Every Student, Every Family: STEAM-to-Careers
Every Student, Every Family: STEAM-to-Careers is a free after-school extended learning program tailored to middle and high school students in Southeastern San Diego through Level Up San Diego grant programming.
United Way of San Diego County is committed to improving the quality of life within all of San Diego’s communities through eliminating racial and economic disparity gaps in education outcomes. This initiative extends our work to facilitate more equitable systems, providing every student and every family access to education and opportunities to succeed.
Afterschool programming features Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) and literacy focused enrichment activities and is held at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA Teen Center Monday through Friday 3-6pm.
Programming accelerates youth development, career pathways, sports/fitness, and outdoor/nature experiences. In addition to the Jackie Robinson YMCA, UWSD is bringing afterschool learning opportunities to the Southeastern San Diego community in partnership with a handful of local organizations.
*This program was made possible thanks to grant support from The San Diego Foundation.
After School Programming – Weekly Schedule
Mondays: Podcasting
Podcasting a new and exciting medium poised to take off exponentially in the future and on Monday afternoon, students will be able to create audio and visual products and turn them into podcast episodes. This well-rounded experience encompasses communication skills, listening skills, research, audio-journalism, teamwork, accountability, storytelling, basic engineering for audio and video, and graphic design.
Partner: Cloudcast (Listen Now)
Tuesdays: Coding and Web Development
Students receive training and discovery experiences related to coding and web development such as learning to build a webpage using modern tools, develop a knowledge base on the fundamentals of programming and webpage construction, and work towards building a digital portfolio and fan club website.
Partner: Creating Coding Careers
Wednesdays: Job Readiness
Students are trained and employed, building their job readiness skills and making a difference in their community; work study participants provide support to volunteers and mentorship to young readers.
Partner: Traveling Stories
Wednesdays: Book Group
Adolescent book group: Teen Turning Pages – teens grow their home library by receiving their own copies of books monthly, as well as writing and art supplies, to complete activities as they explore themes of the story with their peers.
Partner: Words Alive
Thursdays: Science-to-go
Entertaining and educational workshops with hands-on activities designed to inspire the scientist in every student. Through this program students will explore an array of fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, physics, robotics and much more!
Partner: Fleet Science Center
Fridays: Family Night
Dinner is provided each week and there are monthly celebrations.
We will be continuing this programming in summer 2022! There will be two sessions (July 5-29 and August 1-26) at the Jackie Robinson YMCA from 12-6pm Monday through Friday.
If your student attends Millennial Tech Middle School, Knoxville Middle School, or Lincoln High School (or another nearby school within San Diego Unified School District), you can register here for either the July or the August camps (or both!). Please reach out to James McConchie at with any additional questions