Empow Studios is launching a new after-school program, BUILD, for project-based STEM learning for ages 7-17. It’s a monthly membership program with weekly classes across five STEM Paths: Digital Arts & Design, Coding, Minecraft, Robotics, and Video Game Development. It will be offered in two formats — a choice between in-person or live virtual. For more information, call 800-456-4949 or use this form.
Category Archives: After School
CSRecitations Offers In-Person Coding Classes this Fall
CSRecititations will offer all of its in-person coding classes this fall at its school at 5 Michigan Drive in Natick. In addition, it will offer its Max Flex Program for either online or in-person instruction: Create a group of one or more students; choose days, times, and frequency of meeting; choose subject matter; and pay for sessions as they occur.
Z-Kai Offers Online Coding, Robotics, and STEM Literacy Enrichment for Elementary Students
Z-Kai USA, based in Arlington, started in 2018 as a U.S. subsidiary of the large Japanese college-prep training company Z-Kai, started in 1931. It’s pursuing a different strategy in the U.S. by focusing on coding and robotics classes for elementary students and partnering with LEGO Education, Tufts CEEO, and MIT Scratch. During the COVID shutdown, several of its classes are online: Zoom Up Math, Java Script Coding, Basic Robotics, and STEM Literacy. In the STEM Literacy course, students read a book (e.g., about bridges), learn relevant terminology, then are asked to define the problem to be solved, and finally solve the problem (using LEGO). See schedule here for summer and after-school programs. For more information, email info@zkai-usa.com.
Mad Science of North Boston: Register for Fall Online Programs
Mad Science of North Boston has opened registration for its online after-school enrichment programs this fall, combining science demonstrations, virtual games, and at-home projects for Pre-K through Grade 6. Topics include chemistry, engineering, environmental science, forensics, geology, inventing, illusion, and space exploration.
Apply to Join TiE’s Young Entrepreneur’s Program, 2020-21
The TiE Young Entrepreneurs is a rigorous, six-month extracurricular program for students in Grades 9-12 to foster skills in building a startup. It uses a proven curriculum in entrepreneurship and business acceleration, taught by experts in the field, to help students tackle real-world problems. Along the way, it helps students identify and develop pathways to reach personal and professional goals. This year, TYE will offer a fully immersive, virtual program. Space is limited, and applications are due August 15. TYE will host a free informational webinar, 11AM to Noon on June 13 (registration required).
Create Art in Community: 3 STEM Programs
Create Art in Community, a studio in Roslindale, will offer these three STEM programs for ages 3-8:
- Science Art, Ages 5-8 (Grades K-2), Thursdays, 4:30-5:30PM
- Boston Preschool Stem Lab: Matter Around Us! Ages 3-5, Mondays or Tuesdays, 10AM-11AM
- STEAM Class, Ages 6-8 (Grades 1-2), July 13-17 & July 20-24, 9:45-11:45AM
Empow Studios: Another Week of Free Workshops
Empow Studios will offer free workshops at its Newton location to invite kids and their parents to get a sense of Empow’s STEM clubs and classes. Register with these links:
- Animatronics with LEGO EV3 Robotics: January 21, 5:30-6:30PM, Grades 2-8
- Arduino Circuit Design: January 22, 5:30-6:30PM, Grades 2-5
- 3D Arts (Modeling, Sculpting, Printing): January 23, 5:30-6:30PM, Grades 3-8
- Coding Expeditions: January 24, 4:30-5:30PM, Grades 4-8
- Minecraft AAA: January 24, 5:30-6:30PM, Grades 2-8
Empow Studios: Free Winter Weeknight Workshops, Jan. 13, 15, 16, 17
Empow Studios will offer free workshops at its Newton location to invite kids and their parents to get a sense of Empow’s STEM clubs and classes. Register with these links:
- Competitive Robots: January 13, 5:30PM – 6:30PM, Grades 3-8
- Advanced Minecraft: January 15, 5:30PM – 6:30PM, Grades 4-8
- 2D Video Game Design: January 16, 5:30PM – 6:30PM, Grades 2-8
- Coding Expeditions: January 17, 4:30PM – 5:30PM, Grades 4-8
- Minecraft Arts Architecture and Animation: January 17, 5:30PM – 6:30PM, Grades 2-8
Mathnasium Opens New Location in West Newton
In addition to Mathnasium franchise locations in in Newton Center, Needham, and Wellesley, Mathnasium of West Newton has just opened on 111 Elm Street, right around the corner from Blue Ribbon BBQ. It offers math enrichment for Grades 1-8 with individualized learning plans, assessments, and one-on-one instruction to help make math fun and make sense. Mathnasium offers free, initial one-hour math consultations for all students to assess strengths and weaknesses and develop personalized learning plans. Sign up for a free assessment here. For more information, contact Julie at westnewton@mathnasium.com or 617-340-9111.
CSRecitations (Natick): Spring Classes for Grades 8+
At CSRecititations (5 Michigan Drive in Natick), enrollment is now open for its spring computer-science programs, including Introduction to Web Design Using HTML (Grades 8+) on ten Thursdays starting February 27, 6:30PM-8:30PM.