2021 Summer Camp Guide

Camp Invention at G C Burkhead Elementary School

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Recharge your child’s summer at Camp Invention!

For over 30 years, the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) has inspired millions of children through its flagship summer program, Camp Invention®. Available in both at-home and in-person formats, the weeklong program is led by certified educators and teaches children in grades K-6 how to cultivate the mindset of an innovator.

Each year, our education team works together with NIHF Inductees to create a brand-new STEM curriculum that embraces hands-on learning. In our 2021 program, Recharge, campers build confidence and work together to take on four exciting challenges, constructing their own inventions to solve real-world problems.

Open Mic

Children receive their very own wireless microphone, which they can use to not only amplify but transform their voices in fun ways. Taking their microphone apart, they discover how it works and explore all its parts to find inspiration for building their own invention. Using powerful pitch skills, they have the opportunity to promote their incredible creation.

Duck Chuck

Campers explore the power of physics while launching rubber ducks to famous landmarks around the world. They build and test their own launching device, experiment with concepts like trajectory and velocity, and then improve on their device through the process of prototyping. Once their final modifications are complete, they create a unique advertising campaign to promote their work.

SolarBot

Children build and adopt their own solar-powered robotic cricket and experience the creature’s point of view as they build habitats, cricket-inspired inventions and protective gear to outsmart predators. Inspired by their discovery of how crickets make sound, children create their own musical instruments to compete in a grand finale Chirp-Off!

Road Rally

Campers start their engines and apply nature-based discoveries to design their own unique morphing vehicle. They design, construct and test both propeller-operated and pulley-operated vehicles to explore their capabilities on land, and they add imaginative prototype elements to move through the air and underwater. Finally, campers test their speed in the exciting Super Road Rally.

Our Peace of Mind Promise

Not sure if you’ll want an in-person or at-home experience this summer? No problem! With our new Peace of Mind Promise, you can sign up for camp today and switch your format choice up to six weeks before camp starts.

An Inclusive Imaginative Summer Camp

At the National Inventors Hall of Fame, we believe every child can invent. So we’ve made our nationally acclaimed K-6 summer camp more accessible than ever before with Camp Invention At Home.

This flexible program is designed to work for children across all communities and learning styles, giving them the freedom to explore at their own pace and in their own ways, in a familiar environment. Camp Invention At Home invites children to dive into hands-on STEM challenges and engage in outdoor fun, whether they join every collaboration session with an educator and friends online or choose a screen-free, child-led experience.

Everything your camper needs is sent straight to your door — including their own Innovator Workshop and Toolkit packed with materials and step-by-step guides. It’s the ultimate at-home camp for unlimited summer fun and learning!

Register Today

Camp Invention will provide your child with an empowering environment and an unforgettable experience led by certified local educators.

Availability is limited, so visit www.invent.org/camp or call 800-968-4332 to learn more and secure your child’s spot today! Use promo code CIFUN40 to save $40 (expires 3/31/21), CIFUN30 to save $30 (expires 4/30/21) or CIFUN25 to save $25 (expires 5/26/21).

Click here to find out more.

Camp Hendon (Kentucky Diabetes Camp for Children)

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Many organizations are dedicated to finding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, but few offer support in the interim. Camp Hendon provides life-altering experiences, without the promise of a cure, but with the guarantee of an experience that makes diabetes manageable until that cure is found.

Camp Hendon provides a great opportunity for children with diabetes to get to know others who face the same challenges.

The number one benefit both children and their parents express is the ability to feel part of a group where everyone has diabetes and the feelings of isolation are eliminated. At Camp Hendon, children with diabetes are surrounded by people just like them – both children and adults — who share their day-to-day ordeals and triumphs managing their diabetes.

Camp Hendon provides children the chance to meet and learn from adult counselors with diabetes who have gone through many of the same things the campers are experiencing, and can share the ways they coped with the chores of having diabetes.

Campers discover that for one week during the summer that they aren’t the only one in the world who has to prick their fingers, test their blood sugar, and count their carbs. Getting three to four insulin shots, or hearing the alarm on a pump, is an every day occurrence that no one thinks twice about.

These children must do this every day of their life, yet at camp, so do all of their friends and den mates.

Register here: https://www.camphendon.org/register.html

For all the info: https://www.camphendon.org/

CHHS Summer Camps

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Monday - Friday

  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Full Day) or 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM (Half Day)

  • Breakfast served each morning

  • Attendees bring their own lunch (Half Day Campers will not bring a lunch)

  • Pizza party provided on Friday (Half Day Campers can stay for extended time on Friday for Pizza Party and Fun Day…see below)

  • Snacks can be purchased from concession stand throughout the day

  • Organized play and games scheduled throughout every day

  • Campers will be able to pick from a variety of games to play

  • Camp Counselors will be assigned to different groups of campers each day

  • Sports will include Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Baseball, and Softball

  • Extra games and activities will include but not limited to Bounce Houses, Board Games, Crafts, and field day games.

  • Every week will end with a FUN DAY FRIDAY. Fridays will be filled with competitions and games and include fun prizes. Friday will be a great way to end a fantastic week at THE PLEX!

https://bgsportsplex.com/summer-camp

Center Stage Dance Studio Summer Camps

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Trolls Dance Camp- AGES 7-10
Join Ms, Yvonne, Ms. Erin and Ms. Katey for dance camp. This camp will be held June 21, 22, 23 24 from 2:00-3:30pm. The total cost is $100 per student. This particular camp is open to students ages 7-10

Trolls Dance Camp-AGES 7-10
Join Ms, Yvonne, Ms. Erin and Ms. Katey for dance camp. This camp will be held July 12, 13, 14, 15 from 2:00-3:30pm. The total cost is $100 per student. This particular camp is open to students ages 7-10

Trolls Dance Camp- AGES 4-6
Join Ms, Yvonne, Ms. Erin and Ms. Katey for dance camp. This camp will be held July 12, 13, 14, 15 from 12:00-1:30pm. The total cost is $100 per student. This particular camp is open to students ages 4-6

Princess Dance Camp- AGES 3-5
Join Ms, Yvonne, Ms. Erin and Ms. Katey for dance camp. This camp will be held July 19, 20, 21, 22 from 12:00-1:30pm. The total cost is $100 per student. This particular camp is open to students ages 3-5.

Flower Power Camp- Ages 5-13

June 7, 8, 9, 10 Cost $100 per student

Enjoy a 70's themed flower power camp full of fun dancing an activity, a snack and a water bottle each day. At the end of the camp students will go home with a tie dye shirt.

This camp is available for ages 5-8 from 12:00-1:30pm and for ages 9-13 from 2:00-3:30pm.

They also have regular ballet, tap, jazz and hip classes available this summer.

http://centerstagedancestudioky.com/#section1

GetReady! Camp

JUNE 1st – JUNE 25th

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  • Anytime from 9 – 11 am

    • Panther Academy in Elizabethtown

    • North Park Elementary in Radcliff

  • Anytime from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

    • Heartland Elementary in Elizabethtown

    • North Park Elementary in Radcliff

What Is Get Ready! Camp?

  • FREE summer program for children from birth to age 5

  • Family awareness of how children learn through play

  • Open to everyone

  • No registration required

Megan McDougal