Summer Camps

Computer Camp
The computer camp is for students going into 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade who are interested in computers and math and exhibit a high aptitude for learning, a positive attitude, and appropriate behavior. Camp courses encompass fundamental exercises in HTML, BASIC, and PASCAL. HTML will include text formatting, graphic design, links, tables, and more. For returning students, there will be BASIC language and PASCAL language, including such topics as variables, control structures, functions, and subroutines.

Session 1 ~ June 28 – July 1 & July 5 – July 8, 2010
Session 2 ~ July 12 – July 15 & July 19 – July 22, 2010
Each session runs from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM, Monday - Thursday (due to energy conservation issues, camps will not run on Fridays)

Science Camp
The science camp is for students going into 4th, 5th, and 6th grade who are interested in science and math and exhibit a high aptitude for learning, a positive attitude, and appropriate behavior. The camp courses encompass biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, astronomy, and math skills through hands-on experiments that are instructive, exciting, and fun.

Session 1 ~ June 28 – July 1 & July 5 – July 8, 2010
Session 2 ~ July 12 – July 15 & July 19 – July 22, 2010
Each session runs from 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Thursday (due to energy conservation issues, camps will not run on Fridays)

Camp tuition is $155 per camp, per student and registration is on a first come first serve basis. Space is limited, so register early! Camps are taught by Governor’s School students, supervised by a certified teacher. Transportation is not provided. Students attending both sessions and not being picked up between sessions may bring a bagged lunch with them to camp.

Frequently Asked Questions
Is Session 1 a repeat of Session 2 or will new material be covered each session?
The sessions are repeated, however, the computer camp has four courses, and if a student wanted to come back the second session they would move up a level to take the next course. The progression is from 1 – HTML, 2 – JAVA, 3 - PASCAL and 4 - C/C++. The science courses are the same both sessions.

What are some examples of activities done in camp?
The computer camp offers web page design, creating Java games and programs, creating checkers, hangman, and tic-tac-toe games, writing and programming games as well as programs in Pascal and C++. The science camp offers six different courses. Courses in the past have included Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Engineering, Problem Solving, Myth Busters, Astronomy, and Environmental science. The classes all involve hands on learning experiments and projects.

What is the student/teacher ratio?
We try to keep the student-teacher ratio low, so each course may have 2-3 counselors teaching. The class sizes in HTML are about 5:1 and the rest of the computer courses are about 3:1. In science, the classes are usually no larger than 12-15 students, so the ratio is about 5:1 at maximum.

Online Registration Form  Printable Computer Camp Registration Form   Printable Science Camp Registration Form

For more information contact jennifer.haislip@nhrec.org.