CCSD 2 looks to expand Summer Science Program

Josh Sandlian likes to think of science as a football game.

“During the week, you are practicing concepts like throwing, catching and tackling,” Sandlian said. Those football skills are similar to math and language arts.

For Sandlian, science is the opportunity for students to apply their math and language arts skills to real situations.

“Friday night is the game,” he said. “Science is that football game. It lets kids show what they know.”

As the first science facilitator in Carbon County School District No. 2, Sandlian is trying to make science a focus for students throughout the district.

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