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Camp Invention returning in June

Children will explore Mars, renovate an art museum's sculpture garden, and help rebuild a polluted town when Camp Invention returns to Henry Defer Intermediate School this summer.

The program is set for June 16 to June 20.

During a project call Moving at Rocket Speed (MARS), Camp Invention participants will plan and execute a trip to Mars, becoming imaginary first astronauts to explore the red planet.

In Art Park, campers will try to save a museum from losing donations by designing a new sculpture garden to please the public and the museum's largest donor. During "Saving Sludge City," the Camp Invention team will rebuild and clean a polluted city, making it a friendlier environment for residents.

Open to children entering grades one through six in the fall, Camp Invention fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive thinking, and science literacy. The program was created in 1990 by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation and receives support from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

"Camp Invention's creators continue to surprise and delight us with their innovative approach to education," said John Oleksa, gifted and talented programs coordinator at Defer School. "Children who attend Camp Invention learn skills that enhance their abilities to brainstorm, solve problems, and work in teams. Oleksa will direct a staff of local instructors and counselors. The camp features a staff to camper ratio of eight-to-one.

For more information, call Oleksa at 330-422-2480.

Board committees to meet May 5

The Streetsboro Board of Education' Finance & Audit and Buildings & Operations committees are rescheduling the date of their May meetings to May 5 at the Board of Education Office, 9000 Kirby Lane, Streetsboro. The Finance & Audit Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. The Buildings & Operations Committee will meet immediately following the Finance & Audit Committee.

Meetings head
back to Defer School

The Streetsboro School Board has voted to change the location of its regular meetings to the cafeteria of Defer Intermediate School, 1895 Annalane Drive, Streetsboro. This change is effective with the regular meeting scheduled for May 8, and will remain in effect until further notice. The 6:45 p.m. starting time for the meeting is unchanged.