Academic
CROSSING BORDERS 2040 Louetta Road, Ste. I, Spring 281-465-0899 25602 I-45 N., Ste. 105, Spring 281-465-0899 • www.crossingborderslanguages.com Ages: 2–7 (Spanish camp), 6–Adults (English camp) Dates: June 1–Aug. 21 (both camps) Cost: $425 (Spanish camp for two weeks), $180 (each additional week of Spanish camp), $1,195 (English camp) The Louetta Road location offers Spanish classes Monday through Friday. Clients may purchase two-, four-, six- or eight-week classes. The camp offers full immersion into the language, featuring arts and crafts, songs and games in Spanish. The I-45 location offers English camps with a rate that includes trips to local cultural events and meals. DISCOVERY COLLEGE Lone Star College–University Park 20515 Hwy. 249, Houston 281-357-3676 • www.lonestar.edu Ages: 6–17 Dates: June 15–July 16 Cost: Weekly sessions start at $97 Discovery College offers programs to engage campers in science, technology, engineering and math. Sessions are offered in robotics, technology, electronics, game design, rocket science and web page development. SUMMER OF LEADERS Young Leaders Vintage Park 106 Vintage Park Blvd., Ste. E, Houston 832-559-8710 • www.ylcampus.com Ages: 5–10 Dates: June 8–Aug. 14 Cost: $65 (per day), $200 (per week) Campers can attend a variety of camps ranging from activity-based camps such as culinary arts to educational camps such as Goin’ Green and iDig Dinosaurs as well as creative camps such as Inventor’s Workshop.
Arts & performance
CYPRESS CREEK FACE 6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring 281-440-4850 • www.cypresscreekface.org Ages: K–grade five (dance camp), grades six–eight (strings camp) Dates: July 13–17 (dance camp), June 22–26 (sixth grade strings camp), July 6–10 (grades seven–eight strings) Cost: $125 (per child) The Cypress Creek Foundation for the Arts and Community Enrichment offers weekly dance and strings camps. The one-week dance camp allows children to learn about six styles of dance: ballet, jazz, hip-hop, Chinese, creative movement and musical theater. Children make a daily craft, participate in a performance and take an optional field trip on Friday. The weeklong strings camp is for violin, viola, cello and bass-playing students at Klein ISD. The program includes sectionals, technique classes and orchestra rehearsals. It culminates with a student performance Friday at The Centrum. SEA CAMP Texas A&M University at Galveston 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston 409-740-4525 • www.tamug.edu/seacamp Ages: 6–11 (day camps), 10–18 (overnight weekly camps) Dates: June 7–Aug. 8 Cost: $140 (day camps), $875–$950 (weeklong camps) These camps explore shipwrecks, marine ecosystems, coastal photography and camping. Career-oriented camps cover veterinary medicine, marine biology and science.
General camps
CAMP RUN-A-MUCK D. Bradley McWilliams YMCA 19915 Hwy. 249, Houston 281-469-1481 • www.ymcahouston.org/cypress-creek/ Ages: 5–10 (kids camp), 11–15 (teens camp) Dates: June 8–Aug. 18 Cost: $165 per week (members), $195 per week (nonmembers) This weekly YMCA camp offers a wide range of activities, including nature walks, gym access, swimming and archery. The weekly registration cost includes one field trip per week. MARTIAL ARTS CAMP Family ATA Martial Arts 6082 FM 2920, Spring 281-257-5425 • www.familyata.com Ages: 6–adults Dates: June 15–19, July 27–31, Aug. 10–14 Cost: TBA Each weekly martial arts camp offers a different theme. The first week features traditional songahm taekwondo where camp participants learn about the martial arts forms, body modification and sparring. The second week focuses on defending against bullies and the hyper fight club technique. The third week is a rank-up camp for white and blue belts. TGR EXOTICS ZOO CAMP 22115 Sherrod Lane, Spring 281-353-5252 • www.tgrexotics.com Ages: 3–12 Dates: June 22–Aug. 28 Cost: $45 (per child) All zoo camps include tours of the zoos, hands-on learning activities, animal visits in the classroom, songs, art projects, learning games and stories. Camp topics include animal costumes, animal defenses, animal senses, animals in motion and animal diets.
Overnight camps
CAROLINA CREEK 84 Wimbley Lane, Huntsville 936-594-4446 • www.carolinacreek.org Ages: Grades K–five (wild sessions), grades six–12 (creek weeks) Dates: May 31–Aug. 8 (four days for wild sessions, weekly for creek weeks) Cost: $375 (four-day wild sessions), $700 (full wild week), $700 (creek week), $350 (first week of creek week) Carolina Creek Christian Camps are divided into two camps for younger and older children. The camp for younger children offers creek rides, a water park and outdoor activities. Older campers participate in archery, riflery, kayaking and a water zipline.
