MATES & MCN are Proud to be Hosting Our 9th Annual Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics (STEAM) Night!
⭐ March 12, 2026 (Thu) 5:30 – 8 pm | MATES Campus ⭐
Delight in all the amazing projects on display during STEAM Night! 🚀🌋
We’ll also have community members, enrichment vendors, and parent volunteers leading fun hands-on STEAM activities, demonstrations, and interactive experiences for students and families to enjoy together.
We hope to see you and the whole family this Thursday at STEAM Night! 🔬 💡
STEAM Night will feature community exhibits as well as student projects. If your student is interested in creating a science or technology project, please review the details below regarding the student project application and guidelines.
Documents & Guidelines:
Application Deadline: February 19, 2026 (Thu)
EXTENDED UNTIL FEBRUARY 27, 2026 (FRI)!
Technology Deadline: March 6, 2026 (Fri)
Science Project Deadline: March 12, 2026 (Thu)
Download Application Form
Download Science Project Guidelines
Download Technology Project Guidelines
For more information, or if you are interested in volunteering for this event, contact nightprograms@matesmcn.net.
Volunteers are needed to help make this event a success. While the primary grade-level volunteers for STEAM Night are TK, Kindergarten, and 4th Grade, families from all grade levels are welcome to participate.
Many hands make light work! If you are able to spare a moment, STEAM Night needs:
- 6 ft. tables
- Set up & clean up of chairs, tables, decor, projects, & rooms
- Vendor support
- Welcome table, MPR & room assistants
Please sign up below. We appreciate all your support!
📣 Calling All MATES Alumni 🗣️
Currently in Middle School or High School!
2024-2025:
MATES & MCN are Proud to be Hosting Our 8th Annual Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics (STEAM) Night!
March 6, 2025 (Thu) 5:30 – 8 pm | MATES Campus
STEAM Night was a Huge Success! 🚀🌋💡🔌🚤✨
Our awesome students showcased their incredible and innovative projects, and we were thrilled to have amazing community vendors join us in celebrating creativity, innovation, and hands-on learning. Thank you to everyone who made this night so special! 🔬🧪⚛️
Get ready for interactive student projects, hands-on activities, and incredible exhibits from our community!
And that’s not all. We’re bringing some serious robot action to STEAM Night! 🤖🔥
Meet Whiplash — a 250-pound heavyweight combat robot built by Team Fast Electric Robots (aka the Vasquez family)! The Vasquezes have competed in every season of the BattleBots reboot on ABC, Discovery, and Science Channel, and now they’re bringing their legendary bot to MATES!
With its high-powered offense and the expert driving of Matt Vasquez — one of the greatest drivers in BattleBots history — Whiplash has dominated the competition and is always a force to be reckoned with.
STEAM Night is coming in 2025! Mark your calendars, and start brainstorming ideas for your STEAM Night project!
We will have some amazing student projects to view and interact with, community vendors with their incredible STEAM projects, and many hands on activities.
2023-2024:
MATES & MCN are Proud to be Hosting Our 7th Annual Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics (STEAM) Night!
Great job, STEAM team!! Erin Shannon Tracy & Heather Coe, you rocked it!!
We appreciate you! 
So many partners make STEAM Night such a success! Thank you to all the amazing parent volunteers, local high schools, our community collaboration school (CLU), local vendors, alumni, and of course all of our student presentations.
This is what puts the “community” in MCN Mates Community Network! 
- AeroVironment Mars Rover
- kidSTREAM
- Create Studios
- Science with Kevin
- Chaminade Robotics
- CLU Robotics
- Nyla Pascual – Westlake HS
- Oak Park Rockets
- Ramon Moreno – TO HS
- MATES Students/Families
2022-2023:
MATES & MCN are Proud to be Hosting Our 6th Annual Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics (STEAM) Night!
Thank you, everyone, for supporting STEAM Night!
A big thank you to our AMAZING STEAM Night Co-Chairs Erin Shannon Tracy and Heather Coe!! You and your team of parent volunteers made STEAM Night such a fun family event and a great success. THANK YOU!
Thank you Mouthful Eatery for your support at STEAM Night!
We love our MATES family-owned businesses!
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