Student Opportunities

All Schools

Apply Now for the Service in Schools Program! Engage your students in action + Advocacy!

Deadline: November 19, 2024 
Event: October 24, 2024 through November 19, 2024
Contact:  Service in Schools
Service in Schools is excited to offer three professional learning and student programs for K-–10 classes. The Kids Action Team (for grade K-3), Students Taking Action Today (for grades 4-8), and Students Advocating for the Environment (for grades 6-10), are all designed to support teachers in leading students through a service-learning project to address a community need, in either a classroom or club setting. Review the program FAQs and complete an online application.

College & Career Lab Info Session 

Event: November 13, 2024 
Contact: DeeSoul Carson
Students in grades 7 and 8 are invited to register for the College & Career Lab (CCL) Fall Info Session to learn more about CCL, a tuition-FREE, six-year program offered as a multi-week intensive during the summer, along with Practice Lab sessions during the academic year to prepare students to succeed in their chosen postsecondary and career paths. CCL provides students the opportunity to explore a variety of academic pathways and ‘try on’ careers. At the info session, CCL staff will provide an overview of program offerings, review the application process, and answer questions about the program. Learn more and register to attend on the CCL website.

Middle and High School

Down to Earth: Space Science for Community Change

Sign up for the Battelle Climate Challenge! 

Deadline: February 7, 2025 
Event: October 17, 2024 through February 7, 2025 
Contact: Angela Balya | +1 909-575-8071 
The Battelle Climate Challenge offers students a chance to win a $5,000 STEM grant for a public school, library, or non-profit of their choice. Students can win the grant by learning about the impacts of climate-related hazards within their community and developing a proposed action to help build a more resilient community. Students who win the grand prize will present their solution on a national stage at the Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference in Washington D.C. Learn more and sign up for the challenge today on the Future Engineers website.

Event: November 14, 2024 
Contact: Shihadah Saleem
Join the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) for a FREE virtual panel to learn about the latest innovations and cool intersections in the world of aviation and aerospace. Moderated by a NYSCI Explainer, highlighted panelists include: Mark Branch, NASA Goddard, Aerospace Engineer by day, professional DJ by night; Jabili Kandula, private pilot, aviation journalist, and crowned Miss New Jersey; Yostina Ishak, mechanical engineering student at Vaughn College of Aeronautics; and Tony Reid, Co-Founder and Vice President at Drone Cadets. This virtual Zoom event will take place from 6–7:30pm. Pre-registration is required to attend. Sign up online.

Deadline: January 31, 2025 
Contact:  Elizabeth Morin 
In 1996, the Mas family established a scholarship fund to advance the education of talented young Cuban and Cuban-American men and women, furthering their commitment to promoting the benefits and opportunities that can be garnered through hard work in a free society. Eligible students must be Cuban or of direct Cuban descent, have a 3.5 GPA or higher, demonstrate leadership and community involvement, and have financial need. Scholarship recipients will be announced in April 2025. Learn more and apply on the Mas Family Scholarship website.