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蒸汽 Community Engagement

Engaging and Meaningful Experiences

福克斯克罗夫特的蒸汽课程是根据学生的兴趣和学习方式量身定制的. 但你知道吗,我们也举办并参与了一些对社区开放的活动? 

无论是在STEM挑战赛上帮助蒸汽游骑兵穿越回过去,还是参与大型社区艺术装置, 热心的参与者受益于我们的教师和学生志愿者的专业知识以及我们与外部组织建立的伙伴关系. 


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Join Us for the 2025 STEM Challenge

Saturday, 2月ruary 22, 2025

STEM挑战赛是一项仅限女生参加的、面向初高中学生的动手干竞赛.

Girls come to Foxcroft for a day of challenging problem-solving. 年度主题为创新和引人入胜的会议增添了额外的乐趣, which participants rotate through over the course of the day. 由福克斯克罗夫特的蒸汽教师与外部赞助商合作举办, the competition draws nearly 200 students annually from area schools.

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Partnerships with the Community

EPICS Curriculum

福克斯克罗夫特是弗吉尼亚州第一个成为普渡大学EPICS(社区服务学习工程项目)高级项目一部分的学术女子寄宿学校, 一个以设计为基础的服务学习项目,学生团队通过该项目为当地非营利组织提供工程解决方案. 我们的“客户”包括学校、骑马中心、人道社会和历史博物馆. 最近的项目包括为鹅溪协会创建一个展览, trail mapping right here on Foxcroft's campus, and designing and fabricating a sign for Mobile Hope’s Graffiti & Silk thrift shop.

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Service Learning through 3D Printing

In a 3D design and fabrication course, 学生们有机会为上肢差异的个人3D打印和组装假手. Students learned how these devices, designed by e-NABLE, 是否可以针对个人接受者进行个性化,并作为一种比传统医疗设备更容易获得的授权工具使用.

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Oak Spring Foundation

福克斯克罗夫特的蒸汽教师与橡树泉基金会合作了许多项目, including field trips to photograph local flora, large scale community art installations, seed saving, and Wintermission courses on floral arrangements. 这种合作关系延续了福克斯克罗夫特和橡树泉之间的长期联系, as the Foundation was founded by alumna Rachel "Bunny" Mellon ’29.

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ET Projects & Windy Hill

As part of an EPICS project in an Engineering class, students partnered with Windy Hill Foundation, 帮助开发和维护米德尔堡的低收入住宅综合体,包括老年人的Levis Hill House和家庭的Llewellyn Village. 福克斯克罗夫特的学生为社区花园设计并建造了一个新的大门, 它被亲切地命名为"Rene's Roots"以纪念风山的创始人, Irene "Rene" Llewellyn. 我们的学生利用这个灵感,用激光切割和手工绘制了一个定制的大门标志, 在由ET Projects组织和主办的“仰望”活动中,在花园奉献活动中出现了什么.

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Blue Ridge Wildlife

To deepen the learning of our Animal Science students, Foxcroft's 蒸汽 faculty collaborate with Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, an animal hospital dedicated to wildlife. 我们的学生从实地考察中受益,亲眼看到了野生动物康复中心, participated in internships over Wintermission, 甚至还欢迎了蓝岭野生动物大使(包括一只红变形尖叫猫头鹰), a Big Brown Bat, an Eastern Ratsnake, a Striped Skunk, and the fan-favorite Tugboat, a Wood Turtle) to campus during Morning Meeting. 这些实践经验帮助学生将课堂知识应用到现实环境中, often very close to their hearts.

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Goose Creek Association

福克斯克罗夫特有抱负的环保主义者有机会通过与鹅溪协会的合作来亲身体验, which is dedicated to protecting and preserving the natural resources, historic heritage, and rural quality of life found in Virginia. In addition to internships and creek clean-ups, 学生们通过一个以早期教育为中心的EPICS项目支持GCA. In 2021, 学生们设计并制作了两个教育棋盘游戏,并在鹅溪协会的家庭节上展出.

我们制作了一个游戏来教参加节日的家庭如何监控流媒体...孩子们有一分钟的时间从溪流(垃圾箱)中舀出并分类虫子,然后我们会计算出不能忍受污染的人数, somewhat tolerant, and tolerant bugs to see how healthy their stream was. 我们在节日里收到了许多祝贺,这些家庭似乎真的很享受! 我对我们的项目所产生的影响以及我们所投入的工作感到非常自豪.

– Heidi D. ’23

我能够在这个项目中展示我的艺术兴趣,并学习可以用来帮助展示重要事业的新技术...最后,当我们去参加音乐节,并真正把我们的动手图表游戏付诸实践时,这是非常值得的. 小孩子们正在学习生态系统的重要性,成年人则希望更多地了解我们项目的教育推广方面. 

– Alexa C. ’23

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