The Academy at King to host July summer camp

Area students have the chance to get a new view on how the world works during the Academy at King’s first Mathematics and Science Summer Camp, scheduled for July 14-18, 2008.  From the study of airplanes and gyroscopes to flowers and trees, the camp will explore how physics, math and chemistry affect everyday life.  Creative, hands-on activities will help students understand patterns in nature, as well as complex, unseen forces such as those that govern the motion of bicycles and the flight of golf balls.

The camp is scheduled from 9 a.m. to Noon, Monday through Friday, July 14-18 on the campus of King College.  Registration is open to all rising eighth, ninth and tenth grade students regardless of their enrollment at the Academy.  Cost of attending is $100 and includes a camp t-shirt and daily snacks. 

Daily activities will be led by Paul Ojanen, mathematics instructor for the Academy at King.  Ojanen is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a degree candidate at Harvard.  His background includes leadership of MIT’s Autonomous Robot Design Contest, participation in Duke University’s Talent Identification Program, active duty in the United States Air Force, and software engineering instruction with Israeli and Palestinian students through the Middle East Education through Technology (MEET) program.  Ojanen also serves as an educational counselor and interviewer for any area students interested in attending MIT.

The registration brochure is available at www.academyatKing.com/summercamp.pdf.  Questions and requests to be included on a mailing list can be sent, via e-mail, to info@academyatking.org.