Summer 2022

LIFT’s main focus is providing free afterschool programming during the school year, but we understand the importance to keeping connections during the summer. After our first year open we decided our summer would have two components, all day events for middle and high school students and STEAM camp for 2nd-5th grade students.

Our summer events for LIFT students were each an opportunity for forming friendships, learning, expoloring, and staying active.

2022 Lift Student Summer Events

• LIFT Lock-in

• creek day @ elsie holmes

• cooking and sewing day

• red clay day

• fitness day

Before the start of the ‘22-’23 school year, LIFT held an Open House to give families the opportunity to stop by and learn about the afterschool programming LIFT provides for free! Families were given a tour of the center, introduced to the programs offered for the upcoming school year, and offered school supplies if needed.

During the 2022 summer LIFT held our first STEAM Super Camp for 2nd - 5th graders. We had two camp weeks that were each half day sessions for a week where we focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Each day featured a different superhero with an elemental superpower. LIFT middle and high school students helped our staff during the week as camp counselors. They each went through a training prior to the camp and their expereince as counselors gave them the opportunity to practice leadership skills while guiding our campers.

LIFT’s first year of STEAM Super Camp was a success with 26 campers over two weeks. Our campers had a full week of hands on STEAM learning!

2022 STEAM Super Camp labs and activities:

• Edible soil layers

• Rock mining

• make a volcano

• paper planes, construct and fly

• soap bubble art

• cloud bottles

• bernoulli’s principle

• snow lab

• oobleck

• water cycle bracelets

THANK YOU to our camp sponsor!

• slime

• water games

• paint abstract fire

• charcoal drawings

• learn about camp fires

• s’mores

• color flame test with elements

• elephant toothpaste

• math races

• Math & movement