INA, Ill. (June 26, 2018) - The second week of Kids Summer Camps at Rend Lake College brought back popular camps last week and saw some new highlights in CTE, Drone Zone, Let's Get Fit, Minecraft, Outdoor Life, and Zombie Apocalypse camps. Click on the images below for larger views. Kids Summer Camps continue throughout the month of July. To learn more, visit www.rlc.edu/com-ed. To register, contact RLC's Community and Corporate Education Division at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1714.
Campers lift off their aircrafts during the Drone Zone Kids Summer Camp last Monday afternoon with Instructor Anthony Amato, SECOND FROM RIGHT. They are, in alphabetical order, Joey Copple of Benton, Max Hacker of Centralia, Charlie Shupe of Mt. Vernon, and Jax Slagley of Centralia.
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Park Ranger Breanna Whitley, CENTER, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers goes over First Aid with campers at last Monday morning's Outdoor Life camp. Here, campers are learning how to treat a victim who has cut his arm.
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Westin Ing of Benton, RIGHT, makes his way to first base last Monday morning during his turn at kickball at Let's Get Fit camp. This camp, held in the RLC Rec, keeps the campers continuously moving while playing games and learning about nutrition. Also pictured is Gracie Young.
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Campers in last Monday morning's Minecraft camp take a break from the virtual world for a group photo. They are, FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT, Skyler Taylor of Mt. Vernon, Josie Webb of Ewing, and Brycen Fox of Mt. Vernon; BACK ROW, Kaden Payne of Ina, Morgan Payne of Ina, Cole Copple of Benton, Keaton McCollum of Benton, Benjamin Zirkelbach of Mt. Vernon, Joey Copple of Benton, Ryan Lingas of Mt. Vernon, and Robert White of Mt. Vernon.
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Drone Zone Instructor Anthony Amato, LEFT, helps Joey Copple of Benton repair his aircraft last week in the RLC Rec. During this camp, students got hands-on to learn about the different parts of a drone, the uses of the aircrafts, and how to pilot one on their own.
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Let's Get Fit campers took a break from kickball for a group photo last week in the RLC Rec. They are, FROM LEFT, camp instructor and Rec Director Tyler O'Daniel, Tony Kistner of Scheller, Grace Young, Abigail Marshall of Mt. Vernon, Charlie Shupe of Mt. Vernon, and Westin Ing of Benton.
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Campers at the Computer and Drones camp got some first hand experience flying thanks to RLC Unmanned Aircraft Systems Associate Professor Chirs Edwards, LEFT. Participants in the camp were, in alphebetical order, Ben Harsy of DuQuoin, Elijah Klimek of Mt. Vernon, Caleb Kuschel of Mt. Vernon, Kaden Payne of Ina, Asher Russell of Ina, and Will Yocum of Carterville.
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Rend Lake College Welding Instructor Mike Meinert, LEFT, demonstrates all the technology in the RLC Welding Lab to students participating in this summer's Welding Camp. Participants in the camp were, in alphabetical order, Rylan Ashby of Mt. Vernon, Aden Broone of Mt. Vernon, Ben Harsy of DuQuoin, Caleb Kuschel of Mt. Vernon, Asher Russell of Ina, and Will Yocum of Carterville.
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Rend Lake College hosted its first ever Zombie Apocalypse Camp. Participants learned how to navigate using maps and compasses, built cardboard forts to help them survive, as well as many more activities over the four day camp. Activities ended with campers defending their forts from the zombie horde. The camp was led by volunteer Zachery Rounds. Participants in the camp were, in alphabetical order, Trisan Baxter of Perkins, Okla.; Crosby Conner of Sesser; Brycen Fox of Mt. Vernon; Tony Kistner of Scheller; Ryan Lingas of Mt. Vernon; Abigail Marshall of Mt. Vernon, Keegan Neikes of Sesser; Morgan Payne of Ina; Carter Penland of Salem; Brody Petro of Sesser; Miller Rounds of Sesser; Finley Rutherford of Mt. Vernon; and Benjamin Zirkelbach of Mt. Vernon.
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