Franklin Road Academy: MS Engineering

This is a middle school-focused engineering camp held on the Franklin Road Academy campus off Franklin Road in Nashville, running one week in July from 8:30 to 11:30 each morning. The camp centers on engineering design and building, giving middle schoolers hands-on experience with the kind of structured problem-solving that engineers actually use. It's geared toward kids who want to dig into real design and building challenges rather than just read about engineering concepts — a natural fit for middle schoolers who like making and building things. The half-day morning format keeps things manageable for families juggling multiple summer commitments, and at $225 for the week it's quite reasonable for a focused STEM experience at a well-regarded private school campus. Franklin Road Academy offers a strong lineup of summer options in similar territory, so families also explore Franklin Road Academy: Crunch Labs/Engineering and Franklin Road Academy: Architects in the Making for comparable hands-on building and design experiences at the same campus.