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🌷 Hello, June!
Hello, {{First Name}}, Please see this month's updates from the Columbia Gorge STEM Hub.
😎Summer Break for STEM Hub - As our staff enjoys their summer break, our newsletter will take a pause and will return in September. Watch our socials for updates on community STEM happenings during the summer!
✨In this edition: Educator Conferences and PD, Summer Events
👉View this month's featured group posts by clicking each image:
👨🏫PD for Preservice this Fall - RESERVE OUR TEAM TODAY!
The STEM Hub offers free, customized STEM professional development for schools and districts throughout the Columbia Gorge region. Learn more by contacting Julie Cucuel at jcucuel@cgesd.k12.or.us.
Lending Library 🧰
Reserve your items for Fall now!
Our Lending Library will be unvailable in Summer 2026 for a refresh!
👨👩👧PreK: Thrive & Teach: Workshop Sessions for Early Educators
You are invited to the FREE Thrive & Teach: Workshop Sessions for Early Educators, a new workshop series designed to support, connect, and empower educators and childcare professionals throughout our region.
Workshop Dates: July 21, August 18, September 22
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Columbia Gorge Community College, Building 1, Room 1.063
📐K-12: Oregon Math Leaders 2026 Conference - August 4-6
Designed for all educators, this conference will explore how meaningful mathematical conversations shape learning, identity, and belonging for every student.
Build your teacher toolkit this summer with the Smithsonian Science Education Center's exciting collection of free interactive activities, guides, and digital games. Get ready to help your students explore, experiment, and grow their STEM learning over the school year!
⭐K-12: The Oregon Invention Convention offers free STEM invention and entrepreneurship training for educators through the Oregon State University Extension Service, with online and in-person sessions in Oregon on August 6 and incentives for early registrants.
📢 Shape the Future of Our Workforce – Fall 2026 CTE Advisory Meeting
Industry professionals, business leaders, community partners, and CTE educators from Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties are invited to help align education with regional workforce needs.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 5:00–8:00 PM
One Community Health, Hood River
Connect, collaborate, and support career-connected learning opportunities for local students.
📚2nd-3rd Graders: Avoid the Summer Slide at The Dalles Library
The library is hosting 45-minute sessions in literacy, math, and science designed to keep elementary students sharp this summer. Registration is required.
⭐Kindergarten Families Can Boost College Savings with a $100 Bonus
The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon State Treasury are encouraging kindergarten families to start saving for their child’s future through Oregon’s Embark 529 education savings plan. Families who open a new account with a $25 deposit can receive a $100 education savings bonus, and schools can access free kindergarten graduation diplomas and family resources to help celebrate this milestone and share the opportunity.
Inspire your imagination and develop STEM skills with theseFREE events!
💻Got a STEM-tastic event coming up? We want to hear about it!
Whether it's robots, rockets, coding, or creative science fun — if it's STEM-related and happening in our community, we’d love to feature it in our newsletter and on our new community events page!
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