The Boiler
OCTOBER 2025
VOL. 2 ISSUE NO.2
MOVING EDUCATION FULL STEAM AHEAD
Student Spotlight
IN THIS ISSUE
TI-84 Game Developer: Creativity in Every Pixel Most students use their TI-84 calculators for math homework—but senior Andres Hoyos has turned his into a full-fledged game studio. He has programmed TI-BASIC versions of PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, a full Mario Party remake, and more. His passion for game development led him to mentor sixth grader Santiago Garcia in the Computer Science Club, guiding him through coding his first original game and now collaborating on a custom Minesweeper project. With plans to study software engineering
STEAM Across the Curriculum
Andres hopes to study software engineering in college and continue pushing his creativity to new levels. His upcoming project, WarioWare, features more than twenty mini-
and a new WarioWare-style collection already in progress, Andres embodies
games—another ambitious step in his coding journey. His ingenuity, mentorship, and collaborative spirit shine brightly within Belen’s STEAM community,
the creativity, curiosity, and collaboration that define STEAM at Belen.
developer.
showing just how far passion and persistence can take a young
Innovation Center Happenings
Club Updates