Happy New School Year! We hope you are soaking in the energy of doors opening and students flooding into your classrooms again. Good luck with an amazing year ahead, filled with all the moments you want to create for your students!Speaking of moments, we not only offer engaging experiences for students to be creators of technology and explore their skills and passions, we also give them real world global company work-based learning experiences that help prepare them for their life after school. Check out this amazing feature of the work that we did with students in Hawaii here on Island News. If your students have used MAD-learn in the classroom with you in any way, they are eligible to apply!
Creating student accounts just got easier! Simply share one class URL, and your students can sign themselves up in minutes. You’ll always have the power to update passwords when needed—making account management simpler than ever.
Watch the quick tutorial below to learn more.
At MAD-learn, we are proud to be a committed supporter and partner to GEAR UP programs nationwide. We join thousands of students, families, educators, and college access champions in celebrating the incredible impact GEAR UP has on communities during National GEAR UP Week September 22-26, 2025.
National GEAR UP Week is all about raising awareness, highlighting student achievements, and rallying support for the life-changing work these programs do—helping students pursue their college dreams. We’re honored to stand alongside GEAR UP programs as they inspire and prepare the next generation for success.
We’re booking now for our amazing App Camps and MAD-minute class push-ins for GEAR UP Week. Pick a time here to meet with us so we can get you on the list!
We’re excited to share one of several upcoming app challenges for students—theNASA App Development Challenge (ADC)! This nationwide coding competition invites high school and community college students to tackle real technical problems supporting the Artemis Generation’s mission to return astronauts to the Moon and eventually land on Mars.
The 2026 challenge kicks off October 1, 2025 and runs through December 10, 2025, with final presentations at Johnson Space Center in April 2026.
In case you missed it in APPetizers, we wanted to remind you there are even more ways for students to innovate and compete! The Congressional App Challenge invites middle and high school students to design and submit original apps on any topic, with winning projects showcased in the U.S. Capitol and at the #HouseOfCode event in D.C. (Deadline: October 30, 2025). The new Presidential AI Challenge calls on K-12 students, educators, and community teams to use AI to solve real-world problems, with top submissions featured nationally (Deadline: January 20, 2026). Both are perfect opportunities to harness MAD-learn for app design, prototyping, and innovation.
We’ve been GEARed UP and on the go this month! Our first stop—Utah—for a high-energy GEAR UP App Camp where students turned ideas into digital reality. Then we hit the road for a back-to-school blitz, sharing MAD-learn magic with amazing educators at Cobb County SD, DeKalb County SD, and The School District of Palm Beach County. From coding camps to conference halls, we’ve been everywhere sparking inspiration, building skills, and helping teachers and students kick off the school year with an “app-titude” for innovation!
In Jessica Mishima-Donahue’s STEAM lab at Makaha Elementary in Hawaii, students took a refreshing approach to entrepreneurship—literally! They dreamed up unique lemonade recipes, designed eye-catching flyers, and built custom mobile apps with MAD-learn. Blending financial literacy, marketing savvy, and mobile technology, this hands-on project culminated in a vibrant pop-up business showcase where student creativity truly shined.
… seeing some of our intern’s work published and live on our social media accounts!Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/company/mad-learn Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/madlearnmagic/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MADLearn X – https://x.com/MADLearn
