Direct Student Services
ANSWER Camp
ANSWER Camp
- improves student achievement
- helps students change their attitude about school
- encourages students to finish high school,
- prepares Alaska Native youth for Alaska's STEM (science, math, engineering, math) professions.
ANSWER Camp (Alaska Native Student Wisdom Enrichment Retreat) combines Alaska Native learning styles and traditional activities with math, science, and language arts applications. With its rigorus standards-based curriculum and project-oriented activities, recent studies show that ANSWER Camp participants increase their academic scoress by an average of 30% on targeted skills. Plus, 85% of surveyed students reported that they would like to pursue careers in the math and science fields.
Since its inception in 1998, ANSWER Camp has served 1962 students from 150 communities.
To find out how to contribute ANSWER Camp 2011 (funds or scholarships), please contact communications@serrc.org.
“Everyone was so pleased with the Alaska Learning Labs program – the way it was run, the way the students responded, the attendance, and the prizes. It has been an outstanding program all around.” – Emma Stevens, Kashunamiut School District’s Resource Director.
SERRC – Alaska’s Educational Resource Center is the Alaskan source for educational solutions.