STEAM Education and Science Camps

The Goleta Education Foundation is proud to support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) education in our community. As students explore skills vital to STEAM careers, not only will they begin to develop essential proficiencies, but they will begin to see themselves in these careers. Students motivated to achieve a STEAM career path are more likely to challenge themselves in school and have the academic success necessary to be college and career-ready.

Every year, sixth grade GUSD students look forward to attending a 3-5 day outdoor science camp. Camp is right of passage and an opportunity for students to expand their boundaries, spend nights away from their families, and build their confidence while they experience the outdoors in a positive way, with support from camp staff, teachers, and classmates.

Each school has varying capacity to raise the amount of money required to pay for their camp experience. Parents are sometimes not able to raise supplemental funds to provide the  deep, enriching opportunities that spark curiosity, promote the exploration of possible career options, and practice problem solving to the same degree as other more affluent school communities. GEF helps subsidize the bus transportation costs, providing support for schools and families where this cost would be prohibitive.