Weeks: June 19-23
Instructor: Sarah Lotter
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 1-2

Saving the planet isn’t just for superheroes! Reuse and recycle your trash and turn it into something beautiful in this creative camp. Make art using cardboard and other recycled materials as we reflect upon ways we can all help our planet.

Weeks: June 19-23
Instructor: Sarah Lotter
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 3-6

Saving the planet isn’t just for superheroes! Reuse and recycle your trash and turn it into something beautiful in this creative camp. Make art using cardboard and other recycled materials as we reflect upon ways we can all help our planet.

Week: July 31- Aug. 4
Instructor: Sugana Chawla
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 6-8

Come review math skills: properties of real numbers, order of operations, solving one-step equations, fractions, writing algebraic expressions, graphing inequalities, and writing inequalities from phrases, proportions, line plots, perimeter and area of triangles, squares, and rectangles. Sounds like a lot, but this camp will help each student create a plan/study strategy individually for the school year!

Week: July 31 - Aug. 4
Instructor: Dr. Kelly Goodspeed
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 2-4

Grab your passport! In this project-based learning experience, campers study a different area of the World each day, considering the region’s geography, history, art, culture, music, and cuisine, among other things. Campers meet guest speakers and experience craft-making, food tastings, reading, and writing. Increase your knowledge about global regions and the people who inhabit them, and develop the curiosity and skills needed to keep learning preparation for the school year!

Week: June 12-16
Instructor: Erika Costantini
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 1-3

Feeling adventurous and want to put something in the oven and have it taste good? Join us to review baking basics, grow your recipe book, and taste perfection! Campers help plan baked goods for the week and leave with a recipe book and apron. Space is limited.

Week: July 24-28
Instructor: Erika Costantini
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 4-6

Feeling adventurous and want to put something in the oven and have it taste good? Join us to review baking basics, grow your recipe book, and taste perfection! Campers help plan baked goods for the week and leave with a recipe book and apron. Space is limited.

Week: July 24-28
Instructors: Jason Hunter and Mike Harding
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-6, 7-9

This camp is designed for all students who wish to further develop their basketball skills and knowledge of the game for competition at a higher level. The focus will be on individual fundamentals, skills enhancement, individual and team offense/defense, agility, conditioning, basketball strategies, game conditions, and conversions. Campers will leave with new knowledge and skills! Campers will be divided by age groups on different courts with additional coaches. 

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Emilie Grondin
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 1-4 (must play an instrument)

Develop music reading, listening, and intonation skills and gain practical experience by playing with others as part of a small and large ensemble. This week will conclude with a performance for family and friends.

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Emilie Grondin
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9 (must play an instrument)

Develop music reading, listening, and intonation skills and gain practical experience by playing with others as part of a small and large ensemble. This week will conclude with a performance for family and friends.

Week: July 24-28
Instructor: James Hornor
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 2-4

Pasta, pizza dough, tacos - is your mouth watering yet? Come learn how to do more than boil water in the kitchen. Mr. Hornor, with his commercial cooking expertise, will teach you the ins and outs of the kitchen. Leave with dinner and skills for a lifetime.

Week: July 31- Aug. 4
Instructor: George Phillip
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-6

The future is here in this science and technology camp! Learning to explore and think prepares campers for the school year. This fun environment will keep campers moving and exploring as they engage with all things tech!

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: James Hornor
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Know the basics, and want to do more? Level up your cooking abilities with flavor, style, and skill. Learn to prepare a 3-course meal and create menus, all while having fun!

Week: June 12-16
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 3-5

This is the only time you’ll have permission to eat your science project! Campers build an incandescent oven, deconstruct chocolate chip cookie recipes, apple sauce, and butter and make homemade jelly and marshmallows. This will be a delicious lesson in science!

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: Heather Kerckhove
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-5

Make, create, and explore the seasons through fun crafting activities with our 4-H guru, Mrs. Kerckhove. Explore materials while focusing on improving fine motor skills and creativity. Campers will leave with new skills to practice and decorations to share throughout the seasons!

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 4-9

From Locard’s exchange principle to DNA testing, fingerprints, and fiber analysis, come perform crime lab and crime scene techniques. Learn some basic biology, chemistry, and physics as a foundation for understanding these techniques. We will discuss how real-life crime scene investigators use these techniques and others to help solve crimes. Mock crime scenes will test your skills as you reconstruct what happened during a particular crime based on the evidence you find and analyze. No prior knowledge is necessary, just curiosity and a love of science.

Weeks: July 17-21 (JOIN WAITLIST) and July 31- Aug. 4
Instructor: McKayela Hornor
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 2-6

Make, bake, and take your cupcake game to the next level. Experiment with frosting and flavor combinations all week to culminate in a fun cupcake sale. Campers learn to plan, budget, and bake for the sale. Campers will enjoy taking home cupcake creations on the final day.

Week: June 26-30
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-8

Set your creative side free and make it your own. Learn how to design various SVG files that will program the cutting machine to cut images for personalizing t-shirts, bags, mugs, and more!

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Kim Pruett
Time: 9:00 AM -12:00 PM
Grades: 3-9

Enjoy summer at area parks playing disc golf! This fun week will emphasize strategy and technique and include three scheduled field trips to experience and practice on new courses - Rum Village, Wilson Park, and Baugo Creek. On Friday, campers end with a tournament and receive a t-shirt and their own discs. All levels are welcome.

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9
Cost: $240

Dissection camp allows campers to learn more about the animal kingdom through the dissection of specimens not generally offered in middle school. Campers will dissect various organisms from invertebrate and vertebrate phyla and large mammalian organs. (Please note the cost includes a $20 lab fee.)

Week: June 26-30
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

What is drone technology? How do you make a drone, and from what materials? Join the fun, learn the basics, and fly a drone!

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Michael Anand-Obleton
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-9

Learning different languages makes it easy to understand people and cultures. This camp is for German beginners, intermediates, or if you just love the culture! Through games, puzzles, projects, movie excerpts, and songs, campers will develop basic conversational skills sufficient to travel as a tourist to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It will also give campers a solid foundation if they choose to study German in high school. The camp will culminate with lunch at Weiß Gasthaus in Roseland or dinner at Moser Austrian Café in New Carlisle, where students will order their food and drinks while speaking only in German.

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Week: June 26-30
Instructor: George Phillip
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 1-3

Calling all little engineers, dreamers, and builders! Students will learn to think like scientists and engineers using FIRST LEGO League challenges. Build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® WeDO® robots. Come ready to explore and learn to program small Lego robots.

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: George Phillip
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-3

Learn to innovate, design, research, and collaborate like an engineer in this First Lego Robotics Preparation. If you’ve been on a team or are new to Lego robotics, this camp is for you! Bring your ideas and imagination as you gain experience and confidence in this weeklong camp. 

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: George Phillip
Time: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Grades: 4-8

Learn to innovate, design, research, and collaborate like an engineer in this First Lego Robotics Preparation. If you’ve been on a team or are new to Lego robotics, this camp is for you! Bring your ideas and imagination as you gain experience and confidence in this weeklong camp. 

Week: June 12-16
Instructor: McKayela Hornor
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-8

Ready to get your hands in the dirt and learn about plants and nature? Join Master Gardener Mrs. Hornor as you explore the wonderful world of flowers that attracts bees, butterflies, and native plants. Have fun creating art about them, planting in the gardens on Clark grounds, and taking home some seeds and starter plants for your own garden!

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 3-6

Learn ways to incorporate science into your everyday life! Explore bath bombs, scented candles, and soap bars, and learn the basics to create your own projects. Science is everywhere!

Week: July 24-28
Instructor: Jason Hunter and Mike Harding
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-4

Learn the basics of the game in this fun-filled week of basketball. Campers will learn to dribble, pass, and shoot. A fun and positive experience will be the goal for the week. Campers will be divided by age groups on different courts with additional coaches.

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Kevin Krizmanich
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Interested in making movies? Learn the basics in a class that encourages creativity and collaboration. We will explore some basic filmmaking concepts and techniques and put them to use in fun group exercises using iPads and iMovie. All levels of experience are welcome!

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 3-6

Explore the field of chemistry by using many chemicals that come from the kitchen. Campers will learn the meaning of chemistry and experiment with matter, gas, chemical reactions, and polymers.

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Nathaniel King, Mickey Doyle
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Find your Leader Within through this fun-filled and reflective camp. Campers connect classroom lessons with cooperative leadership group activities on our beautiful campus with Nathaniel King as their guide. Beat the heat through volunteering at Logan Center and challenge yourself to engage in community service/building opportunities. Explore self, growth mindset and problem-solving concepts through interactive exercises inside the school as students are empowered how to find their own voice. On Friday, experience an escape room in our community. Don’t miss your chance to build a strong foundation in leadership to help during the school year and in the future!

Week: June 26-30
Instructor: Carly Squadroni
Time: 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Grades: 3-6

Beat the dog days of summer with the very best librarian, Mrs. Squadroni, on the Clark green with some lemonade and a blanket. Learn about new books, read, rest, and take home a wonderful book for the rest of summer. Activities and exercises will be incorporated into each day. Enjoy talking about books and making memories of joyful reading. All readers are welcome!

Week: June 12-16
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 4-8

Let’s build together using wood! Explore building projects like a pencil holder, tool tote, birdhouse, or whatever time and your imagination permits. Learn the basics of wood joining, building, and the meaning behind the lifelong lesson “measure twice, cut once.”

Week: July 31 - Aug. 4
Instructor: Ben Ottenweller
Time: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

This is not your ordinary camp! Join Mr. Ottenweller as he leaps into life lessons as metaphors for character and readiness for the school year. From how to change a tire to how to develop self-awareness, from how to cook a pizza to problem-solving, this camp will do daily experiments and play games to make lessons come alive. Make memories while learning about character development in preparation for the school year.

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Kim Pruett
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 1-3

Explore math games indoors and out with Mrs. Pruett. Work in small groups and enjoy various thinking, story problem, and logic games to improve your skills. 

Week: July 31- Aug. 4
Instructor: Sugana Chawla
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-4

Math is for everyone! With warmer weather upon us, some summer math with "popsicles" and "outdoor fun" is called for. Jump into this multi-level math camp to prepare for the school year through fun problem sets and activities. Enjoy fun summer brain breaks while learning problem-solving strategies and developing new ways to think through math to feel confident for the school year. All students will receive instruction in both basic and advanced topics, and having fun is a camp requirement.

Week: July 24-28
Instructor: Ryan Costantini
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Experience the excitement and demands of the courtroom by playing the role of an attorney or witness. Campers will be exposed to public speaking, critical thinking, and more! Learn about all aspects of mock trials, from opening statements to closing arguments and everything in between. Campers will practice their new skills as they prepare to argue their side in United States v. Ames Nicholson, a Cold War-era espionage case and the camp's culminating activity. Family and friends are invited to be jury members on the final day! Mr. Costantini will be assisted by members of the Adams High School Mock Trial Team. The case will be provided two weeks prior to the start of camp, and campers will be expected to have read the case before the beginning of the camp.

Week: June 26-30 and July 10-14
Instructor: Jason Hunter
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-9

Enjoy an active week of indoor and outdoor sports to build confidence, keep moving, and learn the art of play. Good teamwork and sportsmanship will be emphasized. End the week with memories to last a lifetime with a field trip to Rum Village Aerial Park.

Week: June 12-16
Instructor: Ryan Costantini
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

In this historical role-playing simulation, campers will play the role of leaders and staff of the Allied Powers (United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union) as they plan and execute Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, on June 6, 1944. This camp will deepen your child’s knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of one of the most pivotal days in American history while developing creative problem-solving, geographic, organizational, cooperation, negotiation, and presentation skills. During this fast-paced program, campers will learn the difference between strategy and tactics, how military operations are planned, and what it takes to keep an army fed, clothed, healthy, and able to complete its mission. No advance knowledge of World War II is required or expected. A packet with details will arrive two weeks prior.

Your mission: help the Allies gain a foothold in Axis-occupied France and begin the liberation of the oppressed peoples of Europe!

Week: June 26-30
Instructor: James Hornor
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 4-9

The fastest-growing sport in America is taking off at Clark - pickleball. Learn rules, strategy, and the fun of the sport. Basic skills covered include serving, receiving, forehand and backhand drives, dinking, and overhead smashes. Experience ping pong and badminton as well in this fun-filled, action-packed week!

Week: June 26-30
Instructors: Diana Palomo
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 2-7

The Pigeon & The Hen Pottery is taking their show on the road and bringing you the opportunity to learn the joy of pottery. Learn to sketch out ideas, plan color patterns, and paint greenware. All pottery will be ready two weeks later. Creative activities will be scattered throughout this artsy camp!

Week: June 12-16
Instructors: Maggie Drew, Allie Sumrall
Time: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Grades: 1-3

Learn about the process of creating theatre through puppetry. Campers will serve as playwrights, designers, costumers, directors, actors, and puppeteers! Campers will wrap up the week by performing their play in Smith Hall and go home with their puppet creation.

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-7

Reduce, reuse, and rocket build is the object of our mission. Campers will become junior rocket scientists by designing and testing rockets made from pop bottles. Be resourceful to find various building materials and launch your rocket with water and pressurized air. Are you ready for lift-off?

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: Kim Pruett
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 3-4

Interested in STEAM? Try out our Rube Goldberg camp, where you will pair your math/science brain with your creativity to use things you can find around the house (or school) and complete an everyday task like turning on a light switch or ripping a piece of paper in half. Think Mouse Trap (game) meets Wallace and Gromit (cartoon). Come with some simple task ideas, and be excited to use your whole brain in this afternoon camp!

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Sarah Lotter
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 1-2

Explore a range of process art techniques, mark-making, and printing. We will cut, stick and create our way through fun projects and explore massive amounts of mixed media as students gain confidence through their own art-making.

Week: July 10-14
Instructor: Sarah Lotter
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 3-6

Explore a range of process art techniques, mark-making, and printing. We will cut, stick and create our way through fun projects and explore massive amounts of mixed media as students gain confidence through their own art-making.

Week: June 26-30
Instructors: Lillian Chidalek
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 1-2

Get ready to make some noise and create your own instrument! Campers experience indoor/outdoor music fun while moving to the beat and enjoying the language of music. Campers are immersed in and explore the freedom music has to offer for learning by using our bodies as instruments, making music through noise makers, and creating musical instruments.

Week: July 17-21
Instructors: Nathaniel King, James Hornor, Kim Pruett
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-8

Grab your cleats, and let's get moving! Join us on the Clark fields this summer to build your soccer skills and confidence while having fun! Players gain more confidence by developing ball familiarity and being exposed to the technical and tactical elements of soccer in a fun games-based activities format. This year, join Coach Nathaniel King as he also includes specialized training for goalkeeper enthusiasts. Campers will be divided by experience and work with individual coaches. Improve your skill level and challenge yourself to learn new skills on an off the field.

Week: July 31 - Aug. 4
Instructors: Nathaniel King, Jordan Morris, Duane Ungethum
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Grades: 5-9
Price: $146

Interested in taking your soccer interest to the next level? Join us this summer on the Clark fields for Soccer Specialty Camp, aimed at soccer players who want to challenge themselves and maximize their potential through position-specific training that seeks to identify, develop, and enhance the skills and functions of the modern soccer player, whatever their position on the field. Join Coach Nathaniel King and goalkeeper coaches for this unique camp targeted at players that want to experience specialized training.

Assistant Coach: Jordan Morris, SCS '14
Mount Vernon Nazarene University Soccer Graduate Assistant and former collegiate soccer player at Huntington University

Goalkeeper Coach: Duane Ungethum
Jr. Irish Goalkeeper Staff, nationally licensed goalkeeper coach, and former collegiate soccer player at Marian College 

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: Patrick Cobb
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 4-6

No need for a driver’s license for this camp event! Harness the sun’s energy by building a car that can be attached to a solar panel. Test variables and try to design the fastest car in camp. You’ll love to test drive your solar car with family and friends.

Week: July 24-28
Instructor: James Hornor
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 5-9

Calling all percussionists or those with island dreams! Experience this unique sound and learn the history of this pan from Trinidad. Mr. Hornor guides you through the sounds and compares them with a variety of drums in this fun-filled week. Not everyone can learn the steel drum, but you can! Participate in an end-of-week performance on Friday and explore new methods and techniques each day.  

Week: June 26-30
Instructors: Maggie Drew, Allie Sumrall
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 2-4

Learn how to integrate stop-motion animation into the art of storytelling. Create characters on paper and with model magic, then learn how to make them come to life using stop-motion animation. Campers will read various books daily and draw and sculpt while small groups move the story through stop-motion animation. Come with your favorite story and leave with a new one of your own!

Week: June 19-23
Instructor: Abbie Kurynak
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 5-9

Your ship has crashed! You are now in a tribe discovering how to survive using logic and science while having fun! Join Mrs. Kurnyak in this simulation, where you compete through fun games while diving into science exploration. Work with the members of your tribe to design all the elements of your village, including a flag and handshake. Then, you and your team will compete in Immunity Challenges that utilize your physical strength, endurance, ingenuity, and scientific mind. You're "on target" to have a great time in the camp!

Week: July 17-21
Instructor: Justin Sweitzer and Jennifer Harvey
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Grades: 6-9

The Greatest Debate Bootcamp (GDB) from Los Angeles cross-trains the young debater to become better at quick-thinking, mental organization, and value-weighing on everything from varieties of ice cream to the influence of historical figures. Using fun games designed to increase skills, campers will enjoy repeated opportunities for public speaking and friendly feedback. GDB teaches campers to be confident, creative, and innovative thinkers for a better tomorrow through the understanding of argumentation. Join 1986 Alum Jennifer Harvey, and Justin Sweitzer, president of the Golden State Debate League and a middle school Humanities Teacher at the Oakwood School in North Hollywood for the past 17 years and husband to Jennifer, as they bring you an outstanding camp you will never forget! 

www.greatestdebatebootcamp.com

Week: June 12-16
Instructors: Tara Grove
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 1-4

Learn gymnastics and basic strength training without props or equipment. Campers will be introduced to beginner-level somersaults, tucks, and handstands. We also will work towards back bends, back walkovers, cartwheels, round-offs, and even back handsprings by the end of the week with a spotter. Come ready to move and have fun each day with both tumbling and treks on the beautiful Clark campus!

Week: June 19-23 (JOIN WAITLIST) and July 10-14
Instructor: Jennifer Mahoney
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grades: 1-3

Ready for something new each day? Make it Monday, Tournament Tuesday, Water Wednesday, Take a Trip Thursday, and Foodie Friday is for you! Experience a variety in craft making, STEM tournament games, water exploration, fresh fruit picking adventures, and making your own waffles or ice cream. Come ready to try it!

Week: July 24-28
Instructors: Allie Sumrall
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM
Grades: 2-4

Author Allie Sumrall will share techniques and methods of storytelling through her recent book, The Little Acorn. Character development, creation, plot, prompts, and more will all be experienced. Campers will celebrate their stories with friends and learn more about unforgettable tales.