Summer STEAM program for students in Lowcountry
May 5, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – May 5, 2014 – Engaging Creative Minds (ECM) is accepting registrations for the Summer STEAM Institute. Summer STEAM is designed for creative and energetic students in grades 3-8 who want to spend their summer engaged in unique learning experiences that foster creativity and problem solving alongside local artists, cultural organizations, and professionals in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. No experience necessary! Register for any or all of the individual week sessions running weekdays from June 16th-July 25th (no camp July 4th). Themes change each week so no two weeks are the same.
June 16-June 20 – Climate Change/Energy and Environment with Annex Dance Company, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Storytree Theater, and a musician to be named
June 23-June 27 – Water Pollution/Chemistry with musician Tom Noren, Kris Westerson, Storytree Theater, and musician Philip Lipton
June 30-July 4 – Planetary Science – with Charleston Stage, storyteller Tim Dillinger, musicians from Hungry Monk, and a visual artist to be named
July 7-July 11 – Force Motion and Magnetism/Physical science with Annex Dance Company, Mary Harris with prints from the Gibbs Museum of Art, musicians from Hungry Monk, and Art Connects
July 14-July 18 – Robotics/Computer Science with musician Tom Noren, Charleston Stage, Becky Becker’s Box of Puppets, and visual artist Kris Westerson using digital art technology
July 21 – July 25 – Golden Ratio/Math with Kirk Sprinkles from the Charleston Performing Arts Center, visual artist and writer Kathleen Fox, the Hero Project with Deborah Meyer, and visual artist Cathie Murdaugh
Summer STEAM is located at the Charleston County School of the Arts. Camp hours are 8:30-4:00 with breakfast, lunch and healthy snacks included in the price each day. Cost is $200 per week for individual weeks or $175 per week if registering for 3 or more weeks.
At Summer STEAM, campers will study with at least 4 different ECM arts and cultural partners each week, as well as a number of STEM professionals through the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Hall for Science and Mathematics. Students are grouped age appropriately with a 5:1 student to certified teacher ratio. Fridays are dedicated to Think Tank Challenges in which community professionals engage students in solving real world problems.
For more information or to register, visit engagingcreativeminds.org 843.789.0450.
Engaging Creative Minds is a non-profit organization that captures the unique talents of local artists, cultural organizations, and innovative community partners to help students achieve high standards through imagination and innovation. Our mission is to inspire the creative and innovative potential of all students to achieve academically and become imaginative, adaptable, and productive adults resulting in stronger communities and an increasingly competitive South Carolina workforce. Our unique public/private partnership design provides equal access to quality, standards-based, creative learning opportunities, curriculum, and integrated instruction in ECM schools, as well as professional development for CCSD teachers, principals, and staff.
