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Camp Invention Returns to TNCS for Summer 2025!

When The New Century School first debuted its lineup of summer programming in 2012, Baltimore City summer campers had never seen the like. With hands down the most varied and engaging lineup of camps around (if not anywhere), TNCS ensured that no “summer slide” would affect its campers!

This year, TNCS is thrilled to welcome back Camp Invention® from July 14th –July 18th, one of the most popular camps in TNCS’s summer camp history. (Who are we kidding—they’re all great. Scroll to the end for past summer camp blogs and be amazed.) The photos in the slideshow below are from Camp Invention® at TNCS in summer 2014.

In response to being asked what he liked most about Camp Invention, this camper said, “We get to take things apart and then make new things!” (He never looked up from his engrossing project!)
What did this happy camper like best about Camp Invention? “Making stuff!”
A hand-drawn Camp Invention logo and motto inspires TNCS inventors.
The design station beckons!
Miss Fanta guides a team in constructing their pinbug machine.
Team Rollie Pollie from the orange group collaborated on a pinbug machine.
Mrs. Jacoby helps a member of Team Rollie Pollie strengthen their pinbug machine casing.

Sponsored by none other than the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Camp Invention® bills itself as, “A STEM Summer Camp for Grades K-6 That Turns Curious Kids Into Innovative Thinkers” . . . and we have to agree.

Even better, TNCS K–8 Resource Teacher Bailey Miller will be directing the camp this July! “Miss Bailey,” as she is know around campus, is also the assistant teacher in Mr. Warren’s K–2 classroom. In addition, she works in daily aftercare with TNCS primary students as well as provides after-school math tutoring.

“I’m excited to be directing Camp Invention® this summer! said Miss Bailey. “My background is in science education, so helping kids tap into passion and creativity when it comes to STEM makes me especially happy.”

The theme this year is “Discover,” which aims to inspire curiosity and help campers build essential STEM skills through collaboration with friends and creative problem-solving experiences. “[They will] explore hands-on challenges and open-ended adventures designed to encourage new discoveries and bring big ideas to life!”

Miss Bailey shared her thoughts about Camp Invention® :

I appreciate that Camp Invention® is all about exploring the wonders of the world—both natural and human-made. Kids get to dive into big ideas, ask questions like scientists, and solve problems like engineers. Whether they’re tackling everyday mysteries or coming up with creative solutions to new challenges, they see that wonders aren’t just something to admire—they’re something to explore, understand, and even improve upon. Children are naturally inquisitive and imaginative, and this camp helps them foster that creativity while having fun thinking like inventors. This summer, I hope we help kids see that STEM is for everyone. I want them to discover that science and engineering are doable, approachable, and fun. My goal is for campers to get so immersed that they start looking at the world through a new analytical lens—seeing problems as puzzles to solve and everyday discoveries as possibilities to explore.

For anyone who remains unconvinced, if that’s possible, one of this summer’s activities is building your own claw machine! Mic drop! There’s also designing optical illusions, exploring penguins in Antarctica, and a whole lot more that, as Camp Invention® puts it, “[add] up to an imagination-stretching, confidence-boosting summer!”

To register for Camp Invention® at TNCS (7/14–7/18), go to: https://www.invent.org/programs/camp-invention.

For all other TNCS Summer Camps, beginning Monday, June 9, 2025, click here! Register by March 25, 2025 and save $25/week with the Early Bird Discount!

Past Camp Inventions® at TNCS:

Other Past TNCS Summer Camps:

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