MIT STEM - For the third consecutive summer YDO students traveled to Cambridge, MA to attend the MIT STEM Program. Joining select students from Boston and Cambridge, eleven YDO middle school students took classes beginning at Level 1 (summer after 5th grade) with Algebra and Biology and continuing through Level 4 (summer after 8th grade) which involved Robotics and Pre-calculus.

The Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Summer Program is an intensive five-week summer program for middle school students, taught by MIT undergraduates. Students learn college-level material through lectures, projects and experiments at the MIT campus in Cambridge “that develop their curiosity and understanding about math and science” To learn more about this wonderful program and what the kids will be up to at MIT this summer, please visit http://web.mit.edu/stem/STEM_Home.html

The YDO Wolves and YDO Lightning soccer teams are in first place in their respective divisional brackets in the Essex County league. This is a huge accomplishment, especially given the short amount of time the kids have been involved with the game of soccer. Last week the boys clinched the No.

Today in journalism , we have been interviewing people about many different things . Our recent interview was about extra curricular activities that kids at Phillips Academy are into . Everyone took the paper and writing utensil , and they were on their way to the commons. Lymarie Santana and I had been partners in this activity so we interviewed about 7 people together . Some of the students had said they do volunteering , double dutch , debating , photography , and the philllipian . The phillipian is the Phillips academy school news paper . Many people, write for it .

The Lawrence Lightning, Wolves and Bulldogs kicked off their spring season opener on Saturday, April 10th. The Lightning started the spring season with a 9:00 a.m. game against Andover and won 4-1. The Wolves followed with a 6-0 win over Marblehead and the younger Bulldogs finished with a 2-2 tie against Hamilton Wenham. The teams look forward to hitting the road next weekend to take on Peabody, Newburyport and North Reading. Check back next weekend for updates!

Here is a snapshot of some of the activities and events our students have participated in this year! Some of our high school students went to Disney on Ice at the TD Banknorth Garden with our younger elementary school students. Our Theater Troupe students traveled to Boston to see the musical, In the Heights, with their Phillips Andover instructors.

YDO soccer players and their families will get together for a potluck dinner event on Tuesday, December 15th at Chester's (60 Island Street, Lawrence) to celebrate the accomplishments of the fall traveling soccer season. All three teams, the Wolves, Lightning and Bulldogs, participated with great enthusiasm and spirit and represented Lawrence as the City's first ever traveling teams. The U12 Wolves ended their Essex County season as undefeated champions and the Lightning tied for 1st place. If you have any interest in learning more about YDO soccer as we look to grow more teams for competition, please contact Stephanie (steph@ydolawrence.org).