June 1-28
Digging into Summer Reading Camp
Students will engage in Lindamood-Bell Seeing Stars or Visualizing and Verbalizing instruction. This camp is open to students who are currently in grades 1-9. Student enrollment is based on principal recommendation. To be eligible, students must be scoring below the 25th percentile on ACT Aspire or be at a Level 1 or 2 in overall reading on IStation. Register through principal’s office of your own school.
June 6-16 and Aug. 29-Sept. 9
PSAT Academy
PSAT Academy is designed to enable students to maximize their scores on the ACT. The academy will emphasize strategies, methods, content review and the application of content and skills. Students will learn strategies and methods for timed test-taking as well as for math, reading, grammar, science and the ACT essay. Students with the 25 top PSAT scores from both Northside High School and Southside High School will be accepted. Register through principal’s office of your own school.
June 6-10
Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs
Students entering seventh or eighth grade can experience modern manufacturing by creating, building and taking a product home. Campers tour manufacturing facilities, learn about entrepreneurship and meet top industry experts. They will experience a safe, hands-on learning environment. Students will create products using Computer Aided Design (CAD). They may operate machinery under close supervision and discover a future career in manufacturing. Camp is open to 20 FSPS students. Enroll through your school’s principal’s office. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Peak Innovation Center CIM Lab.
Students will engage in STEAM activities that require them to design projects that will Build a Community of the Future. Topics include:
Health/Safety/Security: Students will create a safe playground for children of all abilities using concepts of force and motion. Environmental Impact: Investigate how plants and animals, including humans, impact the environment. Communication/Entertainment: Students will create a golf course of the future using concepts of force and motion and visualizing the future of entertainment using robots.
Energy/Transportation: Students create multiple rescue scenarios based on a variety of natural disasters (hurricane, earthquakes, floods, etc.) They will create rescue plans utilizing current technologies such as Spheros, drones and green screens to report their progress.
Students entering grades 3-6 are eligible to participate; 50 per grade level, on a first come, first served basis. Enroll through your school’s principal’s office. Free. 8:30-11:30 a.m. Orr Elementary School
Students will learn about careers and practice hands-on activities in a variety of medical and wellness units, including responsive medicine, athletic trainer, EMS, CPR/AED, infection control, first aid and Stop the Bleed. Camp is open to 16 FSPS students who will be entering seventh or eighth grade. Enroll through your school’s principal’s office. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Peak Innovation Center Health Sciences Classroom
During this summer learning opportunity, students will learn the basics of camera handling, digital editing with Adobe Photoshop and the art and design of both video and photography. Camp has seats for 24 FSPS students who are entering seventh or eighth grade. Enroll through your school’s principal’s office. Free. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Northside High School Rooms 104,105 and 106.
This course is an exploration of the applications of drones in the real world. Through a series of inquiry-based and hands-on learning activities, students will integrate algebraic thinking, programmatic knowledge, and use case scenario abstraction to control through the Tello application. This course uses Scratch based coding. Camp is open to 15 FSPS students who will be entering seventh or eighth grade. Enroll through your school’s principal’s office. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Peak Innovation Center
Students will engage in Lindamood-Bell On Cloud Nine Visualizing and Verbalizing for Math instruction. Open to students who are currently in grades 1-8. Student enrollment is based on principal recommendation. To be eligible, students must be scoring below the 25th percentile on ACT Aspire or be at a Level 1 or 2 in overall math on IStation.
