We reach 200 students a year with out-of-school-time STEM programs. These innovative and inspiring programs enlist a range of organizational partners in the work. Our partners in the out-of-school-time programs include the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Bridgewater State School of Aviation, MIT Lincoln Labs, the Boston Museum of Science and the Northeastern School of Engineering.  For example, during the school year, our middle /high school students go to the campus of MIT and learn autonomous technology, they build and code cars. We also have yearlong advance engineering programs on the campus of Northeastern.

 In our Aviation Program, students learn about flying and fixing planes, building and coding drones, and understanding the science of building rockets and putting them in orbit and space. As another example, our five-week Summer STEM and Aviation Camp provides students an opportunity to learn more about engineering, aviation, robotics, and science to prepare them for careers of the future. Our students also compete in the Aerial Robotic Competition (ARC). This past academic year our students placed first in the regional competition and third nationally. All our STEM programs have a common goal—to expose and inspire our students and prepare them for the 21st-century technology and the STEM jobs and careers of the future.

In addition to our direct STEM programming, we also share the Empower Yourself STEM curriculum and methods with school districts in Massachusetts and with other cities such as Chicago, New York, New Orleans and Washington DC. We help districts adapt and implement the program based on their resources and needs, support them in developing the needed partnerships with universities and other organizations, and train local teachers to deliver the content.