Teachers and students from Jane Addams Elementary and Washington Elementary presented a student spotlight to the Board of Education, showing projects and describing a Camp Invention STEM program the district ran as a summer "jump start".

Cassandra Cabbage, a kindergarten teacher at Jane Addams Elementary School, said the district provided Camp Invention for students entering kindergarten through sixth grade and that the program served 93 campers from five Moline elementary schools with scholarship support from John Deere. “We were able to provide a camp opportunity for 93 campers from 5 elementary schools in Moline,” Cabbage said.

Presenters described hands‑on activities the campers completed: Morse code and a small AI‑style bot, prototype grabbers and a cardboard machine, a claw‑arcade lesson, a robotic penguin and launching and magnetism experiments. Students showed take‑home projects and described cooperative games and team‑building exercises. Staff said the camp ran multiple sessions and that John Deere scholarship money helped underwrite attendance for many families.

The presentation was a spotlight item only; no board action was recorded. Presenters expressed a hope to run the program again next year and thanked the board for the opportunity to present the student work.