Invested in STEAM!
New Robots for Briarwood Elementary School and Brooklake Elementary School
New Robots Delivered!
In Spring 2026, the Florham Park School District launched STEAM classes at both Briarwood Elementary School (Pre-K–2) and Brooklake Elementary School (3-5). The program emphasizes student voice and empowerment, creativity, school community, and real-world problem solving. These new robots are for the engineering unit. Students work with age-appropriate robotics kits and tools that foster collaboration and critical thinking.
Thanks to donations, we raised $7,100!
Thank you for helping us reach our goal.
Our students deserve the best! Your donations directly equipped Briarwood and Brooklake teachers with new technology, empowering and inspiring their students for the 2025-2026 school year and beyond.
The Florham Park School District enhanced the STEAM program at Briarwood (Pre-K-2) and Brooklake (3-5) in 2026. To get ready for the Engineering Unit, the FPEF partnered with school administrators to raise money for new robotics kits!
The FPEF raised $7,100 from the community to replace the current robotics equipment. The new robotics equipment includes:
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Bee-Bots for PreK and Kindergarten at Briarwood Elementary, introducing early coding concepts.
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Ozobots for 1st and 2nd Graders at Briarwood, allowing them to "program" robots with color patterns.
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Finch 2.0 robots for all 3rd-5th grade students and the STEAM club at Brooklake, growing with students from block-based to advanced text-based programming.
The robots are used in STEAM class as well as by Peer Leaders, STEAM Club, and Art Club.
Bee-Bot is designed for students in PreK through second grade. Bee-Bot may be programmed to move forward and back and turn left and right by pressing the corresponding arrow keys on its back. Press the green GO button and watch Bee-Bot follow the steps. Children are captivated by Bee-Bot and eager to send it on its way. Bee-Bots are used by PreK and Kindergarten classes.
An Ozobot is a small, robotic toy that helps elementary school students learn basic coding concepts by following color patterns drawn on paper, essentially allowing them to "program" the robot's movements with colors, making it a fun and engaging way to introduce critical thinking and problem-solving skills within a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) context; students can draw color sequences on paper to control the robot's actions like turning, stopping, or speeding up, all without needing to write any code on a computer. The classroom set of Ozobots is used with all 1st and 2nd Grade students during STEAM class.
Finch 2.0: a robot designed to grow with students. From icon- and block-based coding to advanced text-based programming, the Finch is a tool for elementary school, AP computer science, and every class in between. This low floor, high ceiling tool includes materials designed for teachers who are new to coding so they can meet the needs of students at all experience levels. Finch 2.0 is used by students at Brooklake.
Inspiring our students and helping prepare them for a technology-rich future.
We believe that every student deserves the best possible education delivered by well funded, well resourced educators. Together, we can inspire our students, empower our teachers, and engage our community. Thank you for your support.