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STEAMwhiz Camp News Edition 2024

We are moving! Plus Join Us at VEX Robotics, Spring Break and Summer Camps and more. It’s a dense Newsletter this month, so feel free to use the links below for navigate 

We’re Moving 🥳 | Meet us @VEX Robotics THIS Saturday |  Spring Break Camp – Candy CodeBots | Minecraft SciTech Summer CampSTEAMwhiz at your school | Newsletter SignUp | Events Calendar   

We are moving

Can I get an Upgrade ✨

Thank you 💟

We launched STEAMwhiz in Fall of 2020 to provide more opportunities for our local students to prepare for an AI 🤖 future. We have been able to introduce our advance STEM curricula that we have designed specifically to intercept students EARLY (6-13 yrs old) using project-based learning to students from all over the Capital District NY. It is through our communities support that we have had the privilege to serve and now we will expand The STEM Learning Lab to new heights 🚀
 

Amazing Location 🏢

We’ve been working with Paul and Jonathan at Hoffman Real Estate Developers and signed our lease. They have been great, and renovations are underway! We are looking forward to our partnership as we continue to grow into the future. We hope to have a test run at the new lab for Spring Break Camps and then officially move in by Summer. Our new HQ will be located at 1 Charles Blvd, Guilderland NY in Charles Park. Hopefully, you will see our STEAMwhiz Logo going up off new Karner Rd over the coming weeks as Russ Sr from Ray Signs out of Schenectady begins 🥳

What does this mean 🤔

We hope this will allow us to better serve all our families who have been on our wait-lists. You might see Technical Director Dr J & Program Director Allie teaching labs a bit more while we are in transition. We also have been listening to our parents, and we will offer even more options for our students, including two major opportunities


Open Lab Hours
Students enrolled in our Semester Labs will have the opportunity to continue growing after our teaching labs. Our equipment and tools will have open lab hours where enrolled students can be dropped off after school and continue working on their projects 🛠️

Robotics Competitions
We will be forming local teams to compete at local, state, and national levels via VEX Robotics Competitions 🔥Dr J will offer Robotics Labs starting this Fall; teach the fundamentals of Robotics & Mechanical Engineering to prepare students for competition starting in January 2025. If you are interested, contact us so we can plan accordingly⚙️

 
Stay Tuned!!!

This Saturday
March 9th | 9am - 3pm

Join us @ NY Vex Robotics State Tournament

 

Join Us This Sat March 9 @Queensbury High School

Come join us this Saturday, March 9th at @Queensbury High School for an exciting robotics competition! Watch as 4th to 12th graders compete for glory in this year’s FULL VOLUME challenge. The event is completely free and open to the public, with food trucks on-site. Allie, Dr J, Elle, and Xavier will also be there. Allie and Dr J can show you the ropes and even start discussing ideas for the STEAMwhiz TEAMs this Fall 🤓 X & L will volunteer at the competition queuing up the teams and resetting the challenges. Feel free to join us for an hour or two between 9:30-11:30 am, 12:30-3 pm, or stay for the whole thing and see who wins! You can find the agenda and details here. Don’t miss out on this fun and educational opportunity. Send us a text at 518-512-9595 to let us know you’ll be there!

STEAMwhiz + VEX Robotics 💟

Many have heard about LEGO’s First Lego League (FLL) but have you heard of the VEX Robotics? Dr J will write an article on why we chose to begin with VEX Robotics in the coming weeks. In the mean time check out VEX Robotics and see what it’s all about 🥳 We plan to form teams this coming Fall. This will allow our local students to dig deep, work through challenging and technical problems, and develop academic GRIT!   

Spring break sci-Tech Camp

Candy CodeBots Unleashed

April 1-5| Mon. – Fri. | 9 AM – 12 PM 
Limited Space • 8:1 Student-Teacher Ratio • Intense Learning • Expert Instructors

Ages 8-13 yrs old

Join the STEAM-Team in this week-long (Mon-Fri) Sci-Tech Spring-Break Boot Camp as we continue to build up our programming and robotics acumen. Welcome to “Candy CodeBots Unleashed” — A tasty tech adventure for the NextGen of creative problem-solvers 8-13 yrs old, where young minds merge the worlds of robotics and coding to create the ultimate candy-delivering dream machines! Unlock the capabilities of this Lego-compatible robot as you explore programming, STEM,  and critical thinking.

Registration open

Minecraft Sci-Tech Summer Camp

**Register Early & Save $100 for Full 6-week Session (AM or PM)**

All NEW Activities, Amazing Advanced Learning

Friendly FYI – Student Registration is up 160% & last year we had a waiting list. If you are interested, don’t delay. Plus you can still take advantage of our Early Bird Specials.

Full Day (Mon-Fri) 

Jul 1 – Aug 9th
AM at Tawasentha Park Rec Camp | PM at STEAMwhiz HQ
Bus ride provided in partnership with Guilderland Parks & Rec

Half Day (Mon-Fri)

Jul 1 – Aug 9th

AM Session 9AM – 12PM -OR- PM Session 1PM – 4PM

School’s Out Week

June 26th – 28th
AM Session 9AM – 12PM -OR- PM Session 1PM – 4PM
Choose One or All three days

In the community

Ask for STEAMwhiz in your School

We have engineered one-of-a-kind STEAMwhiz Mobile PC workstations! This allows us to bring the same advanced STEAM lab programs we run in our HQ to locations that are more accessible to many of our families & students.

PTAs & Schools

Join the growing list of Capital District Schools, Libraries, and Town Organizations that are partnering with STEAMwhiz Innovation Labs to bring high-tech, advanced STEAM labs to their students. 

IS YOUR SCHOOL/LIBRARY MISSING OUT?

Contact your local Parent Teacher Association + School Administrators. Let them know that you want STEAMwhiz at your school! Or reach out to your local library and let them know that you want STEAMwhiz to enrich your children’s education by exposing them to 21st-Century Tools, Skills, and Learning Objectives such as; Coding Fundamentals • Robotics • 3D Printing • The Engineering Design Process •  Analytical & Critical Thinking • Creative Problem Solving and more…

Thank you to parents, staff, administrators, and students for making it an amazingly positive success. A special thank you to the parents and staff who put in the extra energy and overcome barriers to make it happen. You are the difference makers😍 Your efforts will ripple through for current students and those behind them.  Together we are #BeingTheChangeWeWantTooSee in the🌎 

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