Help Your Child Learn to Use AI Responsibly, Creatively, and Confidently
AI Literacy Lab is a one-week summer course where rising 7th–10th grade students learn how to use AI for school, creativity, research, and problem-solving — without shortcuts, cheating, or blind trust.
Students are already encountering AI. The question is how.
AI tools are becoming part of everyday school life — in writing, research, studying, and creative work. Students need more than access. They need guidance, judgment, and honest habits.
AI Literacy Lab gives students a structured, supervised environment to understand both the possibilities and the risks of AI. They learn to ask better questions, verify what they find, protect their privacy, and create original work.
This is not a "cheating with ChatGPT" course. It is a thinking, research, creativity, and digital citizenship camp — designed for the academic challenges students are already facing.
"The question is not whether students will use AI. The question is whether they will use it responsibly."
AI Literacy Lab helps students build practical skills and responsible habits that serve them throughout middle school, high school, and beyond.
Practical skills for school and real life
Each lesson builds toward responsible, confident, and original use of AI as a support tool — not a substitute for thinking.
Understand AI
Explain what AI is, what it does well, and where it falls short — including bias, errors, and limitations.
Stay Safe Online
Use AI tools without sharing private information, passwords, addresses, or sensitive documents.
Write Better Prompts
Practice crafting specific, thoughtful prompts that produce more useful, accurate, and relevant results.
Brainstorm & Organize
Use AI to generate ideas, get feedback, and structure thinking — as a starting point, not a final answer.
Check for Accuracy
Verify AI responses against reliable sources, identify misinformation, and recognize untrustworthy output.
Academic Honesty
Understand when AI use is appropriate, how to disclose it honestly, and why original thinking still matters.
Create Original Work
Build a real project with AI as a support tool while keeping the student's own voice and judgment at the center.
Present with Confidence
Share a finished project during the Friday showcase, including a reflection on how AI helped — and where human thinking was essential.
Five focused days. One powerful week.
Each day builds on the last, moving from foundations to application to showcase.
Human + AI Project Portfolio
Each student chooses a research question, creative challenge, or real-world problem and uses AI responsibly to support the process. The portfolio documents the full journey — from the first idea to the final reflection.
- Project question or challenge
- Brainstorming notes and early ideas
- Sample prompts the student wrote
- AI output they reviewed and evaluated
- Fact-checking and source log
- Final product or presentation
- AI use disclosure statement
- Reflection: where AI helped, and where human judgment was needed
Friday Showcase
The week ends with a student showcase where each participant presents their Human + AI Project Portfolio to the group.
Students explain their process, describe how they used AI responsibly, and share what they learned about the limits of AI — and the value of their own thinking.
What We Teach Students About Responsible AI
Clear boundaries are part of the curriculum. Students learn not just how to use AI, but when it is and is not appropriate.
Students may use AI to…
- Brainstorm ideas and possibilities
- Ask better, more focused questions
- Get feedback on a draft
- Organize thoughts and outlines
- Practice new skills
- Explore different approaches
- Improve communication and clarity
- Support creativity and research
Students may not use AI to…
- Cheat or copy work as their own
- Submit AI-written work without disclosure
- Avoid thinking or skip the process
- Fake expertise or knowledge
- Spread misinformation
- Share private personal information
- Bully, impersonate, or deceive others
- Treat AI responses as automatically correct
AI can support your work,
but it cannot be your work.
A good fit for curious, motivated students
This camp is designed for students who are curious about technology and want practical, school-ready skills. No prior AI experience required.
- → Entering grades 7, 8, 9, or 10
- → Curious about technology and how it works
- → Want to improve school research and writing skills
- → Enjoy creative, hands-on projects
- → Need guidance on how to research and verify information
- → Want to understand how to use AI responsibly
- → Already experimenting with AI tools and need better guidance
A small class size means hands-on support and a focused learning environment. Every student receives individualized attention.
4 hours of structured, supervised learning
Culminates in a student portfolio and Friday showcase
AI Literacy Lab:
Think, Create, Verify
| Program | AI Literacy Lab: Think, Create, Verify |
| Host | Alverno Heights Academy |
| Grades | Rising 7th–10th grade students |
| Dates | June 22–26, 2026 |
| Time | Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM |
| Location | Alverno Heights Academy |
| Tuition | $500Early Bird: $450 (before May 5) |
| Class Size | 12–16 students |
| Final Project | Human + AI Project Portfolio |
| Final Showcase | Friday, June 26, 2026 |
| Contact | Gabriel Hernandez GHernandez@alvernoheights.org |
Ready to register?
Secure your child's spot in this summer's AI Literacy Lab. Space is limited to 12–16 students to ensure a hands-on, focused experience for every participant.
Early Bird tuition of $450 is available for a limited time. Standard tuition is $500.
Frequently Asked Questions
Give your child the guidance they need to use AI thoughtfully, safely, and creatively.
AI Literacy Lab is a focused, one-week experience designed to build real skills for school and real life — with honesty, responsibility, and human judgment at the center.
Register for AI Literacy Lab