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Why Challenge Island?

Challenge Island is a cross-educational STEAM-based enrichment program for kids. All programs are unplugged with no digital technology. Children are taken on unique "island" adventures where they work in collaborative groups to take on high-level thinking challenges on real world issues using only the materials in their treasure chest and their creativity.  Students have opportunity to build & strengthen their skills in all five aspects of STEAM – Science, Technology (invention & innovation), Engineering, Arts (language & creative), and Math - to successfully complete challenges as a team; while also strengthening their life skills in communication, collaboration, critical and creative thinking, flexibility, sociability, initiative, leadership, grit, and perseverance through difficulty. Challenge Island is dedicated to ensuring a brighter future for our kids and our communities by helping you prepare your child to succeed in the 21st Century and beyond!  

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Challenge Island - Time Machine Island 

Get ready for a Challenge Island exploration that will go down in history! You and your STEAM Team will build your team's time machine clock tower which will transport us back and forth through time.  At our historic stops, you & your team will engineer your way through exciting destinations like ancient Egypt’s Pyramid Peak, California’s 1949 Gold Rush Mountain, the groovy 1970’s Pinball Wizard Arcade, and discovering the wild glow-in-the-dark plants and insects of the rainforest. Join us in our travel on this timeless island!  

GTACS After-School Enrichment 

January - February 2025  ~ 6 classes 

@ Immaculate Conception Elementary 

-  Immediately after school, Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

-  Tuesdays: Jan 21, 28, Feb 4, 11, 18, 25

- Classes are once a week 

~ Students are placed in same-grade groups (STEAM Teams).

Participation

~ The 6-week program includes six 1-hour and 15-minute lessons, all five aspects of STEAM as well as Life Skills, all materials, and take-aways. 

~ Registration is on the IC Popsicle site.  Click the link to connect directly to that site. 

In the event school is closed due to WEATHER, no after-school activities will be held per school policy. There is no guarantee of a make-up date in the case of inclement weather.  Missed sessions will be made up if schedules allow (which includes Challenge Island schedules, school room schedules, GTACS schedules).  Challenge Island will make all efforts to make up sessions cancelled due to weather when possible.