Wellesley Summer Camps, 2018

Eastern Mass Soccer Clinic
August 6-10, 2018 – August 13-17,2018

Director Steve Ginsberg 617-947-4047
At Sprague Field Complex
Half-day soccer camp, Preschool – Grade 3, $255
Full-day clinic program, Grades 3 – 10, $395

EXPLO at Wellesley
106 Central St., Wellesley College campus

3-week program for students entering grades 8 – 9
Residential and day options
80 course options including Fashion Design, Criminal Investigations, Aeronautical Engineering
Approximately $5,790 tuition, room, and board for a three-week session
Approximately $2,715 tuition for day students for a three-week session

LINX Camps
45 Dana Road, Wellesley 

LINX Camps proudly serves Metrowest MA with over 40 premier camps, including Junior, General, Adventure, Performing Arts, Sports, Leadership, and STEAM. At LINX Camps, we are focused on building a community, one camper at a time. Our award-winning camps, for kids age 3 years – 10^th grade, provide a traditional day camp experience (like a sleepaway camp) that builds community and character while allowing kids to explore their interests. Theme Fridays, opening and closing ceremonies, and camp-wide spirit cheers are just a few of the community-building aspects of LINX Camps that all our camp families have the chance to enjoy and share with each other for a lifetime. Come see why we are an award-winning camp 5 years in a row! LINX bus transportation is available from 17 towns.

MassBay Community College School Summer Bridge Program

50 Oakland St, Wellesley, 781-239-2582
For all high school students:
July 11 – July 21, Monday – Thursday,9am – 3:30pm
2-week STEM program featuring workshops in electronics and Raspberry Pi, App Inventor, wearable technologies, and NetLogo Simulations.For rising juniors and seniors, and graduating seniors:
June 27 – July 21, Monday – Thursday, 9 am – 12 pmFor-credit interdisciplinary course featuring computer science and engineeringAt $100 for the 2-week program, it’s one of the better summer bargains in Wellesley.

Prime Time Lacrosse Camp
PrimeTime Lacrosse Day Clinics are designed to welcome new players to the game, help players who have been playing for a few years to improve their fundamentals and begin to introduce lacrosse team concepts, and assist experienced lacrosse players in taking their game to the next level as they prepare for high school lacrosse and beyond all in a fun, safe environment.

Puddlestompers
Puddlestompers Summer Programs offer hands-on nature experience for children ages 3-6  and 6-8. Following a weekly theme, each day children and educators investigate a different topic in nature. Our experienced teacher naturalists guide children in nature discovery and play through hands-on exploration, active movement, outdoor play, craft, stories and songs.
Four locations: Wellesley (Warren Recreation Center), and three in Newton

Sew Easy
159 Linden St., Wellesley, MA and a location in Needham
781-453-2222

Kids, ages 6 through 17+ years old, will experience the old-fashion pleasures of learning a new life skill. These skills include: learning to operate a sewing machine, selecting exciting fabrics and patterns, hand sewing and much more.
Monday thru Friday, 9:30am – 2:00pm (see website for details)
$299/week (plus a $25 supply fee)

Shaolin Studios, Martial Arts

277 Linden St., 781-772-1301
The studio is holding two separate week-long camps. Camp activities include mini karate lessons, advanced training, lego building games, crafts, and more.

Session One is June 25th-29th, 2018, 9am-1pm.
Session Two is August 20th-24th, 2018, 9am-1pm.
The cost is $300 for each week of camp and siblings are 50% off!

[email protected]
Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA
(781) 283-1000
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Discover what a difference one summer at Wellesley can make.

Summer. It’s the season for discovery, exploration, and growth.  Find out how you can succeed and thrive in ways you have yet to imagine – here at Wellesley College.  One Wellesley Summer Programs offer more than classes and credits. Summer classes are small, academically challenging and taught by full-time Wellesley faculty. Whether you are ready to advance along your academic path, or you would like to explore a whole new path, there is no better time to start than this summer. [email protected] offers opportunities to visiting undergraduates, high-school students in good academic standing and professionals.  Options include:

• Co-ed Undergraduate Summer Term: Explore a range of topics and new areas of interests by taking full-credit classes taught during the academic year at Wellesley. Choose from 50+ full credit courses.
• Pre-College Immersive Program: Take two full credit classes over four weeks and gain valuable insight on college life while living and studying as members of the Wellesley College community.
• Pre-College Exploratory Workshops: During one- and two-week residential workshops, students delve deep into a specific subject ranging from STEM to Humanities and Leadership to Sports. It’s the perfect taste of college life.
• Contemporary Women’s Leadership: Understand leadership & gender from an intersectional vantage point, gain practical real-world insights, and earn full-credit by studying gender equality and workplace challenges.

One Wellesley Summer.  Endless Possibilities.
Tenacre Day Camp
80 Benvenue Street, on the campus of Tenacre Country Day School, Ages 3 through 12
Tenacre is proud to be the best first camp experience for your child. The foundation of our camp’s success is the quality of our experienced staff, nurturing environment, and excellent swim program; most 3 and 4 year olds swim 1:1. Boys and girls ages 3-12 can enroll for up to 9 weeks, June 26 – August 25. Daily full day hours are 8:25am – 3:15pm. Aftercamp Child Care is offered daily, 3:15pm – 6pm. The staff encourages growth, while making every child feel safe in a fun-filled atmosphere. Our facilities keep our campers active and engaged with NEW heated outdoor pools, air conditioned rooms, and beautiful playing fields. Activities include daily instructional and recreational swim, clay, crafts, music, sports, nature, science, archery, ropes course, and more. Minimum 2 consecutive weeks enrollment required. 2017 cost: $523 and up/week, discounts available.

In addition to the Day Camp, Tenacre offers exciting one-week Specialty Programs! Beginning in June, children can sign up for swimming lessons and the Rising Star Sports program. Other Specialty weeks during the summer include STEM programs, Movie Makers, Art, Science, Chess, Dance, and more!

Terriers Sports Camps (Offered to grades 1-6 — grade is as of January, 2018) Kids enjoy a daily blend of unstructured fun and team sports.  Teams play baseball, basketball, dodgeball, soccer and flag football games – Terriers style – with action and energy. Open gym and playground periods let kids enjoy summer fun playing wall ball, shooting baskets, playing catch, trading sports cards, or just hanging out with friends. Awards are presented daily for Effort, Improvement and Sportsmanship, and teams enjoy competing for coveted Terriers Championship Buckets.

Hosted at Bates School in Wellesley (9am-3:30pm): Monday, June 25 – Friday, June 29; Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13; Monday, July 16– Friday, July 20; Monday, July 23 – Friday, July 27; Monday, July 30 – Friday, August 3.

Hosted at Wellesley Recreation Center (9am-3:30pm) Monday, August 20 –Friday, August 24.

Register at www.wellesleyma.gov/recreation

Wellesley Recreation Department, day camp
90 Washington St., the Warren Building

Introducing our re-imagined Summer Camps. Don’t be fooled, some of these camps may look familiar, but we have re-designed them to be even more fun and exciting than before. Camps will include more field trips, swim lessons, bigger and better special events, super creative activities, and much more. Find our more about our KinderCamp (ages 4 – 5); Camp Joey (grades K – 2); Camp Q (grades 3 – 8); Camp Adventure (grades 6 – 8); Counselor in Training program.

Registration for Wellesley residents starts January 5, 2017, starting at 9am; Non Residents: January 19, 2017, starting at 9am.

Please feel free to contact the office with any questions 781-235-2370.

Approximately $280 for one week of camp

Town of Wellesley, Project Extreme, Counselors in Training Program
90 Washington St, the Warren Building

For 14-15 year olds who want a work-oriented experience. Participants will learn the demands and responsibilities of a counselor’s job. They will become First Aid and CPR certified.
Session 1, 7/6 – 7/24, $450
Session 2, 7/27 – Aug 14, $450
Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm

Wellesley Theatre Project
219 Washington Street

WTP offers one-week theatre camps and full-scale production camps for kids 4 years – 12th grade. Our award-winning camps for kids provide students with a fun, well-rounded theatre experience.  Sessions include three production camps geared for students between 2nd and 12th grade in addition to one-week Theatre Arts camps for Pre K- 12th grade. The production camps are: Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark (Grades 2-8), Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach (Grades 2-12), and Big Fish (Grades 8-12). Programs begin June 25th and run all summer. Camp tuition starts at $275.

WINGS Program

Academic, enrichment, and recreational summer program for students entering K – 5 in the fall.
Location: Sprague School, 401 School St, Wellesley 02481
781-446-6210 x2540 or [email protected]

Academics courses are based on WPS Learning Goals and are designed for students who need practice and review in order to maintain skills or for those students who want to learn strategies in specific content areas such as early literacy, comprehension, fluency, math and writing. To ensure the intensity of the instruction in the academic strand of courses, enrollment will be limited to 12-15 whenever possible.

Enrichment Courses are designed for students who want to pursue a special interest or to develop a new one. Goals for the enrichment courses include sharing and taking turns and developing good sportsmanship by fostering collaboration and cooperation.

Axiom Learning

LEAP 3.0 and Executive Functioning Bootcamp
254 Washington St. Wellesley, MA
Contact: Lauren Boranian, [email protected]ing.com
781-283-5789

LEAP 3.0 and our EF Bootcamp are summer programs for students with ADHD, Dyslexia, Cognitive Processing challenges or Executive Functioning deficits. Summer is the perfect time to optimize your child’s learning to help them thrive. Call us to set up an assessment or free consultation.

Camps Beyond Wellesley

Belmont

Tangi Learning Center — BELMONT
[email protected]
30 Church St. Suite200   Belmont, MA 02478

Our six-week program (July 09 – August 17) provides an extensive coverage of the material as well as skills required to earn the highest grades in your courses. Summer courses offer your student an academic advantage as they prepare to reenter school at their next grade level in September.

We also offer unbeatable preparation for SAT and ACT exams. Summer is the ideal time to master the material required to achieve the highest score and to develop winning strategies for college applications.

All of our classes are small and we are committed to delivering the best education to every student. Classes include up to six students while test prep classes and AP classes may be restricted to five students.

Boston

Boston Leadership Institute — BOSTON

The Boston Leadership Institute offers three-week, hands-on summer research programs for gifted middle and high school students.  Students receiving strong grades in G/T, IB, AP, and Honors math and science classes are encouraged to apply.   Cutting-edge research from fields such as Synthetic Biology, Neuroscience, Contagious Disease, Green Chemistry, and Drug Discovery is translated into challenging and innovative hands-on research labs.  Programs are led by teachers who hold advanced degrees, who work or teach at world-class institutions such as Harvard and MIT, or who have won major teaching awards.  Students formulate original research proposals and collect data.  Field trips take advantage of leading biotech companies, universities, and hospitals located in the Boston area.  Programs culminate in student conference presentations.  The Boston Leadership Institute has received multiple awards and has been named on lists of top summer science programs.  Boston area day and residential programs are located at Bentley University/Gann, Dana Hall Prep School, and Longwood Medical/Simmons College locations.

LEXINGTON

Lexington: Epiphany Story Lab
35 Bedford St. #3, Lexington, 0242

New production company and student Hollywood Boot Camp. Our two-week Hollywood Boot Camp is the only summer film program where students learn from active Hollywood producers out of a functioning production office. Students will learn how to make their own film and also actively participate in the development, production, and marketing of major motion pictures.

MILTON

Explore Japan Program — MILTON
Pierce Middle School, Milton (boys) July 21 – August 7, 2016
Milton High School (girls) July 24 – August 9, 2016

Bring Japan home this summer! During Explore Japan, local families host visiting Japanese students while their children attend daily Japanese culture workshops and go on exciting Boston-area field trips. For families who host a Japanese visitor during the program one child can attend Explore Japan for FREE! That is a two-and-a-half-week program, 9AM – 4PM, Mon – Fri, including admission and supervision on afternoon field trips – for free. The Explore Japan Program welcomes students ages 8-18 from all Eastern MA communities.

MEDFIELD

Montrose School Summer Program — MEDFIELD
29 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
508.359.2423

With more than 20 courses, the 2017 Summer Program includes academic, special-interest and athletic courses for girls entering grades 3-12.  Participants will build mastery, gain momentum, and make memories that will last for years to come.  With low student to teacher ratios, our programs provide the personal attention needed to master academic concepts, perfect a craft or skill, and form meaningful friendships.

NATICK

The Center for the Arts in Natick (TCAN)
14 Summer St., Natick, MA 01760
508-647-0097

Pocketful of Tales
Calling all performers! If your child loves to sing, dance, act, and tell stories then THIS is the place for them!
Pocket Full of Tales Theater Company presents  boutique-style theatre workshops for kids of all experience levels. Workshops allow kids to explore, experiment, and engage in the performing arts through stories inspired by popular classic adapted specifically for young performers by a team of international composers and an in-house playwright/director. Ages 5 – 11.

Riverbend Discovery Camp — NATICK
39 Eliot St., Natick 01760
508-655-7333

At Riverbend Discovery Camp, our innovative approach encourages students to explore their talents with confidence, strive for achievement and discover new ways of thinking, all in an environment founded on respect and collaboration. Come experience a truly dynamic camp atmosphere. Now celebrating our 4th season, Riverbend Discovery Camp is a day camp in Natick open to children toddlers (15 months)-entering 5th graders.  Each program has been thoughtfully developed for each age-group customized by staff aware of the developmental growth and needs of children.

 

T. Higgins Studio — NATICK
18 Reynolds Ave., Natick, MA  01760
508-652-0713

Summer art workshops for grades 4 – 12, 9am – 12:00. Programs include:  Summer Art Workshop and Stained Glass Workshop.

 

 

Walnut Hill School for the Arts
12 Highland Street, Natick, MA 01760
508.653.4312

Each summer, Walnut Hill School for the Arts welcomes hundreds of talented students from across the country and around the world to our Natick, Massachusetts, campus for immersive programs in dance, theater, and visual art. Our programs are specially designed to provide students ages 10–17 with a rich, satisfying summer arts experience that allows them to develop their skills and work with expert faculty and peers who share their exceptional abilities and love for the arts. The perfect blend of serious study and summer fun, Walnut Hill’s programs offer intensive training within a supportive, creative environment. Read more about Walnut Hill’s unique summer programs.

NEEDHAM

iD Tech Camps — NEEDHAM
Olin College of Engineering
1000 Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492
888-709-8324

Welcome to the original tech camp, built around YOU. Code a mobile app. Design your own video game. Produce a viral video. Discover the secrets of cryptography. Our flagship program features over 30 innovative courses, blending world-class instruction with fun camp activities. In each weeklong session, you’ll explore an inspiring campus, make new friends, and build skills that last long after summer. Day and overnight available. Over 130 locations all over the country.

 

 

Plugged In Music That Matters — NEEDHAM
40 Freeman Place
Needham, MA  02492
781-956-4218
[email protected]

Plugged In’s Music that Matters Summer Camp is for ages 11-18 and includes band class, songwriting, recording a song for a CD, music video, workshops, offsite events, and performance opportunities. Each session ends with a benefit concert that raises money for a charitable organization chosen by the students themselves. Plugged In provides a nurturing and supportive community to which young musicians feel a sense of belonging, an opportunity to express and be acknowledged for their musical interests and a chance to use their music to help others around the world. In addition to summer camp, Plugged In offers weekly ensemble band classes during the fall and spring, private lessons and songwriting workshops.

Session I dates: July 9-20
Session II dates: July 23-August 3
Hours: 9 AM – 3 PM (extended hours available)
Registration ends when MTM reaches capacity (25 students per session)
Information and online registration form: http://www.pluggedinband.org/programs/summer-program/

The Chestnut Hill School
428 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-566-4394
[email protected]

Since 1972, Summer at Chestnut Hill has focused on providing an enriching camp environment where campers of all ages, abilities, and interests can flourish.  With an experienced team of educators, enthusiastic staff (many of whom were past campers and C.I.T.’s), and a diverse range of activities, campers learn, explore, create, make positive connections, and challenge themselves.  Our aim is for each camper to not only have an enriching camp experience, but to leave each summer with increased confidence, talents, and positive attributes.

Empow Studios
617-395-7527
11 locations across Massachusetts

Empow Studios brings technology, arts, and play together to help young learners discover and build on their creative talents.

At our two studios in Lexington & Newton, and our 9 other pop-up camp locations in Acton, Boston’s Back Bay, Belmont, Brookline, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Milton-Quincy, Natick, and Westford, kids can choose from 4 STEM camp types. Half-day morning, afternoon, and full-day options are available along with extended day. For kids going into grades 2-8.

SHARON

Everwood Day Camp — SHARON
125 Lakeview St., Sharon, MA  781-694-5829

A traditional day camp that includes sports, art, swimming, and nature study.  The camp is in a picture-perfect setting on a 350-acre lake, surrounded by 100-foot pine trees.
Approximately $1,680 for 3 weeks.

 

 

 

SOUTHBOROUGH

FaySummer — SOUTHBOROUGH

48 Main St., Southborough, MA  01772 Dynamic, hands-on programs for children entering Pre-Kindergarten through ninth grade.The camp offers day and overnight programs.
Day camps run about $500 per week.
Overnight camp is $5,250 for a 4-week session.

WAYLAND

Piccadilly Players’ Summer Theater Program — WAYLAND
St. Zepherin Church
99 Main St.  Wayland, MA

101 Dalmatians July 2–July 13, 2018

Honk! July 23–Aug 3, 2018

Piccadilly Players runs two-week long sessions, Monday–Friday, 1–4pm. During each session, children rehearse and perform a complete musical production. Regular activities include theater games, costume and set construction, singing, dancing, and of course, acting. Additionally, special leadership roles are available to middle school aged participants as actors, stage managers, or assistant directors. On the last day of each session, we will perform the show for family and friends at 4pm. All sessions are held in the parish center of St. Zepherin Church in Wayland.

WESTON

Brave Arts Theatre Workshop — WESTON
Regis College,235 Wellesley St., Weston 02493

Brave Arts strives to build confidence in children through growth as performers on stage and as people behind the scenes. Campers may board on the campus of Regis College or attend as day campers.

Day Sessions available July 9-27, 2018

Boarding Sessions available July 15-27, 2018

The Cambridge School of Weston, Summer Arts — WESTON
45 Georgian Rd, Weston, MA 02493
781-642-8617

Summer Arts at The Cambridge School of Weston is a multi-arts camp where students ages 6 – 15 explore their creativity, express their individuality, and take artistic risks. Summer Arts offers classes in art, dance, drama, media, music, sports, writing, swimming, photography and textiles.
Tuition includes daily hot lunch

Mazemakers — WESTON
10 Farm Rd, Weston, MA 02493
781-314-9230

Mazemakers is a small, dynamic learning community of young people entering grades two through eight that emphasizes choice, challenge and community. Participants choose their own courses and projects such as computer game design, art, digital photography and science, challenging themselves and each other in cooperative problem solving.

Meadowbrook Day Camp — WESTON
10 Farm Rd, Weston, MA 02493
781-647-0546

Campers learn how to swim, challenge themselves on the high ropes course, and explore the arts. Every child has the chance to shine whether it is on the tennis court, at the archery range, in ceramics, or letting his/her imagination soar in Drama. The focus is always on the camper with the goal of fostering teamwork, cooperation, integrity, leadership skills, a sense of fair play, and a respect for self and others.
$1405 for a two-week session, 2018

Rivers School, Summer Academic Courses — WESTON
333 Winters St., Weston 02493
781-235-9300

The Rivers School in Weston offers on-site and online summer courses which are open to all students regardless of where they live or attend school.  All classes are limited to enrollment between 10 and 12 students.

For high school-aged students, courses include Topics in Economics, Big History, The Art of Writing, Computer Programming, and more. For middle school students courses include Robot Mysteries:  Problem-Solving for the 21^st Century, Growing and Giving: a Service Learning Program, Ceramics and 2D/3D Art, Writing Workshop, and more.

The Rivers Day Camp Program — WESTON
333 Winters St., Weston 02493
339-686-2293

Camp experience offering a wide range of age appropriate activities, a safe environment, and a structured daily schedule. Children are placed in co-ed groups according to age with a 1:3 counselor to camper ratio of experienced and nurturing counselors.
Ages 3 1/2 – 7th grade.
Activities may include:

• Archery • Arts & Crafts • Basketball • Batball • Canoeing • Capture the Flag • Cooperative Games • Dance •
• Fishing • Flag Football • Gaga Ball • Gym Ball • Karate • Kayaking • Kickball • Legos • Music •

• Newcomb • Pillo-Polo • Paddle Boarding • Sailing • Soccer • Softball • Swimming (Red

Cross-Certified) • Tennis (Elective) • Volleyball • Whiffleball • Wood Shop •

 

MAINE

Coastal Studies for Girls — FREEPORT, MAINE
308 Wolfe’s Neck Rd, Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-9700

Overnight camp with various programs for rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls. Camp days are filled with adventures in the mud flats and along the rocky intertidal zone in our backyard, day hikes in nearby state parks, and visits to several of the marine science facilities that pepper the Maine coast.
Coastal Connection and Expanding Coastal Connection and Leadership

Winona Camps for Boys — BRIDGTON, MAINE

35 Winona Road
Bridgton, Maine 04009 USA
(207) 647-3721
[email protected]

Winona is a summer camp that offers boys the opportunity to partake in numerous activities such as swimming, canoeing and sailing as well as archery, horseback riding and the Junior Maine Guide program. Along with enjoying the lakes and mountains of western Maine on canoe or hiking trips, Winona is a boys camp that has several athletic facilities on site for soccer, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, and volleyball.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Fleur de Lis Sleepaway Camp for girls

At Fleur de Lis Camp, girls ages 8-15 move through their camp days smiling, laughing, learning, and sharing. Whether it’s learning to serve a tennis ball, practicing lines for a play, swimming, or playing Capture the Flag, it’s about gaining confidence and independence. Fleur de Lis is committed to fostering leadership skills, citizenship, and self-confidence while helping each girl reach her full potential. Our community is intentionally “age-blind”; we believe that each girl regardless of her age can help and learn from fellow campers during activities, eating together in the dining hall, and living with peers.