Local Projects

Innovation and Technology weekly classes at Academy Of Academic Excellence (AAE) (Nov 2023 – Present)

STEM RVA has been conducting innovation and technology weekly classes from November 2023 at the Academy of Academic Excellence (AAE). The AAE is a prestigious private school in Richmond Virginia, focusing on delivering an exceptional education to elementary school-aged children.

Our 3D Pen and 3D Printing classes are a huge success, and we receive a substantial financial contribution from the AAE that will be used to support our cause of providing a quality education to children in Richmond and communities in Ethiopia and India.

The services of STEM RVA volunteers were greatly appreciated, and our team received positive feedback from the pupils of AAE and their parents. We are very thankful to the AAE’s Dean, Mrs. Busch, for allowing us to teach the students attending AAE and for supporting us and our mission.

Workshop on conducting scientific research at local middle school (Dec 2023)

We conducted workshop at local middle school on how to conduct scientific research in the late fall of 2023. We talked to over 25 students about the importance of STEM and conducting research. We shared our past researches and posters with them. Our session was greatly appreciated by all the students and teachers and they have invited us to conduct more workshops in the spring.

STEM RVA partnership with United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg (Sep 2023)

STEM RVA team ran a book drive for about a month during summer in which its members went door-to-door in their communities to collect science books. We have also used our funds to buy new books.

We are excited to announce that STEM RVA team has collected over 500 books. We have donated these books to United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg, which will fill Little Free Libraries in front of local Elementary and Middle schools with these books.

Our books will be placed in 17 free libraries located in Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Henrico, New Kent, Petersburg and Richmond counties and will be used by hundreds of kids. Our donation will promote science learning and research in young kids. To find out more information about this initiative and it’s impact to communities, please visit the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg – https://www.yourunitedway.org/volunteer/little-free-libraries/

Most of our books are on various science topics like planets, solar system, basic physic experiments, biology, human body, various math concepts like patterns and sequence. These books teaches in the form of stories.

Through our book donation initiative, we are promoting early STEM learning in a fun and engaging way!

School supplies donation for Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond (BCGMR) (Aug 2023)

The Boys and Girls Clubs are in great need of educational supplies for its club members to prepare their students for upcoming 23-24 school year.

We worked with the Marketing Director of the BCGMR, Katey Versaw, to provide school supplies for kids in need in our community using our donation fund.

STEM RVA partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond (BCGMR) (June 2023)

STEM RVA is very excited to partner with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond to support the students through a variety of STEM-related activities. We conducted a week-long summer camp at the BGCMR in June and interacted with over 50 students at the northside club.

We are also planning to conduct more workshops and camps around the year and help the students gain skills in the following areas:

  1. Programming in Python
  2. Building and Programing Robots
  3. Playing Chess and Developing analytical skills
  4. Improving math skills
STEM RVA partnership with Academy Of Academic Excellence (AAE) (April & May 2023)

STEM RVA conducted a 4-week enrichment program from April 28th to May 19th, 2023 in Chess and Programming in Python at the Academy of Academic Excellence (AAE) in the spring of 2023. The AAE is a prestigious private school in Richmond Virginia, focusing on delivering an exceptional education to elementary school-aged children.

Spring Break Chess Workshop at Twin Hickory Library (Mar 2023)

STEM RVA conducted a 3-day chess workshop in April 2023 that was attended by over two dozen elementary and middle-school children.

Students were taught openings, tactics, learned from Grandmaster games, and played against each other and the Chess Coaches teaching the workshop. At the end, kids played in a tournament with three rounds of game and were given some individual feedback on their games.

The kids enjoyed learning and playing during the workshop and the coaches shared the STEM RVA mission and collected some charity donations for their cause of providing a quality education to children in Richmond and communities in Ethiopia and India.

Research Awareness Workshop at the in Local Middle School (Oct 2022)

We reached out to Moody Middle School in the Fall of 2022 to talk to over 85 students about the importance of STEM and conducting research. We offered virtual research mentorship sessions with the help of high school students volunteers who have been conducting research for multiple years to help these middle school students. We also offered math and science homework help to those who needed our support.

Over two dozen students signed up in our research support program and we helped so many more with their homework.