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A new robotics team is hoping that with Picatinny Arsenal's help, it can get a wider range of youngsters involved in STEM.
by Cheryl Marino S
cience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs are invaluable for nurturing critical thinking, innovation and problem-solving skills—ultimately driving progress, societal contribution and economic growth. Teachers of these subjects, like New Jersey educator James Hofmann, know this and the importance of teaching kids
about the world around them in a fun, hands-on manner; something he has done throughout his 31-year career teaching technology in the Newton Public School District.
After five years in Newton High School’s STEM Lab and 15 years coaching a local Pica- tinny Arsenal-sponsored varsity robotics team—called Aperture 3142, which he founded in 2009—he strongly believes that hands-on STEM instruction should be available to all inter- ested students. Even beyond their locale.
Now retired, Hofmann is forming a new nonprofit robotics team called Aperture Fabric8 Inc., for which he plans to seek Picatinny sponsorship. Te new nonprofit would be open to all of Sussex County, New Jersey. Hofmann hopes it will act as a conduit for all high school robot- ics teams throughout the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Te concept of Fabric8 would be much like a youth traveling soccer team or a multidistrict Little League Baseball association. A student would have the opportunity to join their local school varsity robotics team (if one is offered) or join a multidistrict, countywide team like Fabric8, or both.
“It’s needed in our area and beyond,” Hofmann said. “It’s scalable. And if this goes as I think, it can be easily shared and transferred to other counties in New Jersey using FIRST [For Inspi- ration and Recognition of Science and Technology] Robotics teams as the motherboard.”
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