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PBS Reno Education Services Delivers Thousands of Curiosity Classroom Workshops in the 2024-2025 School Year
Teachers are encouraged to schedule a free workshop at education@pbsreno.org

RENO, NV (AUG 15, 2025) – PBS Reno is thrilled to have delivered thousands of Curiosity Classroom workshops during the 2024-2025 school year, thanks to its team of trained and accredited facilitators, a growing demand from teachers, more than 2,468 volunteer hours, and the necessary grant acquisition and additional funding that made it all possible! 

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During the 2024-2025 school year, PBS Reno provided:

  • 6,794 Curiosity Classroom workshops
  • 904 robotic-specific workshops
  • 47,314 free books
     

During the 2024-2025 school year, PBS Reno visited:

  • 128,087 student participants
  • 2,681 Reading Buddies participants
  • 8 school districts in northern and central Nevada: Carson City, Washoe, Elko, Douglas, Humboldt, Lyon, Storey, and White Pine
  • 1 school district in northeastern California: Lake Tahoe Unified School District in El Dorado County
     
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“As a lifelong educator, I know how meaningful and valuable it is to support educators in their efforts to increase student learning,” said Nancy Maldonado, PBS Reno Vice President of Education. “Our Curiosity Classroom workshops are a wonderful resource for teachers and are very popular with students. We enhance the teacher’s curriculum and provide the materials along with an experienced teacher presenter for an enjoyable, hands-on learning experience. Our workshops are popular with teachers and students alike.”

PBS Reno Curiosity Classroom workshops are presented to Pre-K through 4th grade classrooms, and include high-quality video clips, a read-aloud, and a fun hands-on activity. Each workshop is a lesson in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and is aligned to Nevada Academic Content Standards, Common Core Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards. All materials are supplied, and students receive free books to build their own libraries at home. In 2019, Curiosity Classroom workshops were endorsed by the University of Nevada, Reno College of Education.

Curiosity Classroom workshops are free of charge and available October through June. Learn more at pbsreno.org/education/curiosityclassroom.

“Our in-school workshop program continues to grow to meet the demand for these engaging, hands-on, literacy and STEM based workshops,” said Kurt Mische, PBS Reno President & CEO. “These are provided without charge to the schools, parents, teachers or students. The financial commitment of our community makes these workshops possible and for that we are grateful. These workshops supplement our exceptional on-air children’s programming which gives our young ones a strong start in their education.”

Finally, PBS Reno received a record-number 3,206 entries in the 2025 Writers Contest. The next Writers Contest launches in January 2026.

Stay tuned!

About PBS Reno

As of November 2024, PBS Reno is enjoyed by more than 540,000 monthly viewers in northern and central Nevada and northeastern California across several platforms including three broadcast channels (PBS Reno 5.1, Reno Create 5.2, and PBS KIDS on PBS Reno 5.3), a YouTube channel, YouTube TV, online, livestreams, and digital platforms. PBS Reno provides PBS national programming and award-earning, locally-produced content, with many local segments posted weekly to PBS Reno’s YouTube channel. PBSReno.org provides engaging interactive content, including the video portal at watch.PBSReno.org that streams all locally-produced content and most PBS national content. PBS Reno serves students, teachers, parents and caregivers through immersive educational services including Curiosity Classroom workshops that bring classroom lessons to life with standards-based lessons and activities. Through the support of local corporations and foundations, as well as thousands of individual members, PBS Reno has been delivering public television and educational services to the communities it serves since September 29, 1983.

Contact us:

Membership Questions: membership@pbsreno.org
Programming Hotline: programming@pbsreno.org

Phone: 775.600.0555
Address: 1670 N. Virginia St. • Reno NV 89503