IRISE FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide at risk youth with affordable after school programs in STEM, Athletics, and the Arts. We believe that regardless of zip code, every child deserves a safe place to be after school, access to mentors, and a pathway to success!
About This Cause
Building a STEM Pathway for underserved populations and students. I Rise Foundation focuses on delivering a comprehensive educational program to underserved and underrepresented communities in the United States and other countries around the world. For more than a decade education and industry leaders have seen an insufficient training offered in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in U.S. schools, arguing that young people are left ill-equipped for jobs in the 21st century. In response, schools are increasingly ramping up their STEM courses, organizations like I Rise Foundation is offering STEM programs to fulfill that need of and to address the shortage of STEM talent. The shortage is generally, the result of a double-edged sword of both domestic and foreign challenges. In many cases, younger generations – especially females – are losing interest in pursuing careers in STEM before reaching their teen years. Computer science is an integral part to all STEM fields, and we’re increasingly seeing that, to build the STEM workforce, students need to be able to work with computers and have computational thinking skills. Because computer science jobs can be done remotely, we believe they can also provide Native students the opportunity to work and stay in their community if that’s what they so choose. Why our Project: School systems today, particularly underserved, and underrepresented schools are struggling to emphasize 21st century technical skills. It is through STEM programs offered by the coalition that students can actively explore STEM opportunities awaiting them, begin developing critical and relevant skills, and contemplate career options for the future. Hands-on, project-based experience has proven to be a highly engaging and effective way of educating students. These types of projects effectively augment traditional curriculum. Targeting young girls for this project is essential for helping to balance the inequities brought about by implicit and explicit gender bias in STEM education and STEM careers. Program goals: • Provide STEM activities to an underserved population. • Provide Student Engineer Mentors from local universities. Students of color and often do not see themselves in STEM Careers because they do not see relevant role models. • Train the Trainer workshops to sustain programs. • Developing a sense of community by including families, schools, and business partners in the lives of the students. • Provide programs that increase community and school bonding. • Provide FIRST Lego Scrimmages and Regional Completions. • Classroom engagement with students • Support in creating and sustaining student competitive teams • Evaluation of existing programs • College campus & science tours The programs offered include: An Arduino Program An Arduino is both a physical programmable circuit board (often referred to as a microcontroller) and a piece of IDE software (Integrated Development Environment). The software runs on a computer and is used to write and upload computer code to the physical board. The students will participate in a set of workshops over a span of four days to learn the fundamentals of using Arduinos. Participating in this program is an excellent way for students to get started with microcontroller programming and building their own circuits that can sense and react to the physical environment around them. The students will be coding in a language based on the C programming language. Participants: Elementary, middle school and High School Computer Science This program will teach students how to write in a variety of programming languages and computing environments. Students will also learn mathematical foundations, algorithmic principles, and computer science theory — necessary skills for building complex software systems. Students will also learn how to analyze a problem and use critical thinking to identify the computing requirements needed to solve the issue. Participants: Elementary, middle school and High School First Lego League (FLL) FLL introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16 through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experiences through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. Students will also engage in hands-on STEM experiences, building confidence, growing their knowledge, and developing habits of learning. First Lego League’s three divisions inspire youth to experiment and grow their critical thinking, coding and design skills through hands-on STEM learning and robotics. Participants: Elementary, middle school and High School Other programs available upon request Underwater Robotics The underwater program provides the tools to students designed to improve academic performance, increase student motivation, and facilitate the transition from one level of education to the next. The program exposes youth to the engineering principles of Underwater Vehicles. This innovative program helps our students learn along with additional rigorous cognitive challenges. Participants: Elementary, middle school and High School Vex Robotics Students are given a new challenge annually, and must design, build, program, and drive a mini robot to complete the challenge as best as they can. The robotics teams that consistently display exceptional mastery in all these areas at their regional competition will eventually progress to the VEX Robotics World Championship. Total students/participants: 20 Participants: Elementary, middle school and High School Rocketry The competition, hosted by NASA's Marshall Space center in Huntsville, challenges students to design, build and test a rocket and payload. NASA Student Launch engages middle school, high school and college teams around the country in an eight-month commitment to design, build and fly payloads or vehicle components that supports the Space Launch System, or SLS. In addition to STEM, we offer several trade skills and include soldering and electrical. People who learn a trade skill open incredible opportunities for growth and prosperity for themselves. These professional careers are in constant demand and lead to high-paying positions with job security. Participants: elementary, middle school and high school In addition to STEM, we offer dance and soccer and several trade skills that include soldering and electrical. People who learn a trade skill open incredible opportunities for growth and prosperity for themselves. These professional careers are in constant demand and lead to high-paying positions with job security.