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“Engage, encourage, and inspire Arizona students” 
Change student mindset from, “I should be sleeping in” to “I can’t wait for it!”

Want fun AND academic rigor?

Adventure AND challenging brain work?

Add Silverquicken to your summer camp!

Silverquicken Education, Inc. provides super-fun educational programs that stretch kids’ brains and build communities of young puzzle solvers. Kids solve tough puzzles and play thought-provoking games within the context of a compelling adventure story.

How to "Silverquicken" Your AZ Ontrack Camp This Summer

You want:

What we do:

You want:

Behaviors and attitudes that support academic advancement

What we do:

  • Develop intrinsic motivation: it’s fun to think hard, work together and solve challenges
  • Reinforce growth mindset, critical thinking, meta-cognition, teamwork etc. with in-universe language (e.g., See Wonder Pretend Test)

You want:

Adventure & Enrichment

What we do:

  • Create a magical world that students enter
  • Challenge students with cool/unusual content

You want:

School readiness

What we do:

  • Reinforce classroom norms without feeling like “regular school”

You want:

Social and emotional skill-building

What we do:

  • Build resilience and grit in a safe-to-fail, all-mistakes-allowed environment

You want:

Literacy

What we do:

  • Put readers into the adventure story
  • Challenge kids to interpret mysterious directions, apply letter/word knowledge, etc

You want:

Math

What we do:

  • Challenge students to apply math knowledge
  • Introduces the awesome wider world of mathematics (e.g., game theory)

You want:

Civics

What we do:

  • Reinforce the E Pluribus Unum ideal with the story of ten American kids from all over the country, chosen for a secret school, training to save the world… in their spare time!

Can You Solve This?
(Your campers will be able to!)

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We Provide...

  • Up to 16 one-hour in-person sessions. (Or more if you need them!)
  • Activities (puzzles, games, and stories) for 3rd – 5th graders, but can adjust for other grade levels
  • Physical materials and printables for activities.
  • Training for your teachers, counselors, or other camp staff
  • A very deep discount for AZ OnTrack camps

What Kids and Parents Say about Silverquicken

“There were a bunch of cool puzzles, and it’s fun to learn the different ciphers! The story is also really interesting.”

- Aurelia, age 10

“I really liked Silverquicken. It made me feel like I was a detective solving puzzles, just like Sherlock Holmes.”

- Mikey, age 10

“It combined learning and fun to make a class that was different than anything else I had ever participated in!”

- Evan, age 12

“You get to meet kids from all over the country, the teachers are kind and encouraging, and we get to learn in a really fun way!”

- Rosemary, age 11

Everybody's talking about Silverquicken!

Featured in "Trending in Education" Podcast
Featured on "Launch Chapel Hill" Website

For more information about to how to add Silverquicken to your camp, email info@silverquicken.com