DISTRICT 75 - STEM DEPARTMENT
Reach Your Full Potential
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DISTRICT 75 - STEM DEPARTMENT
The District 75 STEM Department equips our school community with innovative tools and practices that inspire curiosity and build awareness of the role of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in our daily lives.
We provide accessible, culturally inclusive learning experiences for students with disabilities, which create opportunities for them to become independent, critical thinkers who contribute their unique skills to our evolving world.
2025-2026
District Events
D75 Lego Expo 2026
DISTRICT NEWS
At a Glance
MATH DEPARTMENT
NYC Solves Pilot:
We are grateful to have had so many wonderful Math PD opportunities this year to learn alongside one another.
Our schools are adjusting and aligning to the NYC Math Shifts with vigor, tenacity, and great enthusiasm. We are so excited to continue this journey next year, piloting in 26 schools! Please continue to reach out for support throughout the remainder of the year and summer. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to prioritizing math for our students.
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
An Epic D75 LEGO League Expo '26 What an incredible milestone! Our recent District 75 LEGO League Expo was the culmination of months of hard work, creative problem-solving, and endless design iteration. This was the most epic D75 Expo we’ve ever hosted, featuring more participating schools, a wider array of projects, and a higher level of complexity than ever before. A massive and heartfelt THANK YOU to the entire village that made this possible:
Our creative students, dedicated teachers & administrators, our hardworking custodians, The New York Hall of Science and, Superintendent Dr. Keisha McCoy and her team!
Our technology growth wasn't just for the students this year, we've had an incredible lineup of professional development sessions designed to sharpen our staff's digital toolkits. We saw fantastic engagement across our amazing Canva PD series, alongside highly successful sessions covering AI integration, Photoshop, Alternatives to Boardmaker, Podcasting, and Magic School.
We are fully committed to continuing this work! To help us tailor our upcoming schedule, please look out for a follow-up survey hitting your inbox soon. Take a quick moment to let us know which PD sessions you would be most likely to attend next year so we can build the ultimate tech menu for you.
Looking Ahead
Summer Robotics at 17x! The innovation doesn't stop when the school year ends! We are thrilled to announce our brand new, "True Robotics" competition taking place at 17x over the summer. Prepare for even more advanced engineering, coding, and teamwork as our students level up their tech skills. Stay tuned for more details as we gear up for another spectacular showcase!
Check out our brand new D75 AI Tutorial Page for guidance on using AI in your workflow!
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
D75 Home Instruction Teachers Rock the Lactose Tolerance PD! The energy was sky-high at our recent High School Professional Development session! D75 Home Instruction teachers gathered for a fully hands-on experience exploring the new Regents Investigation on Lactose Tolerance. Our educators conducted experiments, built models, and even played a card game designed to bring science to life. It was a fantastic day of collaborative learning, and our teachers are excited to bring these dynamic, interactive tools directly to our home instruction students!
APPLIED LEARNING
Plant Learn Grow
The Applied Learning Department wrapped up our Plant Learn Grow spring PD offerings with six on-site workshops including PDs at the Queens, Brooklyn, and Bronx Botanical Gardens for teachers participating in the Garden Partnership Program, a brand new Farmstand PD, and our Level UP! series with one day each for Soil and Water. During the workshops, teachers dehydrated bananas, strawberries and apples, adapted the GrowNYC Farmstand Business Curriculum, and tested soil from their own school gardens.
At Queens Botanical Garden, participants got to spend time on the all organic, female-run farm learning about different types of irrigation systems and assembled a drip system with the farmers and our GrowNYC school garden coordinators. Thank you to 77K, 277Q, and 721K for sharing your horticulture and farmstand programs with the D75 community, and welcome to 77K's new baby chicks!
Garden Partnerships
Our Garden Day Celebration is on June 11 this year at all three botanical gardens with over 100 D75 classes!
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats.
We strive to ignite that fire in our students, inspiring a love of math that will last a lifetime. Our department is dedicated to providing high-quality education and valuable resources to students of all ages and abilities.