SUMMARY

In April 2020, as the world grappled with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, BEAM made the decision to shift its summer programming online and operate virtually for the first time.

This whitepaper shares some of the decisions we made, the strategies we implemented, and learnings and insights our staff gained as a result of running BEAM Discovery, our program for rising 7th graders, virtually.

The purpose of this whitepaper is to record lessons learned from our online program in the hope it will help others doing similar work.

This whitepaper is based on research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.