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Families and Community
The Center for Excellence in STEM Education offers special events summer programming opportunities for Pre-K through 12th grade students.
We're here for families
We've got a variety of programming to meet your interests and schedules. We provide opportunities for Pre-K-12th grade students with options for real-time classes, live events, and videos to view at your own pace. We're listening to you and updating our opportunities frequently. You won't want to miss out, sign up for our newsletter to be notified when new events are open for you!
Fall programming
MakeShift
This ongoing series of events invites students ages 8 to 14 years old to explore new skills, tools, and materials through guided and unguided making. The goal is to foster curiosity, creativity, and community. MakeShift will occur every other Wednesday (starting on September 9th) from 4:00 - 5:30 PM. This event is free, but registration is required. Registration opens the Thursday before each event at 8 AM.
Family Make
Twice each month, we're opening the makerspace for families to create and connect using the tools, materials, and supplies in the makerspace. While we may not have pre-planned activities for this session, a Center staff member will be on-site to answer questions, guide participants' curiosity, and offer assistance with tools such as the 3D printer, digital drawing (design and basic animation), sublimation printer, laser cutter, and more.
Home School Opportunities
Each month we host two experiences in the makerspace for home school students ages 7 to 13. Registration is already filled for this fall, but we hope to see you in Spring 2027.