TEMPLE, Texas — The regular school year comes to an end this week, but the Temple Independent School District is offering several summer programming events for student enrichment to include academic and athletic summer camps.
Temple ISD Academics is once again hosting its annual Camp Invention at Thornton Elementary School. Camp Invention will run June 2-6 and provides enrichment opportunities for GT elementary school students. Bricks & Bots Elementary Lego STEM Camp will be held June 2-5 at Jefferson Elementary School. That camp provides an extension of STEM opportunities to identified elementary students. Future Innovators Middle School STEM Camp will be held June 2-5 at Temple High School. The middle school STEM camp provides STEM extensions to identified middle School students. Middle School Math Camp will run June 2-6 at Temple High School. This camp provides an opportunity for students with a history of mastery in math to enter the advanced pathway. High School Acceleration will run June 3-18 at Temple High School and provide the same acceleration opportunities to high school students. Tiny Explorers and Future Leaders will be held July 14-16 at Temple High School and provides an opportunity for students to become budding entrepreneurs. The district will also extend its Read Lead Succeed! program into the summer from June 1-30. Students of all ages can log their minutes spent reading with weekly incentives for the top readers. Temple ISD is also starting STEM in the Sunshine Family Fridays this summer. Those events will be held June 13 and 20, and July 18 and 25 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the Santa Fe Plaza. The new program will provide TISD students and families extension opportunities for STEM activities. To find out more information or register for the camps mentioned above, please visit the following link: Summer Learning Opportunities – Academics & School Leadership – Temple Independent School District. The extra offerings are in addition to the district’s summer school, bilingual enrichment, and credit recovery offerings available to students who can benefit from those programs each summer.
“Learning never stops in Temple ISD, and we are excited to continue to provide opportunities to expand learning beyond the classrooms this summer,” said Dr. Lisa Adams, deputy superintendent of Academics and School Leadership for Temple ISD. “From camps that provide academic enrichment to athletic skill development, there is something for every child. We hope to see all our Wildcats take part in these opportunities this summer.”
In addition to the district’s academic summer programming, Temple High School’s athletic department will be hosting a variety of summer camps for students of all ages. Athletics will host camps for strength and conditioning, football, girls basketball, and boys basketball. To find out more information on those athletic summer camp offerings, please visit the Wildcat Athletics website at: Temple High School (Temple, TX) Athletics - Schedules, Scores, News, and More.