‘Boston Parents Paper’ Awards Empow Studios Additional Honors Empow Studios is thrilled to receive increasing acclaim by ‘Boston Parents Paper.’ Last year, Empow was selected in two ‘Family Favorites 2016’ categories in the publication's...
Read moreGoing the Distance
Looking Back at the 2017 PMC Ride and Fundraising Workshops As more than 6,000 cyclists from 48 different states converged on three locations in Massachusetts for the 2017 Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), Taylor Tutwiler, who works to organize kids’...
Read moreLearning Through Minecraft
Tapping Minecraft's Educational Potential Kids and adults have been creating three dimensional (3D) worlds in Minecraft for years. The Minecraft cows, pigs, chickens, and creepers have garnered huge fan bases. Very young children have learned to...
Read moreInspiring Kids to Code
Bridging the Gap from Scratch to Java There was a time when coding was considered a complex endeavor – one that involved hours of typing letters and numbers, and was primarily the mission of those with computer programming expertise. Today...
Read moreWhen Robots Come to Visit
iRobot Demonstration Attracts a Crowd With the push of a joystick button, the robot seemed to come alive, with its ‘head’ (a.k.a. video camera) rising from about a foot off the ground to higher than six feet. The robot was brought to Empow...
Read moreRobotics Team Gives Globally
Westford Robotics team boosts STEAM locally and internationally “Younger kids are the future of our society,” says 17-year-old Mohak Jain, of Westford. “It’s that simple; their minds are open to bright possibilities, and yet, when they grow...
Read moreAdding STEAM to the PMC
Empow Studios hosts workshops to benefit cancer care and research When Taylor Tutwiler rides her bike each year as part of the Pan-Mass Challenge® (PMC) to benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, she has a goal and it’s personal. “Many...
Read moreTechnology on Command
Students Explore Speech Recognition Software There's no way around it: kids need to learn how to type, and not with one finger. Texting doesn't count. However, it's not hard to imagine their world as adults when their voices will do much of the...
Read moreEmbracing Augmented Reality
Empow instructor shows augmented reality is not just for Pokémon GO fans Many nights during this past summer, parks were literally crawling with kids. It's an odd time to be out, but the kids, of course, weren’t there to kick a ball. They were...
Read moreEmpow Named ‘Boston BESTIES’ 2016 Finalist
A trip to Mexico among the prizes in the ‘Mommy Poppins’ online survey Boston, MA – October 31, 2016 In the old days, favorite spots were the ‘talk of the town’ or passed along by ‘word of mouth.’ Today, thanks to social media, parents are...
Read moreEmpow Receives ‘Family Favorite 2016’ Awards
Boston Parents Paper taps Empow Studios as a ‘Top 5’ LEXINGTON, MA – According to ‘Boston Parents Paper,’ Empow Studios is among the top destinations for families seeking enrichment opportunities for children. The publication announced, in its...
Read moreEmpow Studios Climbs ‘Hula Hot List’
Hulafrog names Empow as a STEM class destination LEXINGTON, MA The Boston Metro area has a variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classes to choose from. To help parents navigate the options, Hulafrog, a free online...
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