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Summer Camp in Durham 2008

Here is a list of summer camps in the area.

PLEASE VERIFY CAMP DETAILS AND REFERENCES CAREFULLY BEFORE ENROLLING YOUR CHILD.

For the most up-to-date summer camp list, click here.Â

American Dance Festival

ArtsQuest at Hayti Heritage Center

Barriskill Dance Theatre School
Ages 3-16 - half day and full day - ballet, jazz, world dance, more

Blast Wellness
Ages 8-14 - afternoons - “Dance Dance Revolution Theater Video Gaming Bikes Electronic Sportwalls Strength and Cardio Sessions Sports”

Boy Scouts
Link to general site listing Durham Boy Scout troops.

Boys & Girls Clubs
Ages 6-15 - 7:30am to 6pm - “John Avery Boys & Girls Clubs’ summer camp continues and expands our goals to provide our youth with educational & career development, sport, fitness & recreation, character & leadership development, health & life skills, as well as exposure to the arts.”

Camelot Academy Edu-Camp
Ages 6-12 - 8am to 5:30pm - “This unique summer day camp offers both academics and recreational activities. Mornings feature appropriate course work in both language arts and math, while afternoons are devoted to fun field trips: swimming, bowling, roller skating.”

Camp Kanata
Ages 6-15 - Day camp and overnight camp - offers a Gluten-Free Week - “Have a blast and laugh all day. Then you’ll know the Kanata way. Swim, canoe or shoot a bow, ride a pony and steal the show. Feel free to laugh, but not to frown. You’ll have a blast, just come on down!”

Camp Riverlea
Ages 5-12 - swimming, archery, kayaking, nature, canoeing, music, arts & crafts, athletics, drama, tennis - “A Camp Tradition for Durham Area Children”

Carolina Friends Summer Program
Ages 4-15 - 9am to 3pm with extended day available

Chez Bay Gourmet Cooking Camp
Ages 10-17 - 9am to 3pm - cooking in various themes like Asian, Italian, Latin, Brunch

Children’s Cooperative Playschool Summer Camp

Cresset Christian Academy Camps

Duke AHEC (Health Careers) Camps

Duke Gardens Nature Adventures
Ages 8-11 - 9am to 1pm - “This camp will focus on a different topic in nature everyday. Campers will explore plants, birds, insects, and water habitats through hands-on discovery, journaling, art, and science projects to take home. We will explore different areas of the Gardens to discover the connections between plants, animals, and people.”

Duke School Summer Camp
Ages 4-8th grade - times vary - 2007 schedule featured Lego Robotics camp, volleyball camp, Young Explorers, Theater Camp, and general camp with “arts and crafts, computers, academics, sports, cooking, cartooning, and recreational activities”

Duke Sports Camps
Ages vary - baseball, track & field, volleyball, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis, lacrosse, wrestling, football, golf

Duke University Camps for Youth
Ages vary, primarily middle school - Several camps including: Action Science Camp for Young Women, Biosciences and Engineering Camp, Drama Workshop, Expressions! Performing Arts Camp, Young Writer’s Camp, Creative Writer’s Workshop, Constructing Your College Experience, Weekend Workshops

Duke University Cybercamps
Ages 10-17 - “individual projects using the coolest technologies. Our courses include Game Design, Flash® Animation, Robotics, Web Design—just to name a few.”

Duke University Faculty Club
ages 3-18

Duke University Talent Identification Program
Grades 7-12 - residential program - “an unparalleled opportunity for young scholars to experience college classroom instruction and residence hall living” for academically motivated students

Durham Academy Summer Programs

Durham Arts Council

Durham Bulls Baseball Camp
Ages 7-14 - 9am to 2pm - “At the beginning of each camp, kids are divided into age groups and coached by Bulls players in pitching, fielding and hitting. After a lunch break, each age group plays a game.”

Durham County 4-H
Ages vary - 9am to 3pm - Last year featured money, citizenship, painting, quilting, crime scene investigation, crafts and sewing, democratic process, and other themed camps

Durham County Library Reading Club

Durham Parks and Recreation
Ages 5-12 - half day or full day - “a wide range of activities that include but are not limited to swimming, arts & crafts, computer enrichment, environmental education, dance, athletic games, and much more”

Durham Public Schools Summer Youth
Grades 1-6 - 7am to 6pm - “Interesting learning themes combine with sports, games, swimming, field trips, and crafts”

Girl Scouts
General link to local council

Hope Valley Baptist Church Vacation Bible School

The Little Gym

Jewish Community Center Camp
Kindergarten-9th grade - 9am to 3pm with extended care available - “arts and crafts, sports and nature, swimming, theater and dancing, and foreign language instruction” plus field trips, outdoor swimming at the Duke Faculty Club, visiting artists and performers, and special overnights

Karate International [pdf]
Ages 6-15 - half day and full day schedules - karate, martial arts, general physical fitness, safety

Kindermusik Summer Camps
0-7 years - parent/child program - “music, stories, and crafts”

Mardi Gras Bowling Center

Montessori Children’s House of Durham Summer Camp
Ages 3-6 - 8:30am to 5pm with extended day available - “music, literature, and creative movement throughout the week, with plenty of time for good old-fashioned, summertime fun”

Movie Makers
Ages 6-18 - 9am to 3pm - “By the end of the week, we have made a mini movie or TV show. Within a few weeks, we have a premiere party for family and friends, where our movie is shown on a full-size movie screen!. And each participant receives his/her own copy of the movie to keep.”

Museum of Life & Science Camps

NC Central University Programs

Pasca Pottery Camp
Ages 5-15 - 9am to 11am - “pinch pots, sculptural pieces, coiled work, slab work, etc.”

Project SUCCEED
middle school ages - science

Sarah’s House of Pottery

Schoolhouse of Wonder
Ages 5-16 - times vary - “experiences in Earth awareness, camp skills, river wading, storytelling, campfires, and games”

SEEDlings
animals, gardening, world cultures

Summer Hoopla Basketball Camp
Ages 6-16 - 9am to 3pm with extended care available - basketball and traditional camp activites

Summer Ventures
“a cost-free, state-funded program for academically talented students who may pursue careers based in science and mathematics” held at the NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham

Walk Your Path Summer Adventures
Ages 7-12 - 8:30am to 5pm - “River explorations, hiking, scavenger-hunting, shelter-building, fire-making, campfire cooking, athletics, arts & cards”

Walltown Children’s Theatre
Ages 4-14 - times vary - dance, drama, acting, singing

Wheels Family Fun

Woodcroft Club Summer Camp
Ages 6-11 - 8:30am to 5pm - crafts, games, swim lessons

5 Comments to Summer Camp in Durham 2008

1. 

   These sound like so much fun. I wish I could go to summer camp. Thanks for the service!
Ginny on January 14th, 2008
2. 

   Yer welcome! And you can… I just listed the kid camps. I’ve run across all kinds of summer things for adults… outdoors, pottery, drama. :)
Valerie on January 14th, 2008
3. 

   I agree. I want to disappear for a week or two this summer, but hate the type of vacation where your schedule is slam-packed or where you are crawling the walls on the second day from boredom. I want to stick to a non-vacation schedule, just somewhere else. Bring on the adult camps!!

   Can’t wait to discuss these with the wee folks in my house!
Aimee on January 18th, 2008
4. 

   Thanks for the list, here are a couple more:

   Common Ground Theatre Performance Arts Camp is a unique experience for aspiring young artists aged 5-13.
   http://www.cgtheatre.com/summer_camp

   Bull City Gymnastics is pleased to offer high quality gymnastics programming over the summer months. Active fun for children ages 5 & up! Mini camp for preschoolers ages 4.
   http://www.bullcitygymnastics.com/
yvette on February 28th, 2008
5. 

   Welks! Thank you.
Valerie on February 28th, 2008

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