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Baltimore students receive laptops to support college success through building steps program
BALTIMORE — Some graduating seniors in Baltimore City are heading off to college with a critical tool in hand — a brand-new laptop, courtesy of Building Steps and partner Ciena Technologies.
UMBC and Building STEPs partner to help Baltimore City high school students reach their potential in STEM
Boing! Bouncy balls strike the hallway floor as small groups of students measure bounce heights with a meterstick and record data. They repeat the test in a carpeted classroom, then analyze results in Excel, discussing how surfaces affect energy conversion.
Building STEPS Celebrates Quarter-Century of Helping Students
A quarter-century ago, Matthew Weinberg says he wanted to do something to increase the number of people working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields who didn’t look like him.
Community MVP: Building Steps organization prepares Baltimore City Schools students for college
The organization Building Steps helps prepare Baltimore City students for college and careers.
Building STEPS Helps Students Become the First in Their Family to Graduate College
Inside the Inner Harbor’s Colwell Center, Sarah Sterinbach is demonstrating how to use a pipette, a hand-held device that functions similarly to an eyedropper, but for use in scientific experiments. As she lifts it up and holds it vertically in her right hand, 30 high school juniors wearing lab coats and sterile disposable gloves do the same.
‘I’m In College Acceptance’ event celebrates first-generation college students
Taking the next step into higher education is never easy, but some Baltimore City students were helped along the way to make that transition easier.
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