Making Empow Studios Award Winning STEM Programs Now Even More Convenient The same high quality after-school STEM programs you’ve come to rely on are available in more locations including in dozens of schools this fall. For years the number one...
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Choosing a Programming Language Teaching kids to code is at the heart of what we do here at Empow. Some of the benefits of learning to code at a young age include improving problem-solving and logic skills to exploring increasingly popular career...
Read moreRobotics Events for the Masses
Boosting Robotics in Mass and Beyond Shrewsbury Robotics among the leaders in ramping up the ‘sport’ Shrewsbury, MA - At a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) event at Shrewsbury High School in Massachusetts, the National Anthem was performed, an...
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Navigating Camp and After School Program Licensing How to choose a program with required safety and staffing guidelines Lexington, MA - Scouting out the many after school learning programs and camp options can be confusing and leave parents with...
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Left to right, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Empow Studios staff: Jeremia Arella-Tunik, Leonid Tunik, David Gutierrez, Paul Girardo, President and CEO of Mass Development: Lauren Liss ‘Empow Labs’ xR Collaborative Space set to open Empow receives...
Read moreTeacher Spotlight – Pallavi Naravane
Hooked on Engineering Teacher Spotlight: Pallavi Naravane Empow Studios Instructor Aims to Boost Interest in STEM Careers When Pallavi Naravane, a senior instructor at Empow Studios, was a child, engineering was a family affair. “I grew up around...
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Mission Accomplished Robotics Team Enjoys the Rewards of Perseverance and ‘Coopertition’ When talking to students who love robotics, the stories about how they got hooked vary. “I had always been into taking things apart, from vacuums to digital...
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Robotics Events Inspire National Robotics Week 2018 Expands its Reach “This year was our largest National Robotics Week to date,” says Lisa Freed, STEM Program Manager at iRobot, based in Bedford, MA. “We had close to 350 events in all 50 states...
Read moreGadgets that Engage
Empow Studios promotes learning through electronic contraptions and devices Opening the top of a ceramic jar is not typically considered an exciting endeavor. However, at a recent electronics demonstration at Empow Studios in Lexington, it was...
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...
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