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  • Chess Summer Camp (Ages 6-12)
  • Fee: $195.00
    Dates: 7/7/2025 - 7/11/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Instructor: Complete Chess
    Join us this summer as Complete Chess brings a fun, challenging, and enriching chess camp to Northside ISD schools! Our camp fosters not only chess mastery but also personal growth and meaningful connections with others. Students of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced players, will explore chess’s strategic wonders through a curriculum designed by National Chess Master Jesse Lozano. Beyond mastering the game, participants will sharpen critical thinking, enhance problem-solving abilities, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their peers, and the world. Let your child unlock their potential this summer with the many brain-boosting benefits of chess while having fun, making friends, and gaining valuable life skills.

 

  • Chess Summer Camp (Ages 6-12)
  • Fee: $195.00
    Dates: 7/28/2025 - 8/1/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Instructor: Complete Chess
    Join us this summer as Complete Chess brings a fun, challenging, and enriching chess camp to Northside ISD schools! Our camp fosters not only chess mastery but also personal growth and meaningful connections with others. Students of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced players, will explore chess’s strategic wonders through a curriculum designed by National Chess Master Jesse Lozano. Beyond mastering the game, participants will sharpen critical thinking, enhance problem-solving abilities, and develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their peers, and the world. Let your child unlock their potential this summer with the many brain-boosting benefits of chess while having fun, making friends, and gaining valuable life skills.

 

  • Mad Science: Rockin' Rockets (Ages 6-12)
  • Fee: $275.00
    Dates: 7/28/2025 - 8/1/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Instructor: Mad Science
    Learn about flight as you build your very own rockets. Experiment with different kinds of propulsion as you use your knowledge to blast off and recover different kids of rockets.

 

  • Mad Science: Wings & Things (Ages 5-12)
  • Fee: $275.00
    Dates: 7/21/2025 - 7/25/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Northside Learning Center - Bldg C
    Instructor: Mad Science
    Let your imagination take flight as we join Sir Isaac Newton and prepare for aerospace adventures with his laws of motion. Design, build, and test fantastic flying creations including kites, planes, rockets, hovercrafts and more. Learn all about the Wright Brothers and their numerous contributions to aviation. Discover the star secrets of the universe with your own planisphere. Experiment with the laws of physics, gravity and motion during this amazing week of hands-on fun.

 

  • NASA Astro Innovators (Ages 5-12)
  • Fee: $220.00
    Dates: 6/30/2025 - 7/3/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Northside Learning Center - Bldg C
    Instructor: Mad Science

    For ages 6-12 Campers use creative and collaborative skills to design a mission patch, train like an astronaut, and solve real-world engineering problems using spinoff technology, just like NASA astronauts working together on a mission. They propose answers to questions like "How could space suit cooling tubes be used to solve a problem here on Earth? How could robotic arms help make our world a better place?” Then, they create a storyboard and presentation to share their spinoff project and work on their science communication skills.


 

 

  • Slime 1.Oh! Summer Camp (Ages 6-10)
  • Fee: $105.00
    Dates: 6/30/2025 - 7/3/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Driggers ES
    Instructor: Youth Enrichment Activities!

    Are you ready for a slime-tastic adventure? Don't miss out on this slime-tastic experience. Enroll your kids in our Slime Making class now and let their creativity ooze! Green? Pink? Blue? Glitter? Whatever your kids' imagination desires, we've got it covered! Our Slime Making class offers a rainbow of colors and even includes glitter for that extra sparkle. Learn the science behind slime as you make your own slime, including unicorn slime, cloud slime, beach slime, color-changing slime, and more!


    A cash supply fee of $25 is payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

 

  • Slime-Mania Summer Camp (2.0) (Ages 7-13)
  • Fee: $105.00
    Dates: 7/7/2025 - 7/10/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 4
    Location: Driggers ES
    Instructor: Youth Enrichment Activities!
    Looking for slimes that challenge your slime masters? Don't miss out on this week-long slime-mania fun! Young slime masters will enjoy making some of the more challenging slimes, including advanced slimes, like avalanche and more!

    $25 cash supply fee is due to instructor at the beginning of class.
 

  • Dissection Camp (Ages 5-11)
  • Fee: $179.00
    Item Number: 2501YSCN19101
    Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Room: TBD
    Instructor: John MacLaren
    This class is already in session.  Contact our office at 210-397-8100 for additional information. 

    Get ready for the coolest and most awesome summer camp that will have your kids jumping with joy, real hands-on dissections. Your camper will explore the ins and outs of real life specimens like worms, frogs, owl pellets and fetal pigs! It’s like a biology bonanza! Your budding scientist will not only get up close and personal with these amazing creatures but will also compare and contrast their skeletal, cardiovascular, nervous, and digestive systems. It’s like being a detective of the living world. But don't worry, they will be learning all the cool and safe dissection techniques like real pros. If your child has dreamt of becoming the next big scientist, doctor, or surgeon, look no further! This camp is their golden opportunity to fuel their passion and curiosity. They will have the chance to touch and observe real organs like the heart, brain, kidney, and more! Kids will have the opportunity to dissect some specimens as they work in small groups. Spots are limited, and this camp is in high demand. So, be quick and sign up early to secure a spot. Don't let your child miss out on this mind blowing, jaw dropping, and utterly fantastic class that will leave them with a newfound love for the wild world of science. Sign up now, the countdown for an unforgettable summer camp starts here!

    $25 Supply Fee


    $25 cash supply fee paid to the instructor on the first day at the beginning of class.  
 

  • Explode Into Science (Ages 5-11)
  • Fee: $179.00
    Item Number: 2501YSCN14201
    Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Room: TBD
    Instructor: John MacLaren
    This class is already in session.  Contact our office at 210-397-8100 for additional information. 

    Get ready for the most explosive science camp of the summer! At "Explode into Science," your child will dive into a hands-on journey where curiosity meets explosive fun. From mind blowing chemical reactions to awe inspiring experiments. Campers will learn to think critically, solve real world problems, and make informed decisions, all while having an unforgettable time. This immersive adventure transforms ordinary materials into extraordinary science, with states of matter changing, gasses expanding, and dazzling explosions lighting up the day. If your child dreams of being the next Bill Nye or Steve Spangler, this camp is their chance to step into the spotlight of discovery. With bigger, messier, and more thrilling experiments than ever before. They will leave each day eager to share their newfound knowledge and excitement. Don't miss out on this explosive experience that sparks curiosity and ignites a love for science. Sign up now and watch your child’s imagination soar before the spots evaporate!

    $20 Supply Fee


    A $20 cash materials fee can be paid to the instructor at the beginning of class.
 

  • Jr. Engineer Camp (Ages 8-12)
  • Fee: $175.00
    Item Number: 2501YSCN20801
    Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Room: TBD
    Instructor: Youth Enrichment Activities!
    This class is already in session.  Contact our office at 210-397-8100 for additional information. 

    A full week of making, tinkering, building and playing! Using a variety of tools and materials, they will explore circuits and electricity. Campers will construct dc motors and explore their power by making their own propeller cars, robots and more. Using the principles of engineering, camp goers will learn how to imagine, design, create, and build.

     


    A $25 cash supply fee is due to the instructor at the beginning on the first day of class
 

  • Secret Agent Lab (Ages 5-12)
  • Fee: $275.00
    Item Number: 2501YSCN20301
    Dates: 6/23/2025 - 6/27/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Daily
    Sessions: 5
    Location: Driggers ES
    Room: TBD
    Instructor: Mad Science
    This class is already in session.  Contact our office at 210-397-8100 for additional information. 

    Become a Mad Science secret spy and take a fascinating journey into the world of detection, forensics and classified information. Learn code language to send secret messages as part of your mission. Take home projects include a detective kit, spy glasses and more!


 

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