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Announcing the Seventh Annual Fall Festival!

Our annual festival has become a fixture in the Holly Springs autumn calendar. We look forward to continuing this tradition by presenting our Go Galactic festival in the fall. This year is our seventh festival and we excited to invite parents, families and the public to enjoy another year of family-friendly events, rides, food and [...]

2021-07-24T12:51:03-04:00By |

Join us for stories of rockets, space, and things that go boom!

This event in brief You are invited to join us in a family-friendly setting for a Q & A session with a prominent local scientist while enjoying coffee and snacks. This informal event allows children and adults to quiz (or even grill!) a scientist on interesting topics of the day. This is a great way [...]

2020-02-11T14:32:55-05:00By |

Science Week is an official event of the 2015 NC Science Festival

The New School's Science Week is participating in the North Carolina Science Festival! We celebrate the things we love and admire. And we're familiar with music and art festivals, of course. But until recently there was no equivalent acknowledgement of the importance and role of science in our lives. So it seems only [...]

2020-02-11T14:15:11-05:00By |

Higher-level thinking skills in young children

Sometimes it is difficult for parents to decide if preschool is worthwhile. It seems expensive, and how does a parent know if preschool really benefits the child? A new study by the University of Chicago and UNC Chapel Hill suggests that early childhood education is critical to fostering higher-level thinking skills in children as young [...]

2020-03-18T14:16:51-04:00By |
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