2018 Program Packet STUDI S

STUDI S

STEM Summer Camps at Blue Studios (Ages 4 to 17)

2018 Program Packet Blue Studios 2150 South Canalport Avenue • Chicago, IL 60608 [email protected] (312) 600-5786

2018 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Blue Studios STEM Summer Camps are your child’s passport to learning, exploration, creation and fun while nurturing STEM skills and a STEM mindset. Designed for students, from rising Kindergarten through 12th grade, Blue Studios offers ageappropriate STEM experiences in the form of two, four-week summer camps at our Blue Lacuna location in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Blue Studios STEM Summer Camps are filled with engaging, hands-on activities with real-world application to enrich your child’s STEM knowledge and interest. We incorporate Minecraft, Apple’s Swift Playground and eSports to make science, engineering and coding more relevant and fun for our campers. Staffed by a passionate team of real-life STEM professionals and using time-tested methodologies and approaches, our camps foster STEM identity and STEM knowledge to lay the foundation for kids to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, technologists and daring innovators. Summer 2018 Dates: • Session 1: June 25 to July 20, 2018 • Session 2: July 30 to August 24, 2018 Location: 2150 South Canalport Avenue Chicago, IL 60608 Program Schedule: • Monday through Friday • Early Drop Off: 7:30 am • Start Time: 9:00 am • Pick Up: 4:00 pm • Late Pick Up: 6:00 pm Ages: • 4 to 17 years old • 4-year-olds must be entering kindergarten in fall of 2018

2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE K-2nd Grade

3rd-5th Grade

9:00 am

6th-8th Grade

9th-12th Grade

Coding (Web Development)

Coding (Web + Mobile Development)

Drop-Off

9:15 am

Science

Engineering

11:00 am

Engineering

eSports

Lunch (Not provided; Please pack a lunch for your student)

12:00 pm Engineering Continues

12:30 pm 2:00 pm

Coding (Minecraft and/or Swift Playground)

Engineering

eSports or Graphic Design

Afternoon snack / break Coding (Swift Playground)

2:30 pm

Science

4:00 pm

eSports

Coding (Web + Mobile Development)

Pick Up

3 WAYS TO SIGN UP 1

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GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT NOW WITH A DEPOSIT

ATTEND A BLUE STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE

ATTEND SUMMER CAMP SIGN UP DAY

HOLD MY SPOT

REGISTER

REGISTER

A $500deposit guarantees your child’s spot with flexibility to pay the remaining balance. You have two options for paying the balance due:

Attend a January open house to learn more about our summer camp discounts for Blue Studios members.

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Drop in on Saturday, February 3, 2018 anytime between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm to register your child and take advantage of early bird rates.

1) Pay the entire balance by February 3, 2018 and receive discount early bird pricing, or 2) Pay the balance by April 30, 2018 and pay the regular registration pricing. We accept credit and debit card payments only, no personal checks. Send inquiries to [email protected] or call (312) 600-5786.

2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE What types of science and engineering activities will my student engage in? Blue Studios has created the ultimate summer STEM experience. Students engage in intellectually robust, hands-on science experiments and engineering projects under the direction of STEM professions who guide them through scientific methods and the engineering design process. Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards, the Department of Labor and best practices in STEM education, projects have real-world application and relevance from the students’ perspective. Students leave with an understanding of science and engineering and how these fields impact the world in which they live, and most importantly how they can be a part of that world. Blue Studios enlightens and empowers students to think of themselves as someone who can do anything and go anywhere. We engage and entertain students on a number of levels: making STEM real and relevant to their world now; shifting the paradigm from consumption to creation; and showing even the youngest students that they can engage in science and engineering right here and now. Students model the work and methods of STEM professionals, while exploring a wide variety of STEM fields and careers—from botany, chemistry and microbiology to computer science, coding and aerospace, structural, and packaging engineering. Students experience the joy that comes from planning and building something with their own hands, while developing key STEM skills sets: problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and resilience. Students also uncover how scientific methods are used to arrive at good answers to the conundrums of science as well as to everyday decision making.

2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE What is Minecraft coding? Minecraft coding is the education platform of the popular game in which students explore, create and play in an immersive Minecraft world. Students learn how to write the code by moving, building and creating objects inside the game. The platform is a great primer for learning dynamic coding languages because it’s very similar to JavaScript—one of the languages used to build more complex websites. What is Swift Playground? Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today’s most popular apps for Mac computers, Apple Watches and iPhones. Writing Swift code is interactive and fun. The syntax is concise yet expressive, and Swift includes modern features that developers love. Swift Playground is the “kids version“ of Swift. It’s a revolutionary app that makes learning Apple’s Swift language interactive and fun for children. It requires no coding knowledge, so it’s perfect for students just starting out. Designed by Apple and other leading developers, it allows students to solve puzzles, take on a series of challenges and step up to more advanced “playgrounds” to master the basics of Swift. What type of coding (web and mobile development) will my student learn? We provide students with the tools required to kick-start their journey in coding and become lifelong learners. From programming fundamentals to launching web apps, they’ll learn to solve problems with code while applying industry best practices in a collaborative environment. Students will focus on the front end development languages of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Next, they move to the back end language of Ruby on Rails—a modern web language and model view controller (MVC) framework. Students also learn the critical value that teamwork and collaboration plays in designing and creating today’s complex software and applications. As a benefit, Blue Studios members are also entitled to free admission to our summer hack-a-thons—an awesome venue for students to show off what they’ve learned in a competitive environment.

2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE What is eSports? Why should my child do it over the summer? “eSports” is simply the short name for electronic sports. It’s a new force in collegiate athletics and is one of the fastest-growing ventures in the world. Just like football teams compete on the field, eSports teams compete on computers. But it doesn’t take place inside living rooms between friends and family. eSports are team-based games played in leagues and tournaments throughout the world, culminating in one final event. The winners of eSports competitions can, and do, go home with thousands of dollars in prize money. People playing computer games is nothing new. Gamers have been doing this for more than 30 years. However, around the year 2000, computers became cheaper and the internet became faster. It also became easier to connect gamers around the world, allowing gaming to become a true spectator sport. Now people who play are skilled professionals attracting millions of fans, which has converted computer gaming into an organized, competitive sport. Blue Studios is offering summer campers the opportunity to test their mettle in this new and emerging technology that is gaining momentum across the world. Who knows where it can lead? Currently, fans come from far and wide to attend big tournaments and watch their favorite “celebrity” players. These leagues offer salaries and player’s rights, just like any other professional sports league. Now high schools are starting to field teams, colleges are starting to offer scholarships and players are turning pro. Even the Olympics is trying to figure out how to get in on the action.

2018 PROGRAM PRICING A $500 deposit guarantees your child’s spot.

Early Bird Registration (paid in full by February 3, 2018) Regular Registration (paid in full by April 30, 2018) Early Drop Off (7:30 am) Late Pick Up (6:00 pm)

Non-Members

Starter Members

Essential Members

Premium Members

Unlimited Members

$1,250

$800

$775

$750

$700

$1,500

$1,000

$975

$950

$900

$120

$120

$120

$120

$120

$120

$120

$120

$120

No Cost

May I pay in installments? Yes. A $500 deposit reserves your child’s spot. You have two options for paying the balance due: 1) Pay the entire balance by February 3, 2018 and receive discount early bird pricing, or 2) Pay the balance by April 30, 2018 and pay the regular registration fee. Does my child have to be a Blue Studios member today in order to take advantage of the discount? Yes. The discount is a Blue Studios member benefit. Members are the lifeblood of Blue Studios, and Blue Studios will continue to offer its regular members-only programming throughout the summer. To qualify for the member discount, your child must be a Blue Studios member by March 31, 2018. In addition, the membership must remain active before and during the entire 2018 summer term: from March 31, 2018 through August 31, 2018. If the membership lapses, the balance of the non-member fee is due immediately. If not paid within 24 hours of notification, the member will be terminated from the camp program for the remainder of the camp season and all fees and deposits paid will be forfeited. As a member, do I have to continue to pay my monthly membership fee during the summer program? Yes. Blue Studios programming will continue to be offered during the summer camp sessions. Members will continue to book Blue Studios drop-off classes during the week and on Saturdays and have access to our special events. What if I only need Early Drop Off or Late Pick Up a few times a week? Can I pay for just those dates? No. These services are “all or nothing.” Early Drop-Off and Late Pick-Up services are available for a flat rate. No refunds or adjustments to the rate for these premium services will be issued regardless of the number of times these services are used. Do you offer a discount rate for students enrolled in both sessions? No. Discount rates are not available for enrolling in both Summer Camp sessions. Are meals and snacks included? No. Blue Studios will not provide meals and snacks for the Summer Camp sessions. Please be sure to pack lunch and an afternoon snack for your child(ren) daily. If you’re taking advantage of Early Drop-off service and you wish for your children to have breakfast at Blue Studios, please pack breakfast as well.

THREE WAYS TO SIGN UP 1 GUARANTEE YOUR SPOT WITH A DEPOSIT A $500 deposit guarantees your child’s spot with flexibility to pay the remaining balance. You have two options for paying the balance due. 1) Pay the entire balance by February 3, 2018 and receive discount early bird pricing, or 2) Pay the balance by April 30, 2018 and pay the regular registration pricing.

HOLD MY SPOT

2 ATTEND A BLUE STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE Attend a January open house to learn more about our summer camp discounts for members.

REGISTER

3 ATTEND SUMMER CAMP SIGN UP DAY Drop in on Saturday, February 3, 2018 anytime between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm to take advantage of early bird rates.

REGISTER

We accept credit and debit card payments only, no personal checks. Send inquiries to [email protected] or call (312) 600-5786.