March 13, 2020 The Empow Studios team is working hard to respond to the COVID-19 responsibly, intelligently, and productively. Many of us are parents ourselves, and all of us are invested in the well-being and future of the children we work with...
Read moreEmpow Studios Celebrates One Year In Lexington
Empow Studios celebrated our first year in Lexington Center by hosting a birthday party for friends and families on Sunday, November 2. Visitors came from Lexington, Concord, Arlington, Belmont, Newton, and places in between to join the...
Read moreEmpow Summer Camp Kids Help Science
Empow STEM Campers Help Science Empow Studios is pleased to have been able to help researchers at the Boston College Infant & Child Cognition Center with a research study this past summer. This week, we’re joined by Michelle Hurst...
Read moreEmpow Studios is a Top 5 Family Favorite
Empow Studios is thrilled to be a 2014 Family Favorite for “Best Tutoring or Education Support” in Boston Parents Paper’s annual Best of the Best issue. Parents, caregivers and guardians want the best of the best for their...
Read moreSmart Lunches = Smart Move
Empow Studios is pleased to partner with Smart Lunches for the 2014 Summer Camp season. SmartLunches.com offers parents the option of ordering in advance a delicious, nutritious, and expeditious lunches for their campers. This week, we’re...
Read moreRobots Take Center Stage at Empow Studios during National Robotics Week
Robotics Week 2014 at Empow Studios What a week! Nearly 100 kids and their parents visited Empow Studios over the course of National Robotics Week for events like visits with iRobot and Wolfram Mathematica, a robot zoo, an electronic robotic art...
Read moreAQs with TNT Tara- Are campers separated by age?
Welcome to another installment of AQs with TNT Tara, in which I provide detailed responses to questions I hear about Empow Camp and other Empow Studios related inquiries. Have a question about camps, classes, technology, teaching, or life, the...
Read moreWhiteboard Stop Motion Animation
Some fancy stop motion skills from Junior mentors and Joe. Having been a long-time camper at Empow Studios, Artsy Ariel had mastered her skills at animating physical objects. This summer she tried a new challenge and made a whiteboard stop...
Read moreDon’t ask us, ask the kids
Don’t ask us about Empow, ask the kids! If you have been keeping up with some of our social media lately you may have noticed we are very pumped up. Why you ask? It may actually not be what you think….. Yes we are excited about our...
Read moreSticky Science at Empow Summer Workshop
Sticky Science at Empow Summer Camp Last week at Empow Summer Workshop in Concord we experimented with 2 classic do-it-yourself science activities. First was the Diet Coke and Mentos soda fountain- which, if you are wondering, works equally well...
Read moreWhy Women In STEM Matter: A Confession
The Importance of Women in STEM Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the gender imbalance in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. I don’t know how or why it keeps popping up in my brain, as if I forgot to...
Read moreErie Canal Movie Showcase
Central Elementary School in Stoneham invited us to come run a series In-Class Workshops for their 3rd and 4th grade classes. Students made movies on a variety of subjects, including the Erie Canal. Here are just a few of the fantastic movies...
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