Community Opportunities for SMUHSD Students

allcove San Mateo presents a workshop on Creating Healthy Boundaries on Tuesday, October 29 from  5 - 6 p.m.

Students are encouraged to attend and learn about the importance of setting boundaries for safety and comfort in relationships. This session covers physical, emotional, and intimate boundaries, strategies to avoid peer pressure and manipulation, and tips for effectively communicating boundaries, including how to say "no."

This event is in collaboration with CORA.

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StarVista's HAP-Y, health ambassador program for youth, is excited to announce they have partnered with Allcove and Edgewood to host a behavioral health career panel on Friday, October 11 from 5 - 7 p.m. at allcove San Mateo.

The panel will showcase different careers in the behavioral health field.

Each speaker will touch on their education background, what their career entails, and share some highlights.

Location: 
allcove San Mateo
2600 South El Camino Drive, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94403

The San Mateo County Office of Education presents: Chinatown Rising Film Screening

Friday, October 25, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Attend this free screening of Chinatown Rising, a documentary about the Asian American Movement, highlighting young residents who protested and challenged conservative views in their changing neighborhood from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Learn more.

2 days, 11 hours, 100 teens generating thousands of ideas for tech solutions to community problems!

The TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon is free, beginner-friendly, and open to all Bay Area teens. New hackers are encouraged to participate. 

TeenTechSF will have a special award category for first-time hackers and $1000 worth of PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS throughout the two-day long event! Workshops will be available on how to design your own website, mobile apps, and video games.

Details

Saturday, October 12, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and 

Sunday, October 13, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

Location: San Francisco Main Library @ SFPL's Children's Center

Learn more and Register -- Space is limited!

Creative Youth Awards - Submissions Due December 11

The 2025 Creative Youth Awards (CYA) is awarding $100,000 to Bay Area high school artists for work in creative writing, dance, film, music performance, original music, photography and visual art.

Every qualifying artist who submits to the CYAs will be included in an online Creative Gallery and receive a free year-long membership to Masterclass. 

Submissions are open September 30 and are due by December 11.

Learn more.

Visit the Bay Area Creative Foundation website for link to submit: https://www.bayareacreativefoundation.org/