This Week in Saturday Academy 2/14/15

By: C. Lyles 

This week, HEC Upward Bound ventured into the neighborhood for our Saturday College Preparatory Academy. Students met at the Taylor Community Center, an extension of the St. Louis Science Center, and encountered fun, fire, and freestyles.

Icebreaker in action!

"It's getting hot in here!"

Fun and Fire. Science Center staff started our field trip off with fun icebreakers to engage the students. They ultimately showed our students just how fun science could be with some eye-opening, hot experiments.

Fun and Freestyles. Students and staff were in for a pleasant surprise as C-Sharp, the TMA 2014 Artist of the Year, shared words of encouragement. C-Sharp made students laugh as they listened to his message that reminded them to dream, realize their dreams, save and invest their money well, and express themselves.

During the Q &A portion of the talk, youth were eager to hear C-Sharp rap. “Do a freestyle!” the students urged. So, the rapper obliged my sharing some of his music. Click below to hear some of his words and his rhymes.   

Did you miss this Saturday Academy? Fret not! The fun will keep going next time with some spoken word poetry from an unexpected source.

Next Saturday Academy: Feb. 28, 2015