At Lancaster STEM & IB High School, students who participate in the BI60 Flying Tigers Operation: Build & Soar Summer Camp aren't just learning but becoming engineers. With teamwork, the sixth through eighth grade students are building a car and drone planes.
The atmosphere of the classroom is filled with a sense of hard work and dedication. As I glanced around the classroom, I was unable to find a single soul off task. The students agreed that they enjoyed what they were working on and their instructors. Ashley Smith, an eight grader from Elsie Robertson Middle School, says they are "really cool and have a sense of humor." Another student who attends the camp, Brandon Carter, a seventh grader who also attends Elsie Robertson Middle School, says that they are "really good instructors and teach us a bunch of stuff".
I must say, the instructors had to be pretty good because I too left the building knowing something that I didn't before. What caught my attention the most were the drone planes. The students were building these planes to send to Africa. Carter shared with me that the purpose of these planes were to "watch out for the animals and make sure that no one is illegally hunting them" and also that he was excited to be apart of it. The smile on his face and the glow in his eyes insured me of that excitement that I know he and others at the camp all share.
The BI60 Camp is a partnership with Captain Barrington Irving and Experience Aviation.
Article and photos by: Stephanie Holmes, Lancaster ISD Communications Summer Intern
The atmosphere of the classroom is filled with a sense of hard work and dedication. As I glanced around the classroom, I was unable to find a single soul off task. The students agreed that they enjoyed what they were working on and their instructors. Ashley Smith, an eight grader from Elsie Robertson Middle School, says they are "really cool and have a sense of humor." Another student who attends the camp, Brandon Carter, a seventh grader who also attends Elsie Robertson Middle School, says that they are "really good instructors and teach us a bunch of stuff".
I must say, the instructors had to be pretty good because I too left the building knowing something that I didn't before. What caught my attention the most were the drone planes. The students were building these planes to send to Africa. Carter shared with me that the purpose of these planes were to "watch out for the animals and make sure that no one is illegally hunting them" and also that he was excited to be apart of it. The smile on his face and the glow in his eyes insured me of that excitement that I know he and others at the camp all share.
The BI60 Camp is a partnership with Captain Barrington Irving and Experience Aviation.
Article and photos by: Stephanie Holmes, Lancaster ISD Communications Summer Intern