Kids 4 Coding: Weekly Summer Programs In-Person and Virtual

Summer, Virtual/Online

This summer, Kids 4 Coding will offer fun, engaging, and collaborative programs on a weekly basis, both in-person and virtually. A $50 discount is available until March 31.

  • Weekly In-Person Programs will be offered July 11 – August 5 at Roxbury Latin School and the Cambridge Matignon School. Cost per week is $349 for half-day (9AM-Noon or 1PM-4PM) or $649 for full day (9AM-4PM).
  • Virtual Summer Courses with live instructors, one-hour sessions, and small classes (5:1 ratio) will be offered weekly (plus some in two-week courses), June through August in age groups 7-9, 8-9, 9-10, 10-12, 11-13, 12-14, 13-14, and 13-16.

Tech Goes Home: Seeking Director of Development

Opportunities

Tech Goes Home (TGH) is a Boston-based non-profit addressing digital inequities by bringing computers, Internet connectivity, and training  to those without those resources, so students can do homework, adults can find jobs and manage finances, seniors can connect with loved ones, and all can lead healthier lives.  With a $4M+ budget and a staff of 16, TGH now seeks to hire a Director of Development for revenue generation and development strategy and execution.

Oak Hill MS MathCounts Team Places 6th in Statewide Competition

Accomplishments
On March 5, the Oak Hill MS MathCounts team achieved a best-ever 6th place among 23 teams in the MathCounts State competition at Wentworth Institute of Technology. MathCounts is a mathematics competition for middle-school students with chapter, state, and national events. More than 120 middle-school students across Massachusetts participated in the State competition, having qualified in one of seven Chapter competitions held in February. The Oak Hill team advanced to States after finishing 3rd in MetroNorth Chapter.
Congratulations to team members Jared Mi, Noah Kim, Vedant Kulkarni, and Sophia Yan, who attended weekly practice sessions with other students as well as additional sessions in preparation for the difficult collaborative team round. Their consistent efforts and collaboration were evident in their resulting achievement. In addition, Jared Mi also placed 12th in the written competition and participated in the prestigious Countdown round. All the students on the team are in Grade 8 and will start at Newton South HS in the fall.
Newton South HS students Elena Baskakova, Aaron Lu, and Steven Hu — all alumni of the Oak Hill MathCounts team — coached the Oak Hill team and attended the event, running a warm-up practice before the competition and providing guidance and support between the competition rounds. The Oak Hill team was the only team in this competition coached entirely by high school students. The 2022 State competition was the first in-person competition since the 2020 event, in which Elena, Aaron, and Steven participated.

LigerBots Reach Semi-Finals at FRC Northeast District Competition

Accomplishments

Newton’s city-wide high school robotics team, the LigerBots, debuted their 2022 robot, Prometheus, at the FIRST Robotics Competition New England District North Shore Event at Reading Memorial HS this weekend. The team was thrilled to place 3rd out of 40 teams in the Qualifying rounds and become captain of the Second Alliance team, which reached the semi-finals in the Playoffs. The LigerBots will compete again next weekend at the New England District Greater Boston Event, March 25-27. While in person attendance is restricted, observers can follow along here: NE District Greater Boston Event (2022) – The Blue Alliance.

Grades 9-12: Reserve a Spot Now for Harvard Splash!, Apr. 23-24

Events

Students in Grades 9-12 can sign up now (until noon on April 17) to reserve a spot — first come, first served — for Harvard’s Splash! — a weekend of free, online classes taught by undergraduates. This year, Splash! will run virtually on April 23 (10AM-12:15PM) and April 24 (1PM-3:15PM). Registration will begin on April 18 for all those who have reserved a spot. If you have questions, email harvardhuse@gmail.com. The course catalog is not yet available, but sign up now anyway, in anticipation of some engaging classes.

NSHS Sophomore Qualifies for USA Junior Math Olympiad

Accomplishments

Newton South HS sophomore Elena Baskakova has qualified for the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO) — a 9-hour essay/proof examination offered to the top 250 students in the AMC10 competitions run by the Mathematical Association of America. Elena placed in the Honor Roll of Distinction (top 1%) in AMC10 and scored well in the invitation-only second round, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), earlier this year. She is a member of the NSHS Math Team and a participant in MIT PRIMES Circle studying Probability Theory. She competes with Western Mass ARML teams in high school tournaments.  Her ARML Stars team placed 11th in the Girls in Math at Yale competition and placed in the top 30 in HMMT February.

HMSC: Amazing Archaeology Fair, Mar. 27

Events

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host its Amazing Archaeology Fair on Sunday, March 27, 1PM-4PM, at two museums: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue) and Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (6 Divinity Avenue) in Cambridge. It’s free with museum admission, which is free on Sundays but requires advance reservations, which are limited in number. Masks and proof of vaccination or negative Covid test are required.

Code Ninjas in Wellesley: Open House Mar. 27, Hack-A-Thon Apr. 10

Events

Code Ninjas (161 Linden Street in Wellesley) will host the following events:

  • 3rd Birthday Open House:  STEM activities, games, and more — free and open to the public. Learn how kids learn coding while building video games.  March 27, 1PM-3PM.
  • Spring Hack-A-Thon: Teams of two (either registered together or paired on-site) will have two hours to create a computer game. Kids in ages 5-7 will use ScratchJr, and kids in ages 8-14 will use Scratch. The event is free, and all participants are encouraged to donate a new item to The Home for Little Wanderers. April 10, 1PM-4:30PM.

‘Touch Tomorrow’ STEM Festival at WPI, Apr. 2

Events

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and WGBH will present Touch Tomorrow — a free festival of science, technology, and robots — on Saturday, April 2, 10AM-4PM at Polar Park (100 Madison Ave., Worcester). It’s family-friendly, fun, free, and open to all ages — with a particular focus on what’s interesting for middle- and high-school students. Programming includes hands-on activities, exhibits by WPI and others, and an Innovation Showcase. Proof of vaccination or negative Covid test is required. Register here.