Camp Sol is a free science education day camp for elementary aged school children in Faribault, Minnesota organized by Rice County Growing Up Healthy. Created to provide a space for students to spend their summer in a safe and fun environment, Camp Sol focuses on closing the educational achievement gap caused by unequal access to summer learning. The camps will run in both a Latino neighborhood of Faribault as well as a Somali neighborhood. A focus of the summer will be science-related activities to awaken an appreciation of the natural world and a feeling of skill and interest in the sciences in high school and elementary aged students. Additionally, Camp Sol serves as a college access program for low-income high school students from the areas in which the camps will run. The high school students serve as helpers and mentors to the elementary school aged children, supporting the activities and games. In return, they will participate in college access workshops, field trips, mentoring, and information provided by the college students working at the camps.
We are looking for Carleton students to act as Camp Sol counselors for the summer of 2010. Camps will run a total of ten weeks from June 21 to August 26, and students must be able to commit five afternoons per week. Stipends are available and students must make their interest in the program known by April 9th. For more information, please contact Adrienne Falcon (afalcon@carleton.edu).