Maine to Maryland, GEMS student travels miles for experience

Several students recently attended the weeklong Gains in the Education of Math and Science program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The program is run by the Army Educational Outreach Program and is designed as an extracurricular science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The program provides rising 5th through 12th grade students hands-on learning experiences in a U.S. Army laboratory environment while working alongside Army scientists and engineers and conducting real-world STEM projects.

One of the recent students was Sophie Bray, a 10th grade high school student from Yarmouth, Maine, and the granddaughter of Dr. James McCauley, from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. She said she was interested in attending the program because her brothers had attended GEMS and had shared their experiences with her.

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