HCOE Kicking Off This Year’s Series of Family Maker Nights on Thursday
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Office of Education:
Thursday, September 19 will kick off this year’s series of Family Maker Nights at the Sequoia Conference Center beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Each month, on the third Thursday, the Humboldt County Office of Education teams up with local elementary schools to offer a hands-on, family-focused event around the elements of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). These events are free of charge and open to all Humboldt County families.
The September event will highlight the new Pathmakers program, which focuses on creating and distributing culturally responsive STEAM curriculum to Humboldt County Schools, with an emphasis on Native American history, culture, and traditional ways of making.
Each Family Maker Night runs from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., but is in a new location each month in order to provide regional access for all families and students.
The Family Maker Nights are part of the “Maker Movement” in education, which allows students to practice skills required of the 21st Century learner, such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, innovation, communication and collaboration. Activities can be based in technology or use simple supplies as cardboard, scissors, and duct tape to create or invent something new.
When given the opportunity, there is no limit to what a child can create and Humboldt County Office of Education wants to provide the opportunity to the children in our community to feel free to explore, tinker, and invent and an alternative way of learning.
Families and students throughout the community are invited to take part in any of the upcoming events and are welcome at all locations, whether they attend there or not.
- September 19 – Sequoia Conference Center
- October 17 – Pacific Union School; Cutten Elementary; Toddy Thomas School
- November 21 – Trinidad Elementary; Redwood Coast Montessori
- January 16 – Freshwater School; Pine Hill School; Morris Elementary
- February 27* – Alder Grove Charter School; Big Lagoon; Sunny Brae Middle School
- March 19 – Blue Lake School; Northern United Humboldt Charter School (Eureka Center); Monument Middle School
- Saturday, April 25 – Maker Fair – Sequoia Conference Center (12pm-4pm)
*note February is the 4th Thursday
For more information, visit www.hcoe.org/family-maker-night.
If you would like to host your own Family Maker Night, please contact Tanya Trump, CTE Instructional Specialist, Humboldt County Office of Education at (707) 445-7817 or [email protected]
Join the discussion! For rules visit: https://kymkemp.com/commenting-rules
Comments system how-to: https://wpdiscuz.com/community/postid/10599/
🕯🌳Good morning Oliver Sounds like a noble cause and thank you for the information.
Family Maker, huh?
~i’d give this a thumbs-up if they were each reading Articles from the Constitution and Bill of Rights during Constitution Anniversary week.
As a parent, i always cringed when my kids brought home paper plates w/macaroni glued on them -sprinkled w/glitter (yuk).
“The Family Maker Nights are part of the “Maker Movement” in education, which allows students to practice skills required of the 21st Century learner, such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, innovation, communication and collaboration. Activities can be based in technology or use simple supplies as cardboard, scissors, and duct tape to create or invent something new.”
Critical thinking – sure.
Honestly, just because you’re not stoked on that project doesn’t mean your kid didn’t have fun. Even with the best of materials your child won’t present as the next Picasso. And as far as critical thinking goes, artists are making decisions almost every step during the making process. What color, how much color, should i use my hand or a brush to make this? What color glitter? Glitter is not okay though, agree on that. I’m not just commenting because I can, i have taught projects at family art nights and I taught art in local after school programs. I’m a big fan of kids making art, even if their parents don’t like their paintings. It’s fun for families to attend together too. Typically it’s not only visual art either. There was an epic dance off at Alice Birney 15 years ago and I’m not the only one who remembers.
I didn’t mean to sound down on art, or kids having fun. I just can’t compute that they are being prepared as a 21st Century learner. Certainly artists have an honorable spot at the top on my list. Thank you for sharing your creative gift.
My child loves the Makers Night. She has learned new mediums of art, engineering, flight behavior, the way things. Thank you all. I am so grateful for the volunteers who make this happen!