Events

Camp

Illumony 2025 Summer Camp

Illumony’s seven-week summer program offered students enriched learning experiences in English, mathematics, computer science, and chemistry. Our volunteers worked closely with students each day through interactive lessons, group discussions, one-on-one tutoring, and hands-on projects, strengthening their skills in critical thinking, communication, programming, writing, and math problem solving skills while inspiring new passions in public speaking, science, and math.

Our introductory computer science class opened the door for students in upper elementary and middle school to write their first line of code in Java. At the end of the class, students learned how to code their own interactive games.

Our writing seminars helped students to learn how to become effective and expressive writers. Each week, we selected the top writing pieces in each class and shared them with everyone in the class.

Further, we launched a brand-new hands-on event series that brought learning to life through interactive projects. Students tackled engineering challenges like building towers, bridges, ferris wheels, and many other structures, explored chemistry through interactive activities, and engaged in STEM projects that revealed the beauty of real-world applications. These experiences gave students a deeper understanding of advanced topics, opened doors to unfamiliar fields of study, and inspired them to see education as an exciting, rewarding journey.

Our volunteers also provided educational TED talks for English and math, deepening the connection between our students and their areas of study. By nurturing our students’ enthusiasm for English, math, and science, Illumony has created an inspiring environment where learning thrives and growth continues long into the future.




















Contest

Illumony Math Contest 2025

We hosted weekly math competitions, which greatly deepened students’ passion for math, sharpened their math problem solving skills, and motivated all students to do their very best. We awarded medals to top students in each class.

Sophia Hou at Math Competition Awards Ceremony

Zeyue Du Sings a Song

Sophia Guo Teaches








Camp

Illumony 2024 Summer Camp

Illumony organized a summer program for students to receive enhanced educational experiences and resources on a variety of subjects, from English to mathematics.

Our team of volunteers worked with students on an individual basis for hours each day, helping them learn and grow over the course of our program. We also ran a brand-new event series focused on helping students learn content through hands-on experiences, featuring engineering-based projects like building towers and other structures to chemistry-focused activities like making oobleck while learning about non-Newtonian fluids.

Through these events, our students were able to gain a deeper understanding of these advanced subjects like never before. Overall, our students were able to improve greatly in every subject matter and interact significantly with unfamiliar fields of study.




















Contest

Illumony Math Contest 2024

We hosted a series of mathematics contests this summer, with the goal of introducing students to new mathematical concepts and problem-solving strategies, as well as encouraging a passion for mathematics well into the future.

Andrew Chen at Math Competition Awards Ceremony

Jeffrey Yin at Math Competition Awards Ceremony

Sophia Hou at Math Competition Awards Ceremony








Camp

Illumony 2023 Summer Camp

To provide individualized mentorship for underprivileged students, Illumony ran a summer program for a total of seven weeks this summer, where our members provided active assistance to students for up to nine hours every day. Under the mentorship of our members, many students gained a newfound appreciation and passion for learning a variety of subjects, including English, mathematics, public speaking, science, etc.

With our dynamic classroom environments, students elevated their critical reading and writing skills through book discussions, short essays, and daily vocabulary exercises, as well as their collaboration and communication abilities through group activities and oral presentations. In STEM classes, our members guided students of all ages, from early elementary schoolers to high schoolers, to help them develop a deeper understanding in mathematics and science.

Whether it be through curated problem sets or classroom scientific demonstrations, our team strived to inspire all students to see the beauty in STEM and its real life applications. Overall, students who attended the summer program showed great improvement in various subjects and were able to learn through close one on one engagement with members of the Illumony team.





































Camp

Illumony 2022 Summer Camp

To kindle the interests in math, physics and computer science in rising middle school or high school students. Illumony's volunteers will tutor several free courses during the week from August 8 to August 12, 2022. The tutors are current high school students who had achieved advanced credentials for the corresponding subjects. Please refer to the below time table for the detailed schedule and contact Illumony information or any of the current active officers for registration.


Contest

Illumony Math Contest

In order to kindle students' interest in math, strengthen their passion for math, and sharpen their math problem-solving skills, we hosted our first annual math contest on Sunday, 9/6/2020. We authored the problems ourselves and this contest was free and open to all students in grades 1-12. Over 160 students from the DC-Maryland-Virginia region participated in this online competition. They all enjoyed the opportunity to strengthen their logical reasoning and math problem solving skills.


President and Director Elizabeth Sun introduces the contest and speaks about the importance of math

Winner List

1st Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Sunny Chen1Westbriar Elementary School
Summer Yang2Potomac School
Dazhuang Wang3Navy Elementary
Vincent Qi3Navy Elementary
Anna Ruan4Churchill Road Elementary School
Ella Huang4Laurel Ridge Elementary
Andrew Yin5Colvin Run Elementary School
Daniel Yin5Colvin Run Elementary School
Joshua LiHonor RollVienna Elementary
Valentina Song-YeHonor RollWestbriar Elementary School
   
2nd Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Richard Wu1Cedar Lane Elementary
Ellie Jiang2Westbriar Elementary School
Angie Zhu3Wayside Elementary School
Anthony Wai4Marshall Road Elementary
Felix Zhang5Navy Elementary School
Elena ZhangHonor RollSpring Hill Elementary School
Jeremy SongHonor RollChesterbrook Elementary School
Madeline WangHonor RollNavy Elementary School
Max YuHonor RollFloris Elementary School
Sean PanHonor RollPoplar Tree Elementary School
   
3rd Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Angelina Song-Ye1Westbriar Elementary School
Adrian Qin2Forestville Elementary School
Dylan Guo3North Star School
Kenneth Crew4Canterbury Woods Elementary School
Kailin Liu5Spring Hill Elementary School
Sophia Jia5Hunter Valley Elementary School
   
4th Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Landon Yin1Colvin Run Elementary School
Emma Huang2Mosby Woods Elementary
Benjamin Wang3Churchill Road Elementary School
Audrey Yang4Floris Elementary School
Eva Huang4Mosby Woods Elementary
Betty Chu5Springfield Estates Elementary School
Owen Liu5Canterbury Woods Elementary School
Dalton ShengHonor RollCrossfield Elementary School
Ryan HeHonor RollKent Gardens Elementary School
   
5th Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Michelle Lin1Churchill Road Elementary School
Athena Sun2Forestville Elementary School
Yanling Lin3Haycock Elementary
Justin Liu4Haycock Elementary
Iris Jin5Navy Elementary
Bridget XiaoHonor RollNavy Elementary
Michelle BiHonor RollCrossfield Elementary School
Daniel XiaoHonor RollMillrun Elementary School
Joshua LiHonor RollHaycock Elementary
   
6th Grade
NamePlaceSchool
Grace Yuan1Churchill Road Elementary School
Paige Zhu2Herbert Hoover Middle School
Ryan Guo3Colvin Run Elementary School
Edward Guo4Spring Hill Elementary School
Nathan Liang5Colvin Run Elementary School
Angelo ChuHonor RollSpringfield Estates Elementary School
Kyle HeHonor RollKent Gardens Elementary School
Anna WangHonor RollChurchill Road Elementary School
Ethan Qiwen ShanHonor RollColvin Run Elementary School