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Jun 22, 2017

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First Tech Credit Union Volunteers at Saturday Academy

As the Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator for Saturday Academy, I am tasked with cultivating partnerships and creating community relationships. When I started my position seven months ago, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t quite sure what those partnerships would look like and how they would function. But that’s the beauty Saturday Academy and our community engagement-not one partnership looks like the other. Each relationship built with another organization has its own unique give and take.

Jun 12, 2017

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Instructor Spotlight: Carolyne Haycraft

One of my favorite aspects of my job at Saturday Academy is that I get to meet with our amazing instructors to find out more about their passions and hear their stories. Saturday Academy’s focus on bringing community experts in as instructors to share their expertise with curious students in a hands-on, exploratory environment means that kids have the opportunity to experience a variety of disciplines with adults that are enthusiastic about what they do. Carolyne Haycraft is one such instructor.

May 25, 2017

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Instructor Spotlight: Mara LeGrand

We are thrilled to add Mara LeGrand to our roster of community expert instructors this summer. Mara is an award-winning filmmaker, documentarian, screenwriter and songwriter. Her films Heart & Soil and Wild Horses in Winds of Change have received critical acclaim as well as national and international distribution.

Apr 27, 2017

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New Tracking Classes this Summer

Heads up animal enthusiasts, aspiring biologists, free spirits and wanderers! Saturday Academy has several upcoming classes focused around animal education and the outdoors, including

Apr 26, 2017

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ASE Alumni Spotlight: Kate LeBlanc

Kate LeBlanc absolutely loves the brain; it astounds, mystifies and challenges her. She discovered this fascination during the summer of 2015 while interning with Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) Program. For eight weeks, Kate worked full-time at the Portland VA Medical Center under the direction of three mentors. Kate was a bit overwhelmed at first, working in a lab 40 hours a week with esteemed researchers and accomplished graduate students.

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06/19 Drone Academy: Become a Pilot
Next month, Saturday Academy will provide students with the opportunity to follow their curiosity
06/12 Putting the Pieces Together
Would you drive a car without reading the instruction manual if you had no experience behind the
04/16 Virtual & Augmented Reality in the Classroom
“Gear up and dive in--we’re headed into the ocean to explore living coral!” &nb
04/09 That Need to Learn
She was in fourth grade and she couldn’t stay in her seat she was so excited to see and dis
04/01 Key Findings from Our 2018 Parent Survey
03/28 The Importance of Hands-On Learning
I hear and I forget
03/18 Meet the Stars behind our upcoming Astronomy Classes!
Astronomy 101 (Grades 6-8) &n
03/14 Following Your Curiosity
"The first class I ever visited at Saturday Academy was called 'Simple Machines.'&nb
01/28 Lam Research Volunteers with Saturday Academy
Saturday Academy recently worked with the wonderful Women in Engineering group at Lam Research wh
11/18 Meet Jim at Saturday Academy!
Radio broadcasting, television production and a fascination with how media both reflects and infl

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