June 14-18
8:30-11:30am
Spark: A Summer STEM Experience is a summer camp for rising 4th – 7th grade students who want to explore the history and future of science, including topics like electricity, flight, chemistry, and more!
Registration is closed.
Cost: $120
Meet the Spark Staff
Joseph Wang
Graduating Senior at Wheaton Academy
I’m passionate about science and technology, and I would love to get more kids interested in STEM, help them find the joy of learning, and help them find something they are passionate about. I remember that when I was a kid and I was a part of these kinds of science camps and activities, they really got me excited, curious, and interested in learning more about the world, and I want to help other kids have that same experience. I’ve helped teach younger kids during various camps and classes throughout the past few years, mainly helping with teaching kids physics and robotics. With 4 years on the Robotics Team and many computer science and AP science courses at WA, I’ve been fortunate enough to learn about and explore STEM extensively and have decided to study biotechnology or neuroscience in college, and I’d love to get other kids interested in these topics and pass down my experiences.
Vander England
Rising Junior at Wheaton Academy
I love science, technology, and math. I’ve loved these things since I was extremely young, and I loved science experiments and learning about God’s world through them. I am a part-time tutor, with about a year’s experience. I never did a science-themed summer camp when I was younger, but I know I would have loved it, and I think kids today will too. I tutor younger kids currently and I have also helped at a robotics summer camp. I think that kids can learn to love math and science with hands-on experiments and I think that it’s a great way to teach people about God. I think that science and technology is the future, and learning it early puts you on a path to success.
Val Terdina
Graduating Senior at Wheaton Academy
I love science, namely calculus and chemistry, and I really love interacting with kids and helping them learn! I volunteer often with children in both secular and Christian organizations, and I have lots of hands-on experience mentoring and babysitting. One of the kids I watch, a seven-year-old, considers himself an engineer, and seeing his excitement for building trebuchet prototypes and simple circuits is both endearing and inspiring! I think every child has the potential to learn and excel in science, if they are given the right tools. I plan to major in education in college and later teach at the middle school level. I think this camp will be a wonderful way to kickstart kids into science and engineering and make a meaningful investment into their lives.
Michael Heredia
Graduating Senior at Wheaton Academy
I love computer science and coding, with experience in six programming languages, and am currently working on various projects of my own, such as a piano robot. I was a founding member of the student server project at WA, and I also used to volunteer for my church’s tech crew, which is one of the reasons I first got introduced to computer technology. Over the last three years or so, to pass on my passion and interest in computer science to others I’ve been compiling a curriculum on teaching logical problem solving and its relation to computer science, and this would be an excellent opportunity for application.
Jacob Williams
Graduating Senior at Wheaton Academy
I am absolutely in love with math and science, most notably calculus and physics, so much so that I am planning to go into math education in college. I love working with children and know that I can learn so much from them even when I teach them. On a regular basis, I volunteer at my church’s Sunday School program and at the food pantry, which allows me to interact with children of this age from multiple cultures and backgrounds. I am so excited to get involved in this program and to serve these kids in their STEM journeys, and hopefully make a difference along the way!