We have initiatives underway to augment, enhance, and expand the King George County School (KGCS) system’s education programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM):
(1) Fundraising to support STEM after school programs and local STEM summer camps for attendees and for youth mentors.
(2) Fundraising to support scholarships to advanced STEM camps like Space Camp.
(3) Leveraging the STEM programs of national professional societies like the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, to bring real life experiences and career professionals in STEM into the classroom.
We work collaboratively with the STEM teachers at all levels in KGCS, to identify their needs, develop innovative solutions and seek new opportunities to enrich the STEM educational experience for all KG students.
STEM Fundraising Goals
Summer Camps: We believe that providing hands-on immersive experiences is key to stimulating more interest in STEM areas. In that vein, we provide scholarships to local STEM camps like Camp Invention we as national camps like Space Camp, in Huntsville AL.
We would like to expand our Space Camp merit-based scholarships (~$2,200/ea) to send KG students in summer of 2026. This is the top STEM camp in the country, if not the world, and is an excellent opportunity for 5th grade students. We would also like to provide needs-based scholarships ($235/ea) to the Camp Invention held locally at KG Elementary School each summer, which is a phenomenal program for K-6 that is subsidized by the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.
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