For four years, Latino LEGO robotics camp has exposed area youths to engineering, technology, and math, said camp director and instructor Joe Fuehne, who also heads the Purdue Polytechnic Columbus campus.
TuFuturo, in partnership with Purdue Polytechnic Columbus and Indiana Next Generation of Manufacturing Competitiveness Center, recently offered a free LEGO robotics camp that targeted Latino students ages 10 to 14, but welcomed students of other ethnicities as well.
This camp allowed students to explore engineering as part of a week-long summer camp initially scheduled to take place at East high school, but was moved to North due to flooding issues.
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. provided the use of North’s C4 classrooms and meals for the camp.
The overall objective of TuFuturo, an important initiative of the Community Education Coalition, is to increase the high school graduation rate and the post-secondary education attainment rate for Latino students.
The mission of the TuFuturo is to support the Latino community to improve their lives through education.
Students got a chance to put their robots to the test last Friday during several challenges that drew about 30 spectators.
