iBerkshires: Families Attend YWIS Summer Camp at BCC

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Summer camps held on Berkshire Community College's (BCC) main campus include Barrington Stage Company's Kids Act! and TeensAct! camps; Berkshire Family YMCA Summer camp; United Soccer Group Summer Camp; Flying Cloud Institute's Young Women in Science camp; and the Berkshire collaborative STEAM Team camp. 

Flying Cloud Institute's Young Women in Science summer sessions are week-long explorations in a college laboratory setting where youth engage in hands-on science and engineering investigations alongside female peers. Together, girls engage in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics with guidance from practicing, female STEM professionals. At this year's camp at BCC, campers presented their work in building boat houses, displaying how sound works, creating origami and making hand sanitizer from scratch.