Spring Into STEM with BoSTEM!
Preparing Youth to Succeed
United Way’s BoSTEM has been busy in the lab, thinking up new ways to provide career-inspiring STEAM opportunities to youth and families, and we’re excited to share some of our…
Meet SySTEMic Flow: A BoSTEM Partner
Preparing Youth to Succeed
BoSTEM’s work to help provide meaningful STEAM experiences and resources to the students of Boston would not be possible without our support and collaboration from our fantastic partners. Today we…
Until All Youth Graduate Career Ready: A look at the Cape Ann Young Adult College & Career Collaborative
As the North Shore emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us are thinking about resilience – how do we build a more resilient community? At United Way, we build networks and capacity to tackle issues collaboratively. We do…
Top 5 STEM Chats For Kids To Watch At Home
One of the most important aspects of our work at BoSTEM is encouraging students to pursue careers in STEM by introducing them to people working all across the various STEM…
Pushing the Right Buttons: Encouraging Students to be Future Robotocists with MassRobotics for National Robotics Week
By Alexa Rose, Maker Fellow Americorps Vista at United Way BoSTEM and Edited by Kyle Bray United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley’s BoSTEM initiative funds an innovative AP Computer…
Teacher Externships show educators how to deal with the next generation of health and cybersecurity threats
Preparing Youth to Succeed
During our Teacher Externship, educators from Boston Public Schools across all levels of education listened to and engaged with employees from several STEM-based companies. The event itself was split into…
Frontline Heroes: Gloria West of Project RIGHT
Ending Homelessness
Our Frontline Heroes series uplifts the stories of local community members and resident-led organizations transforming our region. Gloria West is an active participant in United Way’s Housing & Education Learning…
BoSTEM Partner Spotlight: Harvard Medical School MEDScience
Preparing Youth to Succeed
The purpose of BoSTEM’s Partner Spotlight series is to reveal the ways STEM Out-of-School Time (OST) programs throughout the city of Boston are rethinking education, and engaging with students. In this blog, we explore with HMS MEDscience their…
The Future is Written in Code: How You Can Inspire Future Computer Science Innovators
Preparing Youth to Succeed
This year BoSTEM is overjoyed to announce our partnership with Digital Ready to offer students throughout the Boston area an innovative AP Computer Science course that emphasizes social justice in…
1,750 Learning Kits Distributed To Local Kindergarteners
Supporting Young Children
When kids enter kindergarten ready to read, everyone wins. This year, learning is being disrupted in a way none of us have ever dealt with before. From months of interrupted…