WHAT'S ARE YOUR KIDS DOING THIS SUMMER?

Elkmont High senior Jordan Lewis didn’t know the Limestone County Career Technical Center existed — until he took a tour midway through the eighth grade.
It is just one of several summer camps that offer opportunities for students throughout the Valley.“I think it would have helped me to know my options and what the center offers,” Lewis said. “I just chose design drafting because I like to draw.” Lewis said he would have loved to have attended one of the area summer camps that introduce secondary students to science, engineering, computers and other areas of career technology. 

Many of those camps are now holding registration:
 
Limestone County: 
Career-tech summer camp June 15-19 and June 22-26 for students who will be in grades six through eight during the 2015-16 school year. The students must attend an Athens or Limestone County school to be enrolled. The cost is $20. They will build a project in construction arts, make an electrical booth in the electrician program and get coding instruction in pre-engineering.“Precision machining requires a lot of trigonometry, while knowledge of the human body is required in health sciences,” Sisk said. “Math is a core principal in computer science.”

Calhoun Community College is registering now for its July 6-9 Summer Welding and Electrical Technology Camp, also known as SWEeTYs, for high school girls. The free camp will be held at the Decatur campus. Registration is through high school counselors.

 The college is planning two cosmetology summer camps for girls. The June 8-11 camp is for grades 5-6, and a June 15-18 camp is for grades 7-8. Registration has not begun.

Decatur City Schools holds its annual

engineering camp for third- and fourth-graders at Banks-Caddell Elementary School. The dates have not been set and registration dates will be announced later on the school system website this Decatur camp introduces students to engineering and creates a different interest in math and science careers.

SOURCE: DECATUR DAILY