Greetings! Let’s get a jumpstart on the new season, share tips and resources and make new friends in the District of Columbia! Upcoming Events: DC Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Festival on Saturday, May 19, 2012 (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) Langley Education Campus, 101 T Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Celebrate PreK-5 Elementary STEM Activities from DC’s public, public charter, parochial, private and home-schooled students, featuring an EXPO highlighting wonderful and engaging STEM activities for students PreK-5. Schools will have an opportunity to highlight their students’ work and present hands-on activities that involve participants in various STEM experiences. For more information, please contact Camsie McAdams [log in to unmask], john Neral [log in to unmask], and James Rountree [log in to unmask] Scratch Day/Robotics Expo at Archbishop Carroll High School near Catholic University of America on Saturday, May 19, 2012 (10:00 AM – 4:00 PM). 4300 Harewood Road NE Washington, DC 20017 HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS: The open computer lab will provide assistance and workshops on using Scratch and Alice. We welcome robots and teams that participate in FIRST, Sea Perch, VEX--and more! Do you have another type of robot? Please come and show us! EMAIL Janet Lathan [log in to unmask] PLEASE PUT ROBO-EXPO IN THE SUBJECT LINE or call or text 240-393-1464 Local FLL teams are invited to join College Tribe for a few days over the summer (preferably in July) where we all get together and have friendly competitions over missions that we choose. Interested? Contact: Peter Clare 3845 South Capitol Street SW Washington, District of Columbia 20032 Phone: (202) 679-1428 Website: www.collegetribe.org Email: [log in to unmask] 8:00AM-5:00PM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.