Ethel Walker School
Expand your knowledge with our unique summer STEAM courses!
This week-long day camp will include hands-on courses engineered for girls entering 5th-9th grades to explore STEAM topics. The program runs from Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants will take one course in the morning and one course in the afternoon.
Drop-off is between 8:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Lunch and snacks are included. There will also be a series of activities during the hour-long lunch block including hiking, a campus tour, outdoor games, and more. Pickup will be between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
On the last day, there will be an exposition of learning and ice cream social from 2:30-3:30 p.m. where parents and guardians are invited to view their students’ work.
For more information, please contact Maureen Lamb at mlamb@ethelwalker.org or +1-860-408-4313.
This program is directed by Walker’s own Dean of Faculty and Dean of Academic Technology and Innovative Pedagogy Maureen Lamb. Maureen brings over ten years of summer academic experience to The Ethel Walker School. She previously worked in summer programs at Kingswood Oxford, Westminster, and Cushing Academy.
Maureen has also works as a Google Certified Trainer and educational consultant with districts across the country, and she teaches graduate courses in Language and Latin pedagogy and instructional technology with Idioma Education and Consulting. She teaches courses for the National Humanities Center and served on the Teacher Advisory Council from 2020-2021. She has been recognized for her work as the CT Council of Language Teachers Language Teacher of the Year 2017, the New England Council of Foreign Languages Mead Fellow, the Classical Association of New England Weincke Award, the American Classical League Elizabeth Watkins Award, and received a Fulbright to study for a summer at the American Academy in Rome. She is dedicated to creating an inclusive classroom environment, to using technology to enhance the student experience, and to making Classics comprehensible. Maureen is excited to bring this summer academic program to Walker’s.
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