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Want to build a rocket? Build in a Fab Lab? Learn to cook? Gateway to offer summer camps for middle-schoolers

Looking for fun, exciting and educational activities for your middle-schooler during the summer months?

Look no further than Gateway Technical College.

Gateway will hold its popular summer camps again this year with hands-on, fun learning, featuring such activities as building a rocket, designing T-shirts and jewelry, cooking meals and using a 3-D printer to design and build virtually any item.

Camps are open to students who have completed grades 6 through 8, and are held in Gateway facilities in Walworth, Kenosha and Racine counties. Space is limited, so those interested are encouraged to sign up.

To sign up, go to: https://www.gtc.edu/summer-camps

Maker Camp. 8:30 a.m. to noon, June 15-June 18, SC Johnson integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Center, 2320 Renaissance Blvd., Sturtevant. Cost: $125. Students will use cutting-edge design programs and tools including 3D printers in Gateway’s Fab Lab to design and create their own projects, including a rocket.

Fun with Graphics and Design. 8:30 a.m. to noon, July 13-July 16. Fab Lab in the SC Johnson integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Center, 2320 Renaissance Blvd., Sturtevant. Cost: $100.

Kids in the Kitchen, 8:30 a.m. to noon, June 22-June 25, Demonstration Kitchen Room L009, Lake Building on the Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St. Cost: $50.

Fun with Forensics, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 16. Law Enforcement Academy, Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave., Kenosha. Cost: $50.

Girls can do IT! 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., June 22-June 25. Explore hands-on, exciting IT careers such as Web design, computer support, networking and game programming. Room 206, Lake Building on the Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St. Cost: $50.

Savvy Sitter. 9 a.m. to noon. June 22-June 25. Room 216, Lake Building on the Racine Campus, 1001 S. Main St. Cost: $65.

Creativity with Signed Languages. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., June 22-June 25, Elkhorn Area High School, 1401 Veterans Drive, Elkhorn. Cost: $50.

For more information, and to register, go to gtc.edu/summercamps. Questions about the camps should be directed to Jane Finkenbine at (262) 767-5404, or finkenbinej@gtc.edu.