Summer Academy Coding and Robotics (Entering Grades 3-4 by invitation only)

Engage in fun coding challenges to learn how to solve problems through programming with a team or partner. After an introduction to programming and coding, students will learn how to program Dash the robot through different challenges! Our field trip will be to the University of Minnesota’s Robotics Laboratory.

Registration is by invitation only and is non-refundable after May 15.

Teacher: Megan Gemuenden is a third-grade teacher at Rice Lake Elementary School. This will be her third summer teaching Summer Academy and her sixth year as a third-grade teacher at Rice Lake. In the summers, she has taught Targeted Services and coached at Camp Invention, a STEM and engineering camp. In her free time, she loves to read, run, cross country ski (when there's snow) and play board games.

Teacher: Annie Weichelt is a third-grade teacher at Rice Lake Elementary School. This is her fourth year at Rice Lake, but last year, she taught second-grade. In addition to Summer Academy this summer, she plans to compete in the Ragnar Race and eat popsicles!