Springs Elementary School’s after-school Solar Club! The club, supported by an SSEF STEAM Legacy Grant, filled to overflow capacity and added a second session to accommodate the interested students. This semester, 19 […]
Riverwood High School STEAM Camp Offers Valuable Mentoring and Learning Opportunities
What’s more fun for 5th graders than visiting a real high school and hanging out with actual high schoolers and teachers? SSEF is thrilled to make this valuable educational and mentoring opportunity possible via a STEAM Legacy Grant to Riverwood High School. In this program that positively impacts two of our Sandy Springs public school […]
Sandy Springs Education Force Supports Lake Forest STEM Club
“I want our kids to believe that a STEM career is within their reach.” –Owen Goard, 5th Grade Teacher, Lake Forest Elementary School SSEF STEM Club Co-Coordinator Sandy Springs Education Force encourages students at all 11 of our Sandy Springs public schools to focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) by offering engaging, […]
