Art Camps:
- Baycrafters Summer Art Camp - Bay Village; Coed, ages 4-teen; two-day and week-long camps from June - August; call 440 871-6543 for more information
Chess Camps:
- Chess Camp; Hawken School, Lyndhurst; Coed, ages 5-16; August 7-11; for more information, call 888 65-CHESS or visit www.chesscamp.com.
Science and Computer Camps:
- Computer Explorers - offers three camps: Hands on Robotics, where students learn how robotics work and basic programming. Several locations around Cleveland; ages 6-8; 5 days a week, 2 hours each day; $120 per student. Bag it! - students build arcade games and edit their own arcade-style video game as well as take home a CD of the game; several locations; ages 8-12; 5 days, 2hours per day; $170 per student. Amusement Park - students create amusement park attractions using LEGO mindstorm systems; ages 10 and up; 5 days, 3 hours per day; $180 per student; Call 440 617-0185 for information and enrollment on all three programs.
- Women in Engineering Summer Camp - University of Dayton, Dayton; residential week-long program; Girls ages 15 - 18; call 937-229-3296 or visit their website for more information.
- Great Summer Science - Great Lakes Science Center - Grades K - 8; call 216 621-2400 for more information.
- Camp Invention - a weeklong summer day camp that provides enrichment in science, math, history, and the arts.
For more information, call 800 968-4332 or visit www.campinvention.org. - YMCA Camp Fitch, North Springfield PA; June 18 -24 and June 25 - July 1; boys and girls ages 8-17; for more information, call 888 809-CAMP or visit their website.
Church Camps and Bible School Camps:
- Camp Aldersgate - Carrollton; coed, grades 1-12; day and resident camp; call 330 627-4369 or visit their website for more information
- Camp Asbury - Hiram; Coed, ages first grade - adult; day and resident; call 330 569-3171 for more information
- Bethany Christian School, 6195 Broadview Rd., Parma - Summer camp for kids K-6th grade
For more information, call 216 661-6600
Culinary Camp:
- Camp Can-I-Cook; Strongsville; 3 day sessions; June 13 - 27;Topics include "cooking from the garden", "That's Italian", and "Texas Camp-out Cooking"; call 440 572-2855 for more information.
- Young Chefs Academy Camp; Solon; three-day camps in July and August.
Dance Camps:
- Summer Dance Camp - Independence; Ages 4-9; day camp; various programs from June 19 to August 18; call 216 901-1914 for more information.
- Cleveland City Dance - South Euclid; day camp; coed ages 3-19; modern, ballet, pointe, dance history, and choreography; call 216 932-0222 for more information.
Day Camps:
- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Summer Day Camp - full and half day camps for kids ages 5-12
For more information, call 216 635-3391 or visit www.clemetzoo.com - Deer Valley Camp, Huntsburg, OH (38 miles east of Cleveland - summer day camp for boys and girls ages 3-16
For more information, call 440 636-5905 or visit their website. - Hawken Day Camps - Hawken School, Gates Mills; for boys and girls of all ages; June 19 - July 28; call 440 423-2940 for more information
- Gilmour Day Camps - Gates Mills; June 19 to July 28; Preschool camp for ages 3 to 9; full day camp for grades kindergarten to sixth; call 440 684-4574 for information.
- Shaker Lakes Nature Center - for ages 21/2 to 12; half days or full days with extended care available; 8 weeks from mid-June through August; Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, 2600 South Park Blvd.; call 216 321-5935 for information.
- Hershey Montessori School Summer Day Camp - Concord Township; ages 6-13; four-week program; call 440 357-0918
- Middleburg Hts Day Camp - July 7, 14, 21, 28; boys and girls ages 8-12; 9am - 5pm with extended hours of 8am - 6pm available; open to residents and non-residents. see Web site for details.
Drama Camps:
- Summer Theater Institute, Hawken School, Gates Mills; June 19 - July 14; presented by the Great Lakes Theater Festival; for ages 11-18; call 440 423-2125 for more information
- Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood; a variety of drama and music day camps for ages 4-18. Call 216 521-2540 for details.
Equestrian Camps:
- Forrestel Riding Camp in western New York; 1, 2, and 4-week sessions; ages 7-16; co-ed and girls only; visit their website for more information
- Andrews School - Willoughby; resident and day program for girls ages 9-14; call 440 942-3600x252 for more information
- Summer Wind Stables - Chesterland - Beginners thru Advanced; weekly camps throughout the summer ; call 440 729-1849 for details
Football Camp:
- Cleveland Browns Camp - June 16-20 and June 23-27 - two programs: Browns Flag Camp (boys and girls ages 8-12) and Browns Equipment Camp (boys and girls age 11-14; equipment provided) - Cleveland Browns Training Facility, Berea - 830am - 120pm; call 216 928-7300 for more information.
Girls Camps:
- Laurel School - Grades 5 -6 and 7-8; one week camp; for more information, call 216 464-1441X218 or visit their website.
Golf Camps:
- US Golf Camps - Junior Golf Camp located 150 miles from Cleveland; features PGA/LPGA instructors and a private golf course as well as swimming, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and more
Call 888 USGOLF5 for more information or visit www.usgolfcamps.com.
Special Needs Camps:
- The "Un-School Camp" - Lakeland Community College; Kirtland; for kids with ADD, ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Dyslexia; Coed ages 6-14; June 19 - July 28; call 440 247-1622 for more information
- ADHD Summer Treatment Program - Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic - June 26 - August 11 - at John Carroll Univ. - for ages 6-14; call 216 444-0075 for more information.
- Rising Star Summer Camp - for children with motor developmental delay or life-long motor disabilities; for ages 6mos to 6 years; July 5 - August 4; call 440 349-4334 for more information.
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(Last updated 5-30-08)
