Resources

Teacher Resources

2024-2025  Curricula – Contact your grade level coordinators for access to Google Drive folders:

Elementary: Claudia Hoddersen (choddersen.smile@gmail.com)
Middle School: JoAnn Basel (jobasel.smile@gmail.com)
High School:  Carol Englander (cenglander@uri.edu)

FORMS (FOR TEACHER USE ONLY)

SMILE Membership Application Form (Spanish)
SMILE Membership Application Form (English)
Completed, Original Membership forms due to SMILE Office by no later than Oct. 31.

Teacher Reimbursement Form
Family Science Night Potluck Dinner Flyer
Newsletter Publication Info
(Please send pictures as JPEGs in a separate e-mail)

NEWSLETTER DUE DATES

Due December 19thDue March 19thDue April 9th
Rogers HSWesterly HSSouth Kingstown HS
Central Falls HSThompson MSWoonsocket HS
Westerly MSCurtis Corner MSWoonsocket Hamlet
Deering MSWoonsocket Villa NovaWest Warwick HS
Ells Risk ElementaryPeacedale ElementaryCalcutt MS
Coleman ElementarySpringbrook ElementaryHarris Elementary
Claiborne Pell ElementaryCitizens ElementaryHorgan Elementary
Calcutt Grade 5Alvarez HS

ANNUAL EVENT DATES

EventDateLocation
Summer Teachers’ WorkshopAugust 20, 2024URI Kingston Campus
Winter Teachers’ WorkshopJanuary 8, 2025URI Kingston Campus
Middle School Engineering Challenge DayMarch 28, 2025URI Kingston Campus
High School Engineering Challenge DayApril 4, 2025URI Kingston Campus
Elementary Ecology Field DayApril 25, 2025URI Kingston Campus
Spring Teacher’s WorkshopMay 13, 2025URI Kingston Campus

OTHER RESOURCES & INFORMATION

SMILE Criteria for Student Membership
Start of Clubs & SMILE Pledge
Teacher Recruitment Info
Teacher Responsibilities
Teacher Division of Labor Suggestion
Family Science Night Check List
4 Yr High School Class Plan Worksheet
Example Icebreakers for Club Meetings
1) Sample Recruitment Flyer

Student Resources

Internship Opportunities

SEAP – Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
An opportunity for high school students to participate in a summer research program. There are participating laboratories in Newport, RI and Groton, CT.

Saul Nulman SMILE Scholarship Application