Saturday Academy
Portland, OR
Hands-on, out-of-school educational STEM programs to expand the curiosity of students in grades 2-12
Saturday Academy (SA), founded in 1983, exists so that children have opportunities to follow their curiosity. We pair children with community experts, often older adults, for hands-on classes, camps, high school internships and a technology program for girls. SA's programs are open to all students in grades 2-12 and emphasize science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), pointing students to fast-paced career paths that they can't always prepare for in traditional school settings.
Students in Hands-on Medical Camp
Saturday Academy Class, Chemistry for Girls
Saturday Academy Staff, w/donor, Blue Star Donuts
Impact
$50 helps...
purchase LEGO® kits for student robotics classes
$100 helps...
purchase software for student Python® or Java™ programming classes
$500 helps...
train expert instructors and provide a small stipend for their time
$1,000 helps...
provide transportation for two summer camp field trips
$5,000 helps...
support afterschool STEM classes in an underserved school district
$10,000 helps...
offer free or reduced tuition for low-income students to take classes
$25,000 helps...
STEAM Academy camp (tutoring and STEM classes) for low-income students
$50,000 helps...
harness the expertise of people 50+ to teach classes to rural students
$100,000 helps...
Experts 50+ to teach STEM classes to significantly more rural students