At the 10th annual Massachusetts STEM Summit last week in Foxboro, Newton North HS’s InvenTeam presented its continuing work on its award-winning Pedestrian Alert System for developing countries.  Also, Steve Chinosi, Chief Innovation Officer of Newton Public Schools and director of Newton’s Innovation Lab, spoke in a workshop about integrated STEM curriculum and teaching, describing Greengineering and other projects in the district.  Greengineering currently involves 200 students (57% girls) across multiple schools, including five high-school science electives.  Program partners include PTC, Village Bank, Whole Foods, Legal Seafoods, MIT, Earth Day Network, Patagonia, BU Engineering, BioBuilder, Ecovocative, and UPS.

The STEM Summit also featured these independent programs used in Newton schools:  DIGITS, Club Invention, and Science from Scientists.