Mini Camp:

Short Sessions, Real Skills.

Mini Camp is a flexible weekly enrichment program designed for students TK–G8 during the summer. The program combines hands-on learning, creativity, academic enrichment, and exploration through engaging mini classes in STEAM, language, math, robotics, arts, and more.

Flexible weekly sign-up available throughout Summer 2026.

Mini Camp for TK-G2 & G3-5

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Mini Camp is designed for curious young learners who love to explore, create, and discover through hands-on experiences. Students will engage in exciting activities including science experiments, robotics, music creation, math challenges, reading, engineering, drumming, and more. All in a fun, small-group environment that builds confidence, creativity, and real-world skills.

Monday - Thursday | June 8 - July 30, 2026

TK - G2: $100/week, 4 classes/week, 1hr

G3 - G5: $150/week, 4 classes/week, 1.5hr

Mini Camp for G6-G8

Build, code, and problem-solve through hands-on VEX IQ robotics challenges designed to strengthen teamwork, engineering thinking, creativity, and real-world problem-solving skills. Students will explore exciting themes including Food Lab-The Chemistry Behind Taste, Molecule Lab-The Hidden World, Power Lab-Energy & Systems, and Innovation Lab-Design the Future while designing, testing, and improving their own robotic systems in an engaging, project-based environment.

Week 1

Science Lab:

Food Lab – The Chemistry Behind Taste

Focus:
Chemical reactions
Acids & bases
Heat transfer
Experimental design
Student Experience:
Test food-based chemical reactions
Design fair experiments
Collect and analyze real data

Takeaway: "I can explain everyday phenomena using chemistry."

Engineering Lab:

Motion Lab – How Robots Move

Focus:

Movement systems
Motors + gears
Speed vs control

Student Experience:

Build first robot
Make it move
Optimize speed & direction

Takeaway: “I can build a robot that moves with purpose.”

Week 2

Science Lab:

Molecule Lab – The Hidden World

Focus:
Molecular behavior
Enzymes & fermentation
Chemical systems
Structure & patterns
Student Experience:
Explore invisible processes in food
Observe how molecules interact
Investigate biological + chemical systems

Takeaway: "I understand the hidden systems that control how things work."

Engineering Lab:

Mechanism Lab – Build to Do Work

Focus:

Structures + strength
Linkages + mechanisms
Lifting & control

Student Experience:

Build arms, claws, lifters
Solve real-world problems (lifting, grabbing)

Takeaway: “My robot doesn’t just move—it does work.”

Week 3

Science Lab:

Power Lab – Energy & Systems

Focus:
Energy transfer
Electricity & circuits
Renewable energy systems
System efficiency
Student Experience:
Build and test electrical systems
Compare energy flow and efficiency
Explore solar and clean energy

Takeaway: "I can understand and control energy systems."

Engineering Lab:

Smart Robot Lab – Sense & Decide

Focus:

Sensors
Logic (if–then)
Automation

Student Experience:

Robot reacts to environment
Line following
Object detection

Takeaway: “My robot can think and respond.”

Week 4

Science Lab:

Innovation Lab – Design the Future

Focus:
Engineering design
Problem-solving
System integration
Real-world application
Student Experience:
Design solutions using science concepts
Build and test prototypes
Present ideas like real scientists and engineers

Takeaway: "I can use science to design solutions for real-world problems."

Engineering Lab:

Innovation Lab – Design the Future

Focus:

Engineering design
Problem solving
Team innovation

Student Experience:

Build a complete robot system
Solve a challenge
Present like engineers

Takeaway: “I can design real-world solutions with technology.”

Monday - Thursday | June 8 - July 30, 2026

9:30 - 11:30 AM / 12:30 - 3:00 PM

G6 - G8: $250/week, 4 classes/week (session), 2.5hr/class

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