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Welcome to Ideaventions Academy Summer Camps 2021!
This year we will be offering in-person, full-day summer programs for rising Grades 4th-12th. We have upper elementary, middle school, and high school programs and courses. Here is a quick overview our COVID precautions and links to more information about the scheduled programs.
Can’t I just sign up for 1-week? No, unfortunately, to reduce risk, we are holding extended sessions so the same students come each week, teachers and students undergo a pre-camp health screen, and we avoid introducing new students each week. We want to be able to offer in-person programs and we feel this could help minimize risk to students and teachers.
We invite you to learn more about each program and the offerings using the links.
This year we will be offering in-person, full-day summer programs for rising Grades 4th-12th. We have upper elementary, middle school, and high school programs and courses. Here is a quick overview our COVID precautions and links to more information about the scheduled programs.
- COVID Precautions and Managing Risk:
- In order to offer in-person instruction and reduce risk of COVID transmission, we have four key elements:
- Building upgrades examples include: Heating and cooling upgrades and modifications including Ultraviolet (UV) sterilization, high filtration (MERV-16), and adjustments to maximize outdoor air intake.
- Daily cleaning of high-touch surfaces, weekly thorough cleaning and sanitization using Clorox Total 360 system
- De-densified classroom layouts with 6-foot distancing
- Touch-free water bottle-filling stations instead of water fountains
- Hand sanitizing stations, touch-free faucets throughout the building, including signage for reminders of hand-washing and distancing.
- Reduced density:
- Small numbers of students: 5 to 10 students per classroom (most will be limited to 8 students).
- Reduced mixing of students by conducting 4-week sessions. The same children attend all four weeks to minimize the number of new students coming and going.
- Procedures:
- Daily health checks including forehead temperature checks before entering the building
- Social distancing (6 ft)
- Masks required (except when eating or drinking and during outdoor mask breaks when 6-foot distancing can be ensured). Based on the new variant, double masks may be required at the time.
- Training of children and faculty on the procedures
- Under evaluation: Requirement for proof of a negative COVID test within 2 weeks of the start of the program or course.
- Daily health checks including forehead temperature checks before entering the building
- In order to offer in-person instruction and reduce risk of COVID transmission, we have four key elements:
- Upper Elementary (rising 4th-6th)
- We are offering two, 4-week in-person summer sessions. Each session consists of 4 weeks of our award-winning STEM camps. Each week is a different theme or focus. Each day consists of a fun, well-rounded day of activities including:
- Two hands-on science or engineering labs based on the theme
- A computer science lab to learn coding and computational thinking, as well as building teamwork and communication skills in Minecraft Education Edition.
- Daily outdoor time in the form of nature hikes on nearby walking trails.
- Daily enrichment in either math/logic or literature
- Lunch and a 30-min science or engineering movie (e.g. Bill Nye the Science Guy (a camp favorite!), Disney Imagineering, Popular Mechanics for Kids)
- Middle and Early High School (rising 7th- 9th)
- We are offering two, 4-week in-person summer sessions. Each session consists of 4 weeks of our award-winning STEM camps. Each week is a different theme or focus. Each day consists of a fun, well-rounded day of activities including:
- Two hands-on science or engineering labs based on that week’s focus
- A computer science lab related to the topic (simulations, data analysis, research)
- Daily outdoor time in the form of nature hikes on nearby walking trails.
- Daily book club on a book related to the theme
- Lunch and a 30-min science or engineering film (e.g. TED talk, documentary)
- High School (rising 9th-12th)
- We offer in-person summer courses. Most courses are 4 weeks long, but some are 5 or 6 weeks. Examples of offerings include:
- A Historical Perspective on Modern Genetics (1 history credit, 4 weeks)
- AP Computer Science Principles (1 credit, 4 weeks)
- Spanish courses (1 world language credit, 5 week)
- History and Cinema Studies (1 history credit, 6 weeks)
- Literature Seminar: Tolkien, Chesterton, and Sayers (1/2 English credit, 2 weeks)
- History of Classical Games (1/2 history credit, 2 weeks)
- Adventure Literature and Start of Genres (1/2 English credit, 4 weeks)
- Creative Fiction with Nautical Literature (1/2 English credit, 4 weeks)
- We offer in-person summer courses. Most courses are 4 weeks long, but some are 5 or 6 weeks. Examples of offerings include:
- Note, we are flexible - there is an option to audit the credit-bearing courses if you want to have reduced work, but are interested in taking the course.
Can’t I just sign up for 1-week? No, unfortunately, to reduce risk, we are holding extended sessions so the same students come each week, teachers and students undergo a pre-camp health screen, and we avoid introducing new students each week. We want to be able to offer in-person programs and we feel this could help minimize risk to students and teachers.
We invite you to learn more about each program and the offerings using the links.
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