Aiken STEM Camp
The first-ever Aiken STEM Camp is underway, with Second Baptist Church's York Street site ("Second on York") as the host site, and under the guidance of Marcus Schoultz, a South Aiken High School and Charleston Southern University graduate who now works as a software engineer in Charleston. The program, exposing students to the concepts and career possibilities closely linked to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, runs August 3-7 and has 36 kids and 10 volunteers on board.Â
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Aaliyah Wells, 11, preparing for life as a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School, operates a robot arm Tuesday in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street is the host site. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Software engineer Marcus Schoultz, the leader of a five-day program being held this week to encourage local kids to focus on possible careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, helps direct traffic Tuesday at the host site -- Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street (the former Bi-Lo location). (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Computers are at the heart of a five-day program being held this week for kids, with the support of Second Baptist Church (providing the host site, on York Street) and the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, based in Charleston. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Software engineer Marcus Schoultz provides some guidance Tuesday for Aaliyah Wells, 11, in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Aaliyah is a couple of weeks away from being a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Aaliyah Wells, 11, preparing for life as a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School, gets acquainted with a virtual reality headset Tuesday in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street is the host site. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street (the former Bi-Lo location) is the host site this week of a five-day program being held for kids, focusing on the concept of STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Computers are at the heart of a five-day program being held this week for kids, focusing on the concept of STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- with the support of Second Baptist Church (providing the host site, on York Street) and the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, based in Charleston. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Aaliyah Wells, 11, preparing for life as a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School, operates a robot arm Tuesday in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street is the host site. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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Software engineer Marcus Schoultz, the leader of a five-day program being held this week to encourage local kids to focus on possible careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, helps direct traffic Tuesday at the host site -- Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street (the former Bi-Lo location). (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
STEMCamp28.JPG
Computers are at the heart of a five-day program being held this week for kids, with the support of Second Baptist Church (providing the host site, on York Street) and the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, based in Charleston. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
STEMCamp36.JPG
Software engineer Marcus Schoultz provides some guidance Tuesday for Aaliyah Wells, 11, in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Aaliyah is a couple of weeks away from being a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
STEMCamp64.JPG
Aaliyah Wells, 11, preparing for life as a sixth-grader at Jackson Middle School, gets acquainted with a virtual reality headset Tuesday in a five-day program to foster students' interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street is the host site. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
STEMCamp76.JPG
Second Baptist Church's facility on York Street (the former Bi-Lo location) is the host site this week of a five-day program being held for kids, focusing on the concept of STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
STEMCamp84.JPG
Computers are at the heart of a five-day program being held this week for kids, focusing on the concept of STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- with the support of Second Baptist Church (providing the host site, on York Street) and the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, based in Charleston. (Bill Bengtson/Staff)
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