Connecticut Science Teaching Association

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Welcome to the CSTA

STEM on the Schooner postponed due to weather. New date is Wed. Oct. 22, 2025. 

Registration has been reopened. 

Click on the Events tab to register.

Save the Dates

We are working on a year full of virtual and in-person professional learning opportunities.

The following are tentative events & dates. As we confirm each event, flyers will be posted and sent out in our newsletter.

STEMTASTIC events start at 7:30om, using the Zoom link: https://sacredheart-edu.zoom.us/my/bjm0909

Tentative Virtual STEMTASTIC Schedule: 

  • November 10, 2025 - Jeff Greig - Using Interim Assessment Banks
  • December 1, 2025 - Lauren Bennett- Dionne - CT River Museum in Essex, Ct
  • February 9, 2026 - Todd Campbell - Model Based Inquiry
  • March 23, 2026 - Larissa  Graham - CT Estuary Reserve 
  • April 20, 2026 - Nicole Bolduc and Amy Hetherington-Coy - TBD
  • May - Jason Maur - The Science of Cooking - Cooking

Tentative In-Person PD

  • October 22, 2025 - STEM on the Schooner - Sound Waters Schooner trip - Captain’s Cove Bridgeport, CT
  • January 27, 2026 (1/29 snow date) - Jeff Greig - Assessments -  Wallingford (location TBD
  • February - Todd Campbell - Model Based Inquiry - Location TBD
  • March - Cheryl Tokarski - STEMACT and/ or play based education - Location TBD
  • April - Nicole Bolduc and Amy Hetherington-Coy -  Topic and Location TBD 
  • May -  CSTA  Awards Ceremony - Dinosaur State Park (pending)

Congratulations to our 2025 CSTA Science Awardees:

  • Excellence in Science Teaching: Elementary School: Diana Walker, Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School, Norwalk, CT
  • Excellence in Science Teaching: Middle School: Christie Cantalupo, Six to Six Magnet School
  • Excellence in Science Teaching: High School: Brendan Wilkosz, Berlin High School
  • Ralph and Ruth Yulo New Teacher Award: Sydney Collentine, John Read Middle School
  • Babu George STEM Award: John Foldeak, Marine Science Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools
  • Connecticut Science Educator Fellow: Janet Belval, South Windsor High School
  • Marty Tafel Student Scholarship Awards:  Ellie Mao, Greenwich and Rajsi Choudhary, Greenwich





Latest News

  • Join SENEME on October 4 for their fall conference: Adapting to Change at Marine Science Magnet High School in Groton. Infor and registration can be found here: https://seneme.wildapricot.org/event-6234366

  • The White House has announced the 2021, 2022, & 2023 PAEMST Awardees. Congratulations to Joseph Mancino, Carly Imhoff, & Lauren Danner!!! To see a list of all the National PAEMST Awardees, including our 3 CT Science teachers, click here

  • Check out safety news from Ken Roy - Ken Roy's Safety Bulletins!

  • Do you have an idea for a STEMtastic webinar?  Is there someone you would like to talk to?  Is there an area of interest that you think other teachers would like to discuss?  Please let us know.

  • NGSS Assessment Tools  - This site is designed to facilitate development and sharing of classroom NGSS assessment items and item clusters (groups of items associated with same phenomenon)

CSTA Awards

2025  CT Science Awards 

Congratulations to all Awardees!


Excellence in  Elementary Science Teaching 

Diana Walker, Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School, Norwalk, CT


Excellence in Middle School  Science Teaching 

Christie Cantalupo, Six to Six Magnet School


Excellence in  Secondary Science Teaching 

Brendan Wilkosz, Berlin High School


Ralph and Ruth Yulo Beginning Teacher Award

Sydney Collentine, John Read Middle School


Babu George STEM Award

John Foldeak, Marine Science Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools


Connecticut Science Educator Fellow

Janet Belval, South Windsor High School


Marty Tafel Student Scholarship Awards

Ellie Mao, Greenwich and Rajsi Choudhary, Greenwich
Click HERE for more info on the Marty Tafel Award


    PAEMST


    Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science (including computer science) teaching.  

    Congratulations to our recent Awardees & Finalists!

    2025 State Finalists 7-12: Julie Barker, Angela Munoz, & Jennifer Sevigny

    2024 State Finalists K-6: Erica Campbell, Annalisa Martins, & Diana Walker

    2023 Awardee 7-12: Joseph Mancino

    2022 Awardee K-6: Carly Levine

    2021 Awardee 7-12: Lauren Danner

    2020 Awardee K-6: Lori Durocher


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    PO Box 5, Middletown, CT 06457

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