Summer Camps

Each year, New Horizons' Governor's School for Science and Technology has a Summer Science and Summer Computer camp.

The computer camp is for students going into 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade who are interested in computers and math, and exhibit a high aptitude for learning, a positive attitude, and appropriate behavior. Computer camp courses encompass fundamental exercises in HTML, BASIC, and PASCAL. HTML will include text formatting, graphic design, links, tables, and more. For returning students, there will be BASIC language and PASCAL language, including such topics as variables, control structures, functions, and subroutines.

The science camp is for students going into 4th, 5th, and 6th grade who are interested in science and math and exhibit a high aptitude for learning, a positive attitude, and appropriate behavior. Science camp courses encompass biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics, astronomy, and mathematics. Courses will be taught through hands-on experiments that are instructive, exciting, and fun!

Tuition and Registration
Check back for tuition and registration information!

Frequently Asked Questions
Is transportation provided?
Transportation is NOT provided.

Are meals provided?
Meals are NOT provided. Students attending both camps who are not being picked up between camps may bring a bagged lunch; supervision will be provided for those students staying for both camps. Additionally, vending machines are available for those student that may want a snack.

Is Session 1 a repeat of Session 2 or will new material be covered each session?
The sessions are repeated, however, the computer camp has four courses, and if a student wanted to come back the second session they would move up a level to take the next course. The progression is from 1 – HTML, 2 – JAVA, 3 - PASCAL and 4 - C/C++. The science courses are the same both sessions.

What are some examples of activities done in camp?
The computer camp offers web page design, creating Java games and programs, creating checkers, hangman, and tic-tac-toe games, writing and programming games as well as programs in Pascal and C++. The science camp offers six different courses. Courses in the past have included Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Engineering, Problem Solving, Myth Busters, Astronomy, and Environmental science. The classes all involve hands on learning experiments and projects.

What is the student/teacher ratio?
We try to keep the student-teacher ratio low, so each course may have 2-3 counselors teaching. The class sizes in HTML are about 5:1 and the rest of the computer courses are about 3:1. In science, the classes are usually no larger than 12-15 students, so the ratio is about 5:1 at maximum.

Who teaches the camps?
Governor’s School students, supervised by a certified teacher, teach the camp courses.

For more information, contact Jennifer Haislip at jennifer.haislip@nhrec.org or 757-766-0000.