Big Learning, aka MCCPTA Educational Programs, Inc. has offered high quality out of school time educational programs in Montgomery County and the DC metro area since 1954. Its mission is to enrich the education of pre-K through middle school students in the fields of STEM and World Languages while providing the skills and personal competencies to succeed in the 21st century, with a particular focus on serving students whose access to enrichment programs is impacted by poverty and other factors. Our Foreign Language in Elementary Schools: FLES program serves approximately 2,000 K-6 students per year in a sequential, immersion based program; our instructors are native speakers who offer cultural notes and serve as role models to students in our diverse community. Children gain confidence in hearing and speaking a new language and cultural awareness. Research consistently shows that early foreign language learning increases cognitive development and is an important component of achieving fluency in a foreign language. Our Science & Engineering programs can be described as