3 Tips For How To Make Nachos Without An Oven (plus origin story!)

by admin@networkstrategics.com | May 1, 2017 | Blog, Cooking, Featured, Recipes

Can you make nachos without an oven?  If so, how are you going to melt the cheese? Do you have a blow torch handy? If not, read on ahead to find out how we teach kids to make Nachos Especiales in our after-school Cooking class with no oven in site. Tip 1:  Instead Of...

Two Tasty Recipes For When You’re Camping (plus epic puppy pic)

by admin@networkstrategics.com | Apr 27, 2017 | Blog, Cooking, Featured, Recipes

With spring heading into summer, now is the time to go back to nature in Southern California. Living in the city has a lot of perks: lots of fun things to do, great restaurants, parks and choices for the consumer. But it’s just as necessary to balance the...

LIFT Enrichment Volunteers with High Schoolers through NFTE LA

by admin@networkstrategics.com | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Lego Robotics

Last month I had the chance to volunteer with a great non-profit called NFTE, which helps teens from low-income schools learn about entrepreneurship. I headed to Augustus Hawkins High School on a sunny day in March to serve as a Business Plan Coach & Mentor.  My...

A Lesser Known Benefit of a Small Summer Camp

by admin@networkstrategics.com | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog, Cooking, Featured

I’ve worked at many different size camps, some with 80+ campers and others with less than 25. Big Camps were fun because there were a lot of kids to meet, and there were lots of interesting smaller groups to interact with. Small Camps were fun because everyone...

The Four Ps of LIFT Enrichment

by admin@networkstrategics.com | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog, Cooking, Featured

I hope everyone has been enjoying their Spring Break.  A lot of our after-school classes start next week and the week after and I am pumped! I also want to thank a lot of you for the opportunity to have had taught and inspired your children during the previous Winter...

Tower Defense Bot: A Ball-Launching Guardian

by admin@networkstrategics.com | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Lego Robotics

State Of The Art Defense Leave the guard dog inside because this guy is on the forefront of meeting all of your surveillance and defensive needs.  Kids will have a blast with this high-powered, ball-launching robot that can take down the baddies before they get to...