SUMMER EXPLORERS PROGRAM
Please use the registration link at the bottom, or on the main enrollment information page, for the
"Summer Explorers Program" (summer school; 8AM-12PM) only. SEP will run from Wednesday, June 12th to Friday, July 12th.
Interested in care beyond the 12pm program ending time? You can find information in the "Summer Care Program" quick link.
Participation in both programs does require separate enrollments.
(Please be sure to enroll in both if you are looking for care outside of the hours of 8:00am-12:00pm. There may be a fee associated to the extended hours program.)
Highlight Curriculum Partners
Camp Invention® at Muroc Joint Unified School District!
In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Muroc Joint Unified School District is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention® program to children enrolled in TK through 6th grade. This exciting, multi week summer adventure provides opportunities for open-ended, hands-on exploration of science, technology, engineering and more! Rotating through a variety of exciting activities each day, children have fun collaborating with friends, thinking creatively and inventing their own solutions to real-world challenges.
The 2023 Wonder program will thrill both new and returning students with an expedition full of far-reaching explorations, fascinating discoveries and exhilarating “a-ha” moments!
During this dynamic, high-energy program, young innovators will:
• Become innovative entrepreneurs as they design their own mini pop-up business! Students create a business plan and choose how to spend their startup funds. Employing their imaginations, they add lights, greenery, logoed signage and other features to attract customers. After inventing unique ways to distribute their products, children launch their business with the ultimate pop-up event!
• Build their own mini skate park with ramps, bowls and rails, they take an exciting ride through physics, design engineering and art! Students personalize their mini skateboards, create DIY skateboard riders and design awesome skate park features. Then it’s time to grind the rails of innovation as they kickflip their way through each other’s one-of-a-kind Skate Parks!
• Investigate the inner workings of their own MimicBot — a robot that mimics sounds — and transform it into a one-of-a-kind animatronic stuffie! They find inspiration in nature, get hands-on with design and use the power of intellectual property to protect their stuffie from the idea-stealing Copy Cat. Then students take their stuffie home to keep creating and innovating!
• Create the best celebration ever, children become confident event planners! They have fun engineering light-up party hats, inventing a Party Assistant to help with their big plans, exploring color with bubble art banners and experimenting with sound as they create instruments. When the day of the big celebration arrives, children rotate between fun stations as they celebrate all their amazing accomplishments.
This Camp Invention program is supported by scholarship funds provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) STEM, Defense STEM Education Consortium (DSEC).