JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Some Jackson kids spent six weeks of their summer vacation in STEAM, and they didn’t mind because we’re not talking about the heat.
STEAM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art, and math, and Friday was graduation day for this inaugural summer camp.
The facility is called the MAKERSPACE, and on Friday, the chairs were arranged for graduation ceremonies. For six weeks now, mostly Jackson Public Schools students, 60 of them, have been using the space, immersed in a variety of tech and arts-related projects. Students like 14-year-old Amari Roberts.
Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, Amari Roberts said,” I’m probably a bioengineer. Something definitely I can work with the team to get a big project done.”
Derrick Chapman, a Jackson Public Schools teacher, is one of the people paid to mentor these campers.
Chapman said,” I enjoy…
