This summer, 10-year-old Elijah Mendez from Hamilton Elementary will join other outstanding students from across the nation to take part in a unique academic and career-oriented development program on the campus of Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Coming fifth grader Mendez has been nominated to take part in the National Youth Leadership Forum Pathways to STEM: Residential Program, one of the Envision by WorldStrides’ family of programs that enable students to explore their interests and experience learning beyond the classroom.
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM education in elementary school is an interdisciplinary approach that combines these subjects into projects that are relevant to real life, helping students develop skills that are importan
