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STUDENTS 2 SCIENCE

ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT

Celebrating Our Potential as Authentic Model in

STEM Education and Urban Community Development

2017 – 18: A YEAR IN REVIEW (Published Summer 2018)

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A Letter from the President

This past year at Students 2 Science (S2S) has been marked by tremendous growth, incredible milestones, and

exciting achievements. We hosted the official opening ceremony of the S2S Newark Technology Center, the

fruition of a partnership launched only two years ago; our V-Lab program continues to expand rapidly, serving

over 9,500 students during the last school year; our volunteer and employee engagement programs, the driving

force behind our success, are thriving; our organization is rapidly expanding with new staffing and infrastructure

improvements; and we are continuing to promote and encourage the development of STEM Ecosystems by

working with a diverse group of partners and collaborators.

Thank you for helping us reach our potential as a national model in authentic STEM education and urban

community development. We are so grateful for the generosity of the many extraordinary individuals, partners,

and funders who have made our journey possible. But this journey is far from over. We have serious work ahead

of us if we are to realize our full potential and fulfill our obligation to our students. This work is especially

important as we approach the first full year of implementation at the S2S Newark Technology Center, continue

the expansion of our programs with new contents and outreach to new schools and districts, and implement

staffing and infrastructure improvements.

The future of the global workforce is in STEM fields. It is our obligation to educate and inspire the vast pool of

talented youth in our communities to be ready for that future.

The support of our generous partners is now more

important than ever. Our vision is to educate and

develop our future workforce by closing gaps in

access to hands-on, rigorous STEM education and

real-world experiences. With your support, we are

confident that we will achieve these objectives and

provide opportunity and access to many more

extraordinary students.

It is with great appreciation and pride we present to

you our 2017-2018 Accomplishments Report.

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Thank you for believing in S2S!

Paul Winslow, PhD President, Students 2 Science, Inc.

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2017-2018 Accomplishments Report1

S2S and Authentic STEM Education Students 2 Science was created as an innovative solution, to bring authentic STEM education to urban community youth and to serve as a much-needed intermediary and bridge between the public and private sectors. Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and educate elementary, middle, and high school students to pursue high demand 21st Century careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Today, S2S is recognized throughout the

state of New Jersey as a leader in STEM

education, bringing education closer to

workforce readiness. In the past eight years,

over 37,000 students and hundreds of

teachers have participated in S2S programs

and services with the support of over 2,000

corporate mentors, individuals and

educators who serve as volunteers.

STEM education in the U.S. is at a critical

juncture, caught between an under-

resourced education system, declining

interest in STEM subjects among students,

and rapidly increasing global demand for a

highly skilled workforce in STEM fields.

- STEM occupations are projected to grow by 8.9% from 2014 to 2024, compared to 6.4% growth for non-

STEM occupations. (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2017)

- In U.S., unemployment rate in STEM jobs is 2.2% compared to 5.5% for non-STEM jobs. (U.S. Census

Department, 2014- 2017)

- In 2016, 13 STEM jobs were posted online for each unemployed worker that year. (New American

Economy, 2017)

- STEM workers earned 29% more than their non-STEM counterparts in 2015. (U.S. Department of

Commerce, 2017)

- However, only 25.6% of certificates and degrees awarded are in STEM Fields in the United States. (U.S.

Department of Education)

Great inequities also continue to persist in STEM education along racial, ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, gender

and geographic lines, creating a chasm of unrecognized economic empowerment and security.

- African Americans and Latinos are underrepresented in the STEM workforce – they comprise only 16%

of the STEM workforce in comparison to 27% of the overall workforce. (Pew Research Center, 2018)

1 Activities and programs reported in the report span from September 2017 to August 2018.


- Only 2.2% of Latinos, 2.7% of African Americans, and 3.3% of Native Americans and Alaska Natives earn

a bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences or engineering by age 24. (The Leadership Conference Fund,

2015)

- Women represent 46% of the overall workforce but hold less than 25% of STEM jobs. They make up the

majority of students on college campuses today but represent less than 20 percent of bachelor’s degree

recipients in fields like computer science and engineering. (The Leadership Conference Fund, 2015)

S2S believes that great STEM education is an issue of civil rights. We can play an important role in equalizing

access to STEM education for all students. While all students benefit from the experience and guidance S2S

provides through its programs, our focus is primarily on those who most need assistance and on those who are

least likely to receive such an experience.

Approximately 80% of the students we serve come from underserved communities in NJ (e.g. Newark, Paterson,

Irvington, North Bergen, and Union City). Our formal partnership with the City of Newark, as detailed below in this

report, is a highlight of the kind of innovative thinking and community-based collaboration that can have a huge

impact on school districts and communities in need.

S2S - A National Model in Transformational STEM Education

S2S is an intermediary and bridge, which meets the needs of the public and private sectors in order to promote

21st Century analytical skills through hands-on STEM education and teacher professional development. The

model identifies solutions in STEM education:

• Collaborative planning between the public and private sectors in learning designs, applying real-world

learning and real-world solutions.

• Providing STEM early in elementary school and building on that knowledge and career pathways through

high school.

• Transforming STEM education programs in under-resourced communities through problem-and project-

based learning in authentic work settings.

• Providing high quality educators with content expertise on an on-going basis.

• Bring education closer to workforce readiness in high demand STEM careers.

• Providing interaction with corporate role models and volunteers in the ISAAC and V-Lab programs.

• Educating students for the many 21st Century high demand STEM careers within the state of New Jersey

and through the globe.

• Providing district-wide technical assistance and professional development for teachers in science where

content expertise and innovation is needed (e.g. in Newark with the potential to reach over 32,000

students and their parents in elementary through high school).

• Eliminating language constraints and providing instruction in over 200 hundred spoken languages with

interpreters on demand.

• Creating systemic STEM education transformation through collaboration and partnership.


S2S Newark Technology Center We are excited to announce the opening of the S2S

Newark Technology Center – a 10,000 square ft. state-of-

the-art facility valued at $4 million - in downtown Newark

that is designed to engage Newark students in hands-on

science learning. The center had its official opening

ceremony on May 7, 2018, with U.S. Senator Cory Booker

and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, our longtime champions

and advocates, as featured guests.

The S2S Newark Technology Center, created through a

formal, public-private partnership between the Newark

Public Schools, the city of Newark and S2S, is being

heralded as a national model in authentic STEM education

and urban community development. It reflects a growing

interest among diverse stakeholders to respond to the

disparities and inefficiencies in our education system; the

challenges faced by school districts in providing real,

relevant and rigorous STEM education; and to the

demands of the 21st Century workforce.

The goal of this partnership is to engage Newark students

in real-world science learning and towards high-demand New Jersey careers by beginning early to inspire and

motivate elementary students and by continuing on that experience through high school.

The center features six working laboratories for

students to visit during and outside of the traditional

school day and two studios for our web-based V-Lab

programs. Here, in commercial scientific labs

complete with modern instrumentation, middle and

high school students engage in problem-and project-

based science experiments with STEM role models

and volunteers, creating solutions to some of our

planet’s most critical issues. The V-Lab studios in

Newark have been delivering programs since April

2018. The six ISAAC laboratories, which went through

a pilot test run in April, are now fully built and ready

for operation starting Fall 2018.

The project is embedded in the Newark Public

School system and written into their 5-year strategic

plan approved by the Newark Board of Education.

By 2021, our goal is to reach over 32,000 students

(5th – 12th grade) and their parents district-wide.

“This incredible program, under extraordinary

leadership, with a community of commitment…all of us

coming together to do the best thing to secure a great

future, which is to empower the genius of our

children.”

- U.S. Senator, the Honorable Cory Booker

“I’m very proud today to be able to stand here and

support this organization in a way that corporations

really do. We do it in very specific ways – by providing

volunteers, by providing people, but also providing

things that keep this organization going and that’s by

providing grants and providing money. I’m setting the

bar with $1.5 million today, but feel free to outdo us in

any way you can.”

- Tom Gebhardt, Chairman & CEO, Panasonic

North America, at the opening ceremony of

the S2S Newark Technology Center


This partnership is being supported by not only the

Newark Public Schools and the City of Newark, but also

Newark city officials, district teachers and administrators,

the Newark Board of Education, municipal leaders, federal

and state policy officials, and partners in higher education

including: Mayor Ras Baraka, Newark Public Schools

Superintendent Roger León, former Superintendent Chris

Cerf, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, State Senator Teresa Ruiz,

Councilman at Large Luis Quintana, Newark Board of

Education Chairperson Josephine Garcia, and Chancellor

Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University.

S2S Newark Technology Center’s philanthropic

supporters include Airgas, BioNJ, Mr. Boykin Curry,

Carway Communications, The Celia Lipton Farris and

Victor W. Farris Home Community Fund of CFNJ,

Claremont Construction Group, Daybreak Fast Freight,

Inc. Edison Properties Newark Foundation, Elm City, Gerhart, Healthcare Institute of New Jersey, The Hyde and

Watson Foundation, Johnson and Johnson, LDI, Merck, Newark Public Schools, Novartis, Overdeck Family

Foundation, Panasonic, Pfizer, PSEG, Rutgers University, Startup: Education Fund of the Community Foundation of

New Jersey, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Verizon, Victoria Foundation and William E. Simon Foundation.

“S2S Newark Technology Center is so incredibly important for our inner-city schools. For Thermo Fischer Scientific, we are really looking to employ diverse talent. If we don’t get them young and we don’t get them interested in STEM education, we are not going to have a diverse population to choose from. The equipment and the facility at the S2S Newark Technology Center are state-of-the-art and unbelievable. Most kids in school do not get that opportunity to really have hands-on training. Hopefully, this will spark an interest in STEM education and the kids will just be so inspired. They are really lucky to have this.”

- Lisa Witte, President, Research Safety Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific

“Our students deserve every opportunity to excel

in school, college, and in the career they choose –

our partnership with Students 2 Science affords

students the opportunity to match their

classroom learning with hands-on learning taught

by scientists. Side-by-side instruction from

scientists with our students is priceless. Many

thanks to S2S and all of the corporate partners

who are providing our students with a

remarkable foundation to excel in STEM fields.”

- Roger León, Superintendent, Newark

Public Schools

“This tremendous educational opportunity for our

children will put them on a path for a brighter

future and will help develop the workforce our

employers are demanding.”

- Newark Mayor, the Honorable Ras Baraka


Vision for the S2S Newark Technology Center

The overarching purpose of the partnership between S2S and the Newark Public Schools is to address

the needs of the public and private sectors and to bring authentic STEM education and 21st Century skill

development to all elementary, middle and high school students in Newark (over 32,000).

The S2S Newark Technology Center will serve as the hub for interactive and innovative STEM learning

for all children in Newark:

• Provide in-lab and in-class opportunities for students in Newark to conduct real-world experiments, including investigating some of our world’s greatest challenges, such as food scarcity, water purification, and constant threat of pandemics.

• Conduct district-wide virtual labs (V-Labs) where students will conduct hands-on experiments with the support of corporate mentors and role models. Example of experiments include battery power and electromagnets, thermochemistry focusing on exothermic and endothermic reactions, difference between precipitation due to solubility constraints and precipitation due to a chemical reaction.

• Educate students about 21st Century high demand STEM careers and offer real world perspectives through interactions with mentors.

• Provide professional development and technical assistance for teachers in STEM, including increased science literacy, aligning existing curricula to Next Generation Science Standards and exposing our educators to 21st Century career pathways for students.

• Further align Newark Public Schools with Next Generation Science Standards.

• Be a systemic part of science education in Newark Public Schools.

Media Coverage of the S2S Newark Technology Center Opening Ceremony

Please click here for recent news on S2S.

NJTV News: Students 2 Science sees untapped potential in Newark schools

NJ Business Magazine: STEM Education Lab Opens in Newark

NJ Biz: Panasonic, PSE&G helping S2S Newark push STEM

PBS.org: Students 2 Science sees untapped potential in Newark schools

PR News Wire: U.S. Senator Cory Booker And Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Unveil Students 2 Science's New

State-Of-The-Art STEM Education Laboratory In The Heart Of Newark

Tap into Newark: Senator Booker and Mayor Baraka laud Newark STEM education program

ROI-NJ: Science and tech center for Newark students opens

https://www.students2science.org/press/

https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/students-2-science-sees-untapped-potential-in-newark-schools/

https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/stem-education-lab-opens-in-newark/

http://www.njbiz.com/article/20180514/NJBIZ01/180519930/panasonic-pseg-helping-s2s-newark-push-stem

http://www.pbs.org/video/mishkin-newark-tech-1525705596/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-senator-cory-booker-and-newark-mayor-ras-baraka-unveil-students-2-sciences-new-state-of-the-art-stem-education-laboratory-in-the-heart-of-newark-300643685.html

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-senator-cory-booker-and-newark-mayor-ras-baraka-unveil-students-2-sciences-new-state-of-the-art-stem-education-laboratory-in-the-heart-of-newark-300643685.html

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/senator-booker-and-mayor-baraka-laud-newark-stem

http://www.roi-nj.com/2018/05/08/education/science-and-tech-center-for-newark-students-opens/


What People are Saying about S2S

“Students 2 Science is a model for corporate sponsors, nonprofit organizations, parents, and community leaders, to get involved and to invest in the future of our students and by doing so we are supporting a nonprofit that is going to put students first.”

- Alejandra Ceja, Executive Director, Panasonic Foundation

“I came to S2S as a volunteer and was impressed with the program in terms of the level of sophistication in the lab and what it offered the urban community youth. What you see is students able to make a direct link to career paths that they would otherwise not be introduced to.”

- Karnel Walker, Global Business Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Member, African Heritage Employee Resource Group for Diversity and Inclusion Programs

“Given the need for more qualified scientists, the work that Students 2 Science is doing in preparing the next generation of New Jersey’s STEM leaders is priceless. Students 2 Science is making a substantive impact on the development of these future stars and on the communities it serves. I am privileged to serve on the Board and to have the opportunity to play a role in this important, impactful and selfless work.”

- Debbie Hart, President & CEO, BioNJ “It’s a unique opportunity for those who are working in industry to give back and to work side by side with students to help them understand what opportunities there are in the field of science.”

- Dana Cunningham, Director of Global and Projected Alliance Management, Merck and Chapter President of the NJ League of Employees of African Descent (LEAD)

“Being an Intern at Students 2 Science has given me the opportunity to give back to my community and this organization that has cultivated my interest in science. I have enjoyed every opportunity they have granted me and look forward to helping them grow.”

- Nomase Iyamu, S2S Intern and Freshman at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

“I was given a lot of freedom to experiment with creating different V-Labs which let me really make them my own. I also loved the collaborative nature of S2S because all of the interns and V-Lab instructors were around to bounce ideas off of which made the process more fun and seamless.

- Maddy Armstrong, S2S Intern and Sophomore at Wake Forest University


Our Signature Programs Based on eight years of experience, S2S has developed three signature programs with demonstrated impact: 1)

Improving Students Affinity and Aptitude for Careers in STEM (ISAAC) 2) V-Lab Program, a laboratory for the 21st

century and 3) Professional Development and Technical Assistance for teachers in STEM. All our programs

support the Next Generation Science Standards from 5th through 12th grades.

ISAAC (Improving Student Affinity and Aptitude for Careers in STEM) Program Improving Student’s Affinity and Aptitude for Careers in STEM (ISAAC) provides students with state-of- the-art laboratory experiences complete with modern instrumentation and experienced professional scientists, many with PhDs, who work side by side with them in the laboratory. Scientists are joined by volunteer mentors and assistant instructors who come from many disciplines in STEM as well as finance, accounting, IT, marketing and communications, data analytics, and more. For middle school students, the current programming involves three visits to the laboratory, exploring three major topics - matter, solutions, and separations. For high school students, ISAAC currently offers day-long experiences designed to introduce them to careers in pharmaceuticals, natural products and bio-technology. Next year, an Environmental

Creating Career Pathways

through new technologies and innovative teaching practices

S2S provides students with 21st Century Career Readiness Skills needed to compete in a 21st Century

global economy:

• Critical thinking, problem-solving, reasoning, analysis, data interpretation, information synthesis

• Research skills and practices, interrogative questioning

• Perseverance, adaptability, flexibility, and resilience

• Leadership, teamwork, collaboration, and cooperation

• Familiarity and comfort in using virtual workspaces, virtual learning opportunities

• Scientific literacy and reasoning

S2S provides students with Laboratory Skills – advanced scientific technologies and principles providing

pathways to new career opportunities:

• High Performance Liquid & Gas Chromatography

• Mass Spectroscopy

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy

• Infrared and Ultraviolet Visible Spectroscopy

• Various wet chemical techniques such as Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent

• Assay, SDS-PAGE Electrophoresis, titrations and more

“The level of sophistication these labs offer is beyond

anything students see in a classroom. They were exposed

to equipment and techniques I did not see until my second

degree. And the staff and volunteers at the facilities are

such a valuable resource to give students an

understanding of what careers in science can be.”

- Peter Larrabee, Vice Principal, Science Park High

School, Newark, NJ


Science Day will be added to the programming. Future programs include forensics, engineering and computer science, among others. ISAAC Participants

The 2017-2018 academic year saw 87 individual

school visits and 3,012 student visits to the S2S East

Hanover Technology Center. Participating school

districts included the following: Central Bucks, East

Hanover, Greendell, Irvington, Kenilworth, Linden,

Newark, North Bergen, Paterson, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Union City, and West Caldwell in New Jersey and North

Penn and Pennsbury in Pennsylvania.

*Please see appendix for full list of participating schools.

Virtual Laboratory (V-Lab) Program

Laboratory for the 21st Century, V-Lab was designed to eliminate the geographic constraints of the ISAAC program. The V-Lab program conducts sessions via a collaborative communication platform developed in partnership with S2S, Connectivity, and the American Chemical Society. It enables students (grades 5-12) in their classrooms or non-traditional settings to simultaneously conduct a series of supplemental, age-appropriate, hands-on science experiments, along with highly-qualified instructors at S2S Technology Centers. The V-Lab program incorporates volunteer professionals to provide in-class mentoring and instruction as well as volunteer videos taped and shared at the beginning of the sessions. It also includes complete kits with lesson plans and “How to Videos” constituting a unique supplemental scientific experience for elementary, middle and high school science programs. The Connectivity platform is available with interpreters, on demand, in over 200 spoken languages as well as American Sign Language, so everyone can participate. In Newark, the program is routinely conducted in Spanish, Portuguese and American sign language, providing additional capacity to the district.

“I have been participating in this program for 4 years and

I have seen the positive impact it has had on my students.

They reference some of their experiences when they are

taking assessment or other lessons in the classroom. It

also opened many of my students’ awareness as to the

possibilities of different careers in science.”

- Desiree Jones, Teacher, BRICK Peshine Academy,

Newark, NJ


The V-Lab program offers districts a financial solution, ease of use and efficiencies. When utilized as designed, the V-Lab can be a highly cost-effective solution that brings science-rich content and professional expertise into classrooms. It can be an especially beneficial, effective, and low-cost solution for school districts with limited resources. Our current V-Lab offerings include 28

experiments: ten experiments for elementary

school, ten for middle school, and eight for high

school, including an introductory “scientific

measurements” experiment for each of the three

grade groupings. Additionally, 20 more experiments are currently in development. Examples of new V-Lab

experiments in development include building a balloon car, designing and constructing solar sails, building a

satellite, understanding weathering and erosion, and investigating thermal energy. All experiments are aligned to

the Next Generation Science Standards.

V-Lab Participants

During the 2017-2018 academic year, we served 9,499 students through 449 V-Lab sessions. Participating school

districts included Hillsborough, Irvington, Kenilworth, Newark, New Brunswick, Rahway and South Brunswick.

Additionally, we reached 14 children via two sessions at the Hackensack University Medical Center, 92 children via

eight sessions at Oasis, a shelter for children and women in need in Paterson, NJ, and 39 students via three

sessions at Urban Impact, serving at-risk youth in Pittsburgh, PA.

*Please see appendix for full list of participating schools.

V-Lab and STEM Education Anytime

Science does not end in school but happens at all

times of the day, whether in school, after-school

programs, camps or with parents. S2S continues to

bring the V-Lab program into non-traditional

settings.

Our programs can have an important impact on

children outside of schools, especially among

vulnerable populations where opportunities are

extremely limited for role models or mentors in

STEM professions. In providing hands-on exposure

to science, coupled with mentors who are

professional scientists, S2S can offer them a glimpse

into a different world and the possibility of a

different, more positive future.

“It's been so exciting working with kids around Newark

both in the lab and in the V-labs as well as behind-the-

scenes developing experiments. It's been truly

exhilarating watching students draw connections

between science and their everyday lives. Working

alongside the S2S volunteers, staff, and incoming students

leaves me invigorated and able to return to my own work

with a fresh, curious eye.”

- Caitlyn A. Moore, PhD Candidate, Department of

Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School,

School of Graduate Studies

Students participating at a V-Lab session at Urban Impact, Pittsburgh, PA


This past year, we partnered with Oasis, a non-profit in Paterson, NJ, which provides children and women in need

with compassionate programs designed to feed, clothe, educate and empower. S2S delivered eight V-Lab

sessions, with a total of 92 participating children, at Oasis during this past summer.

We also partnered with Urban Impact in Pittsburgh, PA, a faith-based foundation serving at-risk youth through

education, athletics, and performing arts programs. We conducted a pilot program sponsored by Thermo Fisher

Scientific and delivered three sessions to 39 students at Urban Impact this summer. These sessions received an

incredible turnout of volunteer support from Thermo Fisher Scientific. The program is expected to expand in

2018-19.

Additionally, we continue to conduct sessions at the Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.

Bringing the V-Lab program to such settings is not only beneficial in diverting the children’s minds from their

illnesses and bringing a sense of normalcy to their day, but it is also highly effective in allowing them to see

science in a positive light.

“We were so pleased to be able to partner with Students 2 Science on the V-Lab program. We saw great interest and engagement from our students! These types of hands-on experiments are key to helping students develop a love of science. The staff at Students 2 Science were very helpful and great to work with. I look forward to partnering with Students 2 Science in the future.” - Lisa Owens, Assistant Director, Options, Urban Impact, Pittsburgh, PA Lisa Owens (left) with a student in Urban Impact

Professional Development and Technical Assistance

Through participation in the ISAAC and V-Lab

programs, teachers have access to a catalog of

professional development (PD) opportunities.

Teachers may build their capacity to teach lab

sciences in their classrooms by attending ISAAC

programs with their students and earn PD hours.

Teachers who participate in V-Lab are provided

job-embedded PD. Prior to each V-Lab session,

teachers are provided with a lesson plan and links

to a “How-to Video” for every experiment. The

instructional resources increase teacher

confidence in the subject matter and support

their efforts to provide students with additional

problem-and project-based learning.

In the Newark partnership, teachers are provided

with 6 hours of professional development for each ISAAC session and 1 hour for each unique V-lab experiment.

Teachers find this to be quite valuable. During our teacher feedback surveys in Newark, teachers have requested

more professional development training and content-based instruction by STEM professionals.

Ivory Williams, Instructional Specialist for Science, Newark Public Schools, observes a student conducting an experiment at the S2S Newark Technology

Center


Program Effectiveness

To gauge the impact of ISAAC and the V-Lab

programs on fulfilling the S2S objectives, the

following are measured: 1) increased affinity for

STEM after participation; 2) likelihood of

pursuing a STEM career; 3) improvement in

subject matter test scores; and 4) enjoyment and

appreciation of the program. S2S also tracks the

number of students hosted, volunteers

employed, demographics, and participating

schools. The effectiveness of the programs is

evaluated using teacher surveys, student

surveys, and in-class proficiency testing prior to

and after the program.

ISAAC Program 2017-18 - Highlights from our teacher and student surveys this year are as follows:

• Teacher surveys: o 100% said the S2S experience was effective in achieving the goals of inspiring, motivating, and

educating students to further pursue STEM subjects and careers o 98% said the experience supported the classroom and 100% said it supported Next Generation

Science Standards o 98% said the S2S visits helped students recognize the role of science in community and global

issues related to health, food, safety, energy, and security o 97% said they are recommending S2S to their colleagues and 98% would like to return with future

classes o 99% said the career role models were helpful in relating to real world career pathways

• ISAAC middle school student surveys indicate that:

o 57% of students showed an increase in proficiency of subject matter scores

o 59% of students showed an increased knowledge in STEM subject matter

o 49% of students reported an increased desire to pursue a career in STEM

• ISAAC high school student surveys-

o 43% of students showed an increase in proficiency of subject matter scores

o 87% of students showed an increased knowledge in STEM career choices

V-Lab Program 2017-18 - Our V-Lab teacher surveys indicate:

• 93% said the S2S experience was effective in achieving the goals of inspiring, motivating, and educating students to further pursue STEM subjects and careers

• 98% said the experience supported Next Generation Science Standards

• 96% said it supported the classroom curriculum and 98% found the lesson plans helpful

• 98% said that it was age appropriate

• 98% said they would be comfortable leading the experiment again; 42% said they ran the experiment again

• 85% said it increased student interest in STEM career pathways

• 92% said it helped recognize connection between math and science

• 99% said the career role models were helpful in relating to real world career pathways

• 96% said they are recommending S2S to their colleagues

Cierra Green, V-Lab Program Senior Manager, Newark (right) and Tony DiGiovanni, V-Lab, Associate Operations Director (left), conducting a V-Lab session


Volunteering and Corporate Employee Engagement

A driving force in the success of S2S programming is the cadre

of hundreds of volunteers who work directly with students in

the ISAAC program and as part of the V-Lab experience. Our

volunteers are professional scientists working in the field,

many of them PhDs.

In both the ISAAC and V-Lab programs, volunteers act as

mentors and instructors who guide and support the students

through their experiments. The volunteers serve as role

models and introduce students to a wide variety of 21st

Century STEM career options so that students understand

firsthand the possibility of rewarding work in STEM fields.

Current corporate mentors include volunteers from the

following corporations: Avon, Becton Dickinson, Benjamin

Moore, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Daiichi Sankyo, Merck,

Novartis, Panasonic, PerkinElmer, PSEG, and Thermo Fisher

Scientific.

In addition to our corporate partners, students are supported

in the laboratory by post-secondary students from the

surrounding area including Rutgers University, Princeton

University, NJIT, Stevens Institute for Technology, College of Saint Elizabeth, Kean University, Farleigh Dickinson

University, County College of Morris, Essex County College, and New Jersey City University who have served as

mentors and assistant instructors.

Corporate Employee Engagement

S2S offers several programs for employee engagement with a broad range of volunteer opportunities and benefits

for our corporate partners. Our volunteers can serve as mentors or assistant instructors for ISAAC, as in-class or

virtual mentors for V-Lab sessions, and as speakers in our College and Career Videos.

S2S employee engagement programs offer the following benefits for our corporate partners:

• Provide team-building opportunities and experiences

• Allow employees to view and work with their colleagues in a different capacity

• Employees work together as a team to make an impact on students

• Allow employees to give back in a meaningful, enjoyable and memorable way

• Demonstrate the company’s commitment to supporting communities which its consumers represent

• Build capacity for corporate citizenship and social responsibility.

• S2S provides a turnkey experience for volunteers and caters to the company’s goals

Dave Daly, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG (left) with Dr. Paul A. Winslow, President and Co-founder, S2S

“PSEG believes mentors are essential to student

success as role models who inspire, motivate and

educate them on their path to a 21st Century STEM

career. Our investment in the S2S Newark

Technology Center is an investment in the future of

students and the community, at large.”

- David Daly, President and Chief Operating

Officer, PSEG


Additionally, S2S has developed two new employee engagement programs:

Kit Build for Classrooms

S2S has developed a program for corporations that are looking for large on-site employee engagement activities

which incorporate team-building while being a good community partner. Teams of employees assist S2S in

assembling kits for V-Lab experiments. These kits are sent out to schools participating in the V-Lab program. Each

kit has enough supplies to implement the experiments with 78 children. The volunteers assemble and pack all the

supplies needed for complete kits. S2S sees this as a great opportunity to recruit volunteers not only for the kit

assembly but to engage (volunteer) instructors for the ISAAC and V-Lab programs.

This program was originally developed in collaboration with Merck. This past year, we held a total of five kit build

days – three days with Merck employees and two days with Novartis employees. The events were a great

success – with incredible participation, enthusiasm and support from all. Over the five days, the volunteers helped

assemble 403 V-Lab kits, which have the potential to reach 31,434 students and 403 teachers.

On-site Employee Engagement Experiences

S2S has developed a program for STEM corporations to celebrate “Bring Your Child to Work Day” to inspire the

next generation of scientists. This program offers a meaningful day for employees and their children to engage in

scientific experiments at corporate offices. Children and their parents can fully engage in experimentation that

promotes analytical thinking, scientific literacy and reasoning, as well as an interest in science in a fun and hands-

on way. S2S has implemented the program with Merck for the past three years, with great results for both

adults and children. In 2018, 400 employees from Merck participated in the event.

Volunteer Contributions and Recognition

We are very thankful to all of our volunteer STEM professionals – in the 2017-18 school year, about

1,000 volunteers were actively involved in S2S programs, including ISAAC, V-Lab, Kit Build for

classrooms, Bring Your Child to Work Day, and other programs and events and contributed over 1,575

volunteer days.

Each year, S2S celebrates its volunteers and their incredible contributions by holding a reception and a

volunteer recognition ceremony. Special awards are given for extraordinary contributions. We like to take

a moment to give a special thank you to the following volunteers for the most days volunteered in the

2017-18 school year:

• Helen Armstrong (63) • Jacek Kowalski (26) • Marty Baum (19)

• Barbara Ferguson (59) • Kenneth Kopec (24) • Alan Cooper (19)

• Awa Traore Gassama (56) • Larry Lerner (24) • Steve Li (19)

• Jeremy Goldfarb (52) • Robert Chase (22) • Deborah Shanks (19)

• Raymond Cvetovich (48) • David Greene (21) • Marty Steinman (19)

• Chandra Sen (33) • Amy Sturmer (21)

*Number of days volunteered in parentheses


Student Enrichment Programs Students 2 Science offers internships to high school

and college students to develop meaningful and

relevant experiments, communicate effectively across

multi-generations, and contemporize our offerings.

This year, we have 13 interns - five high school

students, seven college students, and a recent college

graduate -from the following schools and colleges: The

Lawrenceville School; Union County Magnet School;

Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ; The Eagle Academy

for Young Men of Newark; Seacrest Country Day

School, Naples, FL; College of Saint Elizabeth;

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health

Sciences; Penn State University; University of Notre

Dame; University of Rochester; University of Virginia;

and Wake Forest University.

They are working on developing new experiments – 20

V-Labs, which will be ready for piloting in the 2018-19

school year, as well three ISAAC experiments that are

in the initial stages of research and development and

will be ready for implementation in the following

school year.

The ISAAC experiments focus on expanding our STEM content areas and explore topics in engineering, life

sciences and environmental science (including alternative sources of energy). Examples of the new V-Lab projects

include: reaction time & practice to introduce students to reflexes and reactions and the nervous system;

Mendel’s Monster Factory; solar sails; weathering and erosion; natural resources and synthetic materials; lunar

phases and eclipses; and generating hydrogen from water.

What’s new at S2S

A few highlights of new Projects, Programs and People at S2S:

Environmental Science Day for high schools created in partnership with the Great Swamp Watershed Association.

It will be available to students in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019. Great Swamp Watershed Association is dedicated to

protecting and improving the water resources of the Passaic River region, from the Great Swamp headwaters to

Newark Bay, for present and future generations.

Welcome Jersey City Public Schools: S2S is pleased to welcome Jersey City middle and high school students in Fall

2018 to the ISAAC program in our East Hanover location, as well as to the V-Lab program, during the traditional

daytime hours and increased afterschool offerings.

New Customer Relationship Management System: We are in the process of developing and implementing a

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system - phase 2 of a two-part project that started with a new

website launch in 2017. The new CRM system will help ensure efficient management of our many organizational

functions and better communication with and service for our diverse stakeholders. We expect it to have a critical

“Being an intern at Students 2 Science is important

to me because it opens up my mind to many things I

can do In life. It has allowed me to work on things

that you can’t get at a regular school, it feels so

exciting to do all these experiments. I’m just excited

to be here because I am able to learn all these

things that will help better me for my future.”

- Maurice Minott, S2S Intern and Rising

Junior at The Eagle Academy for Young

Men of Newark


impact on the sustainability, replicability, and scalability of our organization. We are very grateful to the Cisco

Foundation for their support of this project.

New Board Members: We are delighted to introduce three new Board Members at S2S. For more detailed

information on our board, please click here.

- Debbie Hart is the founding President and CEO of BioNJ. Ms. Hart was recently named one of the world’s

100 Most Influential People in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview; to ROI-NJ’s 2018

Influencers Power List; and one of New Jersey’s top CEOs by COMMERCE Magazine.

- Probi Kapur is Vice President, Finance, R&D at Allergan. Mr. Kapur brings a wealth of experience in

healthcare and significant leadership skills in achieving complex business objectives in matrixed, global,

and multicultural organizations.

- Stan Nelson is the North American Director, Food and Agriculture Markets at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He

has been an active and committed member of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s diversity and inclusion strategies

since its inception over 5 years ago and serves as Co-Chair of the African Heritage Employee Resource

Group.

(Left to right) Larry Fox, Vice President, S2S Board of Trustees and President, Fox Valve Development Corp; Probi Kapur, S2S Board Member and Vice President, Finance - R&D, Allergan; Ted Kesten, Treasurer, S2S Board of Trustees and Chairman & CEO, Scent2 Market; David Daly, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG; Dr. Paul A. Winslow, President and Co-founder, S2S; Stan Nelson, S2S Board Member and Director, Food & Agriculture Markets, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Kit Nugent, Vice President, External Engagement, S2S; Gary Pieringer, Secretary, S2S Board of Trustees and Chairman & CEO, Viscot Inc; Rengarajan Ramesh, PhD, S2S Board Member and Partner, Wasserstein & Co..

https://www.students2science.org/board-of-trustees/


S2S Team Members (as of August 2018)

With the rapid expansion of our organization, we are proud to share our expanded team members’ list:

Organization

Paul Winslow President

Nubia Bedoya Administrative Assistant and Systems Coordinator

Kit Nugent Vice President, External Engagement

Cyndi Roberson Director of Volunteer Recruitment & Corporate Relations

Fred Hage Senior Grant Writer

Joanne Fagan Grant Writer

Farhana Rahman Communications and Marketing Specialist

East Hanover Technology Center

Ellen Barrabee Director of ISAAC

Linda Vigilante ISAAC Program Coordinator

Fran Nelson Director of V-Lab

Linda Loges V-Lab Program Coordinator

Doug Wisniewski Associate Program Director

Tony DiGiovanni V-Lab, Associate Operations Director

Eric Neuberger Senior Instructor and Educational Specialist

Leslie Huwyler Instructor

Gwyn Munn Instructor

Newark Technology Center

Gary Sarkis Director of Operations, Newark

Allen Jones Director of ISAAC, Newark

Cierra Green V-Lab Program Senior Manager, Newark

Samantha Graham ISAAC and V-Lab Program and Operations Coordinator

Helen Armstrong Instructor

Robert Chase Instructor


Financial Report (January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017) Cash Donations

Corporations...............$661,724

• The Allergan Foundation

• Amazon Smile Foundation

• Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.

• Ashland

• AstraZeneca

Pharmaceuticals

• BD

• BioNJ

• Bristol Meyers Squibb

Corporation

• Celgene

• Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

• Fox Valve Corporation

• J. L Schiffman & Co

• JP Morgan Chase & Co.

• Merck

• Novartis

• Novo Nordisk Corporation

• Pfizer

• PolyGel

• PSEG Foundation

• Staples Foundation

• The Toa Reinsurance

Company

• Verizon Foundation

• Viscot Medical, LLC

Foundations……………$742,750

• The Bayview Foundation of the Community

Foundation of New Jersey

• Bacon Winslow Family Trust

• Belmay Family Foundation

• The Community Foundation of New Jersey

• Doss Family Charitable Fund

• Edison Properties Newark Foundation

• The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris

Foundation Home Community Fund of the CFNJ

• The Hyde and Watson Foundation

• George A.Ohl Charitable Trust

• Overdeck Foundation

• Ralph M. Cestone Foundation

• Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation

• Victoria Foundation

• William E. Simon Foundation

Individuals……………$30,261

Gifts in Kind:

Capital Assets ……………$1,034,451

• Airgas

• American Meadows

• Brad-PaK Enterprises, Inc.

• Johnson & Johnson

• Merck

• Novartis

• Pfizer

• Ruth Penn

• Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Worldwide Glass

Resources, Inc.

Professional Services…………$153,949

• Barry Rudner

• Carway Communications

• Connectivity

• Elm City

• Gerhart

• Linder's French Cleaners

• Mario & Yvonne Rocco-

Accumanno

• Meo Brennan, LLC

• Perkin Elmer

• Mr. Charlie Risko

• Sills Cummis

Total Contributions through 2017: $2,623,135


APPENDIX

Full List of Participating Schools in 2017-18

Schools Participating in the ISAAC Program: The 2017-2018 academic year saw 87 individual school visits and

3,012 student visits to the S2S East Hanover Technology Center. Participating schools included the following:

• Abington Avenue School, Newark, NJ

• American History High School, Newark, NJ

• Ann Street School, Newark, NJ

• Arts High School, Newark, NJ

• Bard Early College High School, Newark, NJ

• Barringer Academy of Arts & Humanities,

Newark, NJ

• Barringer Academy of STEAM, Newark, NJ

• Belmont Runyon Community School,

Newark, NJ

• BRICK Peshine Academy, Newark, NJ

• Central Bucks High Schools, Central Bucks,

PA

• Central High School, Newark, NJ

• Charles Boehm Middle School, Pennsbury,

PA

• David Brearley Middle School, Kenilworth, NJ

• Eagle Academy for Young Men, Newark, NJ

• East Hanover Middle School, East Hanover,

NJ

• East Side High School, Newark, NJ

• Elliot Street School, Newark, NJ

• First Avenue School, Newark, NJ

• Great Oaks Charter Schools, Newark, NJ

• Green Hills School, Greendell, NJ

• Grover Cleveland Middle School, West

Caldwell, NJ

• HARP Academy of Health Science, Paterson,

NJ

• High Tech High School, North Bergen, NJ

• Irvington High School, Irvington, NJ

• Lafayette Street School, Newark, NJ

• Link Community School, Newark, NJ

• Malcolm X Shabazz High School, Newark, NJ

• Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School,

Newark, NJ

• McManus Middle School, Linden, NJ

• Newark Science Park High School, Newark,

NJ

• North Penn High School, North Penn, PA

• North Penn Middle School, North Penn, PA

• Oliver Street School, Newark, NJ

• Park Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• Park & Terrill Middle Schools, Scotch Plains-

Fanwood, NJ

• Paterson Academy for the Gifted and

Talented, Paterson, NJ

• Pennsbury High School, Pennsbury, PA

• Pennwood Middle School, Pennsbury, PA

• Raphael Hernandez Elementary School,

Newark, NJ

• Ridge Street School, Newark, NJ

• Soehl Middle School, Linden, NJ

• Technology High School, Newark, NJ

• Union Ave Middle School, Irvington, NJ

• Union City Academy for Enrichment &

Advancement, Union City, NJ

• University High School, Newark, NJ

• University Middle School, Irvington, NJ

• Weequahic High School, Newark, NJ

• West Side High School, Newark, NJ

• William Penn Middle School, Pennsbury, PA


Schools Participating in V-Lab Program: During the 2017-2018 academic year, we served 9,499 students through

449 V-Lab sessions.

• Abington Avenue Elementary, Newark, NJ

• ACE Rahway High School, Rahway, NJ

• American History High School, Newark, NJ

• Ann Street School, Newark, NJ

• Arts High School, Newark, NJ

• Auten Road Intermediate School,

Hillsborough, NJ

• Bard Early College High School, Newark, NJ

• Barringer Academy of Arts & Humanities,

Newark, NJ

• Barringer Academy of STEAM, Newark, NJ

• Bee Meadow School, Hillsborough, NJ

• Belmont Runyon Community School,

Newark, NJ

• Berkeley Terrace Elementary School,

Irvington, NJ

• BRICK Avon Academy, Newark, NJ

• BRICK Peshine Academy, Newark, NJ

• Camden Street School, Newark, NJ

• Central High School, Newark, NJ

• Chancellor Avenue School, Newark, NJ

• Cleveland Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• Crossroads Middle School North, South

Brunswick, NJ

• David Brearley High School, Kenilworth, NJ

• David Brearley Middle School, Kenilworth, NJ

• Dr. E. Alma Flagg Elementary School,

Newark, NJ

• Dr. George Washington Carver School,

Newark, NJ

• Dr. William H. Horton School, Newark, NJ

• Eagle Academy for Young Men, Newark, NJ

• East Side High School, Newark, NJ

• Elliot Street School, Newark, NJ

• First Avenue School, Newark, NJ

• Florence Avenue School, Irvington, NJ

• Franklin Elementary School, Rahway, NJ

• Greater New Brunswick Charter School, New

Brunswick, NJ

• Grove Street Elementary School, Irvington,

NJ

• Harding Elementary School, Kenilworth, NJ

• Harriet Tubman School, Newark, NJ

• Hawkins Street School, Newark, NJ

• Hawthorne Avenue School, Newark, NJ

• Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ

• Irvington High School, Irvington, NJ

• Ivy Hill Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• John F. Kennedy School, Newark, NJ

• Lafayette Street School, Newark, NJ

• Lincoln Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• Luis Munoz Marin School, Newark, NJ

• Malcolm X Shabazz High School, Newark, NJ

• McKinley Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• Mount Vernon Elementary School, Newark,

NJ

• Mountainview Road School, Hillsborough, NJ

• New Jersey Regional Day School, Newark, NJ

• Newark Science Park High School, Newark,

NJ

• Oliver Street School, Newark, NJ

• Park Elementary School, Newark, NJ

• Quitman Street Community School, Newark,

NJ

• Rahway High School, Rahway, NJ

• Raphael Hernandez Elementary School,

Newark, NJ

• Ridge Street Elementary, Newark, NJ

• Roosevelt Elementary School, Rahway, NJ

• Salem Drive School, Hillsborough, NJ

• South 17th Street Elementary, Newark, NJ

• South Street School, Newark, NJ

• Speedway Academies, Newark, NJ

• Spencer Miller Community Elementary,

Newark, NJ

• Sussex Avenue Renew School, Newark, NJ

• Technology High School, Newark, NJ

• Thirteenth Avenue/Dr. MLK Jr. School,

Newark, NJ

• Union Ave Middle School, Irvington, NJ

• University High School, Newark, NJ

• Uplift Academy, Newark, NJ

• Weequanic High School, Newark, NJ

• Westside HS, Newark, NJ

• Wilson Avenue School, Newark, NJ

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