Galileo Summer Camps Teach Kids How to Innovate in Sites Around the Bay

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Juli Ashdown, Galileo
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GALILEO KICKS OFF RECORD NUMBER OF SUMMER CAMPS

BAY AREA NOW BUZZING WITH INNOVATION SITES

Artificial Nostril Snot, Homemade Prosthetic Hands and Neutrally Buoyant Submarines Are Some of the Subjects of Innovative Learning Process in Camps for Pre-K to Grade 8 Students

New Camps In San Ramon and Alameda

WHO:  Students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8

Nearly 20,000 Bay Area kids attend Galileo camps each summer

WHAT: Innovation-based summer camp turns student ideas into reality; promotes creativity and teaches students to be visionary, courageous, determined, collaborative and reflective by giving them skills, techniques and concepts inspired by the Stanford University School of Design. *Warning: Rubber chickens are involved - also unpredictable amounts of fun.

WHERE: Now in 42 sites throughout the entire Bay Area.

• Peninsula: Belmont, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Woodside.
• East Bay: Alameda (New), Berkeley, Chabot Space & Science Center, Fremont, Lafayette, Oakland, San Ramon,(New), Danville and Walnut Creek
• South Bay: Cupertino, San Jose/Almaden, San Jose/Evergreen, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and The Tech Museum of Innovation.
• San Francisco/Marin: San Francisco and Tiburon.

WHEN: Weekly sessions are ongoing and run through August 15th, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Dates vary by location. Visit  www.galileo-camps.com for details.

PHOTO OPS: Photographers and journalists are welcome.

Best times to see activities are Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Note: Most Thursdays there are water activities starting at 2:15 p.m. (Consider yourself warned!).

Galileo is happy to provide professional photos upon request.

IMPORTANT: Please contact Juli Ashdown at [email protected] so she can alert Camp Directors of your visit, and assist you with identifying students. (Camp Galileo has closed campuses to ensure the safety of campers. Camp directors are instructed not to admit media without permission.)

BONUS: Free workshops for parents (and reporters, too) that demonstrate Galileo's unique process, and how this summer fun can extend into the school year will be led by Galileo CEO (and chief innovator) Glen Tripp at the following locations:

Fremont

• Tuesday, July 22nd, 9:15 - 10:45 am
• Gomes Elementary School, Multi Purpose Room
• 555 Lemos Lane, Fremont, CA 94539

Sunnyvale

• Thursday, July 24^th, 9:15 - 10:45 am
• St. Martin's School, Parish Hall
• 195 Leota Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

San Jose – Almaden

• Tuesday, July 29^th, 9:15 - 10:45 am
• Los Alamitos Elementary School, Cafetorium
• 6130 Silberman Drive, CA 95120

See the full schedule of workshops here: http://bit.ly/1jNC9eC

Need more info about workshops? http://www.galileo-camps.com/about/events, or call/write Juli Ashdown at 510-371-6079 or [email protected]. 

Media Contact: Juli Ashdown, Galileo Learning, 5103716070, [email protected]

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SOURCE Galileo Learning