On Thursday 4 August, four students including myself, Daniel Lavery, Johann Noronha and Stephen Wijayaratne Thejage were invited to attend the STEM MAD (Make a Difference) showcase. We met Ms Iannazzo at the train station and travelled by train to the Catholic Leadership Centre in the City.

While there we helped run our stand where we talked to other schools about the Year 10 STEM subject, STEM: Experiments in Space and to showcase our rockets. We also met Dr McAlindon there, who was running an Aviation competition for all Catholic Schools in the Melbourne Archdiocese to participate in, and we were able to help run the competition, as well as promote the STEM: Aviation subject that we are able to undertake as Year 9 students here at the College.

Throughout the day, we also had the chance to view the other school’s stands and see what STEM programs they run, and how these might make a difference to everyday society. Overall, it was such a fun day that we all enjoyed.  

Jessica Jepson – 10WO