2019 STEM Summer Camp in Boston’s Back Bay
Boston STEM Camps: Tech & Design, Minecraft, Girls STEM, and Java 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, 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.
Noon check-outs will need to come up to the third floor for pickup, but PM and full day campers will be down at curbside for pick up. From 3:50PM-4:10PM, we will have a pick-up area across the street from the church by the Copley T station Elevator entrance (652 Boylston Street). The campers will be supervised by our staff while they wait for their authorized pickup to pull up. Any children not picked up by 4:10PM will be brought back to the main program room on the 3rd floor for extended day.
Empow’s Tech & Design Camp, Minecraft Camp, Girls STEM Camp, and Java Coding Camp are coming to Boston for five week-long sessions of Summer Camp!
Our Boston summer camps have options for campers entering grades 2-9 in Fall 2019.
Address:
Old South Church
645 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
Boston STEM Camp Options
Boston STEM Camp Options
Tech & Design Camp
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
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.
Java Coding Camp
For the young programmer who wants to take their skills to the next level. Grades 4 and up.
Girls STEM Camp
Bringing some balance to the world of STEM where girls use technology as a creative tool.
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, and Girls STEM Camp
- Full-day: 9:00am – 4:00pm | $645/wk
- Half-day AM: 9:00am – 12:00pm | $365/wk
- Half-day PM: 1:00pm – 4:00pm | $365/wk
- Early drop-off: 8:30am – 9:00am | FREE
- Extended-day: 4:00pm – 5:30pm | $20/day
Java 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
The week of July 1 – July 5 has a prorated cost as we’re not running camp on July 4. This is a Mon-Wed camp, with Friday being an optional add-on.
Boston STEM Camps: Program Schedule
2019 Boston STEM Summer Camps are now open for registration. Our Boston Summer Camps tend to fill; 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.