CAMP IDS: Where Everyone Has a Great Time

Learn to dance with Bollywood flair. Design the next Pokemon Go app or Mario-style video game. Hone culinary skills during team cooking competitions. Or row leisurely across Lake Lipsey.

From sports to arts to academics, Corbett Prep's CAMP IDS brims with options that will create a memorable summer for students in PreK3 through high school. Camps are divided into seven weekly sessions from June 12 to July 28. A favorite in the Tampa Bay area for nearly two decades, CAMP IDS offers more than 100 full- and half-day choices on the beautiful lakeside campus of Corbett Preparatory School of IDS.
Child care is available before and after camps, as is transportation to certain areas.

CAMP IDS appeals to a wide variety of interests and ages. Science and technology camps provide avenues to explore coding, 3D printing, maker spaces and the shape of sound. Students in kindergarten can learn engineering basics through Legos, and high school students can challenge themselves with hands-on experience in biomedical, mechanical, aerospace and other engineering camps. Communications camps put future journalists and movie-makers to work in broadcasting, Claymation and magazines.

Academic camps take imaginative approaches as they allow students to hone reading, writing and math skills during summer break. Students can also try out new languages during French, Chinese and Spanish camps that feature fun, culture-based activities that may involve cooking, music or art.

Visual and performing arts camps showcase students' talents. Students can immerse themselves in art from around the world or try out techniques of master artists. Recyclables, natural materials and furniture pieces get new life in other creative camps. And musicians, actors and dancers will find plenty to like about music, strings, drama and dance. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade who enroll in the two-week musical theatre camp will learn about the history of musicals as they rehearse songs and dances from beloved shows to perform in a Broadway review on June 22 and 23.

Corbett Prep's cypress-covered campus is the perfect backdrop for outdoor activities, and CAMP IDS delivers. Look around the grounds, and you'll see campers enjoying soccer, fishing, flag football and model rocketry. CAMP IDS also offers archery, golf, tennis, cheerleading, basketball, volleyball, chess, off-campus adventures and wilderness excursions.

To learn more about specific camps, contact directors Carmyn Samuel and Stephen Shoe or call (813) 961-3087 to schedule a tour or for more information. Registration is online through CampSite.