Gabrielle Tielman

• The Bullis School 2014
• University of Wisconsin 2018
• Georgetown University Law
• Center 2021

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Joshua Hunter

• Landon School 2016
• Bucknell University 2020

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Aaliyah Dorsey

• Field School 2020
• University of Rochester 2024

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Jerimaha McClain

• Landon School 2022
• Bucknell University 2026

Sustainable Solutions Summit participants.

We are thrilled to meet you at the Sustainable Solutions Summit in a couple of months! Leading up to July 10, we’ll be in touch biweekly with relevant information and details.

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Please reach out with questions any time!

Sincerely,

Natalie Chapman & Leroy Nesbit

Sustainable Solutions Summit 2023

The top reasons driving school choice are a desire for better education, and concern driven by covid-related disruptions.

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Attention Rising 11th and 12th grade students & Parents!!

Two dynamic HBCUs – Claflin University & Fisk University are offering FREE Dual Enrollment  Summer Courses (Online) for students. ( Min. GPA 2.5) Click Here To Apply

BSF Scholar heads to Rochester Institute for Technology

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Applications are now open for Women of Distinction, our overnight, fully funded fly-in program. Intended for high school seniors, this annual event will highlight opportunities offered by Smith College for African American, Asian American, Latin American, Native American, and first generation college students. Housing, meals, and transportation to and from campus are included.

We are offering two rounds of Women of Distinction:

October 13 – 14: Application deadline is June 30
November 10 – 11: Application deadline is September 15
Students will indicate on their application which program they are applying to.
(Both dates provide the same offerings.)

Participants will have the chance to connect with current Smith students, faculty, and other community members. Additional programming will include a series of panels and workshops on academics and student life.

*Please note: The application includes a brief counselor recommendation. We hope you will encourage and support your students to apply for these exciting programs!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact cguevara@smith.edu. or by replying directly to this email.

Any graduating Catholic grade school student who has been accepted in an Archdiocese of Washington DC Catholic High School may apply.

Students are judged on three criteria: a demonstrated by the school, and a 1,500-to-2000-word essay on an African American who has influenced the applicant to continue to higher education. The scholarship aims to encourage and foster higher education in the nurturing environment of Catholic high schools.

Go to the website, www.lljsf.org, to view the list of previous winners. Inquiries about the scholarship can be emailed to lljsf@aol.com.

Honor Student Reception:Connecting Students of Color to Top Colleges

for rising seniors of color, with a GPA of 3.5 or above and their families

Universities of Shady Grove

9630 Gudelsky Drive

Rockville, MD, 20850

Friday, May 19, 2023

6:00-8:45 PM


Learn from experts about:

Scholarships, Financial Aid and the College Admissions Process


Meet admissions officers from 30+ schools: Amherst, Bucknell, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Delaware State, Emory, FAMU, Fort Valley State, GW, Grinnell, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, Morgan State, Northeastern, Occidental, Pomona, Princeton, Rensselaer, Rice, Simmons, Smith, Stanford, Susquehanna, Towson, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USG, UMBC, UMD, University of Richmond, USC, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington College, Wash U St. Louis, Wellesley, Williams, Yale

Sponsored by the NAACP Parents Council, MCPS, Johns Hopkins University and Universities at Shady Grove

REGISTER HERE

The Federal City Public Service Foundation (FCPSF) is pleased to announce the Dr. Jowava Morrow Book Scholarship. The Dr. Jowava Morrow Book Scholarship provides two (2) graduating high school seniors with $500 each towards the purchase of college books ($250 per semester). Click the link below for an application. Deadline is Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11:59 P.M.

http://bit.ly/2023BookScholarship

The Lindsey Vonn Foundation is offering enrichment scholarships to iD Tech's Online Programs or On-Campus Programs for Summer 2023.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Gender: As of January 1, 2023 Lindsey Vonn Foundation scholarships are for girls only
• Age: 10 to 18 years of age at the time of application
• Location: National (U.S.)
• Financial need based on household income, number of dependents, and location/cost of living

Scholarship Applications Close March 31st, 2023 at 5pm CT. Apply here today! For any questions about this scholarship opportunity pelase reach out to our partners at the Lindsey Vonn Foundation directly.

Lightview Cooperative Food PantryJermaine Drakes Jr. who is a BSF scholar is spearheading the effort to feed 25-30 seniors for the monthof April 2023 at Lightview Cooperative located at Georgia and Van Buren in Washington DC. As of April12, he has reached seven seniors.Jermaine’s goal is to impact 25-30 seniors a month over the next few months. Roughly, eighty fivepercent of those are seniors who are long term residents of the facility.Jermaine is working with the cooperative to store and distribute food. Jermaine has already distributedfood to seven seniors and will be distributing food for an hour or two April 16 th and 17 th , 2023

How to Find Your College Application Spike

Time and time again, you’ve heard the importance of being a well-rounded student. This is what colleges look for in their student bodies, right? Those straight-A applicants who have dabbled in music, athletics, leadership, and other activities? Actually, that’s not necessarily true. While you should aim to succeed in all your courses, “lopsided” students with a particular talent can have an edge in the admissions process. What does that mean? Let’s take a look at what an application spike is and how you can identify yours.

Read more on this topic: here.

Earlier this year, the Amazon Devices team hosted nearly 350 Amazon AHEAD scholars at our corporate offices. The event provided students with hands-on STEM learning opportunities and an “Ask Me Anything,” where employees shared advice and insights from their career path. The students also got to enjoy Alexa product demonstrations and technological lectures delivered by Amazon Devices engineers!Learn more about the AHEAD (Amazon Hardware, Embedded, Artificial Intelligence, Design) program and its mission to expose and engage historically excluded K-12 students to STEM for early talent development. https://amzn.to/40QUlzsThe full Indeed post is here.

The Lindsey Vonn Foundation is offering enrichment scholarships to iD Tech's Online Programs or On-Campus Programs for Summer 2023.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Gender: As of January 1, 2023 Lindsey Vonn Foundation scholarships are for girls only
• Age: 10 to 18 years of age at the time of application
• Location: National (U.S.)
• Financial need based on household income, number of dependents, and location/cost of living

Scholarship Applications Close March 31st, 2023 at 5pm CT. Apply here today! For any questions about this scholarship opportunity pelase reach out to our partners at the Lindsey Vonn Foundation directly.

The Herb Block Foundation is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Herb Block Scholarship for individuals attending community colleges in the Washington DC area. The Foundation has designed this unique program to offer financial assistance to students who lack the necessary financial resources to begin or continue part-time (at least six [6] credits per semester) or full-time attendance at any campus of the following community colleges:

• Montgomery College, MD
• Northern Virginia Community College, VA
• Prince George’s Community College, MD
• Community College of the District of Columbia

We intend to offer approximately 100 scholarships annually valued at up to $8,000 per academic year for students who plan to pursue an associate degree or a vocational certificate at one of the listed institutions. The Herb Block Scholarship will award “last dollar” scholarship money to community college students to support unmet educational costs including tuition, fees, books, transportation and campus-based health insurance only.The Herb Block Scholarship is open to US citizens, nationals and permanent resident aliens, students who have been granted DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) by US Customs and Immigration Services, and students who qualify for in-state tuition under the Maryland & Virginia Dream Act.Interested students can visit www.herbblockfoundation.org for additional information about the program and view a video that walks applicants through completing the application. Applications and supporting materials confirmed as complete no later than June 1 are guaranteed to be considered for a Fall Semester award; applications confirmed as complete after June 1 through November 10 will be considered for Fall or Spring Semester awards, depending on when the materials are received.If you have additional questions, please contact ISTS Customer Care at contactUs@applyISTS.com or 855-670-ISTS (4787).

The Hispanics for STEM and the Black Student Fund is pleased to offer the following iD Tech learningopportunities for Hispanics for STEM for summer 2023.

Game Design and Development 101 with Unreal Engine 1

AGES: 13-17 (Must turn 13 by 12/31/2023)
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner-Advanced
PATH: Game Dev, Creative

The opportunity includes:
 Customized at-camp curriculum + take-
home project
 Official iD Tech diploma + course
transcript
 Limited edition iD Tech t-shirt

Course Description:
Get an in-depth look at professional
video game design using some of the
industry’s hottest tools. In Unreal
Engine 5, you’ll build a level with
customizable gameplay elements such
as teleporters, jump pads, and
platforms using UE5's Blueprints Visual
Scripting system. Leave this
comprehensive course with your own
professionally designed level to
showcase in your portfolio.

Battle Royale Game Design with Unity 2

AGES: 10-12 (Must turn 10 by 12/31/2023)
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner-Advanced
PATH: Game Dev, Creative

The opportunity includes:
- Customized at-camp curriculum + take-
home project
-Official iD Tech diploma + course
transcript
-Limited edition iD Tech t-shirt

Course Description:
Go from game player to game creator
with Unity, a powerful industry-standard
game design engine. Games bring
friends together, and Unity bridges the
fields of art, code, and design all to one
central location. You’ll connect game
elements from level platforms to
customizing your own Battle Royale
levels like the ones you’d find in
Fortnite, Apex Legends, or Fall Guys.
With Unity, you'll learn to design
incredible experiences for players, and
join a community of millions of
developers!

Interested families should contact Norma Margulies for further information.

Families, This is a reminder about Mayor Marion S. Barry's Summer Youth Employment Program. Feel free to contact Toussaint Tyson with any questions and/or concerns. Tyson's information is below. Respectfully, Tyson202-387-1414ttyson@blackstudentfund.org

BSF wishes to thank the

State Farm Companies Foundation Matching Gift Program

For financial Support

J. Taylor is one of our iD Tech students and is using his game dev skills to make education games. Today It’s a Chinese language game; tomorrow it’ll be a biology or math game. Who knows what comes after that?

Early Outreach Initiative | Georgetown LawGeorgetown Law’s Early Outreach Initiative works with high schoolers in two ways: First, by reaching out directly to individual high schools around the United States, and second, by partnering with national nonprofit organizations who help kids get to (and through) college.

MD Summer Camps

CAMPS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

GYMKANA SUMMER CAMP ages 5-16 - June 18- July 27

CENTER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ages 3-1st grade Hours: 7:45-5:30 - Six week program, no partial weeks, must volunteer for pool trips

CyberSTEM Summer camp for Middle School & High School Girls

CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE Chinese Culture Camp

ROBOTICS CAMP rising 5th and 6th graders - 8:30am-3:30pm

TERP QUEST SUMMER DAY CAMP June 25-August 3 grades 1-6

UMD Summer Youth Music Camp

Art and Learning Center Summer Arts Camps July 10- August 4 ages 6-12

Engineering Camp at the Clark School of Engineering grades 4-12

UMD ATHLETIC DEPT CAMPS

most camps are ages 8 & up - day and overnight camps

http://www.umterps.com/camps/md-camps.html

Women's lacrosse camps

http://www.terpslacrosse.com/laxprogram/upcoming-events/terp-summer-camp-schedules/

Women's basketball camps at UMD

https://marylandwbbcamps.com/?DB_OEM_ID=29700

INSECT SUMMER CAMP

Entomology Department, ages 7-11

http://entomology.umd.edu/insect-camp.html

OTHER AREA CAMPS

Ancestral Knowledge (ages 8 and up) - located in Greenbelt - completely outdoors 9am-4pm w/aftercare option

https://www.ancestralknowledge.org/

ArtWorks (ages 5-12) Mt. Rainier - save $50 for sign up before 2/14

http://artworksnow.org/classes/summercamps/

British soccer camp - Cheverly (half day and full day 6-18 yrs)

https://www.challengersports.com/british-soccer/#collapse-2

Greenwood School Summertime Arts Camp Hyattsville

(1st -6th grade) Call Greenwood for registration info

http://www.greenwoodschoolmd.org/?q=summercamps

Greenbelt Recreation (ages 4-12)

https://www.greenbeltmd.gov/government/departments-con-t/recreation-parks/spring-and-summer-camps

Friends Community School Summer camp Greenbelt K-9th grade

https://www.friendscommunityschool.org/page/fcs-summer-camp

Knights of Columbus camp (ages 4-15)

http://kofccamp.wordpress.com/ Cherry Hill Rd. College Park

Impulse City Summer Camps - Hyattsville 9am-12pm for 3-6 and 9am-3pm for 6-12

ages 3-12 full day and partial day options for before/aftercare

https://www.impulsecity.com/cgi/summer2019

Prince George's County Parks & Recreation

http://www.pgparks.com/parks_and_rec_home.htm

City of Hyattsville Summer Camp Magruder - 5-10 years

http://www.hyattsville.org/index.aspx?NID=426

Link Education Arts & Languages Summer Camp - Hyattsville - PreK - 5th grade

http://www.linkeducationusa.com/summer-camp/

Joe's Movement Emporium - Mt. Rainier

http://www.joesmovement.org/summer_arts_camps

National Building Museum Camps grades 3-5

http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/summer-camp.html

Nature Lab Takoma Park ages 4-10

http://programs.thenaturelabsite.com/collections/summer-programs

Camp Sonshine Silver Spring but there is transportation

http://campsonshine.org/

Summer Buddies

http://www.summerbuddies.org/

Washingtonian Parent - list of camps in the MD/VA/DC area

http://www.washingtonparent.com/

SLEEPAWAY - highschool

RAMS Center for Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems

https://northbayadventure.org/education/hornpoint/

BSF could not build strong futures without the pro bono video and film services of Alx studio llc.

Thanks Mr. Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the Lazarus Foundation for helping BSF provides laptop computers for BSF Scholars.

BSF Executive Director Leroy Nesbitt has been selected to present “STEM Black Girl Magic” at the 2023 International Coalition of Girls School Conference: ReThink, ReCharge, ReEngage Cleveland, Ohio, June 26-28, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Esther Productions Inc

202-829-0591-- estherproductionsinc@gmail.com

ESTHER PRODUCTIONS INC. ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ITS FOURTH ANNUAL DISCOVERING ME…WITHOUT YOU SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST

Raea Jordan and Raine Badua were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges as Top Scholarship winners in Tier 1 (15-18) category and Tier 2 (13-14) category Esther Productions Inc.’s scholarship contest for 2022. Three other young ladies—Simaya Hammond, Dominique Barksdale and Rahel Belay-Tseganeh—were given Honorable Mention designation. Cash awards totaling $2,200 were distributed .

The winners were selected from a group of more than two-dozen teen girls between the ages of 13 and 18. Those who did not receive cash prizes were each presented with $25 gift cards during an awards ceremony on Dec. 10^th held at The Woman’s National Democratic Club in Washington, DC. Esther Productions Inc., program co-sponsor The Black Student Fund along with members of the community, congratulated all the young ladies.

Anita Josey-Herring, chief judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, presented the awards. On the court, she has been extensively involved with family and children, including as the deputy presiding judge of the Family Court. She brought important insight and inspiration to the event during her remarks.

Discovering Me…Without You Scholarship essay contest was launched in 2019 by the Fatherless Daughter Empowerment Project, a division of Esther Productions Inc. The essay contest is designed to educate the public about the importance of fathers in the lives and development of girls and women. Nationally, more than 24 million children are growing up in homes without their fathers. The entries were judged by a team of successful professional leaders and youth, including Ana Acevedo, co-chairperson of Esther Productions Inc.; Patricia Bitondo, Woman’s National Democratic Club; Dr. Misty Freeman, a local psychologist who works with students; Alycea Gayle, a senior at DC International Public Charter School; Ana R. Harvey, a former senior executive in President Barack Obama’s administration; Alicia Henry, a nonprofit and government expert; Shelly Livingston; Leroy Nesbitt, executive director of The Black Student Fund; Winfield Swanson with the Woman’s National Democratic Club; and Addison Switzer, co-chair of Esther Productions Inc. and CEO of BuckWild Media.

Winning essays will be featured on estherproductionsinc.com during the months of January and February. A book of essays will be released later in 2023.

This is to invite you to a noon luncheon with representatives from a number of leading boarding schools at the

Bishop John T. Walker School For Boys

1801 Mississippi Ave., S.E., Washington, DC

The luncheon is on October 31, 2022

This luncheon will be an opportunity for focus discussion on opportunities for students of color at boarding schools. Also invited are educators, community members and parents.

Your participation will make this a special event.

See you,12 pm, Noon on October 31^st at the

Bishop John T. Walker School For Boys, 1801 Mississippi Ave., S.E., Washington, DC.

https://www.bishopwalkerschool.org/

https://blackstudentfund.org/

RSVP Requested lnesbitt@blackstudentfund.org 202 387 1414

THE DISCOVERY SUMMIT AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY

TIME & LOCATIONDec 10, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ESTCleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USAABOUT THE EVENTEach year since 2019, Esther Productions Inc. has presented a unique scholarship essay contest that invites young ladies aged 13 through 18 to submit essays that tell their stories about growing up without their fathers and building their resilience as they face that challenge. A group of accomplished artists, educators, clinicians, business and civic leaders serve as judges. Cash prizes ranging from $1500 to $500 are given to the top winners during the Discovery Summit and Scholarship Awards Ceremony.This year, the event is presented in cooperation with The Black Student Fund. The summit will include workshop presentations by therapists, coaches and healing artists that focus on providing greater understanding of the impact of father absence through the game charade, developing a robust self-care program, choreographing movements that minimize physical pain while allowing young ladies the opportunity to realize self-actualization and empowerment.

Special thanks to Forbright Bank who presented a financial literacy workshop on November 10^th. BSF students and parents participated in activities to learn money management.Thanks Forbright!

BSF is pleased to again partner with the Roundhouse Theatre who will provide unique opportunities for BSF families to attend events at the Roundhouse Theater.

More than 40 BSF families and friends attended the Dance Theatre of Harlem performance on October 8^th.

BSF Scholar Joshua is using his coding skills to produce a Chinese Learning Game. Here is an example of his work.

https://youtu.be/yTQtM8FvM6A

This summer students are meeting daily at BSF’s headquarters to learn machine learning. Lead by a peer instructor, the program teaches students how math and technology combine. In the process, , students are improving math skills via concept review and online practice with learning platform, IXL.

BSF is pleased to partner with Hispanics For Stem led by Norma Margulies. In Summer 2022 our partnership placed 7 middle and high school students in iD Tech in person tech camps at Marymount University.

BSF Summer Math and Coding programs are underway. We are training students in machine learning and engineering simulation technology. Students are learning Tensor Flow and MatLab/Simulink so that they can step in college lab situations.

Black Student Fund will be joining with News One for “Real Talk Drives Real Change”Sunday, June 26, 2022 from 4pm – 8pm.

BSF salutes ConnectDMV for presenting an outstanding College Conference and Fair for high schools students hosted at Sidwell Friends School.

What is the BSF Math Circle?The BSF Math Circle explores real and abstract math topics typically seen outside of standard high school curriculum such as encryption and computer networks. Working in small groups with a math master, students are presented with math thinking and math problems. These lessons revolve around discrete mathematics such as counting principles, graph theory, probability, and modular arithmetic that makes math feel less like a chore and more like an exploration. Students are also introduced to math learning technology.Josh SparksBSF Math Circle Leader

Fourth Meal Inc was founded by BSF’s Sierra Dillard a student at Georgetown Day School when she was in fifth grade. Since that time, she and her teams have served thousands and thousands of meals to homeless from DC Franklin Square Park to random homeless living underneath covered highways. BSF salutes you.

Fourth Meal, Inc (fourthmealinc.org)

The Maryland BOOST program application enrollment window is opening this weekend on March 9th - April 29th. PG PAEO & Black Student Fund are partnering to host a huge Registration Rally to get students enrolled in the State Voucher Program. Here is the MS State BOOST Application link: Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program.

We thank EdChoice for supporting BSF and PG PAEO during National School Choice Week 2022.www.edchoice.org#webuildstrongfutures

Verizon is committed to move our communities forward by partnering with many organizations to support innovative programs that help advance the diverse communities they serve. One such organization is BSF. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6895394478476161024/

With support from National School Choice Week, BSF joined PG PAEO in presenting a virtual event showcasing independent education in Prince George's County on January 21, 2022.

(CNN)Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according to the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Illinois.

The complaint, which was filed Sunday, alleges that these private national universities have "participated in a price-fixing cartel that is designed to reduce or eliminate financial aid as a locus of competition, and that in fact has artificially inflated the net price of attendance for students receiving financial aid." The suit is asking for class-action status to cover any US citizen or permanent resident who paid tuition, room, or board at these institutions within varying timeframes from 2003 to the present. The plaintiffs want a permanent injunction against this alleged conspiracy, and that they are also seeking restitution and damages to be determined in court.  The suit centers around the application of Section 568 of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, which allows institutions to collaborate on financial aid formulas if they don't consider the student's financial need in admission decisions.The lawsuit alleges nine schools (Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern, Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt) have "made admissions decisions with regard to the financial circumstances of students and their families, " thereby disfavoring students who need financial aid."It claims seven other colleges mentioned in the suit (Brown, the California Institute of Technology, Chicago, Cornell, Emory, Rice and Yale) "may or may not have adhered to need-blind admissions policies, but they nonetheless conspired with the other Defendants.""All Defendants, in turn, have conspired to reduce the amount of financial aid they provide to admitted students," the complaint read.CNN reached out to all 16 colleges in the lawsuit for a response. Yale University told CNN in an email that "Yale's financial aid policy is 100% compliant with all applicable laws." In response to CNN's request for comment, the California Institute of Technology said, "Caltech is currently reviewing the lawsuit and cannot comment on the specific allegations. We have confidence, however, in our financial aid practices."

China's $1 trillion fusion reactor is hotter than the sun

China's "artificial sun" has set a new world record after superheating a loop of plasma to temperatures five times hotter than the sun for more than 17 minutes, state media reported. 

The EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) nuclear fusion reactor maintained a temperature of 158 million degrees Fahrenheit (70 million degrees Celsius) for 1,056 seconds, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The achievement brings scientists a small yet significant step closer to the creation of a source of near-unlimited clean energy.

The Chinese experimental nuclear fusion reactor smashed the previous record, set by France's Tore Supra tokamak in 2003, where plasma in a coiling loop remained at similar temperatures for 390 seconds. EAST had previously set another record in May 2021 by running for 101 seconds at an unprecedented 216 million F (120 million C). The core of the actual sun, by contrast, reaches temperatures of around 27 million F (15 million C).

"The recent operation lays a solid scientific and experimental foundation towards the running of a fusion reactor," experiment leader Gong Xianzu, a researcher at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a statement. 

Scientists have been trying to harness the power of nuclear fusion — the process by which stars burn — for more than 70 years. By fusing hydrogen atoms to make helium under extremely high pressures and temperatures, so-called main-sequence stars are able to convert matter into light and heat, generating enormous amounts of energy without producing greenhouse gases or long-lasting radioactive waste.

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BSF is pleased to present the BSF PLAYLIST – a collection of hip children’s music curated by BSF Scholar Cierra. https://blackstudentfund.org/childrens-playlist/

BSF CHILDREN’S PLAYLIST

Masaka Kids – AfricanaChampion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwe_9YbY94Ready Set Go – Divi Roxx Kidshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ynCrayH5wBallin The Jack – Jazzy Ashhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul6FOriuqmQLost Boy – Lavender Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58TBZnvyGwQMuffin Shop – Lavender Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bDZegxRwqcPut Your Mask- Lavender Blues (feat. Uncle Jumbo). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2dPfDcLFDQNot The Only One – Madalen Millshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XudnS1fSib0Goodbye My New Friends- Matt Wilsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHB3o6AABkcShakey Shake-Shake Matt Wilsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryv4pf3smZ0African Treehouse – My Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNQjx3W88cIBest Day Ever – Rissi Palmerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WJMxeHDz9w&t=17sBlack Lives Made History – Roy Moyehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zds_hkqDTxAPaper Doll – Sugar Free Allstarshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-7FyioBGOMThe Uncle Devin Theme Song – Sugar Free Allstarshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCOzAkf50hYVery Best Friend– Sugar Free Allstarshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emDWUszWj5kAll I Have To Do – Sweet Honey and rockhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2FL6ecH_PoThe Magic of Manners – Take Six. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvoI97bUSwII Love You Too – Ziggy Marleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S2TKG94V_U

BSF Program Update

BSF is resuming school year 2021-22 Math an' Coding programming in October. We will continue to offer virtual programs. Program and activities will include homework help/coding instructions/math competitions. This programming will include pre-algebra and algebra homework help. Our coding programming will include three levels of support including: (1) introduction to coding and Python, (2) advanced Python, and (3) machine learning.

The BSF STEM Initiative is a natural outgrowth of the BSF mission to be a resource for African-American and other underserved students.  In this case, a resource to deal with STEM underrepresentation.  In 2016, we started with a coding program, and have since built a math enrichment and homework help program; the program is known as Math an’ Coding (MANC). MANC’s services are free, whether the student is an independent school student or not.