Friends Of Saturday Academy

Career pathways - ase: the apprenticeships in science and engineering (ase) program places high school students in eight-week, part to full time summer internships with a mentor in a business, government agency, or university laboratory whose work is in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or math. Applicants (over 400 students annually) have workshop opportunities to learn college and job-finding skills such as crafting an essay, cover letter, or being interviewed. During the internships, students are exposed professional stem careers, enabling them to make choices about high school classes, college, and career trajectories. This program executed 57 internships in fy24.

Youth programs - school residency program and classes: offered 32 after-school residency's in 23 schools across 5 districts in oregon and sw washington. Additionally saturday academy offered 6 classes on-site at university of portland serving 38 students. Saturday academy served 414 students through these efforts with 77% of their students representing historically and systemically excluded communities.