Register now for College For Kids at Penn State Behrend April 5, 2010

College For Kids returns to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, for a 17th summer of entertaining, educating and inspiring youth ages 6 to 16.

This summer’s College For Kids offers 106 weeklong courses beginning Monday, June 14, and continuing through the week of August 9. Twenty-seven new programs are planned this year, including Creepy Crawlies: Bug Camp for Kids, American Sign Language, Christmas in July and Exploring the Four Mile Creek Watershed. College for Kids also has added Engineering MythBusters II, a follow-up to the popular class modeled after the Discovery Channel hit “MythBusters,” and Introduction to Robotics, a week spent programming LEGO Mindstorm and other robotic systems.

The majority of College For Kids classes are half-day programs; before- and after-class care is available, if needed. Online class registrations will be accepted beginning Saturday, May 1, at behrend.psu.edu/kids.

Complete College For Kids schedule brochures will be distributed through local schools. For questions about the program, phone College for Kids coordinator Sonya Smith at 814-898-6103.