Summer Camp

Camp Course Descriptions
Choose Four Different Camps to Attend Throughout Week 1!

Adventures in Babysitting

Do you love to babysit? This camp will teach you skills that emphasize safety, awareness, art and science while caring for young children. Campers will make playdoh and slime, friendship bracelets, build with blocks and learn how to make fun, healthy snacks including fruit kabobs, smiley toast and smoothies. By the end of the week, you will know how to compile a first aid kit, run a safety scavenger hunt and know about food safety with young children.

Culinary

Calling all campers! Come join us for another fun-filled week at Camp Culinary! Learn what it’s like to work in a professional kitchen. You’ll spend the week learning to make delicious, camper-friendly dishes. You will learn to cook safely in a state-of-the-art kitchen, develop independence and WOW your family with delicious creations!

Express Yourself

Have you ever thought of becoming a hair stylist or a makeup artist? Maybe you just want to learn how to pamper yourself, your friends and your family? Experience a true spa and salon atmosphere. Campers will practice braiding, simple up-dos, temporary hair color (chalk & spray), hair tinsel, basic makeup and nails. It’s a week of fun and relaxation you’ll never forget!  makeup and nails. It’s a week of fun and relaxation you’ll never forget! 

Flair for Fashion

Campers will enjoy a week being immersed in the creativity of the fashion world. Starting out, campers will learn basic sewing machine operations and create a patchwork fabric to be used to make a wearable piece of art. Fashion Illustration will be mastered allowing campers to use a croquis and design markers to create self-inspired fashion looks. At the conclusion of the week, campers will learn the basics of trend forecasting. The key elements of determining what will be the latest fashion trend everyone will be crazy for during the upcoming fashion season of back to school shopping.

Future First Responders

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you came upon someone that was injured or unresponsive? Would you know what to do in case of a medical emergency? Attend this one-week non-certificate class, and you will learn the basics of CPR and first-aid. Build your confidence, so you can assist when needed.

Mini Veterinary School

Does your child want to be a veterinarian when they grow up? Well then, we have the program for you! Come join the fun in animal science! The students will learn about pet first aid, animal training, animal anatomy, dog and cat breed identification, enrichment toys for animals, and much more!

Spectacular Sprinklers

We will be making a copper sprinkler for the lawn where students will be able to cut copper pipe to size and solder the connections.  Students will be able to leave with a sprinkler they can attach to a hose at home.

Summer Build/BUILD

Are you looking to try your hands at some carpentry this summer? Do you like to learn new skills and making your own projects? If so, you should join us to make some sawdust at Summer Build this year. This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge that you can apply to all kinds of future projects. We will learn how to read and interpret construction drawings to make a project you can be proud to call your own. We will learn how to safely use hand and power-hand tools and develop the different skills and techniques needed to build our project. You will gain confidence in yourself and your abilities, and at the end, have a great project to show off at home!

Week #2 at Calspan

Lights, Camera, Action!
Calspan summer camp will offer three projects for students to complete that cover topics including Video Production and Recording Arts, Digital Media and Game Design. Students will produce content in each class that contributes to a larger multimedia production. Content areas include graphic design and illustration, animation, videography, audio recording, photography and game design.