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YDO Social
This is the GameMakers class! Each student is diving deeper into design & coding for games they started making over the summer. Each game is unique, while they all have coding systems for collecting money & buying items from in-game shops! #stemweek
Oct 24
ydo BoatHers are marking, drilling, gluing & screwing fashion pieces, sawing multi bevel cuts on the chine logs and adding bungs to the transom! 🤓🤔 In other words, they’re about a quarter of the way to completing their boat! #boat3 #stemweek
Oct 23
Our Partnership with Phillips Academy also offers STEM classes to our kids! The engineering class is learning about problem-solving, critical thinking, & teamwork. They have built bridges out of popsicle sticks, applying what they learned about force distribution! #stemweek
Oct 22
This is Micro:bit Magic!
Our students use simple “block code” that make their tiny computers react to built-in “senses” to create games, robots, and science projects. These are not just pieces of cardboard. Each of them are a 2-player touch reaction game! #STEMweek2025
Oct 21
YDO Voices
“YDO really strives to give children opportunities to be productive and have fun while they work.”
Phillips Academy Volunteer
“I’ve never experienced something like this before. It’s a big opportunity for everybody.”
Emy
Grade 5“When I share the story of how I came to be the person I am, YDO is on the top of that list!”
Nelly, YDO Kid
now Director of Recruiting“My daughter really loves going to YDO and has learned and grown so much since she joined.”
Karla’s mom
“From the YDO Kids, I learned that everyone contributes something special to a group dynamic.”
YDO Fine Arts Fellow
“It was so thrilling to see our dollars at work. Keep up the great work!”
Member of Grants Committee
Latest News
Eagle Tribune’s Front-Page Coverage of Boat Launch
08.12.24
Launching the future: YDO boat-building program teaches confidence LAWRENCE — Ask the creative arts director at the Youth Development Organization what its Makehers program builds and she’ll tell…
New Grant “Kicks” YDO Performing Arts into Next Gear
04.01.24
Over the past year, student interest and collaborative opportunities have allowed new performing arts programming to blossom at YDO. First, in partnership with Phillips Academy in Andover (PA), we launched…