SPARK Business Academy
SPARK Business Academy aims to offer empowering financial literacy programs for students in grades K-12. After-school programs, workshops and summer camps are offered nationwide.
Storytellers - Creative Writers (Grades 6-8)
In this program, students enhance their writing skills and learn to work as a team in a creative setting. Students collaborate in brainstorming sessions to select an original story idea, complete individual writing assignments, and provide feedback and advice to their peers – fostering social skills in the process.
Debate Club (Grades: 6-8)
Learn the art of persuasion! Students work in rotating groups and practice their debating skills in a supportive environment, including developing arguments, issuing rebuttals, providing examples, rebuilding their case and summarizing points of view. Students learn to think on their feet and enhance their public-speaking skills, gaining self-confidence in the process.
Little Inventors (K-2)
In this “inventive” program, students design and create solutions to problems, teaming up to identify the need for a new invention, and producing real structures and solutions. In one STEM challenge, students build bridges using a variety of material and experiment with how much weight they can hold. Students will also learn about famous inventors and discuss how inventions improve our lives.
Debate Club (Grades: 3-5)
Learn the art of persuasion! Students work in rotating groups and practice their debating skills in a supportive environment, including developing arguments, issuing rebuttals, providing examples, rebuilding their case and summarizing points of view. Students learn to think on their feet and enhance their public-speaking skills, gaining self-confidence in the process.