Kids Summer Camps

Marquette University has just announced two amazing lax camps for girls.  These come highly recommended.  These camps are hosted by division 1, Big East, Golden Eagles.  The first is July 13-15 and the second is July 16-19.  Both camps are affordable, with even the overnight options being under $500.  I highly recommend this camp for young female lacrosse players looking to improve their game.  Camps that occur directly following the lax spring season can be particularly beneficial as you build well on your enhanced skills.

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Here is a nice list of all of the camp opportunities for children with special needs in Texas.  There are also a few camps just for teenagers and older kids.

Camp Aurora
Diabetes Day Camp for Kids with diabetes, ages five-twelve

Camp Bluebonnet
Day camp for Kids with diabetes, ages four-twelve

Camp CAMP (Kids’s Association for Maximum Potential)
People with disabilities, ages five-22, and their siblings, ages three-thirteen

Camp El Tesoro
Kids with mild physical and mental disabilities, grades one-ten

Camp For All
People with disabilities, ages seven-21

Camp John Marc
Kids with disabilities, ages four-twelve

Camp Sanguinity
Kids with cancer, ages six-sixteen

Camp Sign
Kids who are deaf or hard of hearing, ages eight-seventeen

Camp Spike ‘n’ Wave
Kids with epilepsy, ages eight-fourteen

Camp Summit
Kids, youth, and adults with disabilities

Camp Sweeney
Kids and youth with diabetes, ages six-eighteen

Elks Camp – Texas Elks
Kids with disabilities, ages seven-fifteen

Kamp Kaleidoscope
Youth with epilepsy, ages fifteen-nineteen

Marbridge Summer Camp
Youth with developmental and learning disabilities, ages sixteen and up

Sea Camp
Marine adventure camp; call-discuss your child’s needs

Texas Lions Camp
Kids 4-twelve with physical disabilities, type 1 diabetes, and cancer

Camp X-Treme
Youth with physical disabilities, held at Camp For All

YMCA Camp Flaming Arrow
Kids eight-sixteen with learning disabilities

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Some of the best summer camps are little mini camps like the ones offered by the Oregon Ridge Nature Center in July and August.  These are great nature based camps.

July Camps

SPARKS PARK STREAM SEARCH & FUN
July 10 & July 11 2-4:00PM

JUNIOR EXPLORERS CLUB
July 15 4:30-5:30PM

TUBING DOWN THE LITTLE GUNPOWDER
July 17 & July 18 10-3:00PM

NATURE’S NIGHT LIGHT HIKE & CAMPFIRE
July 23 8-9:30PM

CANOE THE UPPER GUNPOWDER
July 24 11-3:00PM

HUNGRY HUNGRY CRITTERS
July 25 2-4:00PM

BUTTERFLY BASH
July 31 & August1 2-4:00PM

August Camps

MOTHER NATURE’S POKEMON
August7 2-4:00PM

LAWN GAMES OF THE PAST
August8 12-3:00PM

HOME SCHOOL NATURE DAY
August13 10-12:00PM

TUBING DOWN THE LITTLE GUNPOWDER
August14 & August15 10-3:00PM

JUNIOR EXPLORERS CLUB
August19 4:30-5:30PM

TEAS FROM TREES
August21 & August22 2-4:00PM

GREENCORN NIGHT HIKE & CAMPFIRE
August27 8-9:30PM

FAIRIES & ELVES
August28 2-4:00PM

THE AMAZING MONARCH
August29 2-4:00PM

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Here’s a good table of pre-college camps in the United States.

U of Pennsylvania Exploring the Majors	http://www.jkcp.com	9-11
Oxford U Advanced Studies Program	http://www.oasp.ac.uk	10-12
Summer Study in Paris	http://www.summerstudy.com/paris	9-12
American U’s Programs for the Pre-College Student	http://www.summer.american.edu	9-12
Boston U Summer Challenge	http://www.bu.edu/summer/highschool	9-12
Cambridge Prep Experience	http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com	9
Cambridge Tradition	http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com	10-12
Cornell University Junior/Senior Summer College Programs	http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sce/high_school.php	11-12
Duke U Constructing Youth College Experience	www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/programs.htm	10
Excel Summer Experience	http://www.goputney.com	9-12
George Washington U Summer Scholars	http://www.gwu.edu/summer/scholars/	11
Georgetown U College Prep Program	www.georgetown.edu/ssce/spp/hscp.htm	10-11
Hollins U Summer Study	www.hollins.edu/specprog/hollinsummer/holsum.htm	9-11
Iowa State U Summer Programs	www.public.iastate.edu/~opptag_info/summerprograms.htm	9-10
Ithaca College Summer College	www.ithaca.edu/summercollege	10-11
Johns Hopkins U Pre-College Program	http://www.jhu.edu/summer/pre-college/index.html	9-11
Kettering U Academically Interested Minorities Program	www.gmi.edu/giving/minorityPrograms.asp	12
Miami of Ohio U Junior Scholars Program	www.muohio.edu/juniorscholars	11
MIT  MITE’S PROGRAM	http://mit.edu/mites/www	11
Northfield Mount Hermon School College Prep Program	http://www.nmhschool.org/summer	10-12
Stanford U Pre-College Program	http://engineering.stanford.edu/edp/programs/ssea.html	9-12
Summer Institute for the Gifted	http://www.giftedstudy.com/	9-11
Summer Study at Colorado	www.summerstudy.com/colorado	10-12
Summer Study at Penn State	www.summerstudy.com/pennstate	10-12
U of Notre Dame Summer Experience	http://precollege.nd.edu	10-11
U of Pennsylvania Summer Programs	http://www.sas.upenn.edu/CGS/highschool/	10-11
Washington U High School Summer Scholars	www.ucollege.wustl.edu/hssp	11
Summer Discovery Pre-College Enrichment Programs	http://www.summerfun.com	9-12

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Program Location	Website	Grades
American U’s Discover the World of Communications	http://www.summer.american.edu	9-12
Alfred University Art and Design Summer Institute	http://www.alfred.edu/summer	9-12
Art Insitute of Chicago	www.artic.edu/saic/ecp	10-12
Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp	http://bluelake.org	9-12
Boston U College of Fine Arts/Tanglewood Institute	http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/programs.htm	9-12
Boston U Institute for Television and Film	http://www.bu.edu/com/itrp	9-12
California College of Arts and Crafts	www.cca.edu/cgi-bin/dad?dbase=extended_ed&record=precollege	10-12
Corcoran College of Art and Design Focus on Photojournalism	www.corcoran.edu/ce	10-11
Duke U Drama Workshop	www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/programs.htm	9
Eastern U.S. Music Camp	http://www.easternusmusiccamp.com	9-11
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation	http://www.sharpeartfdn.org	11
Maryland Institute College of Art	http://www.mica.edu/PROGRAMS/cs/precollege/index.cfm?id=390	10-11
New York Film Academy	http://www.nyfa.com/summer_camp/programs/filmmaking/index.html	9-12
New York U Tisch School of the Arts	http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/page/hsStudents.html	11
Otis College of Art and Design Summer of Art	http://www.otis.edu/index.php?id=172	10-12
Pratt Institute Pre-College Program	http://www.pratt.edu/newsite/index.php?group_id=98&div_id=4026#	9-12
Rock and Roll Camp for Girls	http://www.girlsrockcamp.org	7-12
Savannah College of Art and Design Rising Star Program	http://www.scad.edu/admission/summer_programs/rising_star/index.cfm	12
Skidmore College – AP in Art Program	http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/osp/	10-12
Parsons School of Design Pre-College Program	www.parsons.edu/sis	9-12

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There are plenty of summer camps going on at Northwestern State in July and August.  These are great opportunities for Louisiana residents, particularly those near the Natchitoches area.

Overnight camps:

Challenge Overnight Camp 7/08-7/10 Trailblazer Resident Camp 7/11-7/13 Basketball Team Camp 7/12-7/14 Cyber Camp 7/12-7/17 Folk Festival 7/15-7/17 Elite Soccer Camp 7/15-7/19 Project Lead the Way 7/17-7/30 NCA/NDA Cheer     (4) 7/18-7/21 Project Lead the Way 8/1-8/13 Longview HS Band Camp 8/1-8/5

Day camps:

NSU Softball Camp 8/9-8/11

Basketball Shooting Clinic  8/7/2010

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Join the Rockford Rampage professional soccer players.  The Major Indoor Soccer League’s Rockford Rampage will hold stellar soccer camps for young soccer players in and near Rockford, Illinois.  The price is very affordable at $125 for full-day campers, but the half day is only $75.  Everyone who participates receives a soccer ball, t-shirt, and a certificate.  Review the dates below:

06/28-07/02: Sportscore Two, 8800 East Riverside Blvd in Loves Park

06/26-06/30: Rockford College, 5050 East State St. in Rockford itself

08/02-08/06: Southwest Community Park, 2004 Ogilby Rd, Rockford

Then again back at Rockford College the week of 08/09.

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There is still a good amount of open spots for basketball camps in Washington, DC.  For high school students here are two good options:

Girls Basketball Camp
Pallotti High School, Laurel, MD.
Age: 8 to 14.
Camp dates: June 28 to July 2 and July 12-16. 9 am to 3 pm (this camp does provide after care too).
Cost for camp: $150

Highlights: Fundamental skill focus, speakers, awards, t-shirts.  Run by Pallotti head coach Josh Pratt.

HoopEd Summer Basketball Camps
“Skills for Life”

These are small camps that include learning, fun, and lots of play.  It is not about getting tons of campers, but creating a small environment where kids get tons of playing time.

Ages: 6 to 13 – boys and girls
Cost: $195

Many locations: St. Ann’s Academy, St. Bartholomew School, Blessed Sacrament School, and Kendall Elementary School on the campus of Gallaudet University.

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Here is a list of the major summer camps for kids in Maryland.  A good mix of sports camps and residential camps are listed below along with their location.

North Bethesda, Maryland
Georgetown Prep Sports Camps
Coed Day Camp

Maryland Locations: Baltimore & North Bethesda
ESF Sports Camp ESF Sports Camp
Coed summer day camps

Edgewater, Maryland
Camp Wabanna Camp Wabanna
Residential & Day coed summer camp

Silver Spring, Maryland
Woodland Horse Center Summer Camp Woodland Horse Center Summer Camp
Coed Day Camp

Bethesda, Maryland
TIC Summer Camp TIC Summer Camp
Coed summer day camp

North Bethesda, Maryland
Washington Nationals Baseball Camp Washington Nationals Baseball Camp
Coed Baseball Day Camp

North East, Maryland
NorthBay NorthBay
Residential coed summer camp

Centreville, Maryland
Camp Pecometh Camp Pecometh
Christian Coed Summer Camp with Overnight and Day Camp Sessions

College Park, Maryland
Young Scholars Program, University of Maryland
Coed residential camp

North East, Maryland
Sandy Hill Camp
Residential coed summer camp

Sandy Spring, Maryland
Summer at Sandy Spring
Coed Day Camp

Worton, Maryland
Echo Hill Camp Echo Hill Camp
Residential coed summer camp

Cockeysville, Maryland
Lakeside Day Camp
Coed Day Camp

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