2022 Summer Academies
Registration closes Sat. April 30, 2022
Please limit your selections to 3 academies.
Please carefully examine your calendar to ensure your child is able to commit to each academy being signed up for .
2022 Summer Academies
Registration closes Sat. April 30, 2022
Please limit your selections to 3 academies.
Please carefully examine your calendar to ensure your child is able to commit to each academy being signed up for.
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Automotive – FULL
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Babysitting – FULL
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CAD/3D – FULL
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Construction – FULL
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Construction Extravaganza
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Cosmetology – FULL
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Culinary – FULL
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Fire/EMS – FULL
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Girls in Construction – FULL
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HVAC/R – FULL
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Law Enforcement – FULL
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Medical – FULL
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MET Robotics Camp – FULL
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Programming with Python – FULL
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Wearable Tech – FULL
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Welding – FULL
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Welty Center – FULL
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Wisconsin Business World – FULL
June 9-10, 2022
Construction
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-8
- Number students: 16
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Beloit Memorial High School - Instructors:
Michael Wagner and Nolan Otremba
Expose middle school students to construction skills, careers and school opportunities through a hands-on building of house type dog houses.
Summary of Activities:
- Shop and tool safety
- Wrapping and roofing
- Print reading
- Siding and trim
- Framing & layout
- Exposure to job/career opportunities
- assembly of walls and roof
June 22 & 23, 2022
Culinary
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-9
- Number students: 12
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Main Campus, Janesville - Instructors:
Chefs Robert Patrick & Hakim Salaam
Learn basic culinary skills while preparing and cooking American fare
Summary of Activities:
- Knife skills demo
- Piping demo
- Ice cream making
- Plating
- “From scratch” condiment making
June 23, 2022
Automotive
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 8-12
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-2:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Main Campus, Janesville - Instructors:
Sheldon Newkirk & Corey Groebner
Student teams will compete to rotate tires in a specific order with each student taking a tire off and remounting the tire in a different position on the vehicle. Using a scan tool, students will retrieve an engine code from a vehicle and diagnose the code. Student will receive a tour of an Electric Vehicle build and take a ride in the high torque, tire spinning vehicle as it rolls around the track.
Students will have fun collaborating as they perform critical thinking to solve problems using diagnostic techniques. Students will become familiar with tools and equipment that are used in the automotive industry, and will experience fun, hands-on activities
June 14, 2022
Fire & EMS
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 8-12
- Number students: 20
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Main Campus, Rm. 2611, Janesville - Instructors:
Rob Balsamo, Eric Moe, Tina Jordan
Students practice skills related to careers in Firefighting and EMS. Activities include Airway management, bleeding control, searching for victims, using an extinguisher, putting out a car fire and more.
Students will be introduced to the Firefighters and EMS careers and what education is needed for these careers.
June 14 & 15, 2022
Babysitting
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-9
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Hendricks CareerTek - Instructors:
American Red Cross Staff
This Babysitting Basics course provides a foundation on which to build a babysitting business. Designed for new babysitters, this course delivers information clearly, concisely and interactively, the perfect way for young people to learn all about the responsibilities that come with the job.
Students will receive certification in First Aid and CPR/AED, and add even more value to parents and their children.
June 16, 2022
Welty Center
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Tale of Two Rivers: The importance of water quality
- Grades: 6-12
- Number students: 12
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Begin at CareerTek - Instructors:
Aaron Wilson and staff
Participants will enter into Turtle Creek and Goose Creek to perform macroinvertebrate study and water quality tests. Participants should be prepared to enter into the rivers to catch and identify fish, shellfish, larva and other small creatures. (bring a backpack: old shoes for use in the water, a change of clothes, a towel, a plastic bag for wet and dirty items.) I will inform participants in an email They will also perform onsite chemistry to check for phosphates, nitrates, dissolved oxygen, and the water way’s pH value.
Students will come away with an understanding of how water quality limits the kind of life found in rivers.
June 21, 2022
Programming with Python
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-8
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
CareerTek - Instructors:
Melissa Dix
To teach students the basics of Python programming, including a history of the language and an exploration of the way it is used in the IoT (Internet of Things)
Summary of Activities:
- Students will hear a brief history of programming that includes Python, and we’ll have a discussion about all the places Python is used.
- We’ll set up an environment of free interpreter software that they can use at home to further their learning.
- We’ll write a simple program and then advance to more complicated scripting as time allows.
- Students will leave with some resources they can use to continue learning to program in Python on their own.
June 27 – July 1, 2022
MET Middle School Robotics Summer Camp
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-9
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Milton Campus - Instructors:
Bryan Coddington
This is a unique, week long program that focuses on the technology of automation. Students will make Lego robots and learn how program them. Also included is 3D printing, competitions, tours and demonstrations of other BTC programs related to engineering and a whole lot more! Students must be able to attend all 5 days.
June 30, 2022
Medical
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 8-12
- Number students: 40
- Times: 9:00-2:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
CareerTek - Instructors:
T.B.A.
Students will have the opportunity to meet and learn from professionals within the healthcare industry. Each represented career will have a hands on activity including physical therapy, respiratory therapy, chiropractic, mental wellness, dental assistant, nursing and more. Students will explore using simulators to start an IV, listen to heart and lungs, take a blood pressure, identify bones on a skeleton, inspect xrays, the list goes on. Come learn from the best.
July 12, 2022
Welding
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 7-10
- Number students: 15
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Advanced Manufacturing and Training Center
15 Plumb St. Milton - Instructors:
Nick Mauer, Joe Kluge
For students participating for the first time, there will be an Introduction to Metal Fabrication and Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG) and including Safety brief, Design, fabricate. For those who have participated in the past, you will get the above and a chance to work on a level 2 project.
July 12, 2022
Wisconsin Business World
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 8-12
- Number students: 20
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
CareerTek - Instructors:
Michelle Grajkowski
Are you innovative? Creative? Curious? Join us for an unforgettable hands-on experience where you will work together with other students to build a company, design a product and to learn more about business, entrepreneurship and our free enterprise system. Oh – and you’ll have fun, too. Prizes, pizza and other surprises will be provided!
July 13, 2022
(Wearable Tech)
Intro to Arduino Programming and Animated Fashion (Bracelet)
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-9
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Main Campus, Janesville - Instructors:
Melissa Dix
In this workshop, participants will use the micro:bit’s drag and drop interface, MakeCode, to learn how to code the device. Students will walk through the various features of a micro:bit and learn how the code they create can activate animation, temperature sensing, radio buttons and motion sensors. Students will also design and make their own animated bracelet.
July 14, 2022
CAD/3D Printing
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 6-9
- Number students: 12
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
CareerTek - Instructors:
Stephanie Hein
Students receive an introduction to computer-aided design and 3D printing technology by designing a board game. Students will learn about 3D printing technology and related careers. They will brainstorm and plan a board game and use computer-aided design and 3D printing to create pieces for their game. They will construct their board game using common classroom materials and then present and play their board games with each other.
July 20, 2022
Girls in Construction
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 8-12
- Number students: 25
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Hendricks CareerTek - Instructors:
T.B.A.
Students will be introduced to careers held by women in four different trades within the construction industry. Each trade will include a hands on activity.
July 20, 2022
Law Enforcement
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 7-12
- Number students: 15
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Main Campus, Janesville - Instructors:
Troy Egger & Greg Westness
The activities will be designed to show students a more in-depth view of what skills are needed to be a law enforcement officers. While many people see officers driving squad cars and performing other tactical skills, it is the critical thinking, decision making, observation skills, and creative problem solving that are the skills most often used by modern day law enforcement officers.
Summary of Activities:
- Report Writing – Students will be shown a clip of a scenario and will be given a sheet, which will be age dependent, that contains a written report of the incident. Students will be asked to fill in the blanks of the report (the older they are the more blanks there will be). This will help show the observation skills needed to document incidents. (Virtual option if needed)
- Land Navigation – Students will be provided a map of the BTC campus and will be asked to navigate to specific areas in the college to find check points. This is an extremely important skill for a law enforcement officer to be able to navigate through the streets of their jurisdiction to get to an address or specific location.
- Scene Observation – Students will be shown pictures of different rooms for a specific amount of time and will be asked to remember everything they see. We will then ask them specific questions related to the pictures to see if they remember what they saw. This is another observation skill activity, but more visual and is important in being observant and remembering what you saw. (Virtual option if needed)
July 26, 2022
Cosmetology Career Discovery
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 9-12
- Number students: 10
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
First Class Cosmetology School - Instructors:
Stephanie, Briana, Danielle, Destiny
Introduce a career in cosmetology, barbering, esthetics and/or nail technology to individuals who are considering a future in the industry.
July 27, 2022
HVAC/R
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 9-12
- Number students: 12
- Times: 9:00-3:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
Blackhawk Technical College
Advanced Manufacturing Training Center
Milton Campus - Instructors:
Tony Jordan & Chris Esser
For students participating for the first time, you will get to explore different areas that the HVAC/R industry has to offer through a variety of hands-on activities. For those who have participated in the past, you will get the above and a chance to work on a level 2 project.
Summary of Activities:
- Soldering, brazing annealing bending copper
- Fabricating ductwork
- Gas piping a furnace
- Testing the operation of a residential HVAC System
- Recover/evacuate and charge a residential AC system
July 28, 2022
Construction Extravaganza
- Grades: 7-12
- Number students: 40
- Times: 9:00-2:00 (lunch included)
- Location:
CareerTek - Instructors:
TBA
Students will have the opportunity to meet and learn from professionals within the construction industry.
Each represented trade/career will have a hands on activity including carpentry, masonry, fire protection, architecture, engineering and more.
June 9, 16 & 21
Special PBS Program for 1st & 2nd Graders!
REGISTRATION CLOSED
- Grades: 1st & 2nd Graders
- Number students: TBA
- Times: 9:00-12:00 pm
- Location:
Varies by event - Instructors:
TBA
Looking for a fun learning opportunity for your 1st or 2nd grader this summer? Register today for one of our Summer Learning Academies!
About these events
CareerTek is partnering with PBS Wisconsin Education to extend their free summer academy offerings for Beloit students in 1st or 2nd grade.
Summer Academies are a great way to learn about world of work opportunities through reading, hands-on play, and PBS KIDS digital media. Lunch will be included.
Register today for any of the three offerings from 9:00-12:00pm. You are welcome to register your child for one or all three. If your child is no longer able to attend, please let us know.