Upcoming Events
Competitions, professional development, student showcases, and community programs — something is always happening at STEM@Skook29.
Events & Calendar
Explore upcoming STEM@Skook29 competitions, camps, workshops, and learning experiences across Schuylkill County.
Summer Camps 2026
Hands-on summer experiences where students build, create, design, code, and explore real STEM tools and technologies.
Campers build and program LEGO Spike Prime robots through exciting hands-on engineering challenges.
Register for Summer CampCampers create videos, podcasts, digital art, and animations using green screens and editing tools.
Register for Summer CampCampers design, build, and program robots using Hummingbird robotics kits through creative engineering challenges.
Register for Summer CampCampers design digital, board, carnival-style, and interactive tabletop games using design thinking and prototyping.
Register for Summer CampProfessional Development 2026
Full-day professional learning experiences designed to help educators bring creativity, STEM, engineering, and AI into meaningful classroom practice.
Educators explore engineering design thinking and practices, building frameworks to bring hands-on engineering challenges into K–12 classrooms.
Register for PDA hands-on day exploring digital tools, maker mindsets, and creative workflows that spark student imagination and expression across disciplines.
Register for PDMath educators learn practical strategies for integrating AI tools to deepen conceptual understanding, personalize practice, and support problem-solving.
Register for PDEducators immerse themselves in making — 3D printing, laser cutting, circuitry, and more — to experience the maker mindset from a learner's perspective.
Register for PDCommunity Events 2026 New
Listening sessions, ecosystem gatherings, and partnership events open to local employers, community organizations, and nonprofits across Schuylkill County.
A small, intentional gathering of community and industry leaders exploring one question: What's already happening in Schuylkill County that students and schools should be connected to? Seats are limited. Audience: employers, community partners, nonprofits, and local organizations.
Competitions 2026–2027
STEM competitions give students real-world challenges to apply creativity, engineering, collaboration, and problem-solving in high-energy environments.
A one-day statewide STEM challenge where teams tackle a real-world problem, design innovative solutions, and showcase their ideas.
Students build invention, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving skills through a flexible K–12 invention education experience.
Students showcase skills in graphic design, video production, animation, web design, programming, and digital media.
Students design and build a sustainable factory prototype using K'Nex and/or Engino.
Students explore manufacturing careers by producing video profiles of local companies.
Teams design and build robotic systems for mission-based engineering challenges connected to military and first responder scenarios.