The California Education Code designates the last two full weeks in April and September to be High School Voter Education Weeks. This provides an opportunity for high schools and their students to partner with county elections officials to promote civic education and participation on campus and foster an environment that cultivates lifelong voters and active… Read More
New Programming for 2017-18 at The Crucible!
The Crucible is scheduling new classes for the upcoming academic year! They offer a unique and fun learning experience for youth between ages 8 and 18. Youth classes explore blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, glass blowing, ceramics, and other arts. Students can apply what they’ve learned here—creative problem solving, scientific principles and teamwork—at school and beyond. The Crucible’s… Read More
The Blog is on Summer Break!
Stop by next fall for updated content. In the meantime scroll through the archives or, better yet, get outside and enjoy your summer! Read More
Berkeley Summer Institute: May 24th deadline
I’m a PhD researcher at UC Berkeley and a group of other researchers and I are launching a summer program for high school students that aims to educate and teach students skills in the science of cognitive training. We’ll be doing lab tours, research method demos (fMRI, EEG, Virtual Reality), and exciting guest lecturers who… Read More
Dale Carnegie Youth Leadership Program
Generation next (flyer attached) is a Dale Carnegie leadership program designed to help students enhance communication skills, self confidence, stress management and emotional intelligence. We believe in the tremendous value of getting out of our comfort zone, public speaking and practicing enhancing relationships. Additionally, our program is IO certified and counts for college credits. Erin McConlogue Account Executive/Trainer Dale Carnegie Training of San Francisco … Read More
MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Make Your Debut as a Global Entrepreneur
In collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Taktopia invites students of ages 14-20 years old to embark on a 12-day educational journey in Cambridge, MA. Students will: Go through 12 days of rigorous entrepreneurship training designed by MIT Bootcamp Program, modified for the youth. Participate in Design Maker workshops. Build meaningful connections… Read More
HandsOn Tomorrow & Lick-Wilmerding High School
Are your students still looking for meaningful summer activities? HandsOn Bay Area’s San Francisco cohort of HandsOn Tomorrow is gearing up to be an incredible two weeks of volunteering and leadership development and we’d love to see some of your students there. We’ve confirmed our schedule for this summer’s program and we are going to… Read More