Like many communities throughout the country, the summer can be an essential time for young students to catch up on critical cognitive skills and be on equal footing with their peers by the fall. That is certainly true on the Mid-Shore, where children take advantage of a unique STEM Camp for 1st through 5th-grade youngsters in Talbot County.
This camp might be more unique because the instructors are all area high school students. That might be part of the special sauce that makes this summer school fun and successful for some 30 students yearly.
These older students not only can relate well to their young wards while studying tough subjects like math and science, but they run every aspect of the camp.
From developing the curriculum to planning field trips or deciding on meals, a core group of 30 staff members comes together to make the four-day program one of the most memorable experiences for their younger peers. But another part of this magical formula is that those older kids are learning as well.
Given the responsibility (and the risks associated with it) of running a full-scale program from soup to nuts, these teens find within themselves core leadership skills that are just as impactful life lessons as those they provide to the smaller children.
The Spy sat down with three of those young leaders last week to talk about the program.
This video is approximately four minutes in length. For more information about STEM Camp in Talbot County please go here.
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