Stilwell’s HyperStream club showcased at STEM Day at the Capitol

Students from Stilwell’s HyperStream club with their mentors from FBL Financial showcased their projects and interest in technology at the STEM Day at the Capitol on February 13.

STEM Day at the Capitol has become an annual tradition as a means for communicating to Iowa’s lawmakers and the general public the many impactful ways that the excitement and opportunity of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) are being brought to youth. Governor Branstad and Governor’s STEM Advisory Council co-chair Lt. Gov. Reynolds along with Council member Senator Schoenjahn reinforced their commitment to STEM education by speaking at this event.

Pictured with Governor Branstad: Radha Velamuri, Keegan McCullough, Emma Ksiazak, Tyler Beveridge, Nick Cinnamon

Pictured with their display: Terry Henderson(FBL), Eric Wagner (FBL), Tom Fischer (volunteer mentor), Radha Velamuri, Emma Ksiazak, Keegan McCullough, Nick Cinnamon, Tyler Beveridge, Ruth Henderson (Stilwell teacher and club sponsor), Tamara Kenworthy (HyperStream Program Director)

Wonky Internet

Frustration! from Bev Sykes

What’s going on with our Internet Access?  Some days it’s ok – but most of the time it’s randomly slow. I might visit a web site and it’s fine – but then the very next link I click on, it’s as if the Internet suddenly died.  What gives?
Our primary internet provider, AEA11/ICN has been having on going issues with their web filtering.  They’ve been working on the issue for the past few weeks and even removed the device that was related to the issue. However, as of this morning (Monday Feb 10th), it appears that the issue has returned despite having the problem equipment replaced.

So, now what?
We’ve been talking with AEA11 about having us routed around the problem  – and that is still being worked on.