Pi Fest
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 03/14/2026
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Celebrate STEM, pie, and π at ASTEME Academy’s annual Pi Fest. This family STEM carnival brings the community together for an afternoon of hands on discovery, live demonstrations, and playful challenges inspired by science, engineering, and math.
Families explore activity stations throughout the campus. Hold a newborn chick at the Baby Chicks Petting Zoo. Create animated scenes during Lego Stop Motion with Oscar nominated director Tim Reckart of Sycamore Studios. Play strategy based math games with Dr. Robin Wilson, professor of topology and spatial graph theory at Cal Poly Pomona. Additional activities include Maggot Art, Robotics builds, Ping Pong Shooters, the Spaghetti Tower engineering challenge, Turmeric Art, PVC fort building, Penny Spinning for Tiny Pi oneers, and a Thermal Imaging Camera Selfie Station.
Throughout the afternoon, short STEM talks take place on the main stage.
2:15 PM
“Sutures to Survival: Where Medicine Meets Mathematics,” with Dr. Nora Kahenasa and David Heredia. Dr. Kahenasa serves as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at UCLA and Cedars Sinai Medical Centers. Heredia works as a dental anesthesia assistant supporting procedures requiring general anesthesia across Los Angeles County.
2:35 PM
“Your Brain and Your Senses: How We Study Kids’ Brains,” with Dr. Shulamite Green, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Her research focuses on sensory processing in child development and neurodevelopmental conditions.
3:00 PM
“Extending Human Life and Health…and Beyond: Stem Cells and Frontiers in Medicine,” with John Chi, founder and CEO of Synova Life Sciences. Chi developed the company’s stem cell technology and holds 18 patents worldwide. He mentors startups and has participated in leading accelerator programs including Y Combinator and Stanford StartX Med.
3:25 PM
STEM Talk with Allan Yu, founder of ASTEME Academy. His daily STEM talks for grades 3 through 8 form a core part of the ASTEME learning experience.
Pie and coffee will be available for purchase during the event. The afternoon concludes with a Pi Recitation Competition, where participants attempt to recall the most digits of π.
Buy tickets before Thursday, March 12 at 11:59 PM to enter a raffle for one week of free ASTEME Summer Camp. Winner must be present.
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