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Gateway Engineering Summer Camp
The Gateway Engineering Summer Camp is a hands-on, project-based camp designed to introduce incoming 7th and 8th grade middle school students to the fundamentals of STEM and Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering courses within Plano ISD. Certified PLTW instructors provide expert instruction in a fun, exciting environment using leading-edge technologies to sample engineering related activities and projects and get a taste of how fun it can be to be an engineer. The critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and collaboration skills that campers learn during the Gateway Engineering Summer Camp will benefit them for a lifetime.
Each day begins with a fun team-building exercise like building a desert shelter or creating the tallest tower from limited supplies. Campers then go on to work both separately and together on projects such as building and racing a car that runs entirely on solar energy or knocking down objects with a catapult. Throughout the session, campers use the latest technology to solve big challenges, such as making a remote-controlled robot and programming it to navigate a maze in a race against the clock or designing and building a bridge from craft sticks that can possibly hold a person. Camp sessions are fun and exciting as the activities and projects change from year to year.
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Summer 2024 sessions are filling fast!
Hendrick Session 1 - Full
Robinson Session 1 - Full
Otto Session 1 - Full
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Please register for the
2024 Gateway Engineering Summer Camp
HERE.
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As a reminder, summer school programs are dependent upon staffing and enrollment.
For the 2024 Gateway Engineering Summer Camp session:
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Registration will open at 8:00 am on March 18, 2024 and close April 12, 2024 (or earlier if sessions fill to capacity).
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Camp is for students currently in grades sixth or seventh only.
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Sessions will be held at Hendrick MS, Otto MS, and Robinson MS. Please review the PISD Exploration 2024 Feeder Patterns to identify your student's Gateway campus assignment based on your zoned middle school (transfers will not be honored). Please note that this list is not based on the traditional district feed pattern. If you choose a campus location not based on your zoned home campus, your camp request will be denied and moved to the next in line for your zoned campus.
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Each session is Monday - Thursday from 7:45 AM to 11:45 AM. Students may only attend one session.
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At this time, tuition for the 2024 summer camp is waived for this year only.
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Seating for each session and school is limited. Students will be entered into a session based on when the registration is received.
- Busing is provided from the students’ neighborhood elementary campus based on your address. Summer bus routes will be posted in May.
New curriculum projects will be offered from last year's camp.
Session 1: June 3 - 6, 2024
Session 2: June 10 - 13, 2024
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