A Celebration of STEAM Events, Activities & Challenges
March 22-23, 2025
Millburn Education Foundation is honoring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math with STEAMFest 2025. During the month of March, we're hosting STEAM-related competitions for Millburn K-12 students that are sure to challenge their busy minds. We hope you'll join us in this STEAM celebration!
Save the weekend of March 22-23, 2025!
More information is coming soon including information on the STEAM challenges, details for each competition and registration links.
virtual
Virtual Chess Tournament
Ready to play some Chess? Test your mettle against your peers in our town-wide VIRTUAL Chess Tournament which takes place on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 3pm. (Lichess ID required.) The competition will recognize the top 5 winners of each age group and additional prizes will be given to the top 3!
Registration opens March 6, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm on March 13.
due
4-15-24
Coding Challenge
See if you have what it takes for this year's Coding Challenge created by industry professionals. The competition will recognize the top 5 winners of each age group and additional prizes will be given to the top 3! Registration opens March 20, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm on April 10, 2024. Submissions are due by 11:59pm on April 15, 2024.
in person
4-27-24
Art Challenge
Test your creativity in this year's NEW Art Challenge for students in grades 9-12. The competition will recognize the top 5 winners and additional prizes will be given to the top 3! Registration opens March 20, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm on April 10, 2024. Submissions are due by 11:59pm on April 15, 2024.
films due
3-1-25
Art - FilmFest Challenge
Calling all filmmakers in grades 5-12! This year our FilmFest Challenge has two (2) categories for film submissions: Casual and Professional.
Casual will be no longer than 90 second videos focused on a positive message around a centralized topic - Careers in STEAM. The idea is to create a video that might promote the topic on social media.
Professional is where aspiring filmmakers take it to the next level and create an original film of no longer than 15 minutes in length and the topics are self-selected by the filmmaker within the boundaries of the rules.
Film Submissions are due by 11:59pm on Wednesday, March 1, 2025.​
FILM MAKER CHECKLIST
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in person
4-27-24
Rated Chess Tournament
Test your chess skills against your peers in our in-person USCF-rated chess tournament that will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Millburn High School. The tournament will be run and proctored by CHESS IN MILLBURN ACADEMY and will feature 3 levels of play (Unrated, U800 and U1600) The competition will recognize the top 5 winners of each age group and additional prizes will be given to the top 3! (USCF membership ID required!) Registration opens March 6, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm on April 24, 2024.​
in person
3-22-25
Math Contest (K-12)
Check out our in-person math contests for grades K-12 that will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Hartshorn School. The competition will recognize the top 5 winners of each age group and additional prizes will be given to the top 3! Registration opens March 6, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm April 5, 2024.
due
4-15-24
Environmental Challenge
See if you have what it takes for this year's Environmental Challenge created by industry professionals. The competition will recognize the top 5 winners of each age group and additional prizes will be given to the top 3! Registration opens March 20, 2024 and closes by 11:59pm on April 10, 2024. Submissions are due by 11:59pm on April 15, 2024.
2025 STEAMFest Sponsors
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
VOLUNTEER
We're always looking for volunteers to make our events a success. If you'd like to help, we'd love to have you! We always need extra helpful hands!