YOUNG DRAGONS SUMMER STEAM

Creating Inspired Leaders

Based at Drexel’s ExCITe Center and Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, our program philosophy is that all children should experience cutting-edge activities and technology based on the latest advances in learning science.

The YOUNG DRAGONS SUMMER STEAM program is a six-week summer day camp, developed in partnership with ExCITe Center at Drexel University. Initially piloted 2016 as SUMMER STEAM, the YOUNG DRAGONS SUMMER STEAM program has expanded from a two-week program to a six-week program, that serves middle school scholars living in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone neighborhood, which applies a culturally-responsive and relevant lens to science, technology, engineering, arts/athletics, and mathematics (STEAM) learning.

Throughout the program, we incorporate the scientific method, the engineering process, new technologies, and arts & design to facilitate development of agency and strengthen self-expression within scholars. The program invites young people to incorporate their own stories and identities into their learning and to develop approaches and build skills to amplify their voices, in both familiar and new contexts.

The goal of the program is to celebrate and empower young people through an exchange of knowledge and inspiration. The program is offered at no cost to rising 5th-8th graders residing in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone.