CPTA STEM Committee: Dr. Jon Epstein (Co-Chair), Prof. Renuka Sankaran (Co-Chair); Nitin Sharma (Sci Olympics - 7B); Chitra Agastya (Sci Olympics Bell); Parik Gogte and Vivek Agastya (Quiz Bowls & Bees)

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We encourage all interested students K-12 to participate. Students can present any STEM project or science concept that excites them.

Our preferred format is a tri-fold posterboard (available at most office supply stores) that explains the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the concept.
We encourage demonstrations BUT please, NO food, live animals, fire or hazardous materials.

Thank you!

To Register for STEMFEST 2026:

https://chappaquapta.membershiptoolkit.com/home

registration will open on March 5th @ 8:30pm and remain open through April 10th @ 11:59pm

Watch the info session from March 5th

Zoom Recording HERE

We need volunteers to make STEMFEST a success. Sign up here to help out on April 19th!

Thank you!!!

Notes:

You must be a current member of the CPTA to register for STEM FEST 2026

STEM FEST will take place rain or shine on April 19th

For group presentations larger than 4 students, or for any inwuiries, please reach out to us at chappaquaptastem@gmail.com

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One Health Day Art Challenge

Calling all artists...

One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people, animals, plants and the environment are closely connected and depend on each other. The One Health approach brings together all kinds of experts to address some of the biggest threats to our health like epidemics, antimicrobial resistance and climate change.

November 3rd is One Health Day, internationally recognized as part of an effort to raise awareness of this important approach for addressing global health challenges.

The CPTA STEM Committee is inviting students to create an artistic expression of ‘One Health’ to help bring awareness to this important concept!

Thank you for those who submitted your amazing artwork! We will be displaying One Health Art Challenge entries at STEMFEST 2026 on April 19th 1pm-4pm at Horace Greeley High School. We hope to see you there!

Art Challenge Rules

Students are invited to create an artistic expression of the One Health concept to help bring awareness to this important approach to health. Some ideas include:

A digital photo collage of diverse ecosystems, animals, and human activities
A painting of an ecosystem, teeming with diverse wildlife and humans and showing how they interact
An original piece of music that uses different instruments to represent various aspects of the environment, human, and animal life
A sculpture or model showing connections between Earth, people and animals

Please submit a digital image of visual artwork and a digital file of any video or music entry.

The deadline for digital submission is December 15th.

Entries will be displayed at STEM FEST on April 19, 2026.

Rules:

Participants must be students in the Chappaqua School District (K-12).
Original art may be in any medium (e.g. painting, drawing, sculpture, model, music, video), but entries must be submitted in an electronic form (e.g. a photo of the sculpture, a scan or photo of a painting, mp4 or mp3 file, etc.).
Digital files should be named as follows: Student last name_first initial_[first three letters of school] Grade. e.g. Jones_I_BEL_8
Physical art must be no larger than 10 in x 10 in x 10 in
Videos must be no longer than 30 seconds and music must be no longer than 2 minutes.
Art may not contain any explicit graphical imagery, printed words or lyrics.
Digital uploads must be .jpeg, .png, .pdf, mp3 or mp4 files less than 10MB