STEM Mentoring RI (Formally known as STEM Advantage RI)

STEM Mentoring RI Afterschool and Summer Programs

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The overall goal of Mystic Aquarium's STEM Mentoring RI Initiative is to positively impact the social-emotional development and academic achievement of youth, grades K-12th. STEM Mentoring RI afterschool and summer programs consist of fun, hands-on activities, group projects, and multimedia connections that engage mentors and mentees in a variety of STEM topics, with a particular focus on conservation. All STEM Mentoring RI project activities have been carefully crafted to support STEM, environmental stewardship, literacy and numeracy educational goals in alignment with the Rhode Island Department of Education K-12 educational framework. Through weekly group mentoring sessions and additional STEM enrichment activities, youth are exposed to inspiring scientists, engineers, and conservationists, who represent a variety of careers and education pathways. By providing consistent, high-quality, STEM-focused mentoring experiences, STEM Mentoring RI encourages a reduction in high-risk behaviors, improvement of academic success indicators, and an overall increase in knowledge of and interest in STEM topics and careers for participating youth and mentors.

We have served over 1000 youth throughout RI! Click here to learn more.

Website Accessibility Policy

Southern Rhode Island Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Southern Rhode Island Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (401) 661-5761

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Southern Rhode Island Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Southern Rhode Island Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (401) 661-5761.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.