The STEM of Their Future
When a letter first arrived with a gold seal, Malarie Laffoon was a bit skeptical. It looked like spam mail. But when she opened it, it revealed a delightful surprise: Brady, her 8-year-old son, had been nominated and invited to attend a prestigious STEM program in Seattle this summer. In order to be nominated, his grades had to be high and he had to demonstrate an extreme amount of maturity, both attributes Laffoon recognized. But still, a week at a camp in Seattle? “I’m thi