Steamfest Partner Information

Partner Update May 10

Feel free to share about your participation on social media using #STEAMFest18!

Check out our exciting STEAMFest Promotional Video!

• Please find your booth location on the STEAMFest map by using the legend to find your booth number. If you have questions or concerns about your booth location, please contact Melissa Zaucha ([email protected]) as soon as possible so we can ensure that the event runs smoothly for everyone.
• IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS -  Please join “Remind” our mass texting system that will allow for us to send messages to all partner booths with any important announcements. Register by clicking remind.com/join/compton18 -- See instructions below and attached.
  • In case of crowd overflow, we will send a message using this system to ask all booths to suspend activity for 15 minutes to allow for safety officials to allow for crowd management. We will use this texting system for messages in case of any emergency during the event.
  • Make sure that the name and cell phone number of your organization’s on site contact for the day of the event is listed correctly on the attached summary sheet. If this is not the on site representative, please email Jeff Harris ([email protected])
  • Compton USD Emergency Contact Numbers during STEAMFest
    • Michele Dawson (707) 398-1602
    • Melissa Zaucha (714) 337-0241
    • Compton USD Police Dispatch (310) 604-6578

• Check-in procedure on May 24: Please check in at the Partner Booth Check In Table at the entrance to the Dollarhide Center on Tamarind Avenue before you park and unload.
  • You will be given a packet of information for the day.
  • We will direct you to the best place (closest access to your booth) to unload your booth materials.
  • You will receive badges for your organization’s representatives.
  • Your packet will contain stickers or a stamp for the Student STEAMFest Passport. Please give one to students who visit your booth.

• Be on the lookout for Superheroes! Costumed characters will be roaming STEAMFest so be on the lookout for Black Panther, Wonder Woman and many others. The theme of STEAMFest is “Superheroes” so feel free to join with us as we celebrate the super powers of our Compton USD students and faculty!

Partner Information Update March 9

• WiFi at the Dollarhide Community Center can be less than optimal when in high demand. If you will require WiFi, please bring your own hotspot. CUSD will have a limited number of hotspots available, so please request our assistance as early as possible so we can help make this resource available.

• Compton USD will be extremely active on social media for this event and we hope our partners will be as well. Please consider posting on Twitter, Facebook and/or LinkedIn with #STEAMFest18 . If you'd like, reply to this email with your preferred social media handle/account so we can feature your organization/company in upcoming posts about STEAMFest.

• You'll be joining a fantastic group of companies and organizations that are supporting STEAM education in Compton Unified, including (partial list): Apple, Boeing, Google, Pizza Studio Compton, PBS SoCal, 9 Dots, Starbucks, BASE (Architects of the Dollarhide Center), Center for Innovation in STEM Education – CSUDH, Home Depot, Discovery Education, LACMA, Charles Drew University, Hacker Fund, Carrot Group, Formative and Liberty Utilities.

 Update April 11

• We are currently working on making booth location assignments at the Dollarhide and will be attempting to accommodate your requests. Be on the lookout for your booth location assignment around two weeks before the event.
• Wifi and Powerstrips: Wifi at the Dollarhide is less than optimal when in high demand. If your activity will require wifi access, please bring your own hotspot. If you indicated that your activity needs power, your booth will be situated so you will have access. Please bring your own power strip to plug in. 
• CUSD will be launching a social media campaign for STEAMFest. Please feature your participation and support for Compton students by posting the attached flyer on your social media accounts with the hashtag #STEAMFest18. 
• The Dollarhide Center will be open to partners for set up beginning at 11:00 a.m. on May 24th. Please plan to have your booth set up and ready for young minds to engage by 2:30 p.m. (The event doors will open promptly at 3:00 p.m.) If you need more than 3 1/2 hours to set up, please contact Jeff Harris ([email protected]) right away. 
• Free parking is available at the Dollarhide parking structure next to the building. If several members of your team are participating, please consider carpooling so more spaces are available for participating families.
• Feel free to invite your company's/organization's key stakeholders. The event is open to the public and it is a great way to showcase your involvement in the community.
• We will provide water and a snack pack for your team members that will be volunteering at your booth.