Academic

All Things Kids The toy store on the Square hosts 12 weeks of half-day, full-day or weeklong camps focusing on original ideas, education and creativity. Each day of the week has a different theme, and programs change weekly. Programs include Lego robotics, magic, create with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), Marble Run design and building.
  • Ages: 512
  • Dates: June 2Aug. 22, 9 a.m.noon, 14 p.m. or 9 a.m.4 p.m
  • Cost: $25 half-day session, $45 full-day session, $225 weeklong session
  • All Things Kids, 703 S. Main St.
  • 512-868-2659.www.allthingskids.us
Lego Camp Children can learn about simple machines and get hands-on experience working with gears, pulleys and electric motors. Lego kits and robots will not be sent home.
  • Ages: 514
  • Dates: Aug. 1115 and 1822, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $175 per week (resident), $220 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Summer History Explorers The Williamson Museum teaches children to become curators, educators and directors of their own exhibits. Each week campers research and design their own museum exhibit to be displayed at the Williamson County Courthouse.
  • Ages: Entering thirdsixth grades
  • Dates: July 1418 and 2125, 9 a.m.3 p.m.
  • Cost: $20 per day, $100 per week (non-museum members), $16 per day, $80 per week (museum members)
  • The Williamson Museum, 716 S. Austin Ave.
  • 512-943-1670. www.williamsonmuseum.org
Vacation Liberty School Participants explore the principles and benefits of liberty through faith, hope and charity. Camp activities include games, presentations, skits, crafts and puzzles.
  • Ages: 712
  • Dates: June 2327 (Heritage Baptist Church), Aug. 48 and 1115 (First Baptist Church), 9 a.m.noon.
  • Cost: $35 for first child, $25 for each additional child (per week)
  • Heritage Baptist Church, 1601 FM 971
  • First Baptist Church, 1333 W. University Ave.
  • 972-467-0516. www.georgetownlibertyschool.eventbrite.com

Adaptive

The Georgetown Parks and Recreation Department and Exceptional Georgetown Alliance offers summer camp sessions for Georgetown ISD students. Registration is available at the Georgetown Tennis Center, 400 Serenada Drive; Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.; and the Parks and Recreation Administration Building, 1101 N. College St. Students must be able to coexist in a small-group setting. Circle of Friends Circle of Friends camp aims to help older children with cognitive and developmental disabilities who are seeking an opportunity to retain communication and social skills during the summer. Lets Make Friends The camp focuses on building social and communication skills, and facilitating social and emotional development of children with autism spectrum and Aspergers disorders. Participants take part in arts and crafts, swimming, field trips and other activities to build skills for successful relationships.
  • Ages: Firsteighth grades (Lets Make Friends), middle- and high schoolage (Circle of Friends)
  • Dates: June 912, 1619, 2326 and June 30July 3, 8 a.m.2 p.m.
  • Cost: $135 per week (residents), $170 per week (nonresidents)
  • Locations will be announced in late March.
  • 512-930-3595. www.camps.georgetown.org

Adventure

Arkansas Travel Camp Activities for the eight-day camp include snorkeling at Cossatot Falls, rock climbing at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and canoeing on the Kings River in the Ozark Mountains. Colorado Travel Camp Campers visit Central Colorado for nine days of dune sledding at Great Sand Dunes National Park, rock climbing at Penitente Canyon and whitewater rafting on the Arkansas River. Extreme Water Sports Camp Camp activities include snorkeling, wakeboarding and sailing day trips during the first week and travel to Padre Island for kayaking and windsurfing the second week. Welcome to Adventure Day trips take campers to the Challenge Course, rock climbing, caving, kayaking and horseback riding.
  • Ages: 1112
  • Dates: June 26 and 913, 9 a.m.5 p.m.
  • Cost: $225 per week (resident), $285 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Teen Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596
  • www.adventure.georgetown.org

Sports

American Red Cross Junior Guard Safety Camp Campers can learn lifeguarding skills, babysitting training fundamentals and pet first aid.
  • Ages: 1114
  • Dates: June 913, 1620, 2327, June 30July 3 and July 711, 8:30 a.m.5 p.m.
  • Cost: $195 per week (residents), $220 per week (nonresidents)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
British Youth Soccer Camp Players can develop skills and understanding of the game. Participants who sign up 45 days in advance of camp get a free jersey.
  • Ages: 316
  • Dates: June 913, July 1418 and Aug. 1115, times vary
  • Cost: Varies depending on age
  • San Gabriel Park soccer fields, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 913-232-5178. www.challengersports.com
Camp Goodwater Children can participate in a variety of activities. Weekly field trips include outings to zoos, museums and water parks.
  • Ages: 512 (participants must have completed kindergarten)
  • Dates: Weekly June 2Aug. 8, 9 a.m.4 p.m.
  • Cost: $140 per week (resident), $175 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Cheer Camp Children can learn a variety of jumps, dances and cheers. The camp includes a Wednesday craft project. Campers should have their hair pulled away from their faces and wear athletic shoes and comfortable clothing. Fees include a camp T-shirt.
  • Ages: 512
  • Dates: June 1620, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $110 per week (resident), $140 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Coach Castle Basketball Camp Players can learn the fundamental skills of basketball, practice drills and participate in competitions. Campers should bring lunch and a water bottle.
  • Ages: Fourthninth grades
  • Dates: July 2124, 9 a.m.1 p.m.
  • Cost: $160 per week (resident), $200 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Fencing Camp Gary Murray, U.S. Fencing Coaches Association 2000 Coach of the Year, leads lessons, games and relays. Campers should bring a sack lunch. All equipment is provided.
  • Ages: 714
  • Dates: June 26 and July 28Aug. 1, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $100 per week (resident), $125 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center gymnasium, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Hula Hoop Dance Camp Children can learn techniques such as passing, handoffs, off-body and on-body hula hoop flow styles; decorate their own hoops, and receive a wooden hoop holder to take home.
  • Ages: 715
  • Dates: July 711, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $90 per week (resident), $110 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Junior Tennis Academy Head Pro Pete Polkinghorn instructs weeklong camps for competitive tournament tennis players. Sessions include practicing drills, learning specialty shots and staying on top of physical training. Participants should bring a water bottle, tennis racquet, hat and sunscreen.
  • Ages: 718
  • Dates: June 2Aug. 8, 810 a.m. (ages 710), 10 a.m.noon (ages 1118)
  • Cost: $80 per week (resident), $100 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Tennis Center, 400 Serenada Drive
  • 512-930-3595. www.camps.georgetown.org
Kid City Camp Georgetown ISD students who qualify for the free or reduced-cost lunch program may take part in a week of half-day summer enrichment programs. Children receive breakfast and lunch during the camp. Activities include games, arts and crafts, field trips and swimming. Registration begins at 8 a.m. March 24 for residents and at 8 a.m. March 25 for nonresidents at the Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave., or the Parks and Recreation Administration Building, 1101 N. College St.
  • Ages: 512
  • Dates: June 30July 3, July 711, 1418 and 2125, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $10 per week and $5 per sibling (resident), $15 per week and $10 per sibling (nonresident).
  • Location to be determined
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Krav Maga Junior Summer Camp Teens can learn self-defense and self-discipline by practicing the Israeli martial art.
  • Ages: 1217
  • Dates: Aug. 11 15 and 1822, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $80 per week (resident), $110 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Munchkin Camp The weeklong tennis camp focuses on basic strokes and hand-eye coordination. Non-tennis games and swimming are also incorporated. Children must have completed kindergarten by the start of camp.
  • Ages: 57
  • Dates: June 2Aug. 8, 811 a.m.
  • Cost: $70 per week (resident), $90 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Tennis Center, 400 Serenada Drive
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Sports Mania Camp Children can learn the basics of more than 20 sports, including floor hockey, baseball, kickball and disc golf, with a focus on development of game skills and knowledge and sportsmanship.
  • Ages: 59
  • Dates: June 30July 3 and Aug. 48, 8 a.m.noon
  • Cost: $110 per week (resident), $140 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3595. www.camps.georgetown.org
Summer Tennis Camp Participants can learn basic tennis skills and drills. Activities also include non-tennis games and swimming, and a team tournament wraps up the week-long camp.
  • Ages: 812
  • Dates: June 2Aug. 8, 9 a.m.4 p.m.
  • Cost: $140 per week (resident), $175 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Tennis Center, 400 Serenada Drive
  • 512-930-3595. www.camps.georgetown.org
Texas Star Farms Children can learn about taking care of horses and are responsible for their own horse. Each weeklong sessioncapped at eight camperswill end in a horse show.
  • Ages: 616
  • Dates: June 1620, 2027, July 711, 1418, Aug. 48 and 1115, 9 a.m.4 p.m.
  • Cost: $300 per week
  • Texas Star Farms, 3650 CR 255
  • 512-983-3103. www.txstarfarm.com
Volleyball Skills Camp Participants can learn sportsmanship and basic techniques, including passing, setting, spiking and serving, as well as rules. Seventh- and eighth-grade campers can also learn defense and positions.
  • Ages: 914
  • Dates: June 2327 and July 1418, 911 a.m. (fourthsixth grade), 11 a.m.1 p.m. (seventheighth grade)
  • Cost: $80 per week (resident), $100 per week (nonresident)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Xcelerate Lacrosse Camp Boys and girls can improve their lacrosse skills. As the week progresses, every camper has an opportunity to move up to a more advanced group if he or she demonstrates a higher level of play. Overnight and extended day camp options are available.
  • Ages: 1018
  • Dates: June 2226, times vary
  • Cost: $675 overnight, $575 extended day camp
  • Southwestern University, 1001 E. University Ave.
  • 415-479-6060. www.xceleratelacrosse.com

Art

A Premium Blend School of Performing Arts APB offers a variety of half-day weeklong summer camps, including beginning and advanced A Taste of Premium Blend sessions, where children can learn the basics of three instruments provided by the school. Other camps include musical theater, youth orchestra, composition, improv and rock n roll programs. Campers can learn to read and write music, play instruments they choose and may participate in separate morning and afternoon sessions.
  • Ages: 615
  • Dates: June 9Aug. 15, 9 a.m.noon or 14 p.m.
  • Cost: $150 per session
  • A Premium Blend School of Performing Arts, 708 S. Austin Ave., Ste. 201
  • 512-630-5338. www.apremiumblend.com
Art Camp Children can learn about color theory, forms of media and techniques through the study of famous artists. Each day of the weeklong camp will focus on a different artist with projects based on his or her style.
  • Ages: 816
  • Dates: July 28Aug. 1 and Aug. 1115 (ages 812), Aug. 48 and 1822 (ages 1316), 8 a.m.noon.
  • Cost: $120 per week (residents), $150 per week (nonresidents)
  • Georgetown Recreation Center, 1003 N. Austin Ave.
  • 512-930-3596. www.camps.georgetown.org
Georgetown Art Center Campers can work on art projects, study art history and learn about contemporary artists. Each week of half-day camps will feature a different theme, such as Great American Artists, Art Meets Science, Cartooning & Illustration and Printmaking. Camps are divided by age and experience level.
  • Ages: 616
  • Dates: June 9Aug. 15, 9 a.m.noon and 25 p.m.
  • Cost: $135 per week (art center members), $150 per week (nonmembers)
  • Georgetown Art Center, 816 S. Main St.
  • 512-930-2583
  • www.georgetownartcentertx.org
The Palace Theater Summer Workshops Children and teens can participate in two-week camps in which they will produce and perform a play. Children ages 79 may take part in Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark, Little Red Riding Hood, Dinomotion, Disneys Winnie the Pooh or Rats! The Story of the Pied Piper. Children ages 1012 may participate in producing Zombeo and Juliet, the Musical, The Castaways, The Hundred Year Snooze, Musical Theatre Revue or MacBeth the Musical Comedy. Teens age 13 and older may take part in High School Musical Jr., Broadway Revue or Godspell. A 10 percent discount is offered for siblings or campers taking part in multiple sessions.
  • Ages: 718
  • Dates: June 16Aug. 22, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.
  • Cost: $180 per week (before May 1), $200 per week (after May 1)
  • Georgetown Palace Theater, 810 S. Austin Ave.
  • 512-868-3643. www.georgetownpalace.com
Tal Lostraccos Summer Theatre Camp High school thespians spend two weeks with instructors to strengthen acting and technical skills at this overnight camp.
  • Ages: Children must be attending or entering high school. Graduating seniors may submit a letter of intent to the camp director for approval.
  • Dates: July 519
  • Cost: $1,450 (includes room and board)
  • Southwestern University, 1001 E. University Ave.
  • 512-863-1364. www.talscamp.com
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