7th graders take STEM Lab 7 and then have a choice:
Fundamentals of IT (Exploring Computer Science) is an introductory CS course. Students will write code in Scratch and HTML/CSS. This course prepares them for our three Computer Science tracks.
Engineering 1: Intro to Engineering Design is a course that teaches students about 3D modeling, the design process, and mechanics. This prepares students for our Engineering and Robotics track.
Please see the following message from Sarah Trebat-Leder, who is helping to form and recruit for summer residential math camps for middle school students! The email provides information on student (camper) applications AND on how to apply to be faculty for one of these camps! Please share with your students and colleagues who might be interested!
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This is Sarah Trebat-Leder again. I’m part of the founding team for National Math Camps (we have a website now!). Our mission is to ensure that mathematically talented students have access to high-quality summer math programs. Existing programs like PROMYS, Mathcamp, MathPath, and HCSSiM are oversubscribed, leaving many students without opportunities. By significantly expanding the number of seats available, we aim to bridge this gap and foster the next generation of mathematicians.
Next summer, we’re launching two residential summer camps for advanced middle school students - Camp Conway at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA and Camp Sierpinski at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, NC.
If you have middle school students in your math circle who might be a good fit, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with them. Our regular application deadline is March 14th.
We're also looking for faculty members for next summer. We expect that most of our faculty will join us for either one or two weeks. Like with many math circles, our faculty all choose their own course topics. However, you'll also get to dive a lot deeper than is generally possible with a math circle, as you'll have the same group of students for 13.5 hours over the course of the week. And you'll have lots of other opportunities throughout the week to get to know your students better and participate in camp life.
See our job posting here for more information. I'd greatly appreciate it if you were able to spread the word about this opportunity to anyone who may be interested! We'll also have counselor positions coming soon for college students and early graduate students. (Until that's posted, they can submit their interest here.)
And feel free to reach out to me at sarah@nationalmathcamps.org with any questions or suggestions.
Thanks so much!
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Dr. Sarah Trebat-Leder
Program Director, National Math Camps
Academic Director, Camp Conway