Innovation Camps
ARCHITECTURE 101
Steward Middle School teacher Maria McCarthy was an architect who ran
her own firm in Arizona for 16 years before moving to Virginia and becoming
a teacher. Students will learn about proportion, scale, measurement, and
craftsmanship to create and design a building that will fit in a selected site
plan. They also will design spaces of buildings throughout the week. They will
utilize creativity to recreate a familiar location, like their favorite restaurant or
landmark and to imagine a dream house. Using professional-grade resources
and recycled materials, campers will bring home the miniature architectural
models they create during camp.
Instructor: Maria McCarthy, Steward faculty
Grades:
7 – 12
Date/Time:
July 22 – 26, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: $250
ARCHITECTURE 201
Instructor: Maria McCarthy, Steward faculty
Grades:
7 – 12
Date/Time:
July 29 – August 2; 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: $250
CULINARY CAMP
It’s never too early to learn to cook, and Chef Anton makes time in the
kitchen so much fun. Join him to broaden your camper’s food horizons—from
nutritional knowledge and various ways to use ingredients to techniques such
as sautéing, braising, roasting, and cooking on the grill, this camp introduces
students to new cuisine and reinvigorates favorite recipes. Each week of camp
will feature a different menu, so campers will learn new recipes in both weeks.
No doubt campers will enjoy showing off their new culinary skills at home!
Instructor: Anton Gaston, Steward head chef
Grades:
6 – 10
Date/Time:
July 15 – 19, July 22 – 26; 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cost: $385
To participate in this session, campers will need to have taken Architecture
101 summer camp either the week before or in previous summers. This camp
will extend all the aspects of design and construction that were learned in
Architecture 101. Campers will be building scaled models made from scaled
wood materials, and they will design or replicate a building of their choice. The
completed project will focus on accuracy, neatness, and aesthetics. Campers
will take home a finished architectural model. Campers will need to bring the
architectural scale, metal ruler, T-square and x-acto knife received in the previous
camp.
GRADES 6-8 | 29