STEAM Week at St. B’s: A Celebration of Curiosity, Creativity, and Community

We’ve been hosting STEAM Week and STEAM Night at St. B’s for the past five years. If you asked our students, they might tell you it wasn’t different at all… except for the fact they get to dress like they walked out of a science experiment gone wrong… but the truth is, it’s so much more than that.

At St. B’s, we are a STEAM school. This isn’t something we “add on” for one week—it’s what we do every single day. STEAM Week is simply a time where we pause and celebrate it.

Before our STEAM program began, I taught 2nd grade. Each week, my team and I would sit down, look at our lessons, and I would always ask the same question: Where is the fun? Because if there’s no joy, no curiosity, no wonder… what are we really doing to expand thinking beyond the text?

If you look back at the history of education, schools were designed to mass-produce learning—teaching everyone the same way, at the same pace, for predictable careers. And somewhere along the way, we started valuing memorization over imagination. The kids who could recall information quickly were labeled “successful,” while the kids who asked questions, who wondered, who needed to do in order to learn… often lost confidence.

That’s what we’re working to change.

At St. B’s, our mission is to help every child thrive—not just academically, but as a thinker, a problem-solver, and a confident human being. We want school to feel exciting. We want kids walking in each day wondering, What am I going to discover today?

Because the world our children are growing into isn’t predictable. It’s changing, fast. And we need kids who are willing to ask why, to challenge ideas, to explore, to create, and to innovate in ways that haven’t been done before.

STEAM gives them that.

Last week, we leaned all the way in. We explored STEAM careers with guest speakers like Kaitlyn DiPiazza, from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, who shared how she programs the Halo Board, and Adam Troyer from Georgia Tech, who helped students understand how radio waves are all around us. We dug into old technology from our homes, made intentional choices to care for our environment on St. Patrick’s Day, dressed as future STEAM professionals, and filled our classrooms with even more hands-on investigation and discovery.

And then there was STEAM Night—nearly 250 people came through our doors. Families, students, and volunteers learning side by side, exploring, creating, and seeing firsthand that learning can be meaningful, exciting, and fun.

Because today, education has to be more.

It’s not enough for students to choose A, B, C, or D. We need them to think, to explain, to question, and to solve real problems. We need them to take what they know and do something with it.

At St. B’s, that’s our focus.

We care deeply about the “intangible” skills—problem solving, resilience, work ethic, curiosity. We give students opportunities to struggle, to try again, to think deeper, and to grow. Our goal isn’t just to complete an assignment—it’s to spark something in them.

We want kids who go home still thinking about a problem.

Kids who are curious.

Kids who are patient enough to work through challenges.

Kids who see the world not just as it is—but as what it could be.

That’s what STEAM does.

And that’s why it matters so much here at St. B’s.

Because this isn’t just a school—it’s a place where families belong, where students are known, and where children grow into thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers ready for whatever comes next.