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Summer STEM Circles

Our STEM Circles Circles offer a variety of topics for rising middle and high school students. These are designed to be one-week long with each STEM Circle focused on a single theme related to STEM and STEAM topics.

Program information

It is our pleasure to offer a variety of STEM/STEAM Summer STEM circles this summer at different locations. Each session is one week long and you can sign up your child for one or more session based on their interests.

These Summer STEM circles are for students who will be rising into 7th to 12th grades in Fall 2024.

Please Note:

  • Due to our funding restrictions, priority is given to students in Northern New Mexico in the following counties: Santa Fe, Taos, San Miguel, Mora, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos.
  • All sessions will run from 9 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday, but locations will differ.
  • Lunch will be provided and we will work hard to provide the parents with the menu the week before each session. We try to accommodate special special dietary requests but students with significant food allergies/intolerances or those who follow a strict diet should be prepared to bring their own lunch.
  • We will provide snacks before and after lunch to help keep our students fueled and alert during the day. Snack donations are welcome! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions on which types of snacks to provide.
  • Registration is on a first come first serve basis and space is limited. You will receive an email informing you that your child has either been enrolled or placed on a waiting list if the limit is reached.
  • The non-refundable registration fee covers the one-week session, lunch, and a t-shirt.
  • Early registration fees are $20 per student and regular registration fees are $25 per student.
  • Donations are accepted and appreciated!
  • The Aviation and Aerospace Summer STEM Circle is for girls only. We welcome non-binary and gender nonconforming students who are comfortable being in a girl-supported environment.

Event Registration Process

Registration is a 3-step process - 2 documents and a payment

  1. Parent/Guardian needs to fill out the registration form by clicking on the button below for the session they want their child to participate in.
  2. Parent/Guardian needs to download, fill out, sign and submit Camp Permission Form in English or in Spanish. Hard Copies of blank forms will be available on-site if needed.
  3. Pay the registration fee for each STEM Circle your child is registered for. Payment can be processed securely online by clicking the "Pay Online" button, but with an extra fee of $2/session to cover processing costs. Cash or by checks payable to STEM Santa Fe can be mailed to: P.O. Box 33103, Santa Fe, NM  87594

Thanks to our sponsors and donors that are covering the full cost of these STEM Circles and providing them to our students and their families for low to no cost!

Events Dates and Locations

Building Laser Harps with Arduino

Week of June 6 – 10, 2022
For students (all genders) rising 7th-12th grade
Santa Fe Indian School
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The Laser Harp project is a replica of a popular laser harp at Meow Wolf. This project is a table-top instrument that has only three lasers with an Arduino board that will play a tone when a beam is interrupted.

(No coding or engineering experience required)

Register Here

Register with Santa Fe Indian School
Contact Alissa L Chavezlowe

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Sky is not the limit – Aviation and Aerospace

Week of June 20 - 24, 2022
For Girls and nonbinary students rising into 7th-12th grade
Jet Center Santa Fe Regional Airport Santa Fe, NM
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Learn about different careers in Aviation and Aerospace with hands-on activities, demos and presentations, by professionals and pilots from the aviation industry and in collaboration from the local members of the two organizations: Women in Aviation International (WAI) Land of Enchantment Chapter and the Rio Grande Norte Chapter of The Ninety-Nines, Inc.

Register Here

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App Development – Gaming for Education

Week of June 27 - July 1, 2022
For students (all genders) rising 7th-12th grade
Santa Fe Community College
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Creating Apps and games to learn subjects is becoming part of education. Projects to be entered in the Congressional App Challenge.

(No coding experience required)

Register Here

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Building Laser Harps with Arduino

Week of July 5 – 8, 2022
Note: this event starts on Tuesday
For students (all genders) rising 7th-12th grade
Santa Fe Community College
Event Picture

The Laser Harp project is a replica of a popular laser harp at Meow Wolf. This project is a table-top instrument that has only three lasers with an Arduino board that will play a tone when a beam is interrupted.

(No coding or engineering experience required)

Register Here

Sold out

Registration is closed

Building Laser Harps with Arduino

Week of July 11 – 15, 2022
For students (all genders) rising 7th-12th grade
Northern New Mexico College
Event Picture

The Laser Harp project is a replica of a popular laser harp at Meow Wolf. This project is a table-top instrument that has only three lasers with an Arduino board that will play a tone when a beam is interrupted.

(No coding or engineering experience required)

Register Here

Sold out

Registration is closed

Events Dates and Locations

Aviation and Aerospace for Girls

June 3rd-7th, 2024
Female, Non-Binary and Gender Nonconforming Students rising into 7th-12th Grade
Jet Center Santa Fe

Learn about different careers in Aviation and Aerospace with hands-on activities, demos and presentations by professionals directly from the aviation industry. In collaboration with NM local members of: Women in Aviation International (WAI) Land of Enchantment Chapter and the Rio Grande Norte Chapter of The Ninety-Nines, Inc., we bring you an incredible program that also features lead mentors from other organizations and incredible support from Boeing. 

The Aviation and Aerospace-Summer Circle is an affinity space for young women. We welcome non-binary students and gender nonconforming students who are comfortable being in a self-identified, female-supported environment.

This is a popular program!!! Sign-up ASAP when registration opens. We look forward to seeing you there.  

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Questions?
Contact Registration@stemsantafe.org
or call (505) 570-5402

This program over the years

STEM Summer Circles 2022
Summer 2022 - Various locations around Santa Fe
Making a Miniaturized Chemical Sensor
June 7-11 2021 at Santa Fe Community College - Santa Fe, NM
Building and flying drones / Santa Fe
June 7-11 2021 at Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, NM
Building and flying drones / Española
June 21-25 2021 at Northern New Mexico College in Española, NM