Welcome to Tin Can Learners!
Tin Can Learners was a project-based, community-oriented, remote after-school program intent on spreading joyful learning in the days of online school. Started by five undergraduates who were frustrated with online learning themselves, Tin Can took the load off of parents with engaging and energizing after-school classes during fall and winter of 2020.
Our Mission
Provide a supportive activity-based environment that fosters community and creativity.
Offer additional structure to the wide-open days of online school.
Facilitate self-motivated and self-driven learning habits.
Prioritize financial accessibility by providing a robust tuition assistance program.
Artwork by Zola, Advanced Art Portfolio
Did you catch our news coverage?
Listen to our radio interview!
Our friend at WRSI, Monte Belmonte, gives you the scoop on Tin Can.
Read the front page story about Tin Can!
Scott Merzbach at the Daily Hampshire Gazette reports.
See what Wesleyan University has to say!
Olivia Drake writes about our Winter Session in the Wesleyan Alumni Magazine.
Check out an essay that captures the our spirit!
Chapin Montague wrote “A Tin Can of Friendship Beans: Creating A Community for Kids in the Age of Virtual Learning.”
Sessions
Session 1: Monday, September 7 - Friday, Sept 25
Session 2: Monday, October 5 - Friday, October 23
Session 3: Monday, November 2 - Friday, December 18th
Tin Can Winter Wonderland: Monday, January 4th - Friday, January 22nd.
Winter Art Portfolio: Monday January 4th - Monday, February 8th.
Advanced Art Portfolio
Artwork by Kenja
Tin Can Learners teaches material that is not part of the standard K-12 curriculum. Our classes are project-based (and we don’t assign homework!). Students complete a session having acquired a new skill, made something that they were proud of, and feeling more connected amidst the world of online learning.
Homegrown Naturalists
Sculpture by Dominic