Penn State Abington history students Veronica Aguirre (left) and Will Connor (white T-shirt) work with young campers at the Historic Richard Wall House in nearby Cheltenham Township, showing them how to pick mint from the Colonial herb garden to make mint tea. Ronny Kosempel (far right), a member of the Old York Road Garden Club, was on hand to share information about the herbs and help make the tea.
Campers in the weeklong book assemblage art course explored 2-D and 3-D art on pages of books and learned new techniques using fabric, wallpaper, yarn, paint, feathers and found objects.
The Youth Police Academy included a discussion with Abington Township Police Sgt. Jennifer Doyle and her dog, Bella. Doyle and Bella showed off their skills for the campers.
Abington campers in multimedia design learned coding and graphics manipulation, developed webpages, and learned to maintain and manage these sites post-camp. They also created and edited short films.
Rocking with Rocketry campers at Penn State Abington explored the concepts of flight through hands-on experiments. They built and launched their own rockets.
