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Arlington Heights 2013 Summer Camp
Summer will be here before you know it, hopefully. This guide will help jump-start your search for the perfect summer camp.
Whether you want your child to get improve their sports skills or develop their artistic skills or just get them out of the house this summer, there are dozens of summer camps available in the area.
Arlington Heights Park District
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The park district has a wide variety of camps, day to week-long sessions, to choose from this summer. For a complete list, check out the park district’s website.
Chicago White Sox Summer Camps
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Where: Heritage Park, 506 West Victoria, Arlington Heights
Information: This is a dream come true for any Chicago White Sox fan, a chance to explore the field and a question and answer session with a White Sox personality and current player. A good twist in this camp is the special Skills Competition where the top 30 qualifiers will get to compete in the finals at U.S. Cellular Field in September.
Contact: www2.ahpd.org
Little Explorers Camp
Where: Recreation Park, 500 East Miner, Arlington Heights
Information: A one-week camp options that offers variety and fun. Children will do crafts, sing songs and listen to stories. Themes include pirates and princesses, sports, dinosaurs, cooking, art and science.
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Arts Alive - Arts Camp
Where: Hasbrook Park, 333 West Maude, Arlington Heights
Information: Campers will get to do different types of arts from clay projects to movement and dramatics. The first project is designed their own Arts Alive T-shirt.
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Lights Up!
Where: Metropolis Performing Arts Center, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights
Information:
Be a star! The Metropolis Performing Arts Center’s popular summer camp gives children 1-3 grade a chance to perform on a real stage. Payment is due in full at the time of registration through the park district.
Contact: http://www2.ahpd.org
Traditional Summer Camp
The YMCA has four resident camps located in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan that offer traditional sleep-away camp. A few locations:
Camp Duncan
Where: Near Fox Lake, Il.
Campers stay in cabins and are grouped according to age and gender. Children are always under staff supervision as they
swim, do rope courses, archery, nature hikes and other activities.
Contact: http://www.ymcachicago.org
Family Camp Nawakwa
Where: Lac de Flambeau, Wis.
Information: Parents can relive summer camp memories, or create new ones, at this unique family camp. The camp is home to the Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Contact: http://www.ymcachicago.org
Specialty Camps
Language Stars
Where: 111 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights
Information: Your child can learn how to ask for a snow cone in Spanish or Mandarin or French or German or Italian. It’s just an example of the fun things children can learn at Language Stars’ summer camp. The camp has fun summer activities based around learning a new language.
Contact: http://www.languagestars.com
Don Beebe’s House of Speed
Where: 573 S. Consumers Ave., Palatine
Information: Does your child want to work on his or her training for soccer, football, baseball or volleyball? House of Speed offers Sport Specific Speed Training that teaches children how to prevent injury and build confidence as well as other skills.
Contact: http://il-north-shore.houseofspeed.com/
First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights
Where: 302 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights
Information: “Kingdom Rock: Where Kids Stand Strong for God.” This summer, First Presbyterian will be transformed into a castle every morning from 9:00 am to noon. Kids from preschool age to entering fifth grade will learn about kings and queens from the Bible who faced unbelievable odds in life.
Contact: http://www.fpcah.org
AH Moms Ideas
AH Moms website founder Mary Whalen compiled a list of summer camps in the area that moms may find interesting including:
Monart Drawing Studio
Where: 628 South Arthur Avenue, Arlington Heights
Information: Monart is a method that teaches students how to draw and has been taught around the world, according to its website.
Contact: http://www.sharpeexpressions.com
Thrown Elements Pottery
Where: 260 N. Evergreen Ave., Arlington Heights
Information: Let kids make an art project with clay_ somewhere other than your living room. Thrown Elements has day or weeklong summer camps as well as workshops.
Contact: http://www.thrownelementspottery.com
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