Project Report
| Dec 23, 2025
Meaningful STEM Classes Taking Place
By Tad Kincaid | Executive Director
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Thanks to your ongoing support, the Kidspire STEM classes are reaching into the communities of children and youth where they are most needed - and where they can drive the most impact. Recently, Kidspire was able to bring STEM classes into an residential school for youth who are deaf. None of the participants had previously been able to join STEM classes. Working closely with sign language language interpreters, the Kidspire teaching staff was able to engage the participants throughout a 10-week STEM course.
This is exactly the intended purpose of Kidspire's operation in Vietnam: Getting high quality, engaging and interactive STEM classes into groups of students that living in communities that are typically underserved by traditional programs.
Thank you for helping to make these programs possible!
Sincerely,,
Tad
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Aug 26, 2025
Supplementing STEM with Social Emotional Learning
By Tad Kincaid | Executive Director
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At the beginning of August, Kidspire launched a new program: STEM+SEL. Over 15 years of facilitating STEM education in Vietnamese institutions, we have observed that many of our students could benefit from learning to identify and regulate their emotions. So, we set out to build upon our strengths and supplement our STEM activities with social emotional learning (SEL). Our curriculum team worked hard to create an engaging 5-day curriculum that we could use to test the concept. We implemented the pilot program with a group of students in Hue, Vietnam, during a week-long STEM Camp. By using concepts of STEM - an activity that youth love! - It allowed our teachers an opportunity to introduce essential concepts of social-emotional learning. The feedback from students was largely positive, and our teaching team is returning to Ho Chi Minh City, motivated to further develop the concept by building a more comprehensive 10-week curriculum that will reach 1,000 students over the next 16 months.
Thank you for supporting Kidspire in providing essential educational programs to children growing up in institutional settings across Vietnam. We are grateful to you for helping us reach more students.
Sincerely,
Tad
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Apr 18, 2025
Just one month to go until Technovation Challenge submission!
By Tad Kincaid | Executive Director
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Over the past several months, our students, coaches, and supporters (including interpreters working with our Deaf participants) have been hard at work preparing their business ideas and tech solutions to solve challenges they identify in their local communities.
This year we've seen an inspiring range of topics that matter deeply to the girls participating in this project: school droputs, family finances, emotional well-being, and more. Each idea is a window into their world - what they observe, care about, and hope to change.
We're excited to see their creativity and resilience shine through as they code their app, prepare their pitch videos, and the submission day approaches!
Thank you for your support that helps to make it possible for Kidspire to bring this meaningful project to our students.
Sincerely,
Tad
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