"In 2021, more than 30,000 kids created, designed, played, and laughed" at Camp Galileo's 52 summer programs in California, Colorado, and Illinois, per the company's website.
Now, kids in the San Francisco Bay Area will have a chance to do the same.
Galileo Learning and the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula have teamed up to offer Galileo's award-winning curriculum to 2,000 kids at six BGCP sites over five weeks in the Redwood City and Ravenswood school districts this summer, per a press release.
"Our partnership with Galileo Learning allows us to provide high-quality learning experiences for BGCP youth that help expose them to the innovative and inventive culture of Silicon Valley," says Jos ?'Gonzalez, vice president of K-8 programs at BGCP.
Galileo Learning, founded in 2002 by Glen Tripp, is a "leader in innovative summer camps," per the press release, which notes the company's mission is to develop innovators who envision and create a better world.
"Creating inclusive and diverse communities is central to Galileo's mission to developing innovators who envision and create a better world," says Pamela Briskman, VP of education at Galileo, in the release.
The curriculum includes art, design, technology, robotics, and more.
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