The Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy works with high achieving, low-income high-school students of color from the Bay Area who are passionate about math and science. We provide them with rigorous courses that will prepare them to excel in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields.

Our goal is to help these students be admitted to top-tier colleges to focus on these fields. We help scholars achieve success in high school now and prepare them for future achievement in higher education.

The SMASH Academy components include a five-week residential, rigorous academic program on the UC Berkeley campus in the summer, as well as academic-year programming to keep students engaged and on track for academic success.

In addition to having a college experience by living on campus, students also conduct hands-on lab experiments, meet accomplished professional role-models, build cultural capital through field trips, and build a supportive community of other scholars.

These experiences are conspicuously unavailable to our students at their under-resourced schools.

SMASH is a program of Level Playing Field Institute