(Butler, PA) Engineering Camp, Robotics Jr. and Lego Challenge are among 17 new full-day selections available in Butler County Community College’s Kids on Campus, a summer enrichment program for children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Kids on Campus will offer 31 in-person camps on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township from June 14 to July 29. Weeklong in-person camps will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays.
The summer enrichment program, in its 22nd year, is temporarily changing its format from half-day camps to full-day camps “so that our students are not switching groups from the morning to the afternoon,” said Eva Lowerre, coordinator of BC3’s Kids on Campus. “This is exciting because students will have more time to dive into a topic more thoroughly.
“Kids on Campus,” Lowerre said, “has always been the perfect opportunity to do something you love or to try something completely new. The best part of the camps is seeing the friendships formed through all of our hands-on activities. The connections that are made last over the years and have been an honor for me to watch.”
In-person camps are divided among those in kindergarten and first grade, second through fourth grades and fifth through eighth grades.
Kids on Campus will also offer more than 100 virtual camps such as JavaScript Developer Jam, Make Your First Video Game and YouTube Content Creators through Black Rocket, which offers online STEM programs for those ages 8-14.
Weeklong virtual camps will be held in three-hour sessions Mondays through Fridays from June 7 to Aug. 20. Virtual camps are available in morning and afternoon sessions.
“Every program is powered by the camper’s imagination and designed to bring their ideas to life in a fun, hands-on learning environment,” Lowerre said. “From concept to creation, students will demonstrate their masterpiece to the world at the end of each week.”
In-person camps cost $158 per child each week. Children must wear a face mask or face shield. Virtual camps start at $135 per week.
Childcare is available before and after in-person camps. In-person class size, and the number of in-person camps, are limited.
For more information or to register, visit bc3.edu/koc
