BEAM Gateway

STRENGTHENING FOUNDATIONS

BEAM provides comprehensive support, focusing on deep enrichment courses and help with next steps in students’ STEM journeys.

For our 8th grade students, we’re laying the groundwork for future deep STEM enrichment while preparing them to navigate the high school admissions process successfully.

BUILDING A NEW VISION AT BEAM

For the last 15 years, BEAM has been changing lives. We've seen our students fall in love with math and science, succeed at highly competitive programs and colleges, pursue impressive STEM careers, and more.

We are now developing the next iteration of our 8th–12th grade pre-college programming.

A centerpiece of our work over the next three years will be building a new, more engaging and rigorous program, including best-in-class mathematical enrichment classes and STEM exploration and access activities.

The new model rests on three pillars: 1) academic majors, 2) a structured STEM exploration and access curriculum, and 3) capstone projects that allow students to do deep, authentic work and build skills to manage large projects.

Through this redesign, we aim to:

  • Provide the tools for students to deeply understand STEM subjects in college and beyond;

  • Enable students to find what fields of STEM resonate with them and navigate the pathway to those fields;

  • Support resilience and thriving for our students in academics, careers, and life.

We will begin rolling out our new vision for BEAM’s programs in Fall 2026.

8th Grade

ACADEMICS

Launching Fall 2026: During the school year, students take two courses: Foundations of Mathematics (building on the problem solving and reasoning skills from our summer programs) and a Programming course that gives them key tools to do more in-depth work.

STEM ACCESS AND EXPLORATION

In the fall, students and families receive high school admissions support. This support is particularly critical in New York City, where all students must apply to be matched with high schools. The high school students attend is one of the biggest predictors of their future opportunities. Learn more about New York City’s high school admissions process.


Launching Spring 2027: Time is provided for algebra skill building.

Learn about the next step in our program: BEAM Beyond.