Key Features:

• Class starts on October 2, 2024
• 24 lessons 1h/week
• Program value $1000 offered to  Members* for $100 ✨ 
• Engaging and interactive lessons
• Expert instructor
• Personalized attention for every child
• Hands-on learning

Class Dates

Every Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 PM CST

Class Format

Format: online on Zoom 

Class Modules

• Months 1-3: Drawing (12 sessions) 
  • Target Audience: 8-16
• Months 4-6: Animation (12 sessions) 
  • Target Audience: 10-16
• Follow up:
  • Advanced students can join our private Game Building class (4 sessions + 8 Q&A sessions)

Class Topics

• Intro to Programming
• Drawing basics
• Coloring
• Variables
• Animation basics
• Interactive programs
• Becoming a better coder
• Bonus: Resizing with variables
• Text and strings
• Functions
• Logic and if Statements
• Debugging programs
• Looping
• Writing clean code
• Arrays: Intro to JS

Game Design: The second part of class is based on students abilities and choices. Every class is different: we design a new game every time, and we walk the kids through creating their own games.

In 2021, after two months, with just a little help, the kids were able to create their own little game. Play our game on Khan Academy, and keep an eye on our Youtube channel for the latest version.

Meet our Teachers

Eli Katz

Volunteer Teacher since 2020

Eli is a professional software developer in Chicago and has been teaching computer programming with RUF since April 2020. He is excited to promote curiosity and interest in STEM fields and inspire children in an engaging and fun class.

Mihai Lehene

President and Founding Member of RUF

Mihai is a Founding Member and the President of RUF. Passionate and caring, Mihai’s goal is to inspire all around him to be better and help each other, especially his fellow Romanian Americans.

twitter.com/mlehene

@mlehene

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Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (martie – octombrie 2024)

Registration OPEN

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Why should you join this class

Having basic personal financial skills is one of the most important things you can do to live a healthy, happy, and secure life.

As adults, we deal with our finances on a daily basis  through questions like:

• The market is going up – should I participate?
• I have some extra money, what should I do with it?
• What’s a good interest rate and should I refinance?
• How do loans work and how much is my monthly mortgage?

Looking back, it would have been good if we would have been prepared to answer these questions since we were kids.

In our engaging program, we delve into the realms of trading and long-term investing, covering crucial topics such as portfolios, diversification, interest rates, stocks, the stock market, bonds, ETFs, Mutual Funds, and Hedge Funds. Our aim is to demystify these financial concepts and make them accessible and understandable for young learners.

What sets our course apart is our hands-on approach. Participants will have the opportunity to open actual brokerage or trading accounts, immersing themselves in the world of financial instruments. By using real financial tools, they will gain practical insights into how these instruments function in the real world.

About the course

• Starting Date: October 4, 2024
• Class Teachers: Marius Moldovan
• Class Schedule: Once a month, First Friday of every month until June 2025
• Class Time: 5:00-5:45 PM CST (Chicago Time)
• Target Audience: 10-18 year-olds (anyone below 99 allowed)
• Class Format: Hybrid (In person at ROCO & Online via Zoom)
• Value: $1000 offered to  Members* for $100 ✨

What you will learn

• Learn to Read: A Market Crash Course
• Learn to Analyze: Technical vs Fundamental
• Opening a Trading Account
• Technical Analysis: Charting Fundamentals
• Fundamental Analysis: X-Ray of a Private Company
• Practice Trading: Orders and Concepts
• Position and Risk Management

Conţinutul acestui site/ website nu reprezintă poziţia oficială a Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni
Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (martie – octombrie 2024)

The Romanian Diaspora Funding Network (RDFN), with the support of the Romanian-American Foundation, presents an important study that lays the foundation for future donation mechanisms by analyzing who donates, how, and why among nearly 2,000 Romanians across Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the USA.

Produced by the Research Center for Civil Society based on fieldwork conducted by Wave Research and Triskuel, this report offers key insights into the motivations behind diaspora donations, the areas receiving the most support, country-specific donation patterns, and preferred giving methods. Designed for NGOs, donors, and partners, it provides essential data to strengthen the connection between the diaspora and Romanian organizations.

Download the full study to explore these insights and uncover new opportunities to enhance philanthropic engagement. For access to raw data files, please reach out to [email protected].

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Conquer math Kangaroo problems like never before! Learn and have fun in this adventure of knowledge and discovery. It's intense, invigorating, and undeniably enjoyable. Join us, regardless of who you are or where you're from, and unleash your inner math genius. Parents, beware! Once your child enters this world of mathematical adventures, there's no turning back. It's addictive in the best way possible. And here's a secret tip: bring a friend your age. Conquer math challenges and create incredible games together for an amplified thrill. 

Discover the thrill of our captivating course, crafted to soar your child's Math skills to unprecedented heights, equipping them for real-world challenges, including the prestigious Math Kangaroo competition held annually in March.

Key Features:

• Class starts on October 1, 2023
• 20 lessons  2h/week
• Program value $600 offered to  Members* for $100 ✨ 
• Engaging and interactive lessons
• Expert math instructors
• Personalized attention for every child
• Hands-on learning activities

Course Highlights:

Explore advanced mathematical concepts beyond the classroom level, and guess what? We're not just sharing these ideas with older kids; even our younger learners will embark on this thrilling mathematical expedition. Expect to learn the following concepts:

• Logical deduction, induction, and formal reasoning techniques
• Discrete Mathematics (number theory, counting, sets, and probabilities)
• Plan and three-dimensional geometry (not usually treated elsewhere)
• Basic combinatorics
• Equations and systems of equations

Age Group: 🚀 Our competitive math programs is tailored for students aged 6-14 (1st - 8th grade)
Duration:  

• Module 1: October - December (10 sessions)
• Module 2: January - March (10 sessions)
• Are you interested in other classes? See all our courses

Why Choose Little Newton Math Course?

• Build a solid math foundation
• Boost confidence in problem-solving
• Develop critical thinking skills
• Nurture a lifelong love for learning
• Prepare for future academic success

Meet Our Dedicated Instructors

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Conţinutul acestui site/ website nu reprezintă poziţia oficială a Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni
Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (martie – octombrie 2024)

Key Features:

• Class starts on October 2, 2024
• 24 lessons 1h/week
• Program value $1000 offered to  Members* for $100 ✨ 
• Engaging and interactive lessons
• Expert instructor
• Personalized attention for every child
• Hands-on learning

Class Dates

Every Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 PM CST

Class Format

Format: online on Zoom 

Class Modules

• Months 1-3: Drawing (12 sessions) 
  • Target Audience: 8-16
• Months 4-6: Animation (12 sessions) 
  • Target Audience: 10-16
• Follow up:
  • Advanced students can join our private Game Building class (4 sessions + 8 Q&A sessions)

Class Topics

• Intro to Programming
• Drawing basics
• Coloring
• Variables
• Animation basics
• Interactive programs
• Becoming a better coder
• Bonus: Resizing with variables
• Text and strings
• Functions
• Logic and if Statements
• Debugging programs
• Looping
• Writing clean code
• Arrays: Intro to JS

Game Design: The second part of class is based on students abilities and choices. Every class is different: we design a new game every time, and we walk the kids through creating their own games.

In 2021, after two months, with just a little help, the kids were able to create their own little game. Play our game on Khan Academy, and keep an eye on our Youtube channel for the latest version.

Meet our Teachers

Eli Katz

Volunteer Teacher since 2020

Eli is a professional software developer in Chicago and has been teaching computer programming with RUF since April 2020. He is excited to promote curiosity and interest in STEM fields and inspire children in an engaging and fun class.

Mihai Lehene

President and Founding Member of RUF

Mihai is a Founding Member and the President of RUF. Passionate and caring, Mihai’s goal is to inspire all around him to be better and help each other, especially his fellow Romanian Americans.

twitter.com/mlehene

@mlehene

Conţinutul acestui site/ website nu reprezintă poziţia oficială a Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni
Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (martie – octombrie 2024)

Registration OPEN

Sign Up

See all Fall 2024 courses

Why should you join this class

Having basic personal financial skills is one of the most important things you can do to live a healthy, happy, and secure life.

As adults, we deal with our finances on a daily basis  through questions like:

• The market is going up – should I participate?
• I have some extra money, what should I do with it?
• What’s a good interest rate and should I refinance?
• How do loans work and how much is my monthly mortgage?

Looking back, it would have been good if we would have been prepared to answer these questions since we were kids.

In our engaging program, we delve into the realms of trading and long-term investing, covering crucial topics such as portfolios, diversification, interest rates, stocks, the stock market, bonds, ETFs, Mutual Funds, and Hedge Funds. Our aim is to demystify these financial concepts and make them accessible and understandable for young learners.

What sets our course apart is our hands-on approach. Participants will have the opportunity to open actual brokerage or trading accounts, immersing themselves in the world of financial instruments. By using real financial tools, they will gain practical insights into how these instruments function in the real world.

About the course

• Starting Date: October 4, 2024
• Class Teachers: Marius Moldovan
• Class Schedule: Once a month, First Friday of every month until June 2025
• Class Time: 5:00-5:45 PM CST (Chicago Time)
• Target Audience: 10-18 year-olds (anyone below 99 allowed)
• Class Format: Hybrid (In person at ROCO & Online via Zoom)
• Value: $1000 offered to  Members* for $100 ✨

What you will learn

• Learn to Read: A Market Crash Course
• Learn to Analyze: Technical vs Fundamental
• Opening a Trading Account
• Technical Analysis: Charting Fundamentals
• Fundamental Analysis: X-Ray of a Private Company
• Practice Trading: Orders and Concepts
• Position and Risk Management

Conţinutul acestui site/ website nu reprezintă poziţia oficială a Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni
Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni (martie – octombrie 2024)