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YouTube Creator Club in Wellesley
The channel is the excuse. The skills are real.
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- STEM.org accredited
- CSTA & NGSS aligned
Fall 2026 Term · iCode of WellesleyStarts Sep 28
YouTube Creator — enroll now
- Dates
- Sep 28, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026
- Day & time
- Afternoons, Mon–Fri
- Sessions
- 10 sessions, one hour each
- Ages
- 7–14
- Location
- 73 Central Street, Wellesley
$395 per ten-week term · second club $325
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Almost every student who joins this club already watches a great deal of YouTube. Rather few have any idea how much work sits behind the four minutes they enjoyed. This club is where that becomes obvious, usually in week two, when they try to cut their own footage down to something a stranger would sit through.
The channel is the excuse. What students are actually practising is planning, sequencing, pacing and revision — the same discipline that makes a good essay, delivered in a medium they already care about.
Tracks
Students enter at the level that matches their experience and move up as they are ready.
- Introduction — scripting, framing a shot, recording clean audio
- Intermediate — editing, pacing, cuts, titles and thumbnails
- Advanced — series planning, audience feedback, channel identity
What students actually learn
- Scripting and structure — a video needs a beginning, a middle and a reason to stay
- Filming and audio, the half beginners ignore and viewers notice first
- Editing: cutting your own work down, which is harder than making it
- Thumbnails and titles — design decisions with an immediate, measurable result
- Digital citizenship and what does and does not belong on a public channel
A brief, as students receive it
Make a video that teaches someone how to do something in under ninety seconds. Nobody may be bored at any point. If a section does not help them do the thing, cut it.
We give the requirements, not the steps. Working out how is the lesson — and the reason students can explain what they built when they get home.
The question parents actually ask
“I do not want my child having a YouTube channel.”
Then they will not have one. Publishing is optional and always a parent’s decision — students can complete every part of this club with videos that never leave the building, and many do. Where families do want a channel, we cover privacy settings, comments and what not to put online before anything is uploaded.
Where it leads
YouTube pairs unusually well with Shark Tank — students who can edit and present have a real advantage when they have ninety seconds to convince a panel.
Questions
Does my child need a camera or editing software?
No. Cameras, microphones and editing workstations are provided. Students who want to keep working at home can, but nothing in the term depends on it.
Will their face be online?
Only if you choose it. Plenty of students make screen-recorded or voice-over videos and never appear on camera at all.
When does the term run?
The Fall 2026 Term runs Sep 28, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026 — 10 sessions, one hour a week, at 73 Central Street, Wellesley.
What does it cost?
$395 for the ten-week term. A second club in the same term is $325. Materials are included.
How is a club different from the Belt Program?
A club is one hour a week for ten weeks, in a larger group, focused on one topic. The Belt Program is two hours a week across a ten-month year, in a group of about six, with a written progress report every month and a capstone project. Plenty of students do both.
What if we need to miss a week?
Tell us in advance and we will place your child in another group that week where the schedule allows. Vacation weeks are already excluded from the term dates above.
Where you’ll be
iCode of Wellesley · 73 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
781-291-3131
Five minutes from Wellesley Middle School and a short drive from Schofield, Bates, Hardy, Hunnewell and Upham. Street parking on Central Street, plus the Municipal Way lot behind the building for pickup.
Ready to start?
Book a free evaluation and we will tell you honestly which track your child belongs in — or enroll straight into the Fall 2026 Term.
Enroll in the Fall 2026 Term
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