What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Camp Invention-
I was a Counselor In Training at Camp Invention for a week, along with two of my friends. It was great to get to work with all the little kids, and I had a lot of fun teaching them new things.

Junior Scholar Institute-
JSI is a wonderful program in Iowa where kids in grades 6-8 stay in the college dorms for a week while taking a class of their choice. It was a great feeling like a “real” college student! I took the Japanese course and had a lot of fun. I also made many friends during the week.

Bethel Horizons: Rock and River-
This camp wasn’t quite as fun as the others (I had a panic attack after almost falling off a high rocky hill), but I still enjoyed myself. We went canoeing on the Wisconsin River, then stayed overnight on a sandbar. We went rock climbing at Devil’s Lake (where I almost fell). It was a pretty good week, and I met the requirements for almost all of the Girl Scout Primitive Camping Patches.
FYI: digging holes to do your business in? Overrated.

Robotic Operated Vehicle camp-
This camp was one of my favorites. I made a lot of friends, learned a lot about building ROVs, and got to tour a WWII submarine! We also went out on a research vessel for the afternoon with students from the University of Milwaukee. It was fun and a great STEM experience!

Girl Scouts: Tech Girls-

This camp was second only to JSI. While I didn’t make a lot of friends, the friends I did make were really awesome, and that made up for it. On the first day, we made stop animation films, worked with a green screen, and programmed robots. The second day, we learned about photography and continued programming our robots. I had a lot of fun there and earned almost all of the Robotics Girl Scout Patches.