From left, fifth graders Noah Hulett Sinohul, Alexander Rochau and Ian Ortiz work on unlocking the coded lock.
David Lyons-Johnson poses in front of a logic puzzle on a white board while holding a sheet of paper with clues used to solve the puzzle.
Camp instructors Alexandria Smith and Dalton McMahan (standing) watch seventh-graders Erin Butts and Braxton Sestak figure out how to play a new board game.
Among the multiple activities, the Summer Inspiration Program has in stock is a camp that specifically targets intellectual challenges.
The Mindblowing Mysteries camp at Putnam County Middle School teaches students problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
“When I was in seventh grade, I took a critical-thinking class,” camp instructor Alexandria Smith said. “It was like escape rooms and scaveng…
