McClellan

Nature Camp

6-8Y

Your child will spend a fun and educational week exploring the natural wonders of McClellan Ranch Preserve and the Stevens Creek Corridor! Using all their senses they will explore the Preserve to learn secrets about the animals, plants, insects, and trees that live there. They will also enjoy nature crafts, stories, and games. Each camper will receive a commemorative t-shirt. Please bring sunscreen, a water bottle, and a bag lunch each day. No camp 7/4.

Environmental Education Center at McClellan Ranch Preserve

Princess Dance Camp the Royal Ball 3-6Y

Bippidi Boppidi Boo, it’s a fairy tale come true. Your child will dance to their favorite princess songs, play games, enjoy story time, learn dances, and attend the royal ball. Children will make a tiara and other princess themed crafts. Princess or dress up attire encouraged. Performance on the last day of camp.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Dance Force Staff

Gymnastics and Ninja’s 4-12Y

Your child will practice splits, bridges, walking safely on the balance beams, swinging on the bars, and jumps on the trampoline. They will develop strength, speed, discipline, and agility through ninja rolls, roundhouse kicks, cartwheels, and handstands. This interactive camp will keep your child stimulated and entertained.

Gymnastics Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Recreation

Summer Science Fun

6-8Y

Your child will explore science through observations, experiments, games, art, and fun! The Stevens Creek Corridor provides the perfect backdrop to see science and nature in action. Each camper will receive a commemorative t-shirt. Participants should bring sunscreen, a water bottle, and a lunch each day.

Environmental Education Center at McClellan Ranch Preserve

Instructor:Recreation Staff

Monta Vista Recreation Center

Elsa & Anna Dance

3-6Y

Let it go, come dance to the theme, music, and characters of the Frozen movie. Children will learn ballet, jazz, and creative dance while dancing to their favorite Frozen music. On their fantasy adventure we will celebrate Coronation Day, have a crowning ceremony, a sing a long dance party, play games, and create crafts like Elsa snowflakes and a princess crown. Princess attire encouraged.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Dance Force Staff

Instructor:Bay Area Gymnastics

All Day Junior LEGO® Robotics and 5-8Y Chemical Engineer

Sign up for a full day camp and save! Kids get to explore both LEGO® Robotics: RoboBuilders and Junior Chemical Engineering: Crazy Concoctions. There will be 1-hour supervised lunch. Campers bring their own lunch. For more details please see the descriptions of both camps. Lab Fee $90, payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Junior LEGO® Robotics RoboBuilders

5-8Y

Campers learn the basic concept of robotics, automation, programming and the Engineering Design Process. Working in pairs, using laptops/tablets and LEGO®, you will gain a hands on understanding of how robots are designed and programmed. Lab Fee $40, payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Engineering For Kids Staff

Junior Chemical Crazy Concoctions

5-8Y

The Junior Chemical Engineering camps introduce our youngest engineers to fundamental concepts of solids, liquids, and solutions. Campers investigate the properties of several “chemicals” while exploring and engineering their own crazy concoctions! Lab Fee $50, payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Engineering For Kids Staff

Cheerleading

LEGO® Engineering

6-7Y

You will explore the Earth, Space, and everything in between such as the animal kingdom, ocean life, architectural and engineering projects all through the eye of LEGO® blocks. You will be using a mix of LEGO® Building Blocks and interactive immersive storytelling to help kids learn.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

3 $180 $216

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

Build your World in Minecraft

1-3 Grade

Kids love to build the world they see around them. This course facilitates this by teaching you to navigate the world of Minecraft and make your own little world. You will explore Minecraft, a blocky 3D world, discover and extract raw materials, craft tools, and build structures or earthworks. This is a beginner level course for young kids who haven’t played on Minecraft before or just have started playing with it.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

5-10Y

Go, Fight, Win! Your child will learn cheerleading jumps, kicks, arm motions, cheers, chants, and formation changes. They will be taught a dance, participate in making their own cheer, work on a craft project, play games, and have themed dress up days like pajama day, Disney® day, and crazy dress day! Performance on the last day of camp.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Hip Hop and Jazz

5-10Y

Your child will learn the basic moves and dances to hit music. Students will create their own choreography, make crafts, play games, and have themed dress up days. Get your outfits ready for pajama day, Disney day, and crazy dress day. Showcase performance on the last day of camp.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Robotics with DASH 1-2 Grade

You will use block-based coding to control your DASH robots. You will watch your coding turn into tangible learning experiences in real-time as Dash, with its performance and multiple sensors, interacts with and responds to its surroundings. Maker materials, such as LEGO®, tape, cardboard, and other accessories can be added to transform your robots!

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Little Vet Camp

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

R NR

4 $300 $360

6-10Y

A popular camp among our students, Little Veterinarian School encourages your child to explore the animal healthcare world. Throughout the camp, your child will be participating on interactive demonstrations, crafts and games. Your child will learn how to take care of a pet and use instruments common in the vet world.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

5 $275 $330

Instructor:Little Medical School Staff

Brixology

6-11Y

Brixology builds the foundation for our next generation of makers! Take home LEGO® inspired projects each day! Learn engineering concepts while assembling a space station, boats, and vehicles. From carnival rides to machines that draw, take creativity to a whole new level and solve real-world design challenges! $30 Materials Fee.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

5 $299 $359

Instructor:Mad Science Staff

Center Stage 6-12Y

Comedy and laughter are contagious in this camp that combines drama, comedy and improvisation! Material varies from short plays to skits and monologues. You’ll take center stage in a show at conclusion of camp.

Multi-Purpose Room at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Codes Days Times Dates Mtgs R NR

20217 M-F 1:00p-4:00p 7/24-7/28 5 $279 $335

Instructor:CLAP Arts Staff

Wacky Robots and Widgets 7-12Y

Whether you love to build things or destroy them, this camp includes lots of both. Design simple machines using pulleys, wedges, screws and levers and have fun learning how catapults work. Build a robot to keep, all while learning the science of robotics! $25 Materials Fee.

Room 3 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Codes Days Times Dates Mtgs R NR

20214 Tu-F 9:00a-12:00p 6/20-6/23 4 $265 $318

Instructor:Mad Science Staff

Art of European Baking and 7-13Y Masters of the Grill

In the morning explore regional baked treats from all around Europe. Whether served savory or sweet, puffed up or rolled out, these internationally inspired, flavorful treats are sure to become a crowd pleaser or favorite go-to. In the afternoon get ready to grill everything from fish to fruit, while creating fantastic dishes with your newly learned techniques. $100 Material fee.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Codes Days Times Dates Mtgs R NR

Instructor:Junior Chef Stars Staff

Bakers Boot Camp and 7-13Y Culinary Passport

In the morning you will experience all things baking to give you the core skills to be a confident baker. If perfecting the art of baking is your mission, join us for this camp! In the afternoon you will take your taste buds on tour around the globe and enjoy flavorful favorites from each country we visit. So, pack up those taste buds and register today! Material fee $100.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Codes Days Times Dates Mtgs R NR

20165 M-F 9:00a-4:00p 7/17-7/21 5 $580 $696

Instructor:Junior Chef Stars Staff

Cupcake Masters and Junior Master Chefs 7-13Y

In the morning, your child will mix, bake, design and complete delectable cupcakes that will showcase their creativity and taste absolutely divine! After lunch, your child will experience what is like being a bona fide culinary student in our kitchen classrooms. So, if you can handle the heat, come join us for a cooking series you won’t soon forget. Materials fee $100.00.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Junior Chef Stars Staff

Drone and Aviation Exploration

$558

8-12Y

Build it! Code it! Fly it! Jump in the forefront of the emerging field of Drones and Aerospace Engineering! Explore a thrilling, handson aerial platform with mini drones! Get introduced to the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this indoor camp, safety is a priority as you learn to fly in first-person view (FPV), exploring the real-world applications of drones. You will not be limited to just Drones, you will explore engineering a variety of Aerospace vehicles! Lab Fee $40, payble to the instructor on the first day of class.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Engineering For Kids Staff

EDU and Drone and 8-12Y Aviation Exploration

Minecraft

Sign up for a full day and save! Kids get to explore both Minecraft EDU and Drone and Aviation Exploration. There will be 1-hour supervised lunch. Campers bring their own lunch. For more details please see the descriptions of both camps. Lab Fee $80, payble to the instructor on the first day of class.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Engineering For Kids Staff

Minecraft Edu: Virtual Traveling 8-12Y into the Future

Join us in an apocalyptic future, one where the earth has been ravaged by a series of natural disasters! Using the Engineering Design Process, campers solve a series of challenges such as escaping from a bunker on Mt. Everest! Through the application of engineering principles, students solve numerous problems as they make their virtual world of Minecraft a safe place for humanity once again. Lab Fee $40, payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Engineering For Kids Staff

Design Your Own Resource Packs 3-5 Grade For Minecraft

This is a camp which focuses on the design aspect of Minecraft and less on the Gameplay. You will be working with image-editing software and then using that knowledge to implement the end products that you designed, into your Minecraft world. This course requires that you be familiar with the basics of Minecraft and that you have played Minecraft before, since we will not be able to introduce you to the basics of Minecraft.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Coding Junior with Scratch 4-6 Grade

Throughout this program, you will learn several fundamental programming constructs and see them in action as you are coding up on Scratch. Through the course of learning and playing around with several programming concepts, you will be developing multiple games and storyboards. The classes will adapt an algorithmic-based approach towards deriving a solution or building a project.

Room 5 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

Life Science: Biology and Biochemistry

9-12Y

In this exciting class, students will learn about biological processes in living organisms, make animal and plant cell models, isolate human and plant DNA, learn about amino acids, proteins, lipids, and enzymes, and conduct experiments. Materials fee $20

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Math Games: Algebra 1 and Geometry 10-12Y

This fast-paced class provides a project-based introduction to Geometry and covers key Algebra I concepts. Students will explore plane and 3D shapes, congruency, symmetry, area, volume, the Pythagorean theory proofs and applications through hands-on project. Materials fee $20.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Natasha Austin

Periodic Table of Elements

for Curious Minds

9-12Y

Your young scientist will have fun learning amazing facts about the elements and their compounds through demonstrations, chemical reactions, science songs, and the Periodic Table Trivia. Materials fee $20.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Natash Austin

Physical Science: How Does It Work?

9-12Y

In this exciting, hands-on science camp students will explore Newton’s Laws, the Universal Law of Gravitation, electricity, magnetism, and principles of flight. Students will build and take home working models that demonstrate scientific principles. Materials fee $20.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Natasha Austin

Think, Write, Debate

9-12Y

Learn to speak and write with logic, conviction, and eloquence! Students will debate exciting topics individually and in teams, learn to present and defend their opinions with skill and confidence, participate in a mock trial, and learn to write a well-structured persuasive essay or speech. Materials fee $20.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:Natasha Austin

Instructor:Natasha Austin

Design and Build Your Own Website 6-8 Grade

Have you always wanted to design your own website, but are befuddled by the complicated programming and design challenges that accompany this process? Well, let’s get all of that out of the way. We will introduce you to online image-editing software, walk you through basic UI/UX design principles and work through a drag and drop interface to design a static website. There is no coding here, design only! Material fee $300.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

5 $300 $360

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

Coding and Mini Robotics with Arduino 7-8 Grade

This curriculum involves using mini-robotics kits called Arduino. The Arduino is a tiny and affordable computer that you can use to learn programming through fun, practical projects. The projects would range from simple games and device controllers to complex IoT (Internet of Things) projects. $20 material fees.

Room 4 at Monta Vista Recreation Center

Instructor:CodeLinkd LLC

R NR

3 $180 $216

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