ABOUT US
Embedding joy within technology.
Star Kids Academy is a 501c3 nonprofit in Cupertino. We teach elementary students the fundamentals of engineering and coding through hands on robotics, our full STEAM after school program Star Kids Academy opens January 2027. We are a school, not a child care provider. Every hour is a taught class.
4000+
Students taught
28 years
of teaching experience
12:1
students per instructor
501c3
nonprofit
What we do.
At Star Kids Academy Robotics we teach elementary students the fundamentals of engineering and coding through hands on robotics. Students do not just learn concepts, they build them. From gear ratios and structural design to motor integration, 3D printing, and CAD, every engineering concept is explored through real builds students create themselves.
Coding fundamentals including variables, data types, operators, conditional statements, loops, sensors, and motors are learned by writing and running actual programs. Advanced students go further into functions.
How we teach.
Every robot runs the same loop: sense, think, decide, act, learn. We teach students the same way. They take in the problem, reason about it, choose an approach, build it, then look at what actually happened and change it. That loop is how engineers work, and it is how our classes run.
SENSE -> THINK -> DECIDE -> ACT -> LEARN
Points and recognition
Students earn points for finished projects and completed assignments, and those points carry forward with them through the Academy. Students who finish first earn points for mentoring others, so the fastest students are not left waiting, they are teaching. Gaming starts cooperative before it ever becomes competitive.
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Our staff.
Every instructor and regular volunteer clears a California Department of Justice fingerprint background check through Live Scan and completes state approved mandated reporter training. Two adults are present at all times students are with us. Star Kids Academy is fully insured. If you would like to know more about our coverage, contact us and we will walk you through it.
Certified and standards aligned
Star Kids Robotics is a Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy Certified Educator in Coding and Computational Thinking through the CS-STEM Network at Carnegie Mellon University, validating proficiency in integrating robotics into STEM education. Our curriculum is designed in alignment with the ISTE Standards 2024 4.02, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), and the Next Generation Science Standards. NGSS is a registered trademark of Achieve. All rights reserved.
