This Week We are excited to welcome Gabrielle Williams of Meal Prep Queen to 1MC Cedar Rapids! Gabrielle is a funded Kiva borrower who runs a meal preparation business in Iowa City. Meal Prep Queen offers healthy and affordable pre-prepared meals for weekly pick-up, as well as nutrition and fitness coaching! Gabrielle grew up in […]
This week, we will meet at The Map Room! The Map Room is a gathering place for explorers & adventurers, inquirers & observers, wanderers & wonderers, storytellers, schemers, & dreamers of big things! Join us every Friday at 4 PM at a local bar/restaurant from a rotating series to celebrate the small and big successes […]
Climate Change The 2022-23 Future City Competition will challenge your middle school students to research, design, and create a city that exists 100 years in the future and incorporate futuristic solutions to climate change. The thrilling conclusion of the Future City regional competition! Now that group essays are scored, city models built, and final resources […]
Join us for a free informational meeting covering Project GUTS professional development programs and funding and support opportunities! Bring all your questions! Register Here! https://newboco.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsf-iupz8vEtJ_ZztsGUEnnAUkOr6aZ0Xd
Session Learning Objectives Once you know with certainty that you are going to start a business there are some administrative things that need to be done to get registered, licensed, and “officially” established. This business startup module will discuss business names; business formation (sole proprietorship, LLC; C-Corp, S-Corp, non-profit), state and local requirements (EIN, licensing), […]
Join us for a free informational meeting for Code.org's Computer Science A (AP High School) professional development program! We'll also cover funding and continuing support opportunities and answer all your questions! Register Here! https://newboco.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdu2przooGNWj5B38RrdWOWbTQbbFyTi5
This Week Today, join us and the 35(!!) members of Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance’s Leadership for Five Seasons Youth Program. These 35 high school students are participating in the Corridor's premier leadership program. Through 8 days of in-depth learning from August through March, the program has introduced these select students to "community needs, opportunities, […]
Join us for Code++ 2023! During this exciting one-day event, 8th–12th grade students will dive into the limitless possibilities of technology through hands-on learning in a particular area of computer science. Specifically, we will explore computer programming and physical computing! We also always want to give you great examples of the things you'll learn, so […]
Engineering, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship for Kids! CoderDojo is a free K–5 STEM program under NewBoCo K–12 Education that encourages creativity, fosters entrepreneurship, and helps kids learn to code. Each week, we assemble different "stations" where kids can experience different STEM activities and learn about subjects like physics, engineering, computer science, circuitry, automation, and much more—all […]
Join us for a free informational meeting covering any and all of the K–12 teacher professional development programs NewBoCo is facilitating in 2023! This includes Tiny Techies programs for Pre-K–2nd-grade teachers, Project GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically) for middle school teachers, and a host of Code.org programs that reach from elementary school to AP high […]
