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Happy Campers MMA summer camps offer lessons in grit, growth, teamwork and fun.
Parents looking to provide opportunities for growth for their children this summer can find it at Missouri Military Academy summer camps. With six different options this year, MMA summer camps offer boys and girls the opportunity to step outside their comfort zone and overcome challenges through activities that develop an individual sense of pride while socializing with peers their own age. This combination of fun, accomplishment and encouragement creates synergy for positive personal development in youth. Campers develop resilience, social skills, teamwork, personal accountability and confidence while having fun. “Each camp is designed to harness a child’s interest and use that as a confidence-building tool,” says MMA Camp Director and Commandant R. L. Grabowski, Colonel, USMC (Ret). “Our goal is to make every day fun and memorable while fostering personal growth in each camper.” MMA’s Summer Academy provides personal attention and small class sizes, notes MMA Academic Dean Mike Harding. “Our focus on relational teaching, plus
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guided study hall, helps each student find success, whether they need to make up coursework or receive enrichment, and our fun, challenging physical environment helps each build confidence that carries over into the classroom.” The middle-school program covers key academic skills and knowledge in math, science and reading. After-class and weekend activities include soccer, horseback riding, swimming, field trips, paintball, basketball, physical fitness, flag football and tennis.
Summer Jazz Academy June 20-25 Summer Academy June 20-July 16 Leadership Camp July 5-18 Confidence Camp June 27- July 3, July 5-11 & July 12-18
The for-credit high school academic camp is designed for students who wish to make up a course or take an enrichment class, earning up to two credits over the four-week program.
Equestrian Day Camp June 28-July 1 & July 5-8
Camps take place on MMA’s 288-acre campus in Mexico, Missouri., where amenities include a state-of-the-art academic building, air-conditioned dormitories, a full gym, Olympic-size swimming pool, fieldhouse with indoor track, horse stables, a paintball course and an outdoor challenge obstacle course with a high rope bridge, rappelling and rockclimbing walls. Each structured camp — regardless of focus — offers access to these facilities. It’s an experience campers never forget.
All Sports Camp July 5-9
“Lucas has told stories all the way home,” says Lori Alyea, recounting her son’s return from an MMA camp. “Success!”
Bagpipe and Drums Camp June 27-July 2 Jennifer Ley’s son, Everett, was also full of praise for his camp experience. “Everett couldn’t stop talking about how much he loved MMA!” she says, adding it has helped her son “develop into a leader and a disciplined young man.”
