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Throughout the summer, the Challenger STEM Learning Center hosts weeklong STEAM Academies for local students from kindergarten to eighth grade. From July 9-13, kids from second and third grades were at the center, learning about space, robots and sparking their imagination and creativity.<\/p>\n

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Throughout the summer, the Challenger STEM Learning Center hosts weeklong STEAM Academies for local students from kindergarten to eighth grade. 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