Date: Fri Oct 09, 6:00 PM CDT - Sun Oct 11, 11:00 PM CDT
Category:
- STEM,
- Outdoor,
- Life Skills,
- Creative Arts
Level:
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Volunteers
Registration will open on May 5. Want a reminder before registration opens? Let us know by filling out this form.
Ready to rescue? Bring your troop to the 13th Annual Samsung STEM Challenge to be held at Camp Texlake over the October 9-11th weekend. Juniors and Cadettes will complete a series of rescue missions as a team, putting their engineering skills to the test. The weekend will also include many beloved Girl Scout camp activities.
This weekend at camp is generously subsidized by a grant provided by Samsung Austin Semiconductor. Girl Scouts of Central Texas is deeply appreciative of this partnership, which makes our Samsung STEM Challenge program possible and empowers our Girl Scouts to explore a future in STEM.
To commemorate this exciting weekend, all Girl Scouts who register before September 4, 2026 will take home a Samsung STEM Challenge themed t-shirt and an event patch. Don't miss the biggest STEM weekend of the year!
Check out last year's STEM Challenge photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCwYfS
Spots are limited. To allow the most Girl Scout participants to attend, please limit adult registration to required safety-wise adults per page five and six of Safety Activity Checkpoint Guidelines. Only registered participants and adults will be allowed at the event. All troops must submit an ATA before September 11th. Ensure that your troop/group has a First Aider and Let's Go 1 trained adult(s). Let's Go 2 is recommended but not required. All adults registering for the event need to have a current CBC and YPT training on file. CBC dates can be checked on myGS. Tagalongs are not able to attend this event (any children under the age of 5 or siblings/friends not registered as Girl Scouts). All Girl Scouts must be registered to participate in the event and be Junior or Cadette level.
Location: Camp Texlake, Spicewood
Supervision level: This is a TROOP LEVEL event. Each troop must have the correct number of safety wise adults and is responsible for having the correct paperwork with them. Youth attending without a troop must have an adult present. Adults should register into one of the adult spots. All adults accompanying a troop to the event are required to be a registered Girl Scout adult member, have a current/eligible criminal background check (CBC), and have completed GSCTX youth protection training.
Dietary note: Camp can only provide for vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free, and regular diets. If you have any other special dietary needs, you should plan to bring your own food. A salad bar will be available.
Lodging note: You will select your lodging during registration. Please select the same lodging for all troop members. Please note that, due to registration numbers, there will likely be other Girl Scouts sharing the lodging with you. Male adults should select the male only cabin. To request a shift in the breakdown of youth to adult members in a lodging, please contact us and we can assist.
Badge/Patch: Fun patch will be given out at the event.
Required paperwork: Please complete the following sections of the Council Event Health and Permission Forms, print, and bring with you to the event: Section A.
Contact for registration questions: customercare@gsctx.org
Several days prior to the event, you will receive a final confirmation email from our Girl Scout experience team with any additional information you need. If you do not receive this email, please contact customercare@gsctx.org. Please make sure that @gsctx.org is on your approved senders list to prevent these emails from going to spam.
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