Summer camp archive

Summer 2025
camps.

The 2025 summer program offered robotics, Python programming, and cybersecurity experiences for students from rising first through tenth grade.

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Program partnerCurie Learning LLCArchive statusCompleted program

Season overview

Hands-on STEM learning

Build skills by
building things.

These archived programs combined guided instruction with practical projects that strengthened creativity, collaboration, programming, and engineering confidence.

SPIKE LEGO Energy Camp

Students built LEGO energy models while learning teamwork, block programming, energy transfer, and the relationship between energy sources, storage, distribution, and consumption.

Grades: Rising 1st–4th graders
Format: In person
Archived cost: $295
Schedule: June 23–27, 2025 · July 28–August 1, 2025
9:00 AM–2:00 PM

Teamwork
Problem-solving
Creativity
Block programming

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Introduction to Python Programming

A project-based introduction to variables, loops, functions, conditionals, and user input. Students built interactive projects and connected programming concepts to real-world applications.

Grades: Rising 7th–10th graders
Format: Hybrid: Chantilly or Zoom
Archived cost: $295
Schedule: July 28–August 1, 2025
9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Python fundamentals
Computational thinking
Automation
Debugging

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Introduction to Cybersecurity

Students explored password security, online safety, cyber threats, encryption, and ethical hacking through hands-on activities, simulations, and interactive challenges.

Grades: Rising 7th–10th graders
Format: Hybrid: Chantilly or Zoom
Archived cost: $295
Schedule: August 4–8, 2025
9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Digital safety
Encryption
Ethical hacking
Security tools

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Arduino Robotics Camp

Students used hands-on robotics kits to learn assembly, testing, C++ and Arduino programming. Guided projects included line following, wall detection, and iterative robot improvement. An $80 robotics kit was included.

Grades: Rising 5th–8th graders
Format: In person
Archived cost: $395
Schedule: July 14–18, 2025 · July 21–25, 2025
9:00 AM–2:00 PM

Robot assembly
Arduino
C++
Testing

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Camp location

Hosted in
Chantilly, Virginia.

The Madame Curie School of Science & Technology, 43250 Stonewall Pond St, Chantilly, VA 20152

These dates and prices are preserved for historical reference. For questions about future camps, email contact@firstforyouth.org.

Summer 2025camps.

Build skills bybuilding things.