Aurelius Institute Summer Camp
A hands-on AI camp for middle schoolers
For students entering 5th through 8th grade who need more than screen time. Your child will build real projects while learning how to think first, use AI wisely, and stay in command of their own ideas.
Outcomes
What your child walks out with
A week built to strengthen how your child thinks, creates, and uses AI with confidence.
Stronger thinking, not faster shortcuts
Your child learns to question, plan, and decide before reaching for AI.
Real projects to show you on Friday
Your child finishes the week with a working build, prototype, or presentation they wrote and revised themselves.
Confidence with AI boundaries
By Friday, your child knows when AI helps, when it harms, and how to tell the difference.
A Typical Afternoon
Your child’s daily schedule
2:00 to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Roughly half off-screen, all hands-on.
- 2:00Arrival and thinking warm-up. No screens for the first 15 minutes. Your child settles in with a question or puzzle of the day.
- 2:30Concept of the day, taught by Monica. One human capacity per day: judgment, attention, reasoning, self-regulation, or independent thinking.
- 3:15Hands-on group challenge. Small teams plan on paper before any AI is opened.
- 4:00Build, test, revise. Your child iterates with guided AI use, testing what works and rejecting what does not.
- 4:45Show and tell, reflection journal. Your child presents what they learned. Parent pickup at 5:00.
Projects
What they will build during camp
Examples below. Final project list confirmed at the parent seminar.
A personal homework coach
Your child designs an AI helper that guides their thinking instead of writing for them.
A story or comic, co-written with AI
Your child writes the plan, characters, and voice. AI helps revise, not replace.
A real-world investigation
Your child researches a problem they care about and pitches a solution.
Schedule
Camp weeks
Towne Lake Lakehouse, Cypress, TX · Monday-Friday · 2:00-5:00 PM
July 20-24, 2026
2:00-5:00 PM
July 27-31, 2026
2:00-5:00 PM
Benefits for Your Child
What your child will gain from attending
Meet Your Team
The educators leading this for your family
Two seasoned educators with deep experience teaching kids and training teachers in the AI age.
Monica Kamion, M.S.
Director of Curriculum & Training
Monica leads the camp on-site each day and brings classroom teaching experience, STEM education, and doctoral work in curriculum at Texas A&M.
Tim Mousel, M.S.
Founder & CEO, Evolve AI Institute
Tim brings a K-12 education degree from the University of Northern Iowa, 30+ years in education, Harvard AI Pedagogy Project publication, and TEDx 2025 AI education work.
About Aurelius Institute Summer Camp
Our philosophy. This is a research-driven summer experience built for the AI age. We help students develop the human capacities AI cannot replace: judgment, attention, reasoning, self-regulation, and independent thinking.
Who it is for: Curious students entering grades 5 through 8 whose parents want them prepared for the future as AI shapes school and work.
Who it is not for: Families looking for a camp where kids passively consume content or hand assignments to a chatbot. The work here is real, and your child does it.
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