SCC College for All Kids Summer Camps

2014

COLLEGE for all

Kids

AGES 5-16

Summer Camps

June 9- Aug. 8

Register online at stchas.edu/learnforlife or call 636-922-8233.

ARE YOU READY? college for all kids & teens too! – Ages 5-16

Quality programming College for All Kids programs are designed to attain the following goals: • Provide hands-on exploration in specialized fields such as science, engineering, technology, chemestry, math, language arts, computer science, career explorations, visual/ performing arts and fine arts.

• Provide challenging experiences and intellectual stimulation for students to develop their special interests.

• Expose students to a learning atmosphere that will motivate them to achieve their highest potential.

Safe We are committed to ensuring your child’s safety. All instructors and staff have passed a background check, and camp assistants are CPR certified and Epi-Pen trained. Parents must sign their

child in and out daily. Our student to adult ratio is 8:1.

Diverse Join College for All Kids for a fun-filled summer with so much variety you will never get bored! Our camps range from culinary to technology and everything in-between! You will definitely find a program that your child will love.

Fun Our instructors and staff are committed to making sure your child has a blast at camp with lots of fun, hands-on activities and cool projects. Fridays are fun days with extra activities and an ice cream bar after lunch. What can be more fun than that? Kids have the option of purchasing lunch in the Student Center cafeteria or bringing lunch from home. Don’t forget to send a snack each day – students are busy with activity and get very hungry. $5

will cover lunch and drink (water bottle or Sunny D), and $1 covers the ice cream bar on Fridays. Who knows, your child may meet his or her new BFF at camp!

Flexible Come for a half-day camp or full-day camp, or come for the whole summer.

Our before- and after-care program gives working parents the flexibility your family needs!

Get your welcome packet After registering, make sure to download the welcome packet at stchas.edu/learnforlife – click on Summer Camps then follow the underlined link at the top of the page. The packet includes important information you should know plus a welcome letter, menu options and an emergency form that must to be returned one week prior to camp.

Before- and After-Care Program Available!

Register online

at stchas.edu/learnforlife or call 636-922-8233.

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Before-care is available at 7 a.m., and after-care is available until 5:45 p.m. The minimum age for students to attend is 5 years old. There will be no after-care available for half-day morning camps.

Lunch Supervision If you register your child in both a morning and afternoon half-day camp, you must register for lunch supervision. No student can be left unattended for lunch. Safety is our #1 goal! Our staff will pick up students from their camp, supervise them at lunch and take them to their afternoon camp.

Register early! Limited availability.

Things parents should know Days, Dates and Hours

Drop-Off and Pick-Up Times

Full day camps are scheduled in one-week sessions (with the exception of some of the theater camps) from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon.-Fri. including a lunch and recess period. Recess includes a walk to the College Center Gym after lunch with student’s choice of games to play. Choose from a variety of programs to create a half-day or full day of camps. Before- and aftercare are also available from 7 a.m.-5:45 p.m.

For safety reasons, children are not allowed on campus unless accompanied by an adult or registered for an SCC camp or class. Additionally, parents/guardians need to bring children to their camp or before-care in the morning and sign them in.

After camp, all students need to be signed out. Also, students must not be on campus more than 15 minutes prior to camp, and they must be picked up within 15 minutes after camp ends.

Locations The majority of camps are held at St. Charles Community College’s main campus with the exception of some camps which will have the following icons in front of them:

= camps held at St. Charles Arts Council 7443 Village Center Drive O’Fallon, MO 63368 = camps held at The Nursing and Allied Health Center 1 Academy Place Dardenne Prarie, MO 63368

Late Pick-Up Procedure Students not picked by 4:15 p.m. will be escorted to aftercare located in Room 112 in the Fine Arts Building and must remain until a parent or guardian comes in to pick him/her up. NOTE: repeated late pick ups (more than two) will result in a mandatory $25 charge.

All students will check in on Monday mornings 10-15 minutes prior to the start of camp or before-care. Detailed information about location of a particular camp is located in the welcome packet that you can print off at stchas.edu/learnforlife and click on summer camps. At this time you can turn in your health form (unless you already mailed it in), receive your name badge, pick up a lunch menu and receive any additional information for your camp. If your child has an EPI-Pen, please have it labeled with the child’s name and in a sealed bag, and check it in to a staff member.

Who We Are: The College for ALL Kids Team We are passionate about providing welcoming, safe camps that inspire and cultivate everyone’s interests and spark new ones! Our qualified, caring and competent instructors and camp assistants believe that offering an innovative, active education is key to enriching a child’s mind, body and spirit.

Instructors are teachers or professionals in their field. Camp assistants are college or high school students who have participated in orientation and a training workshop that includes being CPR-certified and EPI-Pen trained. Many plan to pursue education degrees in college. All instructors and staff have passed a criminal background check.

Additional information and policies can be found in the welcome packet located online at stchas.edu/learnforlife. Click on summer camps, and you will see it at the top of the page.

For general questions, please call 636-922-8233. For program questions or concerns, contact Amy Fitzwilliam, program coordinator, at 636-922-8335. stchas.edu/learnforlife

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Week of June 9

AN AMERICAN GIRL’S LIFE (Ages 7-12) Enjoy the week with Josefina, Kirsten, Rebecca, Molly and Julie. Journey into each doll’s time period. Explore a way to be helpful or charitable and choose a project to make for your favorite charity. Plant a garden, learn Spanish, eat chocolate fondue, create a scrapbook and more!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 9-13 M-F $169

GEOCACHING - THE SEARCH FOR TREASURE! (Ages 7-12) Welcome to the high-tech treasure hunt. Join us for one of the fastest growing outdoor activities. Using handheld GPS units, you will hike SCC for buried caches. Be the first group to master reading a map and coordinates, learn the importance of maintaining your logbook and use Internet sites to update data that can be used by other hunters. After this week, you will be able to direct your own family on a similar adventure.

Bring your GPS to camp if you have one. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $95

BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATER REVUE (Ages 10-16) Perform in a musical revue! You will get a chance to pick music from such contemporary shows such as Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, High School Musical and Grease and participate in choreographed routines. Vocal instruction and dance terminology will be taught as you work on the revue. A performance will be held on Friday.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 9-13 M-F $165

PERCY JACKSON OLYMPIANS, LIGHTNING THIEF CAMP (Ages 8-12) Join Percy and his friends as mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus walk straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook right into this fun and imaginative camp! Do you have what it takes to fight your way through a world of mythological monsters and dangerous demi-gods? If you find your way to camp half-blood, you just may learn to fight like a real hero, save mythological creatures and battle the powers of the underworld. Only you can complete your quest (with the help of your friends of course!).

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 9-13 M-F $165

YOUNG ARTISTS CAMP(Ages 5-6) Get ready for fun! Eric Carle’s The Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug books will be the inspiration as we create art projects based on his colorful books. Sculpt a favorite character or animal with paper mache, design a mobile for the garden, eat a fruit caterpillar and more. Camp will be held at the St. Charles County Arts Council. We will walk to the library next door for storytime and visit the area garden to see nature up close.

9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $105

STEM Camps In support of the Missouri Department of Higher Education’s (MDHE) commitment to improve education and support the development of industry in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), St. Charles Community College will offer 33 youth STEM camps this summer at SCC and at our Nursing and Allied Health Center located in Dardenne Prairie. Our camps are designed to make learning fun and exciting and to encourage students to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The college is involved in a number of efforts to improve STEM education through academic programs and partnerships.

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Week of June 9

LEGO® ROBOTICS ENGINEERING CAMP (Ages 7-9)

WE THE PEOPLE – DRAMA CAMP (Ages 8-16)

Legos® + Robots + Computers = Education, the Lego® way!

Designed for younger Lego® builders, you will build Lego® models featuring working sensors and motors, simple programming techniques, principles of simple and complex machines, and gearing your own creativity. You will work in teams using NXT Mindstorm Robotics Kits. Projects include: cars, tanks, animals, sports equipment, robotic arm simulator, sumo wrestler and more! NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

June 9-13 M-F $115

Discover the joy of theater and the thrill of collaborating together to put on a show! Learn how to use your voice and body effectively to portray a character. We the People tells the story of a town preparing for their Independence Day celebrations by putting together a show. The production is a combination of different comedic and meaningful vignettes about how the Constitution affects the past, present and future. Uncover behind the scenes secrets and pull it all together with a set, costumes and props as you perform for your family and friends on the last day.

6-9 p.m.

June 9-27 M-F $249

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN (Ages 7-9)

DANCE DISNEY® CAMP (Ages 5-7)

Love to be in the kitchen? Growing gourmets will have the opportunity to cook and have fun! Immerse yourself with cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even a little kitchen math. Students will be making gourmet sandwiches, homemade pizzas, cupcakes, pasta and more. Each day will be a different theme. Students will cook breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert foods. Includes CD of recipes, aprons provided.

Students must wear closed-toed shoes. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $105

Be the next Ariel or Belle! Learn basic tap, ballet and princess routines. Each day you will create a princess activity or craft and on the final day perform a ballet and tap combo for your family and friends. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $99

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN (Ages 10-12) Love to be in the kitchen? Growing gourmets will have the opportunity to cook and have fun! Immerse yourself with cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even a little kitchen math. Students will be making gourmet sandwiches, homemade pizzas, cupcakes, pasta and more. Each day will be a different t heme. Students will cook breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert foods. Includes CD of recipes, aprons provided.

Students must wear closed-toed shoes. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

June 9-13 M-F $105

= class held at the St. Charles County Arts Council = class held at the Nursing and Allied Health Center = STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) camp

MAKE YOUR OWN 3D VIDEO GAME (Ages 8-10) By popular demand, we are offering a 3D game design class.

This experience allows you to develop a game concept that goes well beyond the limitations of the traditional 2D game design. Learn the physics behind 3D games, explore beginner event scripting, level design, controlling flow of gameplay and story telling. Student created games will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $149

MAKE YOUR OWN 3D VIDEO GAME (Ages 11-14) By popular demand, we are offering a 3D game design class.

This experience allows you to develop a game concept that goes well beyond the limitations of the traditional 2D game design. Learn the physics behind 3D games, explore beginner event scripting, level design, controlling flow of gameplay and story telling. Student created games will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

June 9-13 M-F $149 stchas.edu/learnforlife

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Week of June 9

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOSHOP (Middle School) Unleash the photographer in you! Discover Adobe Photoshop and all the amazing things that it can do. Use Photoshop to easily edit and enhance your digital photos.

Get a chance to merge multiple photos together to make crazy images that can be printed and taken home. Create your own slideshow by adding special effects and music.

Bring digital camera to camp. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 9-13 M-F $105

Week of June 16 RAGING REACTION LAB/GROSSOLOGY (Ages 7-12)

PROJECT RUNWAY AND FASHION DESIGN (Ages 10 & Up)

Do you love to gross people out? In this ghastly camp, you will have burping contests, learn about farts and poop shoots and make fake barf, blisters and scabs. Not gross enough?

Campers will also dissect owl pellets, make slime and learn about the physiology of snot. There will be experiments with Mentos and Coke, make pop and bottle rockets and selfinflating balloons.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16-20 M-F $165

The ultimate style camp! Create your own unique style inspired by top designers. Immerse yourself into the world of high fashion. Create skirts and shirts that scream WOW! Design cool accessories, and get into the spotlight ready for the Project Runway show. Who will be this year’s top winners?

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16-20 M-F $199

HARRY POTTER (Ages 7-9) We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy at St. Charles Community College. Magical folks who have read the books by J.K. Rowling will enter a familiar world of delights!

We also welcome Muggles wishing to learn about Harry Potter’s world. Our quest is to learn about magical creatures, Quidditch dueling and other wildly interesting objects. Are you up for the challenge?

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16-20 M-F $165

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MASTER CHEF (Ages 7-9) Step up and become a culinary master! Immerse yourself with advanced cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even some kitchen math.

Growing gourmets will be making delectable delights from breakfast to dinner in preparation for the final cookoff. A CD of all recipes and cooking information will be given to all master chefs. Aprons provided. Bring a water bottle each day, and wear closed-toed shoes. Prerequisite: Must have taken Kids in the Kitchen or have prior kitchen experience. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 16-20 M-F $105

Career Exploration Camps

New! Career Exploration STEM Camps FUTURE INVENTORS MANUFACTURING CAMP

CAMP SCRUBS (Middle School)

Join us for this unique career exploration camp into the world of manufacturing! High school students in partnership with Component Bar Products in O’Fallon will design and build a product, experiencing the startto-finish satisfaction of creating something you can show off with pride. In the process, you will learn how to do CAD design and operate various kinds of manufacturing machinery under the close supervision of expert manufacturing trainers.

Middle school students will work in teams and learn how to collaborate together to work on robotic challenges using NXT Mindstorm kits and the newest technology–EV3 Lego® Kits. Both groups will tour local manufacturing facilities to learn what types of jobs exist, what skills and training are required and how those businesses are developed. Campers will have the opportunity to hear directly from local manufacturing company owners how they started their businesses, applying basic entrepreneurship principles to understand how a single product idea becomes a business.

Whether you aspire to work in manufacturing or medicine, law or any other field, having a basic understanding of how things are made and how businesses develop will make you more appreciative of the world around you and the tools you will use in your life. T-shirts and transporation provided. Space limited!

Thinking of becoming a nurse, or interested in exploring careers in the health field? Here’s your chance to experience this exciting career first-hand!

Camp highlights: •

Receive your very own pair of scrubs and stethoscope.

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Learn firsthand what it’s like to be a nurse.

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Use a stethoscope.

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Work on the Human Patient Simulator.

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Take a behind-the-scenes tour of an area hospital.

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Take part in a skills lab: pulse, BP, vitals.

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Learn the power of exercise.

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Discover what life in the ER is like.

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Discuss healthy living and eating right and the world of science and your heart.

Camp is held at the Nursing and Allied Health Center located in Dardenne Prairie. Please indicate scrub size on health form and send in at least two weeks prior to camp. Space limited!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 28-Aug. 1

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Middle School: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

July 7-11

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July 7-11

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High School: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Week of June 16

KINDER SCIENCE (Ages 5-7) Calling all young scientists! Discover the wonders of your world through science and creativity. Listen to stories, explore the outdoors, and experiment with fun hands-on activities such as making flubber, glitter suncatchers and ocean wave bottles. Who knew science and nature could be so much fun! NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 16-20 M-F $99

Use your imagination and a variety of materials to create awesome artwork. Paint, sculpt, explore texture, and use a variety of other mediums to create works of art that you will love. You can expect the unexpected and even make edible art that explodes! This is one cool camp.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16-20 M-F $179

MASTER CHEF (Ages 10-12)

Join the little mermaid and her friends under the sea! Learn basic tap, ballet and sea-creature moves. Make a splash showing off your ballet and tap combo on the last day as you perform for your family and friends. Each day, students will enjoy an under-the-sea-themed craft or activity. NO AFTERCARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 16-20 M-F $95

Step up and become a culinary master! Immerse yourself with advanced cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even some kitchen math.

Growing gourmets will be making delectable delights from breakfast to dinner in preparation for the final cookoff. A CD of all recipes and cooking information will be given to all master chefs. Aprons provided. Bring a water bottle each day, and wear closed-toed shoes. Prerequisite: Must have taken Kids in the Kitchen or have prior kitchen experience. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

June 16-20 M-F $105

MINECRAFT DESIGNERS (Ages 8-10) If you love the game Minecraft but always wanted to design your own characters and buildings for your games, this camp is for you! Learn the basics of creating 3D modeling using a new industry-grade software to design your very own characters and import them into your favorite Minecraft games. Students must have Minecraft at home to import characters, and a parent’s email address is required to create student accounts. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 16-20 M-F $149

MINECRAFT DESIGNERS (Ages 11-16) If you love the game Minecraft but always wanted to design your own characters and buildings for your games, this camp is for you! Learn the basics of creating 3D modeling using a new industry-grade software to design your very own characters and import them into your favorite Minecraft games. Students must have Minecraft at home to import characters, and a parent’s email address is required to create student accounts. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

June 16-20 M-F $149

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ART ATTACK! (Ages 7-12)

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UNDER THE SEA DANCE CAMP (Ages 5-7)

LEGO® ROBOTICS ENGINEERING CAMP (Ages 9-13) Take your engineering skills to a new level using Lego® NXT Robotics kits. Discover the challenges that make robotics technology accessible using problem solving techniques.

Create your robot using basic computer programming, principles of simple and complex machines, gearing and your own creativity. Teams will attempt to exploit the design weaknesses or incidental mechanical advantage of their opponents’ robots. A perfect blend of math, science and fun!

Projects will include a robotic arm, intelligent car, scorpion and lawn mower. Lego® soccer and golf players kick the ball, cranes lift creatures, motorized bridges open up, all created and programmed by you!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 16-20 M-F $225

Week of June 23

DRAMA CAMP (Ages 8-16) All the world’s a stage! Experience the exciting process of theater through scene work and characterization. You will audition for a specific published play on the first day. For the following four days, you will block the play, work on characterization and gather props and costumes. A final performance will be on Friday.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $165

DESIGNER GIRLS (Ages 8-13)

AN AMERICAN GIRL’S LIFE (Ages 7-12) Enjoy the week with Josefina, Kirsten, Rebecca, Molly and Julie. Journey into each doll’s time period. Explore a way to be helpful or charitable and choose a project to make for your favorite charity. Plant a garden, learn Spanish, eat chocolate fondue, create a scrapbook and more!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $169

JUNIOR DETECTIVES READING ADVENTURES (Ages 7-9)

Do you love Pinterest? Create the hottest looks for your room and yourself in this design Pinterest-inspired camp. Create funky and hip photo boards, jewelry, hair accessories, room decorations and cake pops (that you can enjoy while doing all that creating!). It’s going to be a fun-filled week with lots of take-home projects.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $179

Jump start your reading potential in this camp! Practice literacy skills using the A-Z Mystery Book. Journal your clues and learn reading strategies to decode your mystery.

Illustrate, solve and publish your own adventures. Start the school year with more confidence in your reading.

9 a.m.-4 p.m June 23-27 M-F $165

EXTREME LEGO® ROBOTIC ENGINEERING (Ages 9-16)

Learn the fundamentals of volleyball while having a great time! Students will be taught all the basic skills for volleyball (passing, setting, serving and spiking). Taught by an experience volleyball coach. Tuition includes T-shirt. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon June 23-27 M-F $109

Build and program robots using the new Lego® Mindstorms EV3 system! Learn about mechanical and software design, loops, conditional statements, problem solving and teamwork skills. Work in small groups, program and build your robot, and rise to the challenge. Control the robot to avoid obstacles, pick up and carry objects and play sounds.

Projects are structured so that students work in an openended, investigative environment while having fun.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $225

BEGINNING VOLLEYBALL (Ages 9-14)

MAKING MOVIE MAGIC (Middle School) Ever wanted to fly on screen like Superman or walk on an alien planet? Here’s your chance! Create your own short film through the whole process from storyboards to script writing to editing. Learn how to use a chromo key screen to take your audience on an adventure that is out of this world. You will leave the camp with your original movie on DVD. Invite your family and friends to your very own film festival.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $185

HARRY POTTER (Ages 10-12) We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy at St. Charles Community College. Magical folks who have read the books by J.K. Rowling will enter a familiar world of delights!

We also welcome Muggles wishing to learn about Harry Potter’s world. Our quest is to learn about magical creatures, Quidditch dueling and other wildly interesting objects. Are you up for the challenge?

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $165

= class held at the Nursing and Allied Health Center = STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) camp

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Week of June 23

IRON CHEF (Ages 10-12) Kick it up a notch! Now that you know how to make tasty dishes, learn what goes into meal planning and more complicated menus. You will be putting together a different meal each day, creating breads, different types of salads, main courses, desserts and beverages. Each student will receive a CD with recipes. Aprons provided. Prerequisite: Must have taken Master chef or have prior kitchen experience. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP.9 a.m.-noon June 23-27 M-F $105

SID THE SCIENCE KID (Ages 5-7) Sid the Science kid gets kids excited about science!

Investigate the world of science that will make you think, talk and work like a scientist. Investigate weather, health, shadows and many more science activities. Use different science tools, make observations and record data. Camp concludes with science adventure day.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 23-27 M-F $165

Week of July 7 SHOOT AND SCORE – GIRLS BASKETBALL (Ages 9-14) Take your basketball game to the next level. Learn footwork, shooting, dribbling and pass techniques to become a better, more complete basketball player. Each day will include skill clinics, scrimmages and competitions. Tuition includes a T-shirt. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 8 a.m.-noon July 7-11 M-F $139

CREATIVE CHEMISTRY (Ages 7-12) What do you get when you mix fun, curiosity, learning and excitement? Recipes for creative chemistry. Conjure up gum drop molecules, ice cream in a can, crystal snowflakes, water bottle rockets and other bizarre concoctions. You’ll want to do these experiments over and over again. Chemistry has never been so much fun!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 7-11 M-F $165

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN (Ages 7-9) Love to be in the kitchen? Growing gourmets will have the opportunity to cook and have fun! Immerse yourself with cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even a little kitchen math. Students will make gourmet sandwiches, homemade pizzas, cupcakes, pasta and more. Each day will be a different theme. Students will be cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert foods. Includes CD of recipes, aprons provided. Students must wear closed-toed shoes. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 7-11 M-F $105

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CODE BREAKERS (Ages 8-10) Calling all future coders, programmers and designers! Learn the basics of coding languages like HTML5, JavaScript and CSS through a series of Web projects and design challenges each day and be on your way to becoming the next tech star!

Student projects will be available on a Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 7-11 M-F $149

CODE BREAKERS (Ages 11-16) Calling all future coders, programmers and designers! Learn the basics of coding languages like HTML5, JavaScript and CSS through a series of Web projects and design challenges each day and be on your way to becoming the next tech star!

Student projects will be available on a Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 7-11 M-F $149

Week of July 7

CRAZY FOR DUCT TAPE AND SILLY BANDZ!® (Ages 7-10) Do you love working with duct tape and Silly Bandz®? Wild about wallets? Bonkers for bags? Make awesome accessories from the funkiest duct tape colors around. Make a wallet, bracelet, flower pots and much more. Plus create lots of fun designs with Silly Bandz®. Looms provided. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 7-11 M-F $129

BE A STAR! (Ages 8-16) Are you an aspiring young actor, singer or dancer? Be inspired as you learn multiple aspects of theater production and performance as you act out short skits, sing musical theater songs and choreograph dances in your own variety show.

Young People’s Theatre will show you how to be the star you have been dreaming of becoming!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 7-18 M-F $299

SNAZZY SCRAPBOOKING (Ages 7-12) Love to take pictures but don’t know what to do with them?

Are you a scrapbooker and want to work on your photo albums? Learn and use scrapbooking techniques including embellishments, stamping punches, Sizzix machine, paper layering, borders and tiles. We will also look at photo-taking techniques and use scrapbooking techniques to make cards and enhance school projects. The perfect camp for crafty kids!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 7-11 M-F $175

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN (Ages 10-12) Love to be in the kitchen? Growing gourmets will have the opportunity to cook and have fun! Immerse yourself with cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even a little kitchen math. Students will be making gourmet sandwiches, homemade pizzas, cupcakes, pasta and more. Each day will be a different t heme. Students will cook breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert foods. Includes CD of recipes, aprons provided.

Students must wear closed-toed shoes. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 7-11 M-F $105

FUTURE INVENTORS MANUFACTURING CAMP (Middle and High School) Join us for this unique career exploration camp into the world of manufacturing! Please see page 6 for a complete description.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 7-11 M-F $159

Week of July 14 COMPUTER GAME DESIGN (Middle School)

COMEDY THEATER CAMP (Ages 10-16)

Don’t just play the game – make it! Introduction into the awesome world of video game creation. Design your own arcade games, platform games, adventures and screensavers.

You select your own heroes and monsters. At the end of the academy you will be able to save your game to play on your computer at home.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 14-18 M-F $185

Do you like to make people laugh or dream of being a standup comedian? Come laugh with us every day as you learn a variety of theater games and improvisational games. Perform your own comedy sketches and commercials for your friends and family for a performance on the last day. LOL! 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 14-18 M-F $165

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Week of July 14

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (Ages 7-12) Are you a fan of the wimpy kid? Join Greg, his best friend Rowley and the rest of the gang as you create your own version of characters and events. Act out scenes from the book, play vocabulary charades and Wimpy Kid trivia. Laugh out loud as you design your own cartoons and write silly stories. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 14-18 M-F $95

SHOOT AND SCORE – BOYS BASKETBALL (Ages 9-14)

CSI: MYSTERY TO TRIAL (Ages 7-12)

Step into the shoes of a crime scene investigator. A mystery needs to be solved! Working together as a crime scene unit, Take your basketball game to the next level Learn footwork, you will take crime scene photographs, search for clues shooting, dribbling and pass techniques to become a better, and start a case file to keep track of the evidence. Learn real more complete basketball player. Each day will include skill procedures for collecting fingerprints and analyzing DNA, clinics and scrimmages. Tuition includes a T-shirt. NO AFTER- put clues together, and interview witnesses to find the truth CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. of the mystery. A mock trial will be held on the final day of 8 a.m.-noon July 14-18 M-F $139 camp. Discover how forensic experts and witnesses testify in court. Play the jury and decide whether the evidence was MASTER CHEF (Ages 7-9) properly handled, and then deliver a verdict.

Step up and become a culinary master! Immerse yourself 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 14-18 M-F $165 with advanced cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even some kitchen math.

ROALD DAHL’S REVOLTING RECIPES & Growing gourmets will be making delectable delights from WACKY STORIES (Ages 7-9) breakfast to dinner in preparation for the final cookoff. A CD Roald Dahl is one of our greatest storytellers. Explore how of all recipes and cooking information will be given to all literacy and cooking come together in this hands-on, unique master chefs. Aprons provided. Bring a water bottle each day, experience. Make an enormous crocodile, create golden and wear closed-toed shoes. Prerequisite: Must have taken tickets and make your own chocolate factory. Recipes include Kids in the Kitchen or have prior kitchen experience. NO peach juice, strawberry-flavored chocolate-covered fudge AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. and edible marshmallow pillows. Get your creative juices 9 a.m.-noon July 14-18 M-F $105 flowing as you create your own version of poems and stories similar to the ever-entertaining Roald Dahl.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 14-18 M-F $175

MASTER CHEF (Ages 10-12) Step up and become a culinary master! Immerse yourself with advanced cooking techniques, tools of the trade, basic etiquette, nutrition, safety and even some kitchen math.

Growing gourmets will be making delectable delights from breakfast to dinner in preparation for the final cookoff. A CD of all recipes and cooking information will be given to all master chefs. Aprons provided. Bring a water bottle each day, and wear closed-toed shoes. Prerequisite: Must have taken Kids in the Kitchen or have prior kitchen experience. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 14-18 M-F $105

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XGAMES (Ages 8-10) For serious gamers only! Beyond 2D and 3D now its time to take it to another level by competing with the world! Develop games with a partner using a unique game engine. Learn advanced-level editing, simple figure modeling, intermediate event scripting and the impact of game play on user experience. System requirements for home experience: 2GB of RAM, and 2.0 GHz processor. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 14-18 M-F $149

XGAMES (Ages 11-16) For serious gamers only! Beyond 2D and 3D now its time to take it to another level by competing with the world!

Develop games with a partner using a unique game engine.

Learn advanced-level editing, simple figure modeling, intermediate event scripting and the impact of game play on user experience. System requirements for home experience: 2GB of RAM, and 2.0 GHz processor. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 14-18 M-F $149

LEGO速 ROBOTIC ENGINEERING + PROGRAMMING (Ages 9-14) Take your engineering and robotic skills to a new level using Lego速 Mindstream NXT Robotic Kits and Computers. Learn the secret ins-and-outs of the software, and build robots.

Programming language with implementation and functions of the software will be taught and challenges with your team members will make the class a blast! STEM is the focus of this very cool class. Prerequisite: Must have prior robotic experience.

9 a.m.-4 p.m July 14-18 M-F $225

Week of July 21 BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATER REVUE (Ages 10-16) Perform in a musical revue! You will get a chance to pick music from such classic shows such as Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Cinderella and Fiddler on the Roof and participate in choreographed routines. Vocal instruction and dance terminology will be taught as you work on the revue. A performance will be held on Friday.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21-25 M-F $165

SUPERHERO CAMP (Ages 7-10) Kapow! BAM! Splat! Transform yourself into your favorite superhero. Create masks and capes, build an action game, design, illustrate and write your own comic book. Dream to be your version of the Invisible Woman, XMen, Super Girl and Spiderman. The sky is the limit!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21-25 M-F $175

PHYSICS, FLIGHT AND VEHICLES (Ages 7-12) Blast into a fun-filled week. Design, build and launch airplanes, flying gadgets, motor vehicles, hot air balloons and more! Learn the physics behind flight and race your vehicles for speed and distance. You will learn the tactics to succeed as pilots using computers that allow you to fly with flight simulators. Watch the flight club perform aerobatics with their remote control airplanes, and learn how they control the flight and distance for their planes.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21-25 M-F $175

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Week of July 21

STOP MOTION/MOVIE TRAILER FILMMAKING (Ages 10-14) Take your filmmaking to the next level! Stop-motion animations are created by taking multiple still images to form a movie. Learn how to do stop-motion to create a music video, mini-movie, commercials or movie trailer.

Create your own storyboard and use video editing software to edit animations and sync with music. The animations will come to life with the addition of music, special effects and professional titles. A creative, fun atmosphere for the young filmmaker! Invite your family and friends to your very own film festival.

9 a.m.-4 p.m July 21-25 M-F $185

SEARCH AND RESCUE LEGO® ROBOTICS (Ages 7-9) Create, program and control robots designed to respond to simulated disaster situations such as moving rubble and retrieve targets. Use Lego® Robotic NXT kits and computers to learn robotics, computer programming and teamwork.

NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 21-25 M-F $105

COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA MADNESS (Ages 7-12) Get ready for an eclectic and artistic week! This camp has it all – photography, painting, printmaking and much more.

The ultimate art camp to get creative and bring home lots of cool projects.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21-25 M-F $175

CUPCAKE WARS (Ages 7-12) Do you love to make cupcakes and watch Cupcake Wars on the Food Network? In this amazing camp, you can let your imagination and creativity run wild as you discover how to use icing, flavorings, candy clay, gumpaste, decorations and candies and turn them into creations of art! Each day you will be given a theme. On the final day, we will have our very own cupcake wars. Teams will create a business name and a logo.

Are you up for the challenge? Aprons will be provided. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 21-25 M-F $105

LEGO® MANIA! (Ages 7-9) Use your imagination to design and build bridges, skyscrapers, vehicles, animals, bugs and more! In this camp, robotics are not used but kids will have a blast as they build cool projects with Lego® kits. Challenges and different designs will be explored to make Lego® crazy kids have one fun week. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 21-25 M-F $135

Week of July 28 DRAMA CAMP (Ages 8-16) All the world’s a stage! Experience the exciting process of theater through scene work and characterization. You will audition for a specific published play on the first day. For the following four days, you will block the play, work on characterization and gather props and costumes. A final performance will be on Friday.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $165

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CUPCAKE WARS (Ages 7-9) Do you love to make cupcakes and watch Cupcake Wars on the Food Network? In this amazing camp, you can let your imagination and creativity run wild as you discover how to use icing, flavorings, candy clay, gumpaste, decorations and candies and turn them into creations of art! Each day you will be given a theme. On the final day, we will have our very own cupcake wars. Teams will create a business name and a logo.

Are you up for the challenge? Aprons will be provided. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $105

BLAST OFF INTO OUTER SPACE (Ages 7-12) Design, build and launch your own rocket out of paper, bottles, tubes and more. Learn about thrust, lift, balance and force while experimenting with several forms of propulsion such as chemical reactions and pressures. Teams will develop a business plan to create a rocket for NASA to use for space tourism. From designing, creating budgets, building and launching, you determine which team will be the next to send their rockets on a space vacation. If we can make it launch, it is going up!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $169

LEGO® ROBOTIC ENGINEERING (Ages 9-16) The Ultimate Challenge! Take your engineering skills to a new level using NXT Lego® kits for the ultimate challenges!

Create your robot using computer programs, principles fo simple and complex machines, gearing and your own creativity. Projects include solar racers, drawbridge, solar energy system, printer, Sodoku solver and more. Students work in teams.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $225

APP ATTACK! (Ages 8-10) Take the first steps into the world of mobile app design and customize your own game app. Using a specialized game development tool, explore the world of phone-based and tablet applications. See first-hand how the world of app’s publishing functions. Students created apps will be accessible on a private site and can be played on any mobile device or computer. Parents may choose to publish apps if certain criteria are met. Final decisions are at the sole discretion of Apple or Google. No prior experience is necessary, and students do not need to own a smart phone or tablet to take the class. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $149

APP ATTACK! (Ages 11-16) Take the first steps into the world of mobile app design and customize your own game app. Using a specialized game development tool, explore the world of phone-based and tablet applications. See first-hand how the world of app’s publishing functions. Students created apps will be accessible on a private site and can be played on any mobile device or computer. Parents may choose to publish apps if certain criteria are met. Final decisions are at the sole discretion of Apple or Google. No prior experience is necessary, and students do not need to own a smart phone or tablet to take the class. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $149

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Week of July 28

ADVANCED VOLLEYBALL (Ages 12-16)

BE GLEEFUL! (Ages 6-7)

This camp is for the club volleyball player and/or high schoollevel players. Advanced skills will be taught to encourage the athlete to play at his or her highest level. Tuition includes T-shirt. NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $109

Do you love to sing? Learn songs from some of Broadway’s best-loved musicals as well as kid-friendly pop numbers.

Students will be encouraged to develop their vocal and performance techniques just like the stars on Glee.

Performance on the last day for family and friends. NO BEFORE-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 1-4 p.m.

July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $95

BE GLEEFUL! (Ages 5-6) Do you love to sing? Learn songs from some of Broadway’s best loved musicals as well as kid-friendly pop numbers.

Students will be encouraged to develop their vocal and performance techniques just like the stars on Glee.

Performance on the last day for family and friends. NO AFTERCARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon July 28-Aug. 3 M-F $95

Week of Aug. 4 SEARCH AND RESCUE LEGO® ROBOTICS (Ages 7-9) Create, program and control robots designed to respond to simulated disaster situations such as moving rubble and retrieve targets. Use Lego® Robotic NXT kits and computers to learn robotics, computer programming and teamwork.

NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 4-8 M-F $105

CUPCAKE WARS (Ages 10-12) Do you love to make cupcakes and watch Cupcake Wars on the Food Network? In this amazing camp, you can let your imagination and creativity run wild as you discover how to use icing, flavorings, candy clay, gumpaste, decorations and candies and turn them into creations of art! Each day you will be given a theme. On the final day, we will have our very own cupcake wars. Teams will create a business name and a logo. Are you up for the challenge? Aprons will be provided.

NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 4-8 M-F $105

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CAMP SCRUBS (Middle School) Thinking of becoming a nurse, or interested in exploring careers in the health field? Here’s your chance to experience this exciting career firsthand! Please see page 6 for a complete description.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 28-Aug. 1 M-F $185

Week of Aug. 4

MAD SCIENCE BOOT CAMP (Ages 5-12) Enlist in Mad Science Boot Camp and brush up on your science skills! Hang on for a week of non-stop science fun as we conduct more than 40 different activities. Use Morse code to send secret messages to your friend. Get a taste for space as you launch a bottle rocket, test soil for Martian life and experiment with space suit design. Discover pollution solutions by baking nachos with solar power. Test what your toes have to do with tennis. Grow jaws and claws to feed your beastly stomach. At the end of the week you will be awarded a certificate of achievement to show off all of your hard work! NO AFTER-CARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CAMP. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 4-8 M-F $225

MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE (Ages 5-7) Mold and shape unconventional materials into beautiful and impressive sculptures! Bend wire, form clay, fold paper and use lots of fun and exciting techniques and materials to make imaginative creations. Get inspired by the sculpture at our community garden at the St. Charles Arts Council and create your own garden sculpture to bring home! Camp held at St. Charles Arts Council.

9 a.m.-noon Aug. 4-8 M-F $99

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING THEATER CAMP (Ages 8-16) Enter the Shakespeare stage with courage and gusto as we take a trip through one of Shakespeare’s great comedies.

Learn Shakespeare through games, scenes and crafts as you play with the play, Much Ado About Nothing. Perform this great play for your friends and family on the last day.

A perfect blend of comedy and theater!

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 4-8 M-F $169

ZENTANGLE® ART & DESIGN (Ages 7-10) Love to doodle and draw? Create custom backpacks and shoes, room decorations and unique pop art designs using ink, markers, printmaking and more! Explore the Zentangle® method that is easy to learn, relaxing, fun and very cool.

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 4-8 M-F $179

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