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Middle & High School Camps (Entering Grades 6-12)
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Week 1: June 7-11 (Click Here) REGISTRATION CLOSED
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
Bring Lego worlds to life! We provide the Legos. You provide your imagination. Work in groups to create a Lego set with Lego characters for a stop-motion movie that you storyboard and shoot, and add voice-overs, too. *Flix downloadable within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $230
Instructor: IncrediFlix
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by creating classic games like Pong, Pac-Man, and Brick Breaker. Then they invent new games of their own. Three MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website.The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $210
Instructors: MindDance Team
Welcome to the Sticky Fingers STEAM Creation Lab! Cooking and science are a match made in...the kitchen! Come join our STEAM camp to explore the many connections between cooking and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math — with delectable dishes to create an amazing experience for all young chefs in training! We’ll be adding spice, subtracting boredom, and multiplying the fun to create culinary masterpieces. Young chefs will not only create delectable dishes but also conduct experiments with edible ingredients in this fascinating and delicious camp.
Cost: $335
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Budding artists will love a chance to paint a variety of subjects including animals, sports, Colorado pride, summer, beaches, and more at an off-campus art studio. During this creative camp, campers will explore a different medium, from small to large canvases, wood panels, and tote bags, and paint happy trees to their heart’s content. The best part? Your camper will go home with several creations that are uniquely theirs. Daily treats will be served as well!
Cost: $370
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again!
Cost: $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Refine your construction skills as you tinker with Play-Well TEKnologies and tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Apply real-world concepts though projects such as: dizzying Teacup Rides, customized Cuckoo clocks, and the historic Wright Flyer. Design and build as never before and explore your craziest ideas.
Cost: $230
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Kids experience the fun of combining coding and engineering. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed coding language for young people. Campers use Scratch to create their own video games, musical devices, and interactive art. Next, they use craft materials to build physical devices to control their digital creations. For example, they build their own joysticks out of egg cartons, tin foil, wire, and popsicle sticks, or they build their own keyboards out of mat board, tinfoil, and clothespins. Finally, they get friends and teachers to try out their games and devices. To connect Scratch with the physical world, campers work with the PicoBoard from SparkFun Electronics. Three MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $210
Instructors: MindDance Team
Word Nerds! Do you love words? Come explore the word-verse! We’ll look into the history of the English language, its relationship to other languages, and explore the unexpected origins of everyday words. Plus you’ll learn secret tips of cruciverbalists (crossword puzzle solvers) and play lots of word games.
Cost: $216
Instructor: Stephanie Turner
In this advanced class, students are given more instruction on how to create compelling stories and more independence to try ideas that may be more difficult. Bring Lego worlds to life! We provide the Legos. You provide your imagination. Work in groups to create a Lego set with Lego characters for a stop-motion movie that you storyboard and shoot, and add voice-overs, too. *Flix downloadable within a month after camp ends.
Cost: $230
Instructor: IncrediFlix
Do you love baking? Do you love art? Do you appreciate a beautifully decorated cake or cupcake? Sign up for Cake Decorating and you’ll learn how to make delicious buttercream frosting and how to decorate pastries with it! From borders to flowers to writing—you will become a cake decorator by the end of the week. You will never have to buy a store-bought birthday cake again! $275
Instructor: Jane Kelly
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Entering Grades 1-9
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2021 include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. *Due to CDC guidelines, our capacity in the pool will need to be limited, swim time will be limited to 2 or 3 days per week this summer. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $384 per week.
This is a wonderful opportunity for aspiring singers. You will learn about stage presence, microphone techniques, vocal qualities, vocal placement, and much more! Gain confidence as a performer and have lots of fun onstage. This intense summer camp will help you achieve a higher level of performance qualities and we will share our awesome singing abilities at the end of the week for family and friends.
Cost: $400
Instructor: Anita Boland
Come learn the basics of the sport of fencing! This week-long summer camp introduces students to all three of the Olympic weapons. Students get the Olympic experience using our fully electric scoring equipment, as well as our regulation-sized fencing strips. Each day is dedicated to studying one of the three weapons, through drills, games, and challenges. Camp culminates with an in-house tournament.
Cost: $570
Instructor: Denver Fencing Center
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $440
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Bike where no car has been. Explore pristine paths. Push your personal limits. REI Guides teach basic mountain biking techniques, including shifting, braking, ascending, descending, and maneuvering around obstacles. Guides have current PMBIA training, Wilderness First Aid, and CPR certifications. All gear, including mountain bikes, is provided. Join us to ride some of the fantastic trails in the foothills, including Village Greens Park, Bear Creek Lake Park, and Flatirons Vista.
Cost: $890
Instructor: REI
Beat the heat this summer at Rocky Mountain Ski and Wake Camp. Never skied or boarded before? You will be amazed at the level of proficiency that you are able to achieve in just one week! More experienced skiers and boarders receive personalized instruction to help hone slalom skiing, tubing, and wake jumping skills. All equipment is provided; just bring your swimsuit, a lot of sunscreen, and a positive attitude.
Cost: $880
Instructor: Steve Hammer & Rocky Mountain Ski and Wake School
If your kids are "ACTING OUT," send them to us! We promise to put that energy to good use. Theatre teaches positive, lifelong skills. Campers learn professionalism, how to "play" well with others, stage presence, confidence, projection, enunciation, stage rules, improvisation, all while having fun. Each performer will enhance creativity, stretch imagination, gain confidence, and prepare for a culminating performance at the end of the workshop.
Cost: $1600 (Cost for all 4 weeks)
Instructor: Annie Dwyer
Week 2: June 14-18 (Click Here) REGISTRATION CLOSED
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
What would you wish for if you had 3 magical wishes? Join Aladdin and all his friends as he meets the mystical Genie who offers to make all his dreams come true...or will he? Princesses, tigers, magic carpets, and a full cast of fun characters bring this classic tale to life and help Aladdin see the importance of friendship and being true to one’s self.
Cost: $315
Instructor: KidStage
Paper airplanes have ignited the imagination of young people the world over. Flying their planes farther, higher, and for longer are recurring goals for many children, and we hope this camp keeps that spark alight! Campers learn various folding techniques and plane designs, from which they conduct test flights and friendly competitions. Campers learn the value of details such as a "snub nose" or the "Nakamura lock" in their planes, with the ultimate goal of acquiring several plane-folding designs that are sure to entertain for days on end!
Cost: $230
Instructor: Austin Harvey
Are your kids ready to go outside and play? This camp helps your child learn basic tennis skills with group instruction, drills, and games, following USTA ROGY progression guidelines. In addition to tennis, your child’s active morning includes a variety of fun and age/skill-appropriate games, such as tag, dodgeball, spud, kickball, and more, to develop their eye-hand coordination, balance, agility, strength, and fitness.
Cost: $230
Instructors: Nancy Hallowell & Marcia Richards
The use of Virtual Reality is changing the face of computing and user applications before our very eyes! This camp teaches one of the most advanced VR design applications in the industry, Blocksmith, which allows students to easily make VR/AR experiences, games, and more, for both desktop and mobile. Students design their own 3D environments and then immerse themselves directly into it with Google Cardboard headsets. This is a one-of-a-kind course offered exclusively by Silicon STEM.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Have you wondered how people make balloon animals? How do they twist them together and when to stop? How does it end up looking like a dog!? This is the camp for you! We will learn some very basic techniques for balloon twisting along with a handful of animals or objects that can be modified in simple ways. Students will leave with their own balloon pump and a small pack of balloons to practice with at home. Come have fun making, creating and building cool 3-dimensional animals and objects with balloons!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Austin Harvey
Come explore the bounty of summer-fresh, local, colorful ingredients and explore how those foods got from the ground to our plates. You might already know that carrots can improve your eyesight, but did you know that cherries can help improve your memory? Young chefs will also learn what makes certain ingredients so super for the body and how delicious they can taste, while practicing basic cooking skills and techniques on their way to becoming super chefs!
Cost: $335
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Budding artists will love a chance to paint a variety of subjects including animals, sports, Colorado pride, summer, beaches, and more at an off-campus art studio. During this creative camp, campers will explore a different medium, from small to large canvases, wood panels, and tote bags, and paint happy trees to their heart’s content. The best part? Your camper will go home with several creations that are uniquely theirs. Daily treats will be served as well!
Cost: $370
Be transported to a time in the not-so-distant past in which everything runs on steam and ingenuity! Learn to make an authentic steampunk top hat with rivets and goggles. Be inspired to use your own creativity to repurpose everyday items into Steampunk accessories.
Cost: $236
Instructor: Jen Gelvin
What is the science behind common foods we get at the supermarket such as hot chocolate, ice cream, Nutella, and ketchup? We learn about how our favorite packaged foods are made and preserved through a scientist’s lens. Scientists go through multiple experiments to create a product that not only tastes and looks good, but is also safe to eat. We dive into the chemistry of shelf-stability, baking, fermentation, and much more! The young scientists have a week packed with experiments and create healthier and tastier versions of packaged food from scratch. The intention of this camp is to pique their interest in science and cooking, as well as having the young scientists think about how their packaged food is made. A guest food scientist explains the nature of their work and teaches a lesson.
Cost: $240
Instructor: Joy Chi
Calling all Minecrafters! If your camper loves Minecraft, then this camp is the one! Students learn how to create their own “mods” (short for modifying) to use in their Minecraft worlds. Using Java programming, campers create and design their own ores, tools, game weapons, and armor with Adobe Photoshop. This camp provides a stepping-stone to the World Creations Modding Camp.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Entering Grades 1-9
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2021 include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. *Due to CDC guidelines, our capacity in the pool will need to be limited, swim time will be limited to 2 or 3 days per week this summer. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $384 per week.
In this awesome camp, budding stars will invent, write, and perform an entire musical! We decide what the show will be about. Think superheroes, rock stars, or spies. Perhaps we will do a little time traveling? The sky's the limit in this camp! We'll also write our own songs and of course, perform our masterpiece on Friday.
Cost: $400
Instructor: Anita Boland
Discover wildlife and nature through outdoor exploration, drawing, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts. Participate in wildlife watching, catch and observe critters on land and in the water, practice scientific journaling, and get inspired in this creative and artistic camp. We'll visit places like the Museum of Outdoor Arts, Botanic Gardens, and Audubon Center at Chatfield to explore arts, using nature as the inspiration and medium. Required equipment: daypack, snacks (lunch provided), walking shoes, filled water bottles, sunscreen, insect repellant, a hat, and sunglasses.
Cost: $445
Instructor: Suzy Hiskey with Denver Audubon
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $440
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
Make the most of your summer by exploring the diverse ecosystems that Colorado has to offer! Each day, you explore a new area in Colorado’s Front Range, where you get the chance to experience indoor and outdoor rock climbing, and get your feet wet paddling at a local reservoir. As a part of our Mountain Explorers Camp, you get the chance to explore the varied activities and types of terrain that make Colorado so unique and special. You make a field journal, learn about the '10 Essentials' and Leave No Trace wilderness ethics, build “survival” shelters, and gain some of the necessary skills to safely play in the mountains for years to come!
Cost: $630
Instructor: Colorado Mountain Club
Beat the heat this summer at Rocky Mountain Ski and Wake Camp. Never skied or boarded before? You will be amazed at the level of proficiency that you are able to achieve in just one week! More experienced skiers and boarders receive personalized instruction to help hone slalom skiing, tubing, and wake jumping skills. All equipment is provided; just bring your swimsuit, a lot of sunscreen, and a positive attitude.
Cost: $880
Instructor: Steve Hammer & Rocky Mountain Ski and Wake School
If your kids are "ACTING OUT," send them to us! We promise to put that energy to good use. Theatre teaches positive, lifelong skills. Campers learn professionalism, how to "play" well with others, stage presence, confidence, projection, enunciation, stage rules, improvisation, all while having fun. Each performer will enhance creativity, stretch imagination, gain confidence, and prepare for a culminating performance at the end of the workshop.
Cost: $1600 (Cost for all 4 weeks)
Instructor: Annie Dwyer
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Entering Grades 4-9
Spend the week searching for adventure in some of the more rustic parts of Colorado. Participate in a variety of outdoor activities, such as caving/spelunking, white water rafting, SUP/kayaking, and zip lining. Participants are challenged individually, but also learn how to trust and depend on other members of their group. Under the guidance and experience of trained leaders, the Adventure Seekers will have stories to tell about their exhilarating journeys into the wild. Activities are subject to change.
Cost: $605
Instructor: Mark Garcia
Week 3: June 21-25 (Click HERE) REGISTRATION CLOSED
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Kids learn to code by creating their own video games. Each camper works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants begin by creating classic games like Pong, Pac-Man, and Brick Breaker. Then they invent new games of their own. Three MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website.The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $210
Instructors: MindDance Team
Nutrition. Exercise. Mindfulness. These are the three pillars of One Bite at a Time. This week-long, half-day camp is for students who want to explore how eating good food, staying active, and being positive can be your superpowers. Expect to play daily food and nutrition games, eat nutritious snacks, watch jaw dropping videos, and win fun prizes along the way. You will also interact with a special guest speaker who lost over 100 lbs. after he developed his "mindfulness superpowers." Additionally, you will be burning off energy around the beautiful CA campus. Finally, you will create your own personalized wellness plan to take with you when camp is over.
Cost: $216
Instructor: Jason DiGioia
Develop your core guitar skills or take your playing to the next level. Our approach makes sounding great on the guitar fun and easy. Learn chords, melodies, grooves, and riffs so you can make music with your friends. Guitars are provided.
Cost: $270
Instructor: Sound Formation
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Kids learn to code by creating their own animated stories, music, and interactive art. Each participant works with a school laptop and with Scratch, an MIT-developed computer programming language for young people. Participants enjoy becoming creators rather than just consumers of digital content. Three MindDance teachers provide inspiration and support as kids create and share their work. Participants experience a warm and social learning community that is hands-on, challenging, and fun. The Scratch programming language is free and web-based, allowing campers to work on their projects from home, long after camp is over, and to publish their work to the Scratch website. The camp is great for beginning and experienced coders.
Cost: $210
Instructors: MindDance Team
Are you constantly scanning Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB for movie reviews? Have you ever watched a movie and immediately wanted to share your opinion about it? "Reel Reviews" gives you a voice in the world of cinema commentary. In this week-long class, you will be watching movies and learning the basics of film review writing. Critics who are 13 and older will submit their reviews to teenink.com. Critics under 13 can plan to add their reviews to our movie review journal. Plan to eat popcorn and think like a critic!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Jason Digioia
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $270
Instructors: Jen Werner
Are you a natural born leader? Do you want to experience the thrills of creating a ‘company’? Don’t miss out on this camp where you will create and sell handmade products at the Sale- A-Thon. This camp will dabble in the world of stocks and current events as they relate to businesses.
Cost: $220
Instructor: Little Scholars
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Entering Grades 1-9
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2021 include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. *Due to CDC guidelines, our capacity in the pool will need to be limited, swim time will be limited to 2 or 3 days per week this summer. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $384 per week.
Crack! Welcome to the wonder-filled world of Harry Potter, where you can become the wizard you have always known you are. Discover which house you belong to, find the wand that chooses you, and become a master potion maker—all while competing for the house cup. (Note: Watching the Harry Potter movies will be part of our immersion into the magical world of Harry Potter.)
Cost: $400
Instructor: Sadie Christlieb
This is a wonderful opportunity for aspiring singers. You will learn about stage presence, microphone techniques, vocal qualities, vocal placement, and much more! Gain confidence as a performer and have lots of fun onstage. This intense summer camp will help you achieve a higher level of performance qualities and we will share our awesome singing abilities at the end of the week for family and friends.
Cost: $400
Instructor: Anita Boland
Curious how to make your own baked goods, crackers, and pastries from scratch? Aspiring bakers and chefs who love to get their hands dirty in the kitchen will love our Culinary Team Challenge Camp! Campers will learn the basics of baking breads, fresh pastas, muffins, cookies and more from scratch each day. Young chefs-in-training will also take on cooking challenges inspired from favorite cooking TV shows such as Master Chef Jr, Cupcake Wars, Chopped Jr, and Cutthroat Kitchen. We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairing, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes throughout the week.
Cost: $550
Instructor: Sticky Fingers
(age requirement: 14 years and six months old) Start Smart Driving Academy is a locally owned/operated driving school in Lakewood offering driver’s education programs approved by the State of Colorado. The programs are focused on giving teens the education they need to develop the skills, confidence, and awareness for a lifetime of safe driving. The driver’s education program includes everything your teen needs to get their driving permit and license including a 30-hour class (required by the State of CO), written permit test, and behind the wheel lessons (completed over the year that student holds their permit).
Cost: $690
Instructor: Start Smart Driving Academy
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $440
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
If your kids are "ACTING OUT," send them to us! We promise to put that energy to good use. Theatre teaches positive, lifelong skills. Campers learn professionalism, how to "play" well with others, stage presence, confidence, projection, enunciation, stage rules, improvisation, all while having fun. Each performer will enhance creativity, stretch imagination, gain confidence, and prepare for a culminating performance at the end of the workshop.
Cost: $1600 (Cost for all 4 weeks)
Instructor: Annie Dwyer
Escape rooms are growing in popularity across the country. We’ll visit some of Denver’s best escape rooms during this exciting week. We’ll use teamwork and clues embedded in the room to solve various puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before our time runs out. Using inspiration from some of the great escapes in popular films, campers will create their very own escape rooms and cause-and-effect contraptions for others to try, if they dare. This camp is suitable for individuals who have completed one or two escape rooms. If you have completed more than two escape rooms, we recommend signing up for the Professional Escape camp!
Cost: $570
Instructor: Kathy Zolla
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Entering Grades 4-9
Spend the week searching for adventure in some of the more rustic parts of Colorado. Participate in a variety of outdoor activities, such as caving/spelunking, white water rafting, SUP/kayaking, and zip lining. Participants are challenged individually, but also learn how to trust and depend on other members of their group. Under the guidance and experience of trained leaders, the Adventure Seekers will have stories to tell about their exhilarating journeys into the wild. Activities are subject to change.
Cost: $605
Instructor: Mark Garcia
Week 4: June 28 - July 2 (Click Here) REGISTRATION CLOSED
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Amusement Park Adventures: Every child loves to go to the amusement park and ride their favorite rides, but have they ever thought about how to build one and the people who design them? In Snapology’s Amusement Park Adventure, students become designers of their own amusement park rides. While designing, they learn physics and engineering concepts as well as problem solving skills, all while having a blast!
Cost: $285
Instructors: Snapology
The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity recently due to its ease of play, portable size, and signature sound. Come learn a new instrument that has been featured recently in many popular songs. You’ll learn the notes and chords you need to play many of your favorite songs, old and new. Campers may use their own instrument, or borrow a ukulele from the instructor.
Cost: $216
Instructor: Phil Jones
In this week-long writers’ workshop, beginning and experienced writers alike will learn new techniques for crafting poetry and fiction, and all will present their work aloud at a daily Open Mic event. Through writing games, exercises, and revision techniques, participants will build skills to help them craft plot, character, and dialogue, as well as sharpen their ability to use tone, description, and figurative language. Young writers will conclude the week with a collection of prompts, drafts, and polished pieces, and we will compile a literary magazine featuring the best of the week’s work!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Jason Digioia
Are your kids ready to go outside and play? This camp helps your child learn basic tennis skills with group instruction, drills, and games, following USTA ROGY progression guidelines. In addition to tennis, your child’s active morning includes a variety of fun and age/skill-appropriate games, such as tag, dodgeball, spud, kickball, and more, to develop their eye-hand coordination, balance, agility, strength, and fitness.
Cost: $230
Instructors: Nancy Hallowell & Marcia Richards
The use of Virtual Reality is changing the face of computing and user applications before our very eyes! This camp teaches one of the most advanced VR design applications in the industry, Blocksmith, which allows students to easily make VR/AR experiences, games, and more, for both desktop and mobile. Students design their own 3D environments and then immerse themselves directly into it with Google Cardboard headsets. This is a one-of-a-kind course offered exclusively by Silicon STEM.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
This camp is open to beginner and intermediate players. Students learn chess strategy and tactics, as well as etiquette. Sign your budding chess player up for multiple sessions, because a new topic is taught during each session, and each week, throughout the summer. Depending on your child's ability and knowledge of the game, the instructor individualizes lessons so that all chess players are learning, being challenged, and playing at their level. The class is taught by National Master and five-time Denver Chess Champion Todd Bardwick.
Cost: $310
Instructor: Todd Bardwick
Be inspired by the natural innovation and engineering of the animal world. Design and build fluttering butterflies, stomping elephants, and fierce Tasmanian devils. Apply real-world mechanical engineering concepts as you design, build, and explore your craziest ideas.
Cost: $230
Instructor: Play-Well TEKnologies
Cook your way around the world in our globally-inspired cooking camp! What better way to explore another culture than through its food? In this delicious camp, young chefs will cook recipes from countries all around the world and explore food history, explore customs, songs, geography, and languages associated with each recipe. Young chefs will cook and gobble up tasty, healthy cuisine from South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia!
Cost: $335
Instructor: Sticky Fingers Cooking
Nutrition. Exercise. Mindfulness. These are the three pillars of One Bite at a Time. This week-long, half-day camp is for students who want to explore how eating good food, staying active, and being positive can be your superpowers. Expect to play daily food and nutrition games, eat nutritious snacks, watch jaw dropping videos, and win fun prizes along the way. You will also interact with a special guest speaker who lost over 100 lbs. after he developed his "mindfulness superpowers." Additionally, you will be burning off energy around the beautiful CA campus. Finally, you will create your own personalized wellness plan to take with you when camp is over.
Cost: $216
Instructor: Jason DiGioia
Do you enjoy writing and drawing? Writers this week use their creative minds to write comics like Calvin and Hobbes, The DC comics, Captain Underpants, and much more! We learn about the authors who wrote these infamous comics and how they were inspired. This is a stress-free, creative space for young writers to express themselves through their art!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Joy Chi
Social media platforms are mere pastimes for a new generation of information consumers, but for the YouTube Star, communication platforms are powerful tools that can turn surfers into entrepreneurs and celebrities! In this exclusive one -week summer camp, students will create their own YouTube channel and use the latest in video edition tools (Adobe Premier) to learn the critical video editing skills necessary for uploading videos that get noticed. Don’t just be a social media user, become an online star, and show your ideas to the world.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Learn to program the robotic ball, Sphero, to do tricks, complete obstacle courses, and create animations! Participants will be introduced to text programming through gaming and interact with Sphero in a 3D augmented environment using various iPad apps. Each participant will be required to bring his or her own iPad or loan one from CA.
Cost: $290
Instructor: Thanh Luong
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Entering Grades 1-9
Day Camp for 6-year-olds to 13-year-olds is the anchor of CA’s summer programs and is offered for eight weeks of the summer. The Day Camp program is based on good old-fashioned summertime fun! Daily activities for 2021 include: adventure, archery, arts and crafts, swimming, campfire program (songs, stories, community building), group games, tennis fun, music, and more. *Due to CDC guidelines, our capacity in the pool will need to be limited, swim time will be limited to 2 or 3 days per week this summer. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $384 per week.
In this awesome camp, budding stars will invent, write, and perform an entire musical! We decide what the show will be about. Think superheroes, rock stars, or spies. Perhaps we will do a little time traveling? The sky's the limit in this camp! We'll also write our own songs and of course, perform our masterpiece on Friday.
Cost: $400
Instructor: Anita Boland
Take your summer to new heights with Outdoor Rock Climbing! This program is tailored for participants with little to no rock-climbing experience. The week is packed with five full days of outdoor rock climbing, and activities focused on building both essential climbing skills and personal confidence in this new, exciting, and (sometimes) challenging sport. In this camp you learn about outdoor safety, climbing equipment, knot tying, belaying and rappelling, and experience this all in a small, supportive environment facilitated by highly skilled AMGA certified instructors. We start the week out on real rock, learning essential climbing skills, such as safety checks, belaying, and knot tying. After mastering these basics, the next four days are spent honing skills at various climbing sites around the Front Range. There, you learn about outdoor climbing safety and etiquette, Leave No Trace wilderness ethics, practice rappelling, and learn techniques for various types of rock climbing. Spend a week challenging yourself with a new skill, making new friends, and exploring some of the beautiful parts of Colorado’s Front Range!
Cost: $670
Instructor: Colorado Mountain Club
Square State Skate provides skateboard instruction and guidance for children of all ages and skill abilities allowing your youngsters’ skills, passion and personality to grow in a safe, fun environment. Our skilled instructors work in small group settings to help teach everything from basic fundamentals to more advanced skills, we also can provide all the equipment needed for any program. We focus on participants' growth both on and off a skateboard by fostering self-confidence, persistence, and determination and building community through skateboarding.
Cost: $690
Instructor: Square State Skate
Crack! Welcome to the wonder-filled world of Harry Potter, where you can become the wizard you have always known you are. Discover which house you belong to, find the wand that chooses you, and become a master potion maker—all while competing for the house cup. (Note: Watching the Harry Potter movies will be part of our immersion into the magical world of Harry Potter.)
Cost: $400
Instructor: Sadie Christlieb
Want to get your hands dirty and play with some clay? Claytime - Intro to Ceramics is the perfect summer camp class for anyone with a creative bug who wants to learn how to hand build pottery but also learn how to throw on the wheel! In this class you can expect to learn how to make coil pots, pinch pots, slab building, glazing, and an introduction to throwing on the pottery wheel! All of these techniques are used to make a variety of fun and interesting projects over the course of our time together! Come join us and play with some clay!
Cost: $440
Instructor: Becci Marzonie
If your kids are "ACTING OUT," send them to us! We promise to put that energy to good use. Theatre teaches positive, lifelong skills. Campers learn professionalism, how to "play" well with others, stage presence, confidence, projection, enunciation, stage rules, improvisation, all while having fun. Each performer will enhance creativity, stretch imagination, gain confidence, and prepare for a culminating performance at the end of the workshop.
Cost: $1600 (Cost for all 4 weeks)
Instructor: Annie Dwyer
Escape rooms are growing in popularity across the country. We’ll visit some of Denver’s best escape rooms during this exciting week. We’ll use teamwork and clues embedded in the room to solve various puzzles and riddles to escape a series of rooms before our time runs out. Using inspiration from some of the great escapes in popular films, campers will create their very own escape rooms and cause-and-effect contraptions for others to try, if they dare. This camp is suitable for individuals who have completed one or two escape rooms. If you have completed more than two escape rooms, we recommend signing up for the Professional Escape camp!
Cost: $570
Instructor: Kathy Zolla
If you got lost on a family hike up in the mountains, would you know how to survive? Come join Cottonwood Institute (CI) for 5 fun-filled, action-packed days practicing the Top 5 things you need to know to survive in Colorado using your very own CI Survival Kits. Students will practice survival scenarios, shelter building, how to make fire, finding and purifying water, map and compass skills, rescue techniques, and more. At the program culmination, students will even have a chance to put their skills and knowledge to the test during a final Survival Team Olympics!
Cost: $785
Instructor: Cottonwood Institute
Week 5: July 6-9 (Click here) REGISTRATION CLOSED
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
The ukulele has seen a surge in popularity recently due to its ease of play, portable size, and signature sound. Come learn a new instrument that has been featured recently in many popular songs. You’ll learn the notes and chords you need to play many of your favorite songs, old and new. Campers may use their own instrument, or borrow a ukulele from the instructor.
Cost: $180
Instructor: Phil Jones
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Week 6: July 12-16 (Click Here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
These camps offer a solid foundation in skill development, and focus on the fundamentals of shooting and dribbling. Primarily stationary ball handling, dribbling off the move, form shooting, shooting off the catch and the dribble, live ball moves. Steve Hyatt, Colorado Academy's Boys Basketball head Coach, and current CA Varsity Players will teach fundamental basketball skills.
Each Camper will be assigned to practice at their own basket with a disinfected basketball. Campers will only be allowed to use their disinfected basketball and they are required to stay on their court.
We will strictly enforce stringent guidelines:
- Each Camper must wear a face mask (regular mask breaks will be provided outdoors )
- Each Camper will use hand sanitizer when entering and exiting the gym.
- Each Camper will be required to stay a minimum of 6 feet apart at all times.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Steve Hyatt
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Do you like playing tabletop games? Do you want to create your own game to play with friends and family? Board Game Design will dive into all the elements that make up a good (maybe great) game. We’ll look at creating themes such as zombies and superheroes, game styles (race to the end, deck building) mechanics (the rules) and most importantly, the elements that make games fun! We’ll create a board game from the bottom up, including boards, rules, cards, and pieces. Students will leave with their own design kit for a future of designing more games!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Patrick Wright
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Denver Chamber Music Camp is open to strings playing students of all ages who are at the following playing levels:
Violin: Suzuki Book 4 or Equivalent
Viola: Suzuki Book 2 or Equivalent
Cello: Suzuki Book 3 or Equivalent
Students also need to have basic music-reading skills. A day at chamber camp includes a coaching session with your assigned chamber ensemble; an enrichment class, including theory, ear training, music history, and more; and orchestra. The orchestra plays everything from Bach to Rock and will perform all these different genres at the final concert on Friday, July 12 at noon. All parents and friends are invited. All classes are taught by Denver professional musicians.
Cost: $445
Week 7: July 19-23 (Click Here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Entering grades 6-8
In this fun and supportive environment, we utilize a variety of drills and small-side games to practice and improve technical skills like dribbling, completing and receiving passes, and shooting with accuracy and power. Coaches will also work with athletes to develop tactics like defending, attacking, and moving with and without the ball. Mask wearing and distancing will be required.
Cost: $260
Instructor: Justin Schrader
Come join us for a weeklong mystery extravaganza during which student detectives conduct hands-on forensic science tests on evidence found at the “crime scene.” Students perform tests on clues in the forensic laboratory, including thread comparison tests, chromatography, pH tests, and powder tests. Through observation, experimentation, and discussion, we attempt to solve the mystery of the Case of Felix.
Cost: $230
Instructor: Shelley DeRock
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
We know that social skills are a strong determinant of success and it's never too soon to start developing young leaders through these skills. Leadership Camp helps your child become more confident by helping them be more comfortable in social situations. Topics include first impressions like shaking hands, introductions, eye contact and conversation success. Plus, instructors will explore table manners,party manners, gifts, thank you notes, minding your technology manners, making and keeping friends, and even a few ballroom dance steps. A final instructional meal puts new skills into action.
Cost: $315
Instructor: Christy Porter
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $270
Instructors: Jen Werner
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
Week 8: July 26-30 (Click Here)
Morning Camps 9:00AM-12:00PM
Afternoon Camps 12:30PM-3:30PM
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $270
Instructors: Jen Werner
Do you enjoy writing and drawing? Writers this week use their creative minds to write comics like Calvin and Hobbes, The DC comics, Captain Underpants, and much more! We learn about the authors who wrote these infamous comics and how they were inspired. This is a stress-free, creative space for young writers to express themselves through their art!
Cost: $216
Instructor: Joy Chi
The use of Virtual Reality is changing the face of computing and user applications before our very eyes! This camp teaches one of the most advanced VR design applications in the industry, Blocksmith, which allows students to easily make VR/AR experiences, games, and more, for both desktop and mobile. Students design their own 3D environments and then immerse themselves directly into it with Google Cardboard headsets. This is a one-of-a-kind course offered exclusively by Silicon STEM.
Cost: $355
Instructor: Silicon STEM Academy
Groovy Glass Class allows students to learn the basics of the glass arts, including the tools and techniques in making stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics. They are presented each day with a new glass art and project to complete. During the last two days of camp, artists work on individual projects in their favorite groovy glass medium. Safety in this class is an important focus throughout the week.
Cost: $270
Instructors: Jen Werner
Design your very own fashion line with us! Budding designers will keep a fashion portfolio, create a one of a kind piece with recyclable goods and end the week with a Runway Show to rival Fashion Week! We will participate in several design challenges too. Come design the runway with us!
Cost: $255
Instructor: Little Scholars
Full Day Camps 9:00AM-3:30PM
**COVID-19 Health and Safety Fee. $20/Week/Camper will be charged in 2021 to cover health and safety costs related to pandemic response. Fee is included in the cost of tuition.
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About Us
Colorado Academy Summer Programs encourage Self Discovery, so that campers can identify passions, nurture talents, and increase skills. In our Traditional Camp, campers sample athletic, creative, and waterfront activities that are engaging and fun. And our Specialty Camps allow individuals to customize their own schedules with intriguing and challenging options.
CA’s 94-acre campus in southwest Denver is the perfect stage for kids from as far as Castle Rock, Evergreen and Parker to come together to learn, laugh, and increase self-confidence. With experienced educators and caring counselors, campers receive the individual attention they need to succeed.
Optional daily transportation is available, and off-site field trips punctuate the curriculum.
Our Purpose: Building Self Confidence is our focus. We want every camper to leave our Summer Programs more aware of who they are and what they can become. We encourage individuals to step out of their comfort zones, challenge themselves, take healthy risks, revel in the experiences, and then acknowledge their accomplishments.
Our Services
We offer eight weeks of Day Camp programming, ages 4 and up, from June 7 through July 30, 2021.
We move confidently into 2021 because of the lessons we learned in 2020, and our plan for small groups. We are proud of our version of camp, which is an exceptional combination of unique programs, a commitment to the health of our community, and good old-fashioned summertime FUN!
Here’s to the summer of 2021! We hope your family will be with us.