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W孩子的父母玛丽·安·奥尔森（Mary Ann Olson）不知道有任何像“儿童大学”这样的夏令营。 Finding the right summer camp can be challenging for parents, but she said she was blown away by the College for Kids concept, schedule, and affordability.

“我的孩子们总是说要上大学，”她说。 “It gave [Olson’s daughter] the opportunity to experience it in real life, on an actual college campus right here in our community.”

金沙博彩于2024年举办了第一届儿童学院夏令营。 The youth enrichment program invited kids entering grades 6-8 to participate in project-based inquiry and exploration courses, discover new talents, make new friends, and develop the knowledge and skills to begin thinking and planning for college success. The camp was offered at the Wylie and Plano campuses.

The half-day program gave kids a glimpse of college life – they were able to curate their schedules to fit their interests and could choose from a wide variety of courses such as traditional animation, art, theatre, DNA exploration, and American Sign Language.

“我最喜欢的是动物解剖学，”怀利夏令营的小里基·内宾格说。 “We studied lungs, hearts, and diseases of animals. 有一些 我们研究了活马，我们画出了马的所有器官和部位。”

家长们也被鼓励参加。 Every morning, they could sit in on the College 101 session, which provided general information about the college including degrees and certifications offered, dual credit, 支付大学学费和就业机会。

“对我来说，这与以往的夏天不同 夏令营，因为它不仅为学生做准备，而且 their families and their parents for college and careers,” said Dr. Gwendolyn Weatherford, camp director for the Wylie Campus.

At the end of the two-week camp, campers celebrated with
a graduation ceremony at their respective campus. Ricky said speaking at the ceremony was his favorite camp moment. 他在讲话中进行了反思 the friends he made, all the things he learned, and he credited College for Kids with 激发了他有朝一日进入金沙博彩的兴趣。

里奇说他期待着明年夏天回来。 Olson plans to re-enroll her daughter, and she wants to enroll her son when he is old enough.

“We looked at a lot of options for summer camp, but Collin’s College for Kids provided a fun, hands-on learning environment that kept my kid engaged,” Olson said.

儿童大学就是其中之一 金沙博彩提供夏令营。 访问 www.bc-jinsha.com/community/summercamps 查看今年的完整榜单。

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