Apply to the Jr Mensa Society for gr. 5-9 info here  

Mensa Honor Society for gr. 10-12 info here

There is a College Fair at MVHS on Oct 1; it is made possible by College Fairs of Greater Denver.  Registration is not required for students, but recommended by Friday, 9/16.  Here is that link:  https://app.strivescan.com/registration.  

DEC Tech Fall camps at Colorado School of Mines.  Virtual and in person options.  Gr. 3-12

Coming up, Colorado Free Application Day is now a weekend Oct 18-20:  LINK

Do you have high schoolers or middle schoolers who are interested in creating a team to compete in History Bowl tournaments? We also have a set of competitions for high school students (and interested middle school students) where students compete on teams! You can find out more at iacompetitions.com or by emailing info@iacompetitions.com. Middle School teams are welcome at these events, and there is a separate Middle School division for any History Bowl tournament with three or more teams (otherwise, middle school teams compete in the Junior Varsity division).

Colorado high school seniors can apply now to become a 2023 Daniels Scholar and receive up to $100,000 toward their college degree. Apply at www.DanielsFund.org/Scholarships by October 15 to be considered for a scholarship.

Parker Arts offers enrichment for youth and adults during fall, winter, spring, and summer, including school breaks, in visual arts, performing arts, technical theatre, science, robotics, music, dance, culinary, creative writing, and more!

Hutch magazine invites students to submit art, stories, poems, and photography. This one-minute video is a great example of how students incorporate their unique interests and talents as they approach a creative challenge.

Other magazines that accept submissions from students:

• Stone Soup

• Bright Lite (geared to girls under 18 yrs.)

• Illustoria (art)

• Ember (writing from students 10-18 yrs.)

• Balloons Literary Journal (writing from students, 12+)

U.S. Creative Writing Awards

Young writers are our future, and we believe in investing in the next generation of readers and authors. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, we host our annual Creative Writing Awards, looking for writing with a strong, clear voice by high school seniors who are daring and original.

Click here to see Official Rules and Apply

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!

NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) takes that joyful, focused approach to creative writing and makes it accessible to young writers, educators, and families. 

Did you know that there are lesson plans for grades K-12? HERE

TEEN SCIENCE CAFE

Science Discovery’s Teen Science Café offers Boulder area teens an opportunity to meet and interact with scientists in a fun and informal setting designed to inspire conversation and interaction. Cafés are always free and meet monthly during the academic year at the Lafayette Public Library (unless otherwise noted). Topics and presenters are identified by Café Coordinators, who help guide the program and run Café events. Past Café topics span a wide range of STEM fields – from ecology to medicine to astrophysics. The Science Discovery Teen Science Café is a founding member of the Teen Science Café Network.

An opportunity for our Visual Arts Talented HS Students-  INFO HERE

Please contact Parker Arts Education at 303.805.3374 or via email at PACEedu@parkeronline.org to learn more.  Register here as an individual art student.

Writing Workshops at Lighthouse: Creative Writing Workshops (in person)

We offer a variety of workshops in all creative genres on weekends after school during school-closure days through Zoom and as summer camps. In addition we offer workshops for homeschool students, special studios for teens and field trips.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Register online at https://www.lighthousewriters.org/young-writers (or click here to do directly to our current workshops https://www.lighthousewriters.org/workshops?workshop_type=79&genre=All&level=All&session_type=All&field_session_location_tid=80&day=All&format=All&items_per_page=All

https://www.lighthousewriters.org/

303-297-1185

After School, Holidays, School Days, Summer, Special Events

Dates: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Days of Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Weekdays)

10:00 AM to 3:30 PM (Weekends)

Fees: Fees

Grades: 3-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

Students in grades 9-12 can participate in a multi-state tour of HBCU campuses. The experience includes preparation workshops continuing post-secondary readiness activities and mentoring.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: No

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After School, Holidays, School Days, Summer

Dates: Mar 24, 2022 to Dec 29, 2022

Days of Week: Thursday

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Weekdays)

Fees: Fees

Grades: 9-12

Ages: 14-18

Transportation Available: No

Own Your Future: Own Your Future

Check out our app with growing content to inspire explore get support and connect with other young people who want to live their passions learn new skills and reach their goals.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Email danielle@teamwethrive.org for next steps.

https://teamwethrive.org/

3479685081

After School, Before School, By Request, Holidays, School Days, Summer, Special Events

Dates: Oct 31, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022

Days of Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Weekdays)

8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Weekends)

Fees: Free

Grades: 6-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

Create Your Own Company: Start Your Own Company

WeThrive @ WeThrive Entrepreneurship Education

Register

Call

3363400200

Email

WeThrive is closing wealth gaps by equipping underestimated youth with real world skills through entrepreneurship. All youth create real companies and make real revenue while learning skills like financial literacy leadership and problem solving.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Email ashleybrooke@teamwethrive.org for next steps.

https://teamwethrive.org/

3363400200

After School, Before School, By Request, Holidays, School Days, Summer, Special Events

Dates: Oct 10, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022

Days of Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

6:00 AM to 11:45 PM (Weekdays)

6:00 AM to 11:45 PM (Weekends)

Fees: Free

Grades: 6-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

Create Your Own Company: WeThrive's Virtual Biz Blitz

WeThrive @ Virtual Biz Blitz

Register

Call

3363400200

Email

WeThrive is closing wealth gaps by equipping underestimated youth with real world skills through entrepreneurship. All youth create real companies and make real revenue while learning skills like financial literacy leadership and problem solving.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Please use the sign-up form link to RSVP for our upcoming virtual Biz Blitz. If you have any questions or would like additional information, email ashleybrooke@teamwethrive.org

https://teamwethrive.org/

3363400200

After School, Before School, By Request, Holidays, School Days, Summer, Special Events

Dates: Nov 12, 2022 to Nov 12, 2022

Days of Week: Saturday

1:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Weekends)

Fees: Free

Grades: 6-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

Create Your Own Company: Launch Your Own Company

WeThrive @ WeThrive Entrepreneurship Education

Register

Call

3363400200

Email

WeThrive is closing wealth gaps by equipping underestimated youth with real world skills through entrepreneurship. All youth create real companies and make real revenue while learning skills like financial literacy leadership and problem solving.

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Email ashleybrooke@teamwethrive.org for next steps.

https://teamwethrive.org/

3363400200

After School, Before School, By Request, Holidays, School Days, Summer, Special Events

Dates: Jan 2, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023

Days of Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Weekdays)

8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Weekends)

Fees: Free

Grades: 6-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

Online live Spanish courses with native teachers: Spanish classes

Comligo USA @ Online classes

Call

3022196436

Email

We are an online learning company specializing in the Spanish language. We teach Spanish online with native Spanish-speaking teachers to K-12 institutions. We provide Spanish courses to students and also to school staff parents and teachers.

Enrollment: Closed

Registration required?: No

https://comligo.com/

3022196436

After School, Before School, By Request, Holidays, School Days, Summer

Dates: Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 15, 2022

Days of Week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Weekdays)

Fees: Fees

Grades: Pre-K, K, 1-12

Ages: Families

Transportation Available: No

New Cottage Arts

Classes, Workshops & Camps

We offer group classes and private lessons for every age and skill level. Whether you are looking to start a new instrument, perform your favorite song, or experiment with a new painting process, we have the perfect class experience for you. 

The Art Garage

The Art Garage’s mission is to offer arts-based programs that inspire, empower and promote creative self-expression by people of all ages and backgrounds. On-site and off-site studio workshops and exhibitions engage the greater Denver community to those who are under-served, at-risk and for people with disabilities to ensure the artistic process is fully accessible and inclusive for all.

Classes for all ages: Preschool-Adult

Mediums:

• Painting

• Mixed Media

• Recycled Materials

• Watercolor

• Acrylic Paint

• Oil Paint

• Drawing

• Ceramics

Subject

• Papermaking

• Printmaking

• Sculpture

• Illustration

• Recycled Art

• Bookmaking

• Anatomy

• Figure Drawing

• Portraiture

• Still Life

• Landscape

• Abstract

• Fiber Art

• Mural

• Embroidery

Learn: Capoeira- Afro Brazilian Martial Arts

WE HAVE FLEXIBLE PROGRAM RATES WITH LIMITED SPACE FOR THOSE 5 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE. ENROLL IN CLASS FOR YOUR FREE WEEK AND INQUIRE WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FIRST CLASS.

Check out all the holiday events in the Denver Area on the Family Page. 

Winter Camps- Check out all the opportunities listed on the home page. 

PACE Center winter and spring break classes are enrolling now.  CLICK HERE to view their course descriptions.  Be sure to check out the STEAM series!

Junior Engineers Tomorrow's Scientists: Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists

Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists (CABPES) 

CABPES’ mission is to encourage and assist African-Americans and other underrepresented minority youth in the pursuit and attainment of career choices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professions.

CABPES Proudly Offers These Programs:

• Junior Engineers Tomorrow’s Scientists (JETS)

• Math Enrichment Program (MEP)

• SAT/ACT College Preparatory Program

• Summer Math Boot Camp Program

• Regional Future City Competition

Urban Seed Project: Abraham Lincoln Garden Club

Consumption Literacy Project is a 501(C)(3) organization that engages and supports students, communities, and educators to innovate ways of changing waste and consumption patterns.

The UrbanSEED Project (Urban Students for Environmental and Economic Development) engages youth through paid leadership and training through our growing circuit of urban agricultural spaces. 

Fees: Free

Grades: Pre-K, 1, 5-9, 12

Ages: 3, 6, 10-13, 16-18, 19+

Aerolab

Programs for Ages 9-20

THE GOAL OF OUR PROGRAMS

First and foremost, we are enthusiasts and champions for the STEM/Aerospace industry and our goal is to reduce the barriers to entry for as many students as possible. We introduce students to new opportunities in STEM/Aerospace that they have not seen before and get them as excited about learning as we are. Additionally, we partner with parents who seek more than the status-quo K-12 education for their children. We have built an educational environment that not only follows and meets state educational  requirements, but emphasizes individualized instruction and hands-on learning. We see children as unique human beings and aim to unravel their individual talents, interests, and skills through our programs.

Law School… Yes we can!  The Program

High School

The Class of 2023 application is now LIVE! Please submit your application by Tuesday, February 28 2023. We look forward to receiving your application.

Fostering Success at Every Turn

LAW SCHOOL…Yes We Can is the first law school pipeline program of its kind in Colorado – a program that targets high achieving college freshmen from diverse backgrounds and mentors and trains them for four years.  It is also unique because it takes mentoring to a new level.  In addition to helping prospective legal professionals meet the challenges their predecessors faced, the program helps these students (1) identify the unique challenges they will face in the future; (2) cultivate the skills and relationships they need to mitigate competitive disadvantages that can accompany those challenges; and (3) perform at their peak academic, professional, and leadership levels while they are still in college.  Through exposure programs, LAW SCHOOL…Yes We Can will demystify the law school application process and give Fellows access to the legal profession.

Financial Literacy Bookkeeping and Taxes for Students

EZTAX Academy

For participants ages 10-24 we offer financial literacy bookkeeping and tax education. Students in this program can earn software certification in QuickBook Online

EZTAX Academy’s mission is to provide a pathway for students to enter into the finance and accounting professions by offering resources in the form of financial literacy, skill development, career training, apprenticeships, and job placement.

Speech and Debate Programs: Speech & Debate Tournaments and Workshops

Denver Debate League

Free.  Grade 6-12

Enrollment: Open

Registration required?: Yes

Programs based out of multiple metro area schools. Contact the school coach to fill out a short registration form, media release, and medical release form. Coaches will register students in competitions. To connect with your school Coach contact Jessica Clark at 303-871-6575.

Youth Initiative

Collaborative Project

The Youth Initiative is a collaborative project among Douglas County government, the Douglas County School District, the City of Castle Pines, the City of Lone Tree, the Town of Castle Rock, the Town of Parker, the Library District, and the Highlands Ranch Metro District through the Partnership of Douglas County Governments.  The Youth Initiative is a method of coordinating local youth-serving efforts and assessing the needs of the youngest residents by envisioning a community in which youth are involved, valued, productive, protected and healthy. Contact DCYI at:  303-814-5327

Programs of the Youth Initiative include Outstanding Youth Awards, the Youth Congress, and WrapAround. Resources are provided in the Youth and Family Resource Guide.

Volunteer Opportunities in Douglas County

Click above to review ways to get involved in Douglas County. 

This year's Student Podcast Challenge will open for entries on Jan. 6, 2023 and close on April 28. As in past years, our judges will choose winners in two categories: grades five through eight and grades nine through 12. Entries must be submitted by an educator or a student leader who's 18 years old or older. Students can create a podcast about any topic they wish to explore. Your podcast can also be in many different formats: an interview, narrative story or even investigative reporting. You can do it by yourself or with your entire class. The maximum length of your podcast is eight minutes, and longer entries will be disqualified. After years of listening to student podcasts, we've learned that shorter is better.

THE BETTY AWARD

A WRITING CONTEST FOR KIDS AGES 8-12

The Betty Award has both a Spring and Fall contest.

Enter now for the Spring 2023 contest!

The deadline is May 13, 2023.

Write the World

MARCH Opinion Writing Competition 2023 OP-ED: Your turn. Do you ever feel like you have something to say, but nowhere to say it? A worthy opinion that needs to be shared? This month, Write the World is giving you the floor! What change would you like to see on a community, country, or global scale? From the unfair pressure on young people to lead the climate fight, to how a national law impacts teenagers, to a proposal for a new required course at your school—we want to hear your opinion about something that matters to you. Writing Form: Opinion Subject Areas: Civics, Economics, Journalism, Literature/English, Science, Social Studies Length: 600-1000 words Opens: Monday, March 6 Drafts due for Expert Review: Monday, March 13 Submissions Due: Tuesday, March 21

Dandelion’s Second and Final Mini-MicroFiction Medley  by Dandelion Press

Welcome to the absolutely, positively, Final Chapter in our Dandelion Press Micro-Fiction Contest!

As you all know, the long-awaited Magical Storybook is in design, and the best of the best past winning stories will soon be woven

together with Lori’s art and special embellishments.

Now these final glints of gold—five short-short pieces— will help braid those strands together like a magical thread.

A poem, a reflection, a dream, a refrain, a tale— use whatever creative form is inspired by any of these five images.

You may submit up to five entries, one for each image!

Your word limit is 20 to 250.

Your deadline is February 24th

Cricket Education Company- 9 award winning children’s magazines!

We seek to publish the finest quality writing and illustration for children of all ages. Our readers share an alert curiosity about the world around them and a delight in artistic expression. Our literary magazines welcome submissions from writers of every level of experience.

Submission Guidelines

The Blue Pencil

Age Range: 12-18

Accepts: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, plays

The Blue Pencil is a publication edited and produced by the Walnut Hill Writing, Film & Media Arts Department, and publishes literary work by high school writers, ages 12–18, from around the world. The publication recently revised its format, to include more film and other media arts. Browse their previous issues and connect with them via the link.

Website

Canvas

Age Range: 13-18

Accepts: fiction, poetry, plays, creative nonfiction, new media, art

Established in Spring 2013 in conjunction with the Writers & Books Literary Center in Rochester, New York, Canvas is a quarterly literary journal edited by teens. It’s available in print, ebook, web, video, and audio formats.

Website

The Claremont Review (publication currently on hold)

Age Range: 13-19

Accepted: fiction, poetry, plays, interviews, art in the form of still digital images

First published in 1992, The Claremont Review published short stories, poems, short plays, graphic art, photography, and interviews each year in the spring and fall, although no fall 2018 or spring 2019 issues are planned. Visit their facebook page for updates on this publication’s current status.

Website

Launch Pad

Age Range: 6 to 14

Accepts: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and illustrations by assignment

Launch Pad publishes stories, art, poetry, nonfiction, and book reviews by kids ages 6–14, matching up authors and illustrators. The material is offered in PDF format that readers can read on screen or download for offline viewing.

Website

The Milking Cat

Age Range: teenagers/high school

Accepts: Comedy

The Milking Cat is an online comedy magazine dedicated to teen comedians. Run by high school students across the country, the website publishes original comedy of all media types and takes submissions. The Milking Cat is the place to be for young comics.

Website

Submissions

Student staff applications

New Moon Girls

Age Range: girls 8 & up

Accepts: fiction, poetry, personal essays, how-to articles, art, comics, photography

New Moon Magazine is aimed specifically at female tweens and teens, and offers them a place of inspiration, connection and support where they can stay deeply connected to their true interests, abilities, and hopes.  The magazine is offered in both print and electronic format, and their website offers an online community with a moderated forum.

Website

Polyphony Lit.

Age Range: grades 9-12

Accepts: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Polyphony Lit is a student-run international literary magazine for high school writers and editors. Submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction are accepted through May 31 of each year and are eligible for the Claudia Ann Seaman Awards for Young Writers. We invite high school students to join our student editorial board, which provides editorial feedback for every submission.

Website

Teen Ink

Age Range: 13 to 19

Accepts: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, art

 Teen Ink is a national magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos, and forums. For over 25 years, it’s offered teens a place to publish their creative work and opinions on issues that affect their lives.

Website

Underlined

Age Range: 13 and up

Accepts: poetry, fiction, plays, nonfiction

Underlined’s structure is different from a traditional magazine. It is an online community where, rather than being organized by a team of editors, students publish their own works, and earn badges by participating as both a writer and reviewer. Underlined hosts contests, polls and quizzes, and online groups.

Website

Young Writers Project

Age Range: “youths”

Accepts: writing and digital media

Young Writers Project welcomes participants from outside of its home base of Vermont and publishes a range of titles including young writers’ work. These include YWP Anthologies and The Voice digital magazine, as well as further publication opportunities with local and national newspapers and other digital publishing venues. It seeks out the best work of youths, regardless of where they live.

Website

Sample Issue of The Voice

The WEIGHT Journal

Age Range: High School Students

Accepts: Writing

Started by teachers, The WEIGHT Journal who wanted a place where high school students could publish the creative writing they are producing while in self-isolation because of COVID-19.

Website

Write the World

Age Range: 13-18

Accepts: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reflections, Journalism, Plays

Write the World is a free online global writing community for ages 13-18 from around the world. It’s a supportive, moderated environment where young writers can post their work, respond to ever-changing prompts in a variety of genres, enter monthly writing competitions, give and receive feedback, and much more! Writers also have the opportunity to be featured in Write the World Review, our literary journal publishing the best writing from the site.

Website

Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology

Age Range: 13-16

Accepts: Poetry, Fiction, Art, Flash Fiction

Auroras & Blossoms is publishing an anthology specifically for authors ages 13 through 16. They are looking for poetry, art, short stories, six word stories, essays and flash fiction created in 2020 and 2021 for potential inclusion in a digital anthology that will be published early next year. Visit their website below for more information.

Website

About the Challenge

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K-12 students worldwide are invited to give engineering a try with the annual Engineering Challenge from Science Buddies. Announced every January, the Science Buddies Engineering Challenge lets students use their problem-solving skills to design, build, and test contraptions. The challenges use simple materials and are free for all to participate. Try this year's challenge, and you may win a cash prize for your school or nonprofit!

Ping Pong Pickup—2023 Engineering Challenge

Can you make a device out of paper, string, tape, and paper clips to pick up a ping pong ball and return it to a start line? What is the greatest distance over which your device can work? Students across the globe are invited to try this challenge and submit their results by March 19, 2023, to be entered (where eligible) in random drawings for $10,000 in prizes. We are excited to see what you build!

Academies for Young Minds registration opens at 10:00am MST on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

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Announcing the Summer 2023 sessions of the Colorado School of Mines Summer Camps for 10th through 12th grade students

Sorry, unfortunately no rising 9th grade camps this summer

Engineering Design Summer Camps

• SolidWorks™ – Session I :: July 17-21 [ Grades 10, 11, 12 ]

• SolidWorks™ – Session II :: July 24-28 [ Grades 10, 11, 12 ]

• SolidWorks™ – Session III :: July 31- August 4 [ Grades 10, 11, 12 ]

Note: * Sessions I, II, and III are the same camp, but offered multiple weeks.

In the Engineering Design Camps, students will be guided through a fun and rewarding hands-on experience of authentic engineering design practices. These three camps are focused on the use of computer software to design and model in 3-D.

The Engineering Design Summer Camps are open only to students entering the grades listed above for each camp in the fall of 2023.

For more information about the Summer Camps and to register, please visit the web site at https://students.csmspace.com.

Registration for all camps opens at 10:00 AM (MST) on Friday, February 24, 2023.