Henry's Place is an after-school program designed to motivate and excite kids about learning through fun, hands-on, interactive activities. Each Stanford student is paired up with one elementary school student for a quarter (and longer if possible) in order to foster a bond between the two. Our focus is on creativity though science. We have some very exciting programs planned this year. We hope to inspire kids to think in different ways and to see science beyond the classroom. We are mainly working with fourth and fifth grade students from Beechwood School in East Menlo Park and fourth graders at St. Elizabeth Seton School in Palo Alto.
Volunteers have highly varied science experience. If you are interested in working with kids, please do not let the science theme deter you! Volunteers will be trained to complete the basic activities. We do not tutor kids in science; rather, our aim is to help them enjoy science through fun experiments.