2020 STEM Summer Camp in Boston’s Back Bay
Boston STEM Camps in Back Bay: Tech & Design, Minecraft, Coding
Empow Studios summer STEM camps return to Boston at the beautiful Old South Church in Back Bay. Located right across from the Boston Public Library, Old South Church serves as a great space for exciting projects and camp fun! Physical breaks will be outside (weather permitting) for outdoor games like Zombie Tag and Frisbee toss. For pick-up and drop-off, there is street parking on Boylston St., and at 100 Clarendon St. for $7. Old South Church is conveniently located right next to Copley Station for public transportation.
For check-in & check-out, parents will utilize street parking, local parking garages, or public transit to bring their children to camp in the church. When entering, parents will identify themselves to the front desk who will buzz them into the elevator. Empow programs take place on the 3rd floor.
Empow’s Tech & Design Camp, Minecraft Camp, and Coding Camp are coming to Back Bay for six week-long sessions of Summer Camp! Additionally, we run camp in Jamaica Plain, as well as many other Greater Boston neighborhoods. See all Camp locations here.
Address:
Old South Church
645 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Boston STEM Camp Options
Boston STEM Camp Options
Tech & Design Camp
Ages 7-13
A camp where kids CHOOSE what they want to create: Video Game Design, Robotics, Animation, Coding, 3D Printing, Music Production and other exciting projects are all fair game!
Minecraft Camp
Ages 7-13
The most popular game for kids is also the perfect environment to design, build, and code! Whether you’re just starting your explorations or looking to create mods.
Coding Camp
Ages 9-15
Choose from projects utilizing Python, Java, C#, and block-based programming languages
Boston Tech Camp details
Boston Tech Camp details
Times & Costs
Empow STEM Summer Camps are week-long day camps, and run in full-day or half-day sessions. Extended day is available for an additional charge.
Tech & Design Camp & Minecraft Camp
- Full-day: 9:00am – 4:00pm | $665/wk
- Half-day AM: 9:00am – 12:00pm | $385/wk
- Half-day PM: 1:00pm – 4:00pm | $385/wk
- Early drop-off: 8:30am – 9:00am | FREE
- Extended-day: 4:00pm – 5:30pm | $20/day
Coding Camp
- Full-day: 9:00am – 4:00pm | $695/wk
- Early drop-off: 8:30am – 9:00am | FREE
- Extended-day: 4:00pm – 5:30pm | $20/day
Boston STEM Camps in Back Bay: Program Schedule
2020 Boston STEM Summer Camps are now open for registration. Our Boston Summer Camps were filled last year, so make sure to register before it’s too late!
Our STEM Curriculum & Teaching Approach
Our STEM Curriculum & Teaching Approach
We have always been focused on getting girls and boys across a wide range of interests and ages excited about the creative power of technology. As educators, we’re also constantly trying to improve our practices and tools. We’ve built a new system that will support both of these goals: Talent Box.
Each child’s accomplishments are acknowledged in a way that is motivating, lasting, and flexible through the use of badges. Badges are awarded when kids complete tracks in specific technologies, and are also awarded for leveling-up in cross-disciplines, including secret unlockable badges! Kids choose projects that level-up in three domains: Art & Design, Building, and Coding.
Art & Design
Building
Coding
Let's get in touch!
Let's get in touch!
Questions about Boston STEM Camp?
Call (617) 395-7527 or send a message:
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We loved the Empow experience. My kids could not get enough of it – they nagged us every morning to leave earlier (which has never happened before). I am really pleased that both boys, who have very different interests, were so engaged.
“It’s a unique camp… where you can learn new technologies, which is something you can’t really do at home.”
“I keep coming back here because it’s a place where I can be myself.”
“If I could come here all the time, I definitely would want to.”
Empow’s Boston Tech & Design and Minecraft Camps serve Back Bay and surrounding Boston communities as a Summer Camp destination. Our Back Bay Summer Camp is unique, as we get about a 50/50 split in regards to commuters from outside the city vs. residents who live in the city. For the kids who live in the city, they tend to come from the following communities: Back Bay, Allston, Bay Village, Beacon Hill, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea, Chinatown, Chestnut Hill, Dorchester, Downtown Boston, East Boston, Everett, Fenway-Kenmore, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Milton, Mission Hill, North End, Quincy, Revere, Roslindale, Roxbury, Somerville, South Boston, South End, West End, West Roxbury, Winthrop and more.