First Light Volunteer Application

First Light is seeking STEM professionals to serve as volunteer instructional assistants for the 2024-2025 school year. Volunteers guide students through hands-on activities to explore scientific questions.

In 2024-2025, First Light students will focus on different forms of flight!

  • Fall: What is Flight?
  • Winter: Drones in Flight
  • Spring: What is propulsion? (Rockets)

Sessions run from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm each week. (Except for the first orientation session, which starts at 12:30 p.m.)  at 5251 Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 on the following Saturdays from 1 pm – 4 pm: 

  • January 25th 
  • February 2nd 
  • February 8th 
  • February 22nd 
  • March 1st 
  • March 8th  

To apply to be a volunteer, please complete the Volunteer Application below.