Thank you for considering Knowledge Builders’ for your child's summer camp this summer.    We are so super exicted about this upcoming summer camp.   As we celebrate our 17th annual summer camp, we are confident our campers will have the best summer experience.

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Over the last few years we have promised our campers a experience that last forever.  We just keep getting better and better!

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson believes "We need to go back to the discovery, to posing a question, to having a hypothesis and having kids know that they can discover the answers and can peel away a layer" because "It is not what children will do, but who they become".  STEAM is the avenue to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math which helps students think broadly about real-world problems while providing skills that makes the mind, "ask questions, connect the dots, problem solve, live green lifestyle, think creative and be innovative". 

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This summer, Knowledge Builders has infused "Go Green" within our STEAM curriculum.  We offer a 7 week STEAM program during the summer, accompanied by educational and fun-filled field trips.  Our STEAM Summer Camp promotes brainstorming, collaboration, inquisitiveness, conservation and protection of the environment, encourages problem solving, and allows the mind pliability.

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We are thrilled to offer four full days of hands on experiments, exploring, researching, creating, and designing projects that will include all components of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math).  All games and crafts are centered around the three areas of STEAM, such as coding, robotics, and engineering.   Your child can expect to:

• Write code!

• Build and program robotics with Vex IQ and Cubelets!

• Lead logical analyses, examinations, and exploration!

• Construct projects using imagination!

• Showcase creativity with artistic and musical creation!

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Camp dates: June 10th through July 26th, 2024 (7 weeks)

 

CAMP HOURS: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 530 p.m.

Before-and-after care is available from 7:30 a.m.–9 a.m. at no charge. 

 

Staff: We have an incredible camp staff that is mindful and succeeds at what they do. Our staff comprises experienced, affirmed educators. All representatives are thoroughly background-checked and are expected to have CPR and First Aid certificates. Youth workers are over the age of 16 and are partnered with an adult staff member.    

 

BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND SNACK:  Knowledge Builders is probally the only camp that offers breakfast, hot lunch (except the first week of camp and on field trip days).    Breakfast is served daily from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. daily.    Water foundations are closed, so please send your child to camp with the water bottle provided.   

​Educational Enrichment Program:  Every camper will participate in literacy improvement, physical wellness, social skills, while learning and being roused through active, project-based learning.  Campers will take part in activities such as coding with Code.org and Tynker,  fabricate air racers, elastic band racers, and wind lifts, build, drive, and code your robot to score soccer goals, compete in tug of war, and more!

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FIELD TRIPS:  Campers will enjoy field trips to places like Miami Roller Rink, Game Time, C.B. Smith Paradise Cove Water Park, Miami Children Museum, Venetian Pool, Chuck E. Cheese, Sky Zone, Miami Zoo, Trampoline High, Biscayne Natural Center, and Urban Air.  The cost of field trips are included in the weekly cost.  

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The field trip form can be found online at www.kb-florida.org, or you may click this link from a mobile device, tablet, or computer  https://form.jotform.com/211398517641055

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2024 REGISTRATION FEE:  $75.00 Non-refundable registration fee. Registration includes two (2) free summer camp shorts, water bottle and drawstring bag.    **For returning campers, students enrolled in 2023-24 afterschool program call 305-234-1645 for a discount code.  

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Weekly fee: only $90.00 per week. - Payments are due Monday and must be made by Tuesday morning. The first and last week's weekly fees are due the first week of camp. Payments can be made via Zelle or the Cash app.  Payments made through www.kb-florida.org (PayPal) or myprocare.com will be charged 3% for credit card usage. 

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Discounts are being offered this summer such as $80 per week if all seven (7) weeks of camp are paid before 1st day of camp; $85 per week in segments of three (3) weeks is paid on or before June 10th; four weeks if paid on or before July 1st.  Siblings: $5 off per week after 1st child.  Discounts cannot be combined.

 

Due to the global pandemic COVOD-19, guidelines and procedures, along with safety protocols, are still active to protect employees, children, and their families.    Hand sanitizer stations are available in all areas, and hand washing is practiced hourly. 

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Summer campers that remain for the entire 7 weeks of camp will receive FREE bookbags at the end of camp during the Family Night Show and Awards Ceremony.

For children that have summer school, they may attend camp, and the weekly cost is $50 (transporation is provide from Colonial Drive ES and Pine Lake ES). They will receive lunch when they arrive. *Enrollment registration priority is given to full-time campers.

 

PARTNERS:  

Once again, we are truly excited about offering the Summer Reading Explorers supplemental reading program.  Through an agreement with The Children’s Trust, Florida International University, and Knowledge Builders of Florida, Inc., the Summer Reading Explorers supplemental reading services will be offered to rising kindergarteners (age five by September 1, 2023), rising first grade students, and struggling second grade summer campers.  That means that in addition to the educational enrichment Knowledge Builders already provides during the summer, rising Kindergarten - struggling second grade summer campers will receive small group (4-5 children) "TUTORING" that is tailored to the children's ability levels, delivered for 30 minutes/day, 4 days/week for 6 weeks.

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Knowledge Builders has also partnered with the Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program to offer comprehensive eye exams and glasses if necessary for Florida public school students who qualify to participate, and with Community Health of South Florida to provide free dental exams and cleanings.  These programs are available at no cost to you.     

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