Pinellas County Schools2019 STEM Summer Camp

Application Packet

4 DIFFERENTWEEKS

&4 DIFFERENTLOCATIONS

IN JUNE

4-DAYCAMP

INCLUDESLUNCHEACHDAY

ONLY$100

Students entering 2nd-7th grades (duringthe 2019-2020 school year) who attend

schools operated by the Pinellas CountySchool Board*.

ONLY 120 SEATS PER SITEStudent Hours: 8:00am-3:30pm

4-day camp: no camp on Friday'sSame content offered each week. 

Grades 2-7 offered at each site regardless of host school(elementary school or or middle school)

Week 1June 3rd-June 6th: Leila Davis Elementary

(no before or after care available)

Week 2June 10th-June 13th: East Lake Middle

(no before or after care available)

Week 3June 17th-June 20th: Ridgecrest Elementary

(before & after care available through R'Club 727-578-5437www.rclub.net)

Week 4

June 24th-June 27th: Tyrone Middle(after care available only for middle school students through

R'Club 727-578-5437  www.rclub.net)

Taught by Pinellas County STEM Academyteachers!!!

STEM camp students will explore STEM concepts bysolving daily STEM team challenges, building and

programming robots, computer programming andand hands-on engineering design challenges

through electronic re-engineering. See page 3 forgrade specific content.

only 120 seats per siteenrollment based on completed online 

     application & online payment in the order     received (see page 4 for online application and      online payment link)

FREE PCS school lunch provided each day

LOCATIONS& DATES

WHO CANATTEND?

CAMPEXPERIENCE

ADDITIONALDETAILS

*Grant funds support camp costs and due to the operating budgets, enrollment islimited to students currently attending Pinellas County public schools operated by

the Pinellas County School Board.

Elementary Classes Middle Grade Classes

For students entering grades 2nd-5th duringthe 2019-2020 school year. 

This is not an advanced camp, beginner levelSTEM learners welcomed! Campers will be engaged in teamwork eachday with each activity.  Doing so helps tofoster the essential STEM career skills ofcommunication, teamwork and collaboration.If enrollment is low at a particular site, gradelevels may be combined (2nd/3rd and4th/5th)

Campers will become immersed in STEMconcepts by engaging in the following:

2nd grade: solving daily team STEMchallenges, learn about computer codingusing a coding robot, buildengineering structures using everydaymaterials and solve engineering puzzles usingdigital games that require a hands-onapproach.3rd grade: solving daily team STEMchallenges, use computer programming tocontrol and drive a robot, electronic take apartengineering and develop an amusement parkonline and in the classroom.4th grade: solving daily team STEMchallenges, build a mBot robot and learn howto control it through computer programming,compete in a robotic parade that involvescoding and sensors, and create a video gamethat involves hands-on and onlinecomponents.5th grade: solving daily team STEMchallenges, learn about programmablesensors and coding using Sphero's, take apartold electronics to re-engineering a workingmodel, and learn how to use computerprogramming to develop their own app.

For students entering grades 6th-7th duringthe 2019-2020 school year. 

This is not an advanced camp, beginner levelSTEM learners welcomed! Campers will be engaged in teamwork eachday with each activity.  Doing so helps tofoster the essential STEM career skills ofcommunication, teamwork andcollaboration.6th and 7th grade students will becombined in the same class

Campers will become immersed in STEMconcepts by engaging in the following:

STEM challenges: solving daily team STE Mchallengesdrones: build a team drone, learn aboutcomputer programming in order to flydrone, explore STEM careers that utilizedrones and develop solutions to real-worldproblems using drones as an unmannedaerial systemcity planning: utilize an architectural kit tobuild a city using modern city criteria,develop possible solutions to problemsthat cities experience and explore in-demand STEM careers (city planning, civilengineering, architecture, etc.) and theskills needed to acquire them.

CHALLENGES

INCLUDESLUNCH

EACH DAY

INCLUDESLUNCH

EACH DAY

How to Enroll

1. Student Name:_________________________________________________ 2. Please select one:    Female   Male 3. Parent Name: __________________________________________________ 4. Home Address: ________________________________________________ 5. Parent phone during day: (      ) _____ - _________  cell                                                      (      ) _____ - _________  home 6. Parent email: ___________________________________________________ 7. School attended during 18-19 school year: ___________________________________ 8. School enrolled in for the 2019-2020 school year (limited to students currently enrolled in a PC public school operated by the    Pinellas County School Board): ___________________________ 8. Current age of student: _______________ 9. Grade student will be entering for the upcoming 19/20 school year: _________ 10. Did the student attend an after school PCS STEM Academy during the 18-19 school year (not a requirement to attend this      PCS STEM Summer Camp - please select one):      YES       NO      If yes, identify which school: ________________________ 11. Select which STEM Summer Camp week you would like your child to attend (content will be the same each week):    • Session 1: June 3rd-6th Leila Davis Elementary    • Session 2: June 10th-13th East Lake Middle    • Session 3: June 17th -20th Ridgecrest Elementary    • Session 4: June 24th –27th Tyrone Middle 12. Please sign below acknowledging that you are aware of the PCS STEM Summer Camp hours (8:00am-3:30pm).       Yoursignature also acknowledges that the STEM Summer Camps will not be able to provide transportation to       families andstudents. Families of students attending a STEM Summer Camp must provide their own       transportation to and from the site.As a condition of attending a STEM Summer Camp, and as consideration       for such attendance, by signing below, theparent(s)/guardian(s) agrees to release, waive and hold the Pinellas       County School Board and its agents and employeesharmless from any and all claims, suits, liability,       judgments, attorneys’ fees, costs, and any expenses of any kind resultingfrom injuries or damages, grounded       in tort or otherwise, that such parent(s)/guardian(s) and/or their student(s) attending aSTEM Summer Camp       sustain as a result of their transportation or other travels to and from the STEM Summer Camp site.       Parent/Guardian Signature- Please sign below acknowledging that you have read the legal statement.       ___________________________________         _________      Parent/Guardian Signature                         Date

Applications will not be considered complete and a spot will not be reserved unless theonline application and payment are made.

To complete the online application and online payment, please use the following link:        

You will be notified by email of your child's acceptance or wait list status within 1 week ofreceipt of your application and payment. If enrollment indicates "full" online, please email Deborah Gerhardt at Gerhardtd@pcsb.organd ask to be placed on a wait list.  If enough students are on a wait list, there may be anopportunity to open another class at that site.Refund Processes: If you remove your child before camp starts, a full refund will beprovided.  No refunds are provided once a child attends camp as the camp registration feeof $100 covers the costs of teacher compensation and materials that are accounted forbefore the start of camp.

If you have additional registration/payment questions, please contact the K-12 STEM Dept.Secretary, Deborah Gerhardt at Gerhardtd@pcsb.org / 727-588-6006. If you have program questions, please contact the PCS K – 12 STEM Specialist, Laura Spenceat Spencela@pcsb.org /727-588-6338.

Completed applications must be submitted by May 24th.Only 120 seats available at each site!

Enrollment is based on acceptance of a completed online application and online payment. Applications will be processed in the order that they are received online. 

https://pcsb.revtrak.net/stem-summer-camp-registration/#/f/2019-stem-summer-camp*If the link does not take you directly to the online registration page, copy and past this link

into a web browser. 

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