STEM Academy · first cohort forming

Young builders ship real apps for real communities.

Not worksheets — the ARC, Healing Culture, Old Roads and your community's hub are the classroom. Children and teens learn to build, measure, fix and ship, with mentors who do this for a living. Families, mentors and sponsors — this is your invitation.

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Tracks

Four ways in

Every track ends with something live on the internet with the builder's name on it.

01
📱

Build an App

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Cloudflare — ship a page for a real community in week one.

02
🤖

Robotics & Sensors

Microcontrollers, sensors and simple robots that solve a real problem at a real place.

03
📊

Data & AI

Count, chart and explain — then put AI to work honestly, with sources and limits.

04
🎙️

Creator Studio

Podcast, video and brand — in the ARC podcast studio and online.

How a cohort works

Build · Ship · Show

  1. Weeks 1–2 · Build. Pick a community app and a feature it needs. Learn the tools by doing.
  2. Weeks 3–5 · Ship. Code review with a mentor, deploy to the real app, see it live.
  3. Week 6 · Show. Demo day at the ARC. Families, community, press. A member card and a line on the resume.

Cost to families: free for the first cohort. Sponsors fund seats, laptops and the studio.

Who this is for

Children and teens (ages 10–18) who are curious — no experience needed. Mentors who build, run, or fix things for a living. Sponsors who want their name on young builders' first shipped work.

Where

The ARC at Eastlake Park, Phoenix + online. More sites as communities fold in.

Join

Enroll, mentor, or sponsor

Christopher reads every one personally.

We never share family information. Guardians are always in the loop.