Our second Sunday at VAMPY featured some of my favorite camp traditions: Paper Theater and VAMPYStock. Starting the day with donuts on the lawn, we had many campers come and go from family visits and floating optionals. We spent our afternoon playing games and crafting with activities like card games,

In the VAMPY mathematics class campers have been finding joy in learning and challenging themselves with new mathematics topics. Our students are studying topics like Geometry, Algebra, Precalculus, Trigonometry, Calculus, and Linear Algebra. These students set a bright example of what it means to be a gifted student. They are

We’ve officially finished our second week of classes at VAMPY! Students have gone through over 60 hours of instruction by now and are well-deserving of a break! Yesterday, we spent 2 hours at Raymond B. Preston Health and Activities Center, WKU’s gym on campus. Campers played basketball, ran on the track,

The second week of VAMPY is in full swing, with many campers going on field trips. Monday, most of the STEM classes (Astronomy, Chemistry, DNA and Genetics, and Math) went to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. On Tuesday, the pop culture class visited Nashville, the home of some of the

This week, our enthusiastic VAMPY chemists have been diving deep into the world of solutions, mixtures, and compounds. Today’s challenge? A mystery mixture that our campers had to separate and identify. The young scientists brainstormed a variety of separation techniques. Ideas flew around the lab, from using a Bunsen burner

Our recent Pop Culture class field trip was an unforgettable journey into the heart of Nashville’s creative and musical history. We began the day at the legendary Hatch Show Print Shop, one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in the country. Students had the chance to see vintage posters,