Does the curriculum include religious content?

No. It is academically neutral and designed to sit inside your own programme without competing with it.

Can volunteers run it?

Yes. The plans assume volunteer staff, not teachers.

What does a church need to provide?

A room, tables, an adult-to-child ratio you are comfortable with, and the materials on the list.

Church Youth STEM Program in Perkins County, SD

Running church youth stem program in Perkins County, SD is mostly a logistics problem. The curriculum is the part that takes a year to write, and it is the part you do not have to.

Ages 5-14 · For program operators · South Dakota · Midwest

Church Youth STEM Program — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Perkins County, SD

What the week actually is

Churches already have the building, the volunteers and the trust of the families. What most lack is a summer programme that is more than childcare. A STEM week gives a youth ministry something substantive to offer, and it fills seats with families who would not otherwise walk in.

Day by day

Site setup, staffing ratios and materials
Day-one build and the first failure point
Mid-week diagnosis session
Rebuild and assessment capture
Showcase, parent summary and data export

Perkins County, SD — what applies locally

Perkins County is one of 66 counties in South Dakota.
Every public school district inside Perkins County is eligible for the district licensing terms.
State: South Dakota · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Perkins County, SD

Does the curriculum include religious content?: No. It is academically neutral and designed to sit inside your own programme without competing with it.
Can volunteers run it?: Yes. The plans assume volunteer staff, not teachers.
What does a church need to provide?: A room, tables, an adult-to-child ratio you are comfortable with, and the materials on the list.

Other camp themes in Perkins County

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Church Youth STEM elsewhere in South Dakota

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