STEM Day at the Missouri Capital

Thursday, March 7, 2024 The Missouri Capital hosted STEM Day at the Capital from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. The event was organized by the Missouri Chamber to showcase STEM businesses and area Public-School Robotics Teams. It is an opportunity for our state legislatures to see the advances within STEM throughout the state.

Three students from Republic Schools were in attendance: Selah Buchanan (6th grade-Republic Middle School), Cana Buchanan (4th grade) and Elim Buchanan (1st grade) from McCullough along with their Grandmother Deb Wilson with O-STEAM (an area nonprofit promoting STEM/STEAM throughout the Ozarks region. The students met with their State Senator Mike Moon who spent some time discussing, with the students, what they felt was the importance of STEM in their schools. They encouraged Senator Moon to back any Senate Bills that would help promote STEM within our state’s schools. They shared this is their future and were passionate about how important these classes are to their continued education that will prepare them for the future workforce.

Some of the businesses in attendance were Quest Diagnostics, Meta, Boeing (they brought a jet fighter simulator for students to experience), Missouri AfterSchool Network, Missouri S&T, Pfizer, Orscheln Industries, and Watlow.