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At Boolean Girl's Summer Camp, girls age 8+ learn computer science and engineering fundamentals through a series of unique projects and hands-on challenges. Our students learn coding, robotics, AI, engineering, teamwork, and digital citizenship while making new friends and having fun!

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What Makes Our Camps Special?

💻 In addition to coding, circuitry, AI, and engineering, we teach broader skills such as teamwork and digital citizenship.

📚 Our curriculum is aligned with state and national standards for computer science.

🎓 STEM high school and college students provide inspiration and guidance about opportunities in STEM.

☀️We have fun! Our students learn to code through playing interactive, offline games, and we go outside on breaks to enjoy the summer weather.

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STEM Camp Locations & Schedules

  • Our camps include multiple levels of Scratch Programming for Elementary School Students, Robotics for Grades 5 and up, and Python Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development camps for middle schoolers. The Robotics camps use a micro:bit, a small computer. Want to know what you can do with a micro:bit? Watch the micro:bit video!

Arlington, VA

Our weekly Arlington camps are held at Marymount University in Ballston. They run June through August, Monday through Friday, 9am to 3pm. Sign up below.

Arlington Financial Aid is Available

Arlington residents may qualify for financial aid through Arlington County. Check the Arlington County website for more information and to apply there.

Alexandria, VA

For those of you in the Alexandria area, keep your eyes open for updates in January on our camps at Burgundy Farms. These camps sell out quickly! More information can be found here.

Montgomery County, MD

Montgomery County residents can now sign up for our summer camps through the county website (STEM Camps at Pine Crest Elementary School). 

MOCO Financial Aid is Available

Applications for RecAsst are open. Check here to find out if you are eligible and lock in funding for your child's summer now! 

Arlington Summer Camps

Check out all of our Summer Camp options in Arlington, VA. Camps are held at Marymount University in Ballston from 9am-3pm weekdays. Pick your age/grade level below to see all the class options!

Summer Camp FAQs 

 

Coding Camps for Grades 3-5

For elementary school students starting with rising 3rd graders there are four different Scratch coding camps.

Start with the Storytelling in Scratch Camp and progress through the Building Games and or AI Camps to build coding skills.

  • Storytelling in Scratch
  • Code Your Own Adventure
  • Build Games in Scratch
  • Create an AI Application
  • Strawbee Robotics

 

Robotics Camps for Grades 5-8

For elementary and middle school students there are two engineering camps. A camp that focuses on traditional robotics, things that move. The second camp inspires campers to build wearable machines.

  • micro:it Robotics
  • micro:bit Wearables
  • Strawbee Robotics

 

Coding Camps for Middle Schoolers

For middle schoolers (grades 6-8) there coding camps in Python, Web Development and Artificial Intelligence.

If your camper is in middle school and has never coded she can start with any of the camps, except Python 2.

  • Web Development, HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • Getting Started In Python, Python 1 Turtle Art
  • Code Your Own Adventure in Python (Python 2)
  • Create an AI Application

 

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Testimonials

What Parents & Students Have to Say

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“Boolean Girl coding camp is the only camp my daughter has begged me to go back to. She had such a great time and couldn’t stop talking about all that she learned.”

Arlington Summer Camp Mom

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"My kids have gone to a lot of camps. This is the only one that we talk about at the dinner table. They really love it. All three want to take the next level up."

Arlington Summer Camp Dad

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"I loved that all the teachers/ helpers were helping us by answering our questions, giving some feedback, and being positive the whole 3 hours we were there."

Boolean Girl Student

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