Newton was well represented at last week’s Massachusetts STEM Summit in Worcester. Michelle Mischke (NSHS parent and MassBioEd‘s Director of Biotechnology Education Programs) facilitated a roundtable discussion in a seminar about challenges and strategies of engaging students through authentic research.  Newton North’s Greengineering team (pictured: Samantha Marcus, Samantha Barbero, Alison Forman-Katz, Dean Lee, Nick Montes-Souza), led by Steve Chinosi, exhibited its work in solution-centered learning.  Amy Winston (head of Newton North’s Dept. of Science and Technology/Engineering) talked about her strategies and success in integrating engineering into NNHS’s science courses.  Others attending the summit included Diana Robbins (NPS head of K-12 Career & Technical Education), Gerry Gagnon (Newton South Science Dept. Head), Newton South teachers Divya Shannon, Jessica Silverman, Suzy Drurey, Amy Richard, and Megan Leary-Crist, and the founder and CEO of the DIGITS project, Joyce Plotkin.