Congratulations to the Union Middle School Odyssey of the Mind teams! Led by their coach, Mr. Jonathan Evans, the seventh and eighth-grade teams participated in a regional competition at Branchburg Central Middle School on Saturday, February 29th. Team members started working back in September and began applying their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to creating art, and executed their live performance at the competition on the 29th. The seventh-grade team beat their personal best and placed third, while the eighth-grade team placed first! The … [Read more...] about Union Middle School Odyssey of the Mind

Students in Mrs. Ealey's Architecture class were treated to a professional architect visit by Mrs. Cantelmi! Students learned about scale, architecture drawings and architecture as a career. Students explored various blueprints of buildings and homes in NYC. Students were given great feedback on their current Treehouse projects! … [Read more...] about Mrs. Ealey’s Architecture Class

Elizabeth Duffy visited the grade, eight science classes, vis Skype on Thursday, February 20th from the Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA.  She grew up in Union, NJ and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2011. She has been working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA for the past 9 years as an engineer in the Sample Acquisition and Handling Group.   She discussed her experiences and roles at JPL with the students, including being a test engineer for the sampling drill on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover and being a part of the … [Read more...] about Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA

Thursday March 26, 2020 6:30-7:30 P.M. Union School Cafeteria     … [Read more...] about STEM Night at UMS