Summer Camp at Stanford Campus (Escondido Elementary School)

For a video of our Summer Camp click here.

Dates & Schedule 

Summer Camp A: June 12 to June 16 from 10 am to 2pm

Monday, June 12th * Location: Google * Mentors: Google * Activity: tour of Googleplex, growth mindset and design thinking activity. Look below in this page for the specific address at Google.

Tuesday, June 13th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Google (Project Loon Team) * Activity: Project Loon in Amazonia. Girls get to build their own high altitude balloon. Look below in this page for the specific address at Stanford University Campus.

Wednesday, June 14th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Visa * Activity: Wind Turbines in Africa. Girls get to build their own wind turbines and generate electricity.

Thursday, June 15th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Several companies * Activity: Engineering Incubator Alternatives for Babies in Asia. Girls get to build their own incubators, and learn what Engineering is.

Friday, June 16th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Tesla * Activity: Providing Safety for Children in Africa With Solar Panels. Girls get to use solar panels to make music, light a bulb and pump water.

Summer Camp B: June 26 to June 30 from 10 am to 2pm

Monday, June 26th * Location: Google * Mentors: Google * Activity: tour of Googleplex, growth mindset and design thinking activity. Look below in this page for the specific address at Google.

Tuesday, June 27th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Google (Project Loon Team) * Activity: Project Loon in Amazonia. Girls get to build their own high altitude balloon. Look below in this page for the specific address at Stanford University Campus.

Wednesday, June 28th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Visa * Activity: Wind Turbines in Africa. Girls get to build their own wind turbines and generate electricity.

Thursday, June 29th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Several companies * Activity: Engineering Incubator Alternatives for Babies in Asia. Girls get to build their own incubators.

Friday, June 30th * Location: Escondido Elementary/Stanford * Mentors: Cisco * Activity: Revolutionizing Education for Children in Asia with Internet. Girls will teardown routers, and understand how Internet works.

Registration 

Registration forms are available at Escondido School’s front desk. Places will be given on the basis of first-come, first-served. Also you can also request a registration package via email, contact us at maria@kids-vision.org. Please send your registration forms filled out and signed with your check to: Kids’ Vision, 355 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028.

Address of Escondido Elementary School (Stanford University Campus)

890 Escondido Road, Room #2, Stanford, CA. Please park on the Escondido Road parking. There is a gate door connecting the parking with room #2.

Map of Escondido School 

Google Address: Building Landmark 2 (MTV-LMK2), 1881-1899 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043. Parking is available in front of Building Landmark 2 (MTV-LMK2). Here are some pictures of the area:

Scholarship & Cost

Girls who qualify for free or reduced hot lunch at school qualify with us for a full scholarship. To verify income we request you send us a copy of the letter sent by school districts to inform you that your daughter qualifies for free hot lunch or reduced hot lunch.

Our program has a cost of $675 for girls who don’t qualify as low income. Please make checks payable to Kids’ Vision. We are offering scholarships to have majority of participants be low income participants, however many of the companies participating are not donating funds to make this program possible, that is why we hope that non-low income participants will help with the cost.

Payment & Refund Policies

1) Payment: You must pay for workshop at the time of registration.

2) Refunds: There are no refunds after the first hour of session.

3) Late Registration: If you would like to register after the first hour of workshop, you may do so if there is space available. We do not pro-rate cost for late registrations.

Parent’s Workshop 

Stanford Professor Carol Dweck’s research shows that a growth mindset leads to higher academic achievement. Dweck says: “No parent thinks, ‘I wonder what I can do today to undermine my children’s learning abilities.’ Yet many of the things they do and say often send the wrong message.” Dweck’s research also shows that parents can have a powerful impact on their kids’ mindsets. Kids learn how to behave by imitating others. Kids’ Vision offers parents workshops, in Spanish and English, to help them become mindful their own thinking and of the messages they send with their words and actions. During our workshop parents learn how to model a growth mindset at home, and help their kids develop one.

Parent’s Workshop at Googleplex on 06/12 & 06/29 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Google Address: Building Landmark 2 (MTV-LMK2), 1881-1899 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043. Parking is available in front of Building Landmark 2 (MTV-LMK2). The same address where girls will be taken on 06/12 & 06/29 see pictures and maps above.