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

IAC (International Academic Competitions) Online Regional Qualifying Exam (ORQE)!     LINK HERE

Your students can come here to take the ORQEs for the National History Bee, National Science Bee, and International Geography Bee/US Geography Championships.

National History Bee- Students will be divided into 8th Grade, 7th Grade, 6th Grade, and 5th Grade and Younger.

National Science Bee- The National Science Bee is a science-themed, buzzer-based academic quiz competition for individual students in Elementary School, Middle School and High School. Consisting of both qualifying stages and a National Championships, competing students have a chance to put their science knowledge to use against other students in their respective age divisions in an engaging quiz tournament setting.

International Geography Bee-  The International Geography Bee’s Middle & Elementary School Division will comprise four stages during the 2022-2023 academic year. The first stage is offered free of charge; registration fees on a per student basis are charged for students who attend the Regional Finals and National Championships.

US Geography Championships- For 2022-2023, there is no Regional stage for the Middle and Elementary School Divisions of the US Geography Championships. To qualify for Nationals in the USGC, all a student needs to do is pass the Online Regional Qualifying Exam in Geography. The ORQE is a 50 question multiple choice exam that is free to take. Students receive 2 points for a correct answer, zero points for an answer left blank or an incorrect answer (there are no negative points for incorrect answers for the 2022-2023 academic year on the Middle or Elementary School ORQE). Students have 20 minutes to take the Exam.

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+)

What is 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

DCPA playwriting competition for Middle School and High School students

“What is your American Dream?” Elks essay contest due 12/15

November is National Novel Writing Month! Click here for lots of awesome FREE resources (for upper elementary through 12th grade)

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

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

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

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

Please see THIS LINK about a prek-12 writing contest that just opened for 2023 submissions.  The annual contest seeks to celebrate creativity through four categories of writing – Illustrated Story, Short Story, Poetry, and Graphic Novels. Submissions will be accepted until Friday, March 31, 2023. Winners will be announced no later than May 30, 2023.

In addition, the link has Teacher Toolkits for each category of writing and more resources to assist you in teaching writing, including virtual interviews of authors (free to register or links to YouTube videos on demand).

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IAGE)

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is an event for girls from 6th-8th grade to explore different types of engineering through participating in engaging engineering activities. Meet and learn from collegiate and professional engineers and see how engineers can positively impact the world! 

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Parents are welcome too! Ask engineering students and professionals questions during the Parent Education Panel, take a tour of Colorado State University's labs, and engage in our confidence-building workshop for insight on encouraging their young women in STEM. 

IAGE 2023

We are so excited to announce this year's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day will happen on April 15, 2023! Here is the tentative schedule for students and parents attending. Event registration opens on January 1, 2023.

Register Here!

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+

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.

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.

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.

Coding Classes & Minecraft Gaming for Kids!

During the school year we offer after-school Coding Classes where students learn to develop video games, animations and digital art using the MIT-developed programming language, Scratch!

For Minecraft enthusiasts we offer a before and after school Minecraft Club that is the ultimate creative gaming experience! Students join our exclusive, local and safe Minecraft server where they can collaborate with others to build a town, participate in contests, play lots of mini-games and much more!

During Summer we offer Coding Camps that teach students how to use Scratch to program games, robots and Micro:Bits! Our Minecraft Camps take students on an exciting adventure with a custom storyline shown through animated videos. Students must work together to complete epic quests in all new locations with custom characters and fun challenges

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.

Hutch: A Creative Magazine by Kids for Kids

PUBLISH ME!

We consider work submitted by children in grades one through eight, and are happy to collaborate with elementary and middle school teachers as well as parents across the globe. We encourage all students to produce art and writing  that imparts positive values and promotes self-esteem.

National Youth Foundation

• Each entry must incorporate the theme of Anti-Bullying. Open to grades K-8.  Must submit by July 15, 2023. 

For more information CLICK HERE

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

Stone Soup a bimonthly print magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and artwork as well as a blog that includes book reviews, a poetry podcast, travelogues, and responses to current events—all by kids under 14. 

Stone Soup welcomes submissions from around the world by writers and artists ages 13 and younger who are not yet in high school. All submissions must come to us via Submittable. We do not accept submissions by email or by post.

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

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

About the Challenge

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!

Add Favorite Print Email Share Menu More MenuAbout the ChallenPing Pong Pickup—2023 Engineering Challenge

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!

Announcing the 2023 sessions of the Colorado School of Mines Summer Camps for K through 8th grade students

The Academies for Young Minds program this summer offers camps focused on robotics, the physical sciences, engineering, design thinking, and even magic! Camps are available for students in kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school:

• It’s Electric [Grades K-2]

• Charged Up [Grades 3-5]

• Building Basics [K-2]

• Magic of Science [Grades 3-5]

• Toy Engineering Challenge [Grades 3-5]

• DIY Robotics [Grades 6-8]

• Build It [Grades 3-5]

• Girl Power: Engineering for Good [Grades 2-5]

• Girl Power: Robotics for Good [Grades 5-8]

The Academies for Young Minds encourage children to be innovative and use creative problem-solving by engaging them in fun, hands-on activities. Visit our website at https://students.csmspace.com for descriptions of each camp, times and dates, information about each camp leader, and more.

The Academies for Young Minds summer camps are available to kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school students — although not all camps are available for all grades. Please visit the website for full information about eligibility requirements.

Registration for all Academies for Young Minds camps opens at 10:00 AM (MST) on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Registration is available only online with payment required by credit/debit card at the time of registration. To register, please go to the Internet address shown immediately below:

https://students.csmspace.com

See you at the Camp!

Your students are invited to the Noetic Learning Math Contest (NLMC), one of the largest math contests in the US for elementary and middle school students. Every year, more than 30,000 students participate in the contest to compete against each other. Click here for the details.

FREE from Time for Kids (for Grades 3-9)

Your Job is inviting educators and their students to our first-ever career exploration event! 

Our event is 100% virtual and 100% free.

No matter where you are, hop in with your students as they get advice and join live Q&As from professionals.

At Your  Job, our most critical mission is to show all young people that there is no single route to success, and that anything is possible. 

The event will be available to students across the country the week of May 8th.

We appreciate all you do to create an incredible future for your students and we would love it if you could join us!

Register Here