The love of science is alive and growing in our elementary classrooms! 🔬💚

Our 2nd graders have a very special new friend… meet Emma the Turtle! 🐢✨ What an incredible opportunity for our students to learn about life in a real, hands-on way. From exploring the differences between reptiles and amphibians, to understanding energy sources, to building responsibility through caring for a living animal… this is learning that sticks.

Moments like these spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and bring science to life in the most meaningful ways.
Check out Emma and send her some love! 🐢💫
about 13 hours ago, Steel City Academy
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At Steel City, we value the power of joyful, rigorous learning in action every day, in every class 📚✨

Our Middle School English scholars in Ms. Cavanaugh's class were on the move, diving into literacy through interactive stations focused on making inferences. From rich discussions and thoughtful debates with partners, students were bringing texts to life in meaningful ways 💬🧠

Meanwhile, our 9th grade scholars are immersed in To Kill a Mockingbird—grappling with complex themes, making connections, and engaging deeply with a text that continues to shape conversations across generations. l 📖🔥 🔥
1 day ago, Steel City Academy
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At Steel City, we set clear priorities and align our time, energy, and decisions to bring them to life and this year, STEM has been front and center! 🔬✨

From investing deeply in math professional development, to launching new K–12 science courses, hosting Family STEM Night, starting ourr Math Counts Club, and engaging in interdisciplinary STEM PLCs, we are intentionally creating meaningful, hands-on learning experiences for our students every single day 🔥

Our 3rd graders are bringing science to life as they observe the butterfly life cycle right in their classroom 🐛➡️🦋 Five of our caterpillars have officially made it into their chrysalis stage… which means butterflies are coming VERY soon! There is nothing more powerful than watching curiosity, wonder, and learning unfold in real time. This is STEM at Steel City 💫
1 day ago, Steel City Academy
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This week marks Say Something Week in schools across the country! 💚 This important week is all about empowering students to recognize warning signs, speak up when something doesn’t feel right, and look out for one another. It reinforces the idea that student voice matters and that together, we can create a safe, supportive community for all.

Yesterday, our Student Council led a beautiful initiative in honor of Upstander Day ✨ Student Council members selected a trusted adult in the building to surprise and recognize as an Upstander—someone who listens, steps in, speaks up, and takes action to support others, especially in moments when it matters most.

Check out these special moments as students honored the staff members who make our school a place where everyone feels seen, supported, and safe 💫
3 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Today we are celebrating the incredible women who keep our school running with excellence, heart, and purpose 💐

Happy Administrative Professionals Day to Ms. Wallace, Mama Moore, and Auntie Billie ✨

Mama Moore is the heartbeat of our community. Her love, care, and steady presence create a sense of home for everyone who walks through our doors. She shows up for our students and staff in ways that truly matter.

Auntie Billie models tenacity and excellence every single day. Her ability to execute at a high level, stay organized, and keep everything moving forward is nothing short of extraordinary.

Ms. Wallace brings unmatched creativity and vision to everything she touches. From beautiful designs to unforgettable student experiences, she makes our school feel vibrant, intentional, and full of joy.

Together, they are the engine behind so much of what makes Steel City special. The details, the care, the consistency, the love… it does not happen without them.

Join us in showing them some love in the comments 💛👇🏽

#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay #SteelCityStories #WeCelebrateWhatWeValue
3 days ago, Steel City Academy
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🎉🎓 HUGE congratulations to Aubrey!!! 🎓🎉

We are beyond proud to share that Aubrey, a 10th grader in our Purdue NW squad, has been awarded a FULL scholarship to the University of Notre Dame 2026 Summer Scholars Pre-College Program!

This highly competitive program draws applicants from across the country and around the world, with just a 26% acceptance rate. Aubrey earned her spot AND a full $5,000 scholarship 🙌🏽🔥

This summer, she will:
✨ Earn college credit
✨ Live on campus in Notre Dame dorms
✨ Experience a transformative, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

This is exactly what we mean when we talk about creating experiences and opportunities that ensure our students have access to college, trade school, or the military after graduation. This is the work. 💫

We are so proud of you, Aubrey! Your hard work, brilliance, and dedication continue to shine bright 💛

Shoutout to Mr. Moore for an incredible letter of recommendation and to Ms. Moss for guiding students through the application process every step of the way 👏🏽

This is what it looks like when purpose meets opportunity. Let’s show Aubrey some love in the comments! 🔥💛 #SteelCityStories
4 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Today marked our very first Magnificent Monday as we push to finish Quarter 4 strong 💪🏽🔥

Our teachers took time to nominate squad members and students who went above and beyond last week in living out our core values—and we had the absolute JOY of celebrating these truly MAGNIFICENT students ✨🧠❤️

👏🏽 Help us celebrate these incredible students—drop them a round of applause in the comments! 👏🏽🔥
4 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Our 3rd–5th grade scholars kick off ILEARN testing tomorrow, Monday, April 20! ✨📚

At Steel City, we believe this is a moment to show what we know and how far we’ve grown 💪🏽🧠

Let’s set our students up for success:
✔️ Get a great night’s sleep 💤
✔️ Arrive on time ⏰
✔️ Eat breakfast 🍎
✔️ Come ready to shine ✨

We are so proud of our students and teachers 🔥 and all the hard work they’ve put in this year. Now it’s time to show it 💫 Let’s go, Steel City 🔥
6 days ago, Steel City Academy
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STEM Night at Steel City was one for the books! 🎉

We are so grateful to all of our families and students who came out to join us. Your presence, energy, and willingness to jump into the learning made the night truly special. It was incredible to see our community come together to celebrate math, science, and engineering in such a joyful way.

From our youngest learners to our high school students, every space was filled with excitement and hands-on learning:
✨ K–2: Splash, Stick & Build
🌋 Grades 3–5: Sugar Volcanoes & Build Your Ride
🏀 Grades 6–8: March Madness STEM Challenge
🎢 Grades 9–12: Engineering in Motion – From Free Fall to Rollercoaster Design

Families also had a blast engaging in our Math Games & Riddles station, featuring Race to 100, Sudoku, Math Fact Swatting, Multiple Representation Games, and more. 💯

A huge shout out to our incredible STEM Night Planning Team - Ms. Larkins, Mrs. Ward, Ms. Scott, Coach Kelly, Mr. Stevens, Ms. Beasley, Mrs. Combs, and Mr. Ward - for designing and leading such engaging, high-quality experiences for our students and families. 💙

And a heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers - Ms. Osborne, Principal Pratt, Ms. Renee, Mrs. Cavanaugh, our National Honor Society students, and our Yearbook team - for stepping in wherever needed, capturing the moments, and ensuring the night ran so smoothly. Your support made all the difference. 🔥

At Steel City, we celebrate what we value, and this night was a powerful reflection of JOY, curiosity, and meaningful learning in action. 🔥 Check out a few highlights from the night! 📸
9 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Joy, creativity, and purpose in action 🎨🔥

In February, our Paintbrush Playground students, under the leadership of our incredible K–12 Art teacher Mr. Gill, showcased their work at the Colors of Culture: A Celebration of Black Creativity youth-led art exhibit. What a powerful moment to see our students step into their brilliance and share their voices through art!

And last week… the full circle moment 💫 Our students received payment for the pieces they sold.

Our young artists experienced firsthand that their creativity, their talent, and their gifts have real value. That what they create can move people, tell stories, and generate opportunity.

We are so grateful to Mr. Gill for creating such a transformative experience and for continuing to pour into our students in ways that truly matter. At Steel City, we don’t just celebrate creativity… we cultivate it, elevate it, and turn it into opportunity. 💙🔥
16 days ago, Steel City Academy
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At Steel City Academy this year, we’ve placed a bold, intentional focus on building a strong, joyful math culture. 🔢✨

From creating aspirational math environments to investing deeply in positive math identities for our staff, we are doing the work to ensure that math is not just something our students do, it is something they feel confident engaging in and genuinely enjoy.

Through our Steel City Math Institute, our team has been grounding their practice in the building blocks of true conceptual understanding — from counting and cardinality to composition and decomposition, all the way through unitizing and place value. This is the foundation. This is the work. 🔥

And our classrooms are bringing it to life in the most beautiful ways.

Shoutout to our incredible K–1 team, Ms. Fairley and Ms. Larkins, for leading with both purpose and joy in their math classes! From dice games that build cardinality to multiple representations that deepen number sense, their math stations are alive with engagement, curiosity, and confidence. 🎲💙

This is what it looks like when strong instruction meets joyful learning. This is what it looks like when we build MATHletes from the very beginning.

We are so proud. We are just getting started. 💫🔥
16 days ago, Steel City Academy
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🎉✨ At Steel City, we celebrate what we value and today we’re celebrating our people! 💙🔥

Our March Teacher & Staff Members of the Month exemplify purpose and school wide contributions in action - showing up with intentionality in March and supporting our students in the crazy state testing time, all while doing their role each and every day 💪🏽🔥

Please help us celebrate them by showing some love in the comments and giving them their flowers in person! 🌸💐
🌟 Teacher of the Month: Ms. McCullum - A new member of the Steel City team this year, Ms. McCullum truly showed up in the month of March. She gave her time as an Indiana Learns tutor after school and embraced the intensity of testing season, helping ensure our 5th graders experienced a high quality, aspirational environment for ILEARN.

🌟 Instruction, CCR, & Culture Staff Member of the Month: Ms. Grigsby - Ms. Grigsby showed up with incredible purpose in March, consistently being there for our kindergarteners with care, joy, and dedication. A true lifelong learner, she brings gratitude, positivity, and a “whatever it takes” mindset to her students each and every day.

🌟 Leader, Finance & Operations Staff Member of the Month: Mr. Stevens - Mr. Stevens shows up every day for our students, staff, and school with immense joy and purpose. From leading all technology for state testing to ensuring 100% of families have access to results, and being the first in the building each morning to prepare every space for our community, his impact is felt in every corner of Steel City. To say we are grateful hardly captures it. 💙🔥

Thank you for living our mission and modeling what it means to lead with purpose, joy, and excellence every single day. We are so proud to have you on this team. 💙🔥
#SteelCityAcademy #TeamSteelCity #SteelCityStrong #StaffOfTheMonth #TeacherOfTheMonth
16 days ago, Steel City Academy
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💙🔥 MARCH CORE VALUE AWARD WINNERS! 🔥💙

At Steel City Academy, our Core Values are not posters on a wall. They are lived out through the daily actions of our team. Each month, our Senior Leadership Team recognizes staff members who go above and beyond in embodying these values, and we are proud to celebrate our March Core Value Award winners! 💙🔥

Help us show them some love for the incredible ways they continue to show up for our students, our team and our community. 🌟

❤️ GRIT: Ms. Mitchell - Ms. Mitchell embraces the challenge of being a physical education teacher in a building without a gym, consistently finding innovative ways to keep our students active, engaged, and moving their bodies. Her creativity and commitment ensure our students experience the joy and importance of physical wellness every day. 💙🔥

🎯 PURPOSE: Ms. Riddle - Ms. Riddle has stepped up in so many ways to support our students’ mental health, providing consistent 1:1 support while also taking on teaching health this quarter. Her dedication ensures our students are supported both emotionally and academically. 💙🔥

🙏 GRATITUDE: AP Moore - AP Moore models gratitude throughout our building, consistently recognizing students and staff for living out our culture systems that make Steel City so special. We are equally grateful for his leadership, presence, and the positive energy he brings to our community each day. 💙🔥

🎯 PURPOSE: Ms. Renee & Mr. Stevens - Ms. Renee and Mr. Stevens stepped up to lead our after school coordination for the IN Learns tutoring program, ensuring students are supported from start to finish. From meals to attendance to high dosage tutoring, their leadership is helping create meaningful opportunities for our students to grow. 💙🔥

Thank you for going above and beyond and for living our mission through grit, purpose, and gratitude every single day. We are so proud of you! 💙🔥 #CoreValuesInAction #SteelCityStrong #PurposeJoyGritTeam 💙🔥
17 days ago, Steel City Academy
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We are just ONE WEEK away from our very first Steel City Family STEM Night and we cannot wait! 🔬✨

Join us on Tuesday, April 14 from 4:30–6:30 PM for a hands on, family STEM experience designed to spark curiosity, build confidence, and bring math and science to life! 🚀

What to expect:
🧪 Interactive STEM + Math stations (K–12)
🧠 Fun challenges and problem solving
🔧 Build, create, and explore together
🎟️ STEM passports and circuit experience

Our goal is simple, we want every family to walk away feeling confident and excited about STEM! 💙🔥

Please RSVP so we can plan for an amazing night:
👉 https://forms.gle/1Qe8iTWbRfnkAXiV9
We cannot wait to see you there!
18 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Happy National Assistant Principals Week to one of the very best — AP Joshua Moore! 🔥💙

A founding team member, AP Moore has been part of Steel City Academy’s journey from the very beginning, helping to build the strong foundation that our school stands on today. For nine+ years, he has poured his heart, leadership, and unwavering commitment into making Steel City a place where our students can thrive.

AP Moore builds meaningful relationships with families, shows up for students in every moment, and wears countless hats to guide student growth in alignment with our mission and vision.

Whether he is leading, teaching, supporting, or problem solving, AP Moore does it all with grit, heart, and deep love for our community. His impact can be felt in every hallway, every classroom, and every success story at Steel City.

If you see AP Moore this week, make sure to show him some extra love and gratitude for all he has done to make Steel City Academy such a special place over the past nine years.

We are so grateful for you, AP Moore. 💙🔥
19 days ago, Steel City Academy
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🔥 WE’RE HIRING AT STEEL CITY ACADEMY 🔥

This is more than a job. This is a calling.

At Steel City Academy, we are building something powerful for our students and our city. We are looking for educators and team members who bring purpose, urgency, and JOY to the work every single day.

✨ Who we’re looking for:
• People who absolutely love kids and believe their own actions shape student success
• Educators who take personal responsibility for results and hold a standard for excellence
• Team members who meet challenges with solutions, flexibility, and grit
• Practitioners committed to research-based instruction and continuous growth
• Individuals who believe ALL students can learn and thrive
• People who see Gary as an asset and are ready to invest in our community

At Steel City, we don’t just teach. We create life-changing opportunities for our students. 💙 If you’re ready to do meaningful work, grow your craft, and be part of something bigger than yourself… we want you on this team.

👉 Apply today: https://app.hirenimble.com/jobs/SteelCityAcademy

#SteelCityAcademy #NowHiring #PurposeDriven #GaryIndiana #EducationWithJoy #JoinOurTeam
20 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Grateful for the partnership of the City of Gary Government 💙🔥

This week, their incredible team joined us at Steel City Academy to share powerful opportunities available to our staff and community including the Down Payment Assistance Program, First-Time Homebuyer Workshops, and more.

Our team left feeling informed, inspired, and energized with many already exploring how to take the next steps toward homeownership and financial growth.

At Steel City, we are committed to creating opportunities not just for our students, but for our staff and families to thrive and to be active contributors in the continued strengthening of Gary. 🔥
22 days ago, Steel City Academy
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Steel City Families 💙🔥 It’s time for one of our FAVORITE traditions… Special Person’s Day at Steel City Academy! 🫶✨

Our students get the opportunity to invite someone special in their life, whether it is a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or family friend, to come experience the joy of Steel City alongside them 💫

📣 K–5 students brought home flyers + sign up sheets YESTERDAY! Be sure to return your form to your teacher or Ms. Wallace by Monday, April 6
✔️ Each student may invite ONE special person

📅 Event Schedule:
• K–1: Wednesday, April 8
• Grades 2–3: Thursday, April 9
• Grades 4–5: Friday, April 10

🪪 Reminder: All visitors should bring a state ID or driver’s license for quick check-in

We cannot wait to open our doors and celebrate the incredible people who support our students every day. It is going to be a morning full of joy, connection, and special memories 💙🔥

Questions? Reach out to Ms. Wallace!
22 days ago, Steel City Academy
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So much JOY and GRATITUDE as we reflect on our recent Feed the Flame Food Pantry efforts! 💙🔥

This season, we were proud to host BOTH an in-person Feed the Flame Pantry for our families, community partners, and staff, as well as a drive-through pantry for our Steel City families. Together, these efforts allowed us to support over 120 families across our community!

We know grocery prices are high, and moments like this can go a long way for all of us! What a true blessing to be able to come together and support one another in such a meaningful way.

A huge THANK YOU to the City of Gary Government and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana for making this possible. Your partnership continues to make a real difference in the lives of our families.

This is what community looks like. 💙🔥
23 days ago, Steel City Academy
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🚨🔥 TOMORROW at Steel City – FEED THE FLAME! 🔥🚨

Don’t miss it! Join us Monday, March 30th from 1:00–3:00 PM at Steel City Academy for our Feed the Flame Food Market—we’re ready to serve our families and fuel our community in a BIG way! 💛

🛍️ The bags are packed, prepped, and ready for YOU! Come grab yours while supplies last!

All Steel City families and staff are invited to receive:
🛍️ A full grocery bag with 15+ essential items (including chicken, canned vegetables, pasta, rice, cereal & more)
🎟️ 5 market tickets to shop for additional groceries of your choice

As the cost of everyday essentials continues to rise, we’re excited to provide this opportunity to support our families and ensure everyone has access to the resources they need.

📍 Open to all Steel City families & staff
⚠️ One bag per child (maximum of two bags per household)

Huge thank you to our partners, the City of Gary Government and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, for helping make this possible! 🤝

✨ Come early, bring your family, and get what you need—we can’t wait to see you tomorrow! 🔥

#SteelCityAcademy #FeedTheFlame #FuelingOurFamilies #GaryIN #CommunityStrong
27 days ago, Clark Stevens
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