First graders in Lorraine Troici’s remote class recently celebrated the new year with an engaging science, technology, engineering and mathematics activity. The class, which is comprised of students from Marion Street and West End elementary school, was asked to engineer various ways to make the number 2021 using household items. Students needed to use problem solving skills to determine which items were best and to determine how to create their design. The activity was part of the first graders unit about measurement, engineering and how creativity assists us in solving everyday problems.