Unit Director: Sue-Ellen Uzal
Lake Arrowhead Location
Program Hours
School Year - School Dismissal - 5:30 pm
(until the end of March)
Hours vary based on early release days.
Clubs are open from the time schools close to 6:00 pm.
Closed this Summer
“START SMALL, THEN CHANGE THE WORLD”
S.T.E.M. Program at BGC LAE
Monday is S.T.E.M. day at our LAE club site. We created our S.T.E.M. program to help kids
learn in a fun and exciting way how and why things work, and to inspire in them a lifelong
passion for learning and discovery.
Through practical, hands-on activities, they work together with their peers, designing, building,
experimenting and creatively solving problems. We see their competence and confidence grow
with each new challenge. Some of our recent projects include robot hands, magnet mazes,
paper helicopters, simple wheels, brick lab builds, popsicle stick catapults, calculator games and
domino runs, to name just a few. The possibilities are endless.
We believe kids need to be prepared for the future in an increasingly technology-driven world.
By making S.T.E.M. fun, we hope to arouse their curiosity and perhaps motivate them to
become the scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians of tomorrow.
Meet the Lake Arrowhead Unit Director
Sue-Ellen Uzal
Sue-Ellen is an Australian national who has enjoyed living in Lake Arrowhead for more than 20 years. She holds both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees, and
has a strong background in adult education. Sue-Ellen served as a volunteer Literacy Tutor at the Lake Arrowhead Branch Library for many years prior to being hired as Literacy Director at MCBGC in 2009. She has been working at the club’s after-school programs since 2016 and currently holds the position of Unit Director at our Lake Arrowhead unit. Under her guidance the program has increased its focus on academic and STEM activities. She believes that after-school programs have the power to make a lasting impact on children’s lives and works tirelessly to make that vision a reality.