Bishop Ludden-Grimes August STEM Camp August 11-14 $250 per camper

Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Creativity

1135 Salt Springs Road, 13224, Syracuse, NY, United States

Bishop Ludden-Grimes Coach Maxine Babcock

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(315) 468-2591mbabcock@syrdiocese.orgMrs. Maxine Babcock has been teaching at Bishop Ludden since 2008. Certified in Social Studies 7-12 and English 7-12, she has taught every grade from 7-12 since starting at Thousand Islands High School in 1985. She coached JV Soccer, JV Basketball, and Varsity Basketball at TI. She currently teaches Religion 11, Food Science,and Forensic Science . She previously taught English 8, 9,10, and 11 for six years at Bishop Ludden before becoming the Library Director for eight years. She returned to teaching full-time in the Science and Religion Departments. She graduated from Alma College in Michigan with undergraduate degrees in both History and English. She was Alma College’s Field Hockey MVP and was named to the All-MIAA squad in her senior year. Her Master of Science degree came from Syracuse University in Social Studies 7-12. She is currently employed by ESM Central School District as a Homebound Tutor and BOCES as a summer school teacher in Social Studies and English.Mrs. Babcock founded the Bishop Ludden STEM program with Dr. Linda Mandanas in 2009. She has coached Science Olympiad since 2009, taking the team to the State Championship in 2011,2022, 2023, and 2004. All three of her children competed for Bishop Ludden’s Science Olympiad squad. She coached the MasterMinds, NY team to the state championship in 2021, and to the seventh place trophy in the Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division in 2021. Her team also won the DoubleDown championship in 2019. She is the Head Quiz Bowl coach, with teams qualified for the SSNCT since 2019, and for the High School National Championship Tournament four times since 2019, competing and winning three games in 2024. The team has also qualified for the History Bee and Bowl Nationals since 2020 and will take varsity and JV teams to the 2025 History Bowl National in Arlington, Virginia in April, 2025. She coaches the CNY Rocket Team Challenge Teams, The Innovation Challenge Teams, and has coached the First Lego League Teams and Vex Robotics Teams. She switched from Robotics and MasterMinds to eSports and Quiz Bowl in 2021. She rejoined Robotics as Assistant Coach to Head Coach Alexa Kulak in 2024. Mrs. Babcock founded the Bishop Ludden eSports program, a varsity sport, in 2021, starting with Rocket League. The program has competed in Rocket League, Super Smash Bros , Mario Kart, and Splatoon with the Rocket League team reaching the Sweet 16 in Playoffs in 2023.She is the current Site Director of Midstate Science Olympiad B Regionals and is the Co-Founder of the Central New York Quizbowl Alliance, which is dedicated to bringing more Quiz Bowl to New York. She is also a Tour Director for the EF Educational Tours with a London STEM Trip in 2024 . She has also run Bishop Ludden’s STEM Camps since 2015 and is the director of the STEM Til 5 Elementary School Outreach program.