Anna Yates TK-5 Student Activities
1 August 2024
Scientific Adventures for Girls
Scientific Adventures for Girls´s flagship program is its 27-week afterschool, hands-on STEM education for TK-6th grade girls and girl identifying youth held at 22 elementary schools in the San Francisco East Bay Area. A cohort of 30-35 girls from each school participates once a week for 27 weeks in STEM programming. Each year, hundreds of elementary school girls learn important 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration in our weekly lessons. Many return for a 2nd, 3rd and 4th year!
The students are introduced to three STEM themes each school year, e.g., biology, civil engineering, space science, environmental science, coding, chemistry, etc. The curricula encourage dialogue, interdisciplinary thinking, and playful discovery. These instructional criteria are deemed essential by the STEM 2026 initiative for innovative STEM education.
SAfG's highly qualified teachers create learning environments that explicitly teach social emotional learning skills (SEL) and promote collaboration, communication, persistence, determination and making mistakes to learn STEM. SAfG inspire the girls, engage their natural curiosity and help them believe they belong in STEM. By the end of each program, classes have transformed into a tighter-knit and more resilient community, and friendships have developed.
The first day of class is Thursday September 26, 2024.
Classes on Thursdays.
1:45-2:45 PM for TK to K
3:00-4:15 PM for Grades 1, 2, 3.
REGISTRATION: If you are interested in enrolling your child, please apply here. Space is limited so please apply now. We will contact you if your child has been enrolled with more information one week before the first day of class.
Join the Fun and Cross the Finish Line: Enroll in Girls on the Run!
Creating future leaders, one practice at a time.
- Girls on the Run is an after-school program that uses the power of running to build healthy, confident girls. At each practice, teams focus on a critical skill for next-generation leadership, including confidence, motivation, self-awareness, growth mindset, boundary-setting, and empathy.
- Trained coaches use our curriculum to guide discussion and fun games that bring the day's topic to life. The active games lead to a running workout that incorporates elements of the day's lesson. Physical fitness and strong team relationships are built throughout the season.
- The culminating event is a 5K run/walk celebration that brings together 75+ Girls on the Run teams from across our 5-county region.
- Girls on the Run is one of only 3 programs recognized by the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a top social-emotional learning (SEL) experience.
