Enrichment Camps

From performing arts to bird watching to cooking, CCES offers a wide variety of summer enrichment camps. With topics appropriate for grades K5 through 12, there is sure to be a camp for everyone. Click on a topic to read individual class details and descriptions.

Arts & Crafts

Art Adventures

July 29 – Aug. 2 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $200

Instructor: Erin Biggar, Oakbrook Preparatory School Art Teacher

Join this exciting full-day art camp where campers will explore all things art! Campers will create fantastic objects throughout the week by painting, sculpting, and sketching. Creations will be both realistic and abstract depending on the method and artist being studied. Campers will learn specific techniques, such as foreshortening (a technique to show depth in two dimensional pictures), to make creations realistic. They will also discover how to execute abstract pieces. Campers will play art games and learn about famous artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Alice Moseley. On Friday, there will be an art showcase so friends and families can come view the magnum opus of each camper!

Art Extravaganza

July 15– 19 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $150

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Bring your imagination and join the fun of creating all week long! In this exciting art camp, different media will be explored and campers will learn techniques to manipulate the various materials. For example, we will create a tile mosaic coaster to learn how to arrange small pieces into a larger finished piece. Participants will also learn techniques for painting with professional-grade watercolors, and much more! All creations go home with campers throughout the week, so they can enjoy their masterpieces forever.

Art Smorgasbord

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Scott Oxner, Preschool Teacher

Mrs. Oxner holds degrees in Art History and Studio Art.

Roll up your sleeves! This entertaining art camp will let campers run wild with their creative sides as they explore and learn about many different types of art media. Campers will have a blast and get messy creating ceramic pieces, painting with watercolors, making clay sculptures, and more. Those who like all types of art, will love this class! This session has all new activities from past camps.

Art Tour

July 22 – 26 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Marilyn Mullinax, CCES Lower School Art Teacher

This stimulating week allows budding artists to visit local galleries and view the artwork that inspires them! Campers will visit the Greenville County Museum of Art, the BJU Museum, the Gallery at Heritage Green, and other galleries and artists’ studios in the Greenville area. Participants will look at and learn more about art, while carrying along their sketchbooks. Campers will also create a model of an art display in the studio on campus. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn about art in our community!

Ceramics

June 24 – 28 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 3 • $150

July 8 – 12 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 4 – 6 • $150

Instructor: Dana Kimmel, CCES Upper School Fine Arts Teacher

Join the fun of creating your own clay masterpieces! Participants will design and create animal sculptures or masks that they will fire and paint. Come learn the techniques necessary to work with clay and how to finish a piece to take home and enjoy! The two sessions will cover the same material but older participants will create more advanced pieces.  

Crafting Creations

July 15 – 19 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Tippi Sadler, CCES Lower School Teacher

If you love to craft this is the place to be! This week is full of fun projects to take home and enjoy. We will make cool games and toys to play with such as coffee can stilts. And we will create fantastic pieces to jazz up our desks for the next school year, such as bookmarks, paper weights, desk calendars, and pencil holders. Many items will be made using recycled goods or items from nature!

Get Ready for Primer Art

July 29 – August 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 • $150

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 • $150

Instructor: Marilyn Mullinax, CCES Lower School Art Teacher

The skills learned through art are many of the basic skills needed for kindergarten readiness. Students will practice drawing, cutting, folding, pasting, painting, weaving, modeling, and other media. They will learn basic design skills while gaining confidence with art tools and how to express their ideas through art. This is a “don’t miss out” class to prepare your child for elementary school!

Holiday Crafting

June 10 – 14 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 –  5 • $150

Instructor: Scott Oxner, Preschool Teacher

Mrs. Oxner holds degrees in Art History and Studio Art.

Do you love the holidays and all the arts-and-crafts pieces used to decorate? Then join this class! Campers will create pieces using various media as they celebrate a different holiday each day of the week! They will create cool decorations for Independence Day, Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Saint Patrick’s Day, and more. During this art camp, every day is a holiday!

Painting with the Stars

June 24 – 28 •  1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 4 • $150

Instructor: Marilyn Mullinax, CCES Lower School Art Teacher

Campers will explore some of the greatest artists of all time, including Van Gogh, O’Keefe, Matisse, and others. Each day, they will create amazing paintings on canvas in the style of the artist of the day. In addition campers will practice new art skills and ways of expression through art. Those wanting to create like the masters should join this class!

Sculpting

June 17 – 21 •  9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 1 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Marilyn Mullinax, CCES Lower School Art Teacher

Campers will love working with different media to sculpt lovely pieces. Throughout the week techniques to design, mold, and finish unique creations will be explored. Participants will execute their designs and bring home all pieces on Friday. Join this dynamic art camp and learn to showcase those artistic talents! 

Sew Easy! Sew Fun! Beginner

June 24 – 28 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 6 • $170

July 8 – 12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 6 • $170

Instructor: Carol Walters, CCES Substitute Teacher

Novice sewers will love learning to create fun and useful projects from scratch. They will gain confidence in basic sewing skills with a variety of easy projects: a fun throw pillow, a pretty draw-string bag, and a pair of pajama bottoms. All campers need to bring is 1.5 yards of fabric for pajama bottoms...we’ll provide the rest! Campers will take home an armful of great handmade items along with a basic sewing kit for future projects. Sewing machines are provided (two students per machine) or campers may bring their own.

Weaving Creations

July 8 –  12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 2 –  5 • $150

Instructor: Scott Oxner, Preschool Teacher

Mrs. Oxner holds degrees in Art History and Studio Art.

This exciting week will teach campers how to create cool, woven items using lots of materials! Campers will create duct tape shoes, woven rugs, cool jewelry bracelets, and other exciting items. Don't miss this unique art camp experience!

Cooking

Please note:  All food allergies must be listed on the registration form.

Cake Decorating Beginner

June 24 – 28 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Reona McGee, Elementary School Teacher

Bring your pastry hat and come cook up some treats! The week will be spent baking cakes and cupcakes and then decorating them into fantastic confectionery visions. Campers will learn how to use fondant, pipe icing, decorate with edible paints and markers, and use icing that can be cut out. We will create treats fit for any party! Participants will also learn how to set a beautiful tablescape to display their baked goods. Each day chefs will sample their sweets and take some home to share with family. On Friday campers will sell their baked goods to other campers. All proceeds will be donated to the charity chosen by participants. 

Cake Decorating Advanced

July 8 – 12 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 8 • $160

Instructor: Reona McGee, Elementary School Teacher

This cooking camp is for those chefs who have completed Cake Decorating Beginner or for chefs with some baking experience. The week will be spent baking cakes and cupcakes and then decorating them using more advanced piping techniques. Campers will learn how to create lovely icing shapes and figures to decorate cakes. Guest bakers from local bakeries will visit to share sugar techniques they use and how running a bakery business works. Each day sweets will be sampled in camp and taken home to share with family. On Friday campers will sell their baked goods to other campers. All proceeds will be donated to the charity chosen by participants. 

Candy Making

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 4 • $150

Instructors: Elizabeth Jarrett, CCES Director of Service Learning, and Leigh Stewart, CCES Lower School Teacher

Come live out some Willy Wonka candy-creating fantasies in this cooking class! Campers will learn how to cook with sugar and create kid-friendly, mouth-watering recipes each day. Participants will love making colorful hard candies, yummy desserts, chocolate creations, truffles, and more! All chefs will sample their creations in class and still have some to take home and share. Campers will also create a recipe book so they can recreate their confections time and time again! There are all new creations from years past.

Have You Cooked a Good Book Lately?

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $150

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $150

Instructors: Melissa Adair, CCES Lower School Librarian, and

Tracy Breazeale, CCES Lower School Library Assistant

Watch out for milkshakes and corn muffins! Fun will definitely be in the air during this cooking camp as campers read a variety of children’s literature, such as The Cajun Cornbread Boy and Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows. Next, they will make the delectable treats right from the pages of each book. Campers will be active chefs as they measure, chop, bake, and stir their creations. With a small class size and lots of hands-on fun, this cooking class will be a yummy treat for all! On Thursday of each week, chefs will visit a different working farm to buy fresh ingredients for the Friday cooking. Each session will read different books and cook up different treats, so don’t miss the fun!

Healthy Hip Hop

July 8 – 12 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $150

Instructor: Sara Vaughn, CCES Upper School Teacher

Would you like to learn to make yummy and energizing snacks? Do you want to know more about the foods you eat and how they make you feel? Do you love to move to music? Then join this camp to explore the foundations for a healthy lifestyle! Campers will learn about healthy eating and exercise through hip hop dancing. They will also paint with vegetables, make energizing snacks, groove to music, and create a cool dance routine. These activities and others will help participants as they discover the keys to making healthier choices. On Friday, there will be a performance for families to show off the dance moves learned all week.

Super Foods! Super Kids!

July 29 – August 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 4 • $160

Instructor: Vered Kantor, Clinical Dietitian, MS, RD, LD, IC

Nutrition for the mind, body, and spirit! Superfood Diva, Vered Kantor, is calling all veggie queens and mighty greens to join this exciting week. Campers will be a part of the wonderfully delicious and nutritious world of super foods, healthy eating habits, and whole wellness concepts. Through games, incorporating mindful activities such as breathing, meditation, and yoga, and through kid-friendly food preparation, participants are empowered to expand their palate while simultaneously improving their nutritional status, knowledge, and state of mind.  Campers will create foods and natural spa products during the week.

Drama & Music

Acting 101

June 17 – 21 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 3 • $130

Instructor: Anne Tromsness, CCES Upper School Drama Teacher

This exciting theater camp explores everything acting! Through silly games and pretending, campers will learn to express themselves! Campers will learn how to show emotions through expressions and body language and how to speak clearly with a stage voice. They will even explore some behind-the-scenes aspects of acting such as how stage make-up works, how the lighting works on stage, and how to perform on stage. 

Let’s Put on a Show

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $250

Instructor: A production led by The Children’s Museum

The Children’s Museum and CCES are partnering to present this one-week drama camp. Those who love to sing, dance, and act will have a great time putting together this performance. If performing on stage, working behind the scenes, or helping to design props and advertising sounds exciting, then this camp is the place to be! It will have something for everyone interested in learning more about the performing arts.

Music and Movement

July 22 – 26 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Joy Hughes, CCES Lower School Music Teacher

If you love music — singing, moving, and playing instruments — then this camp is for you. Campers will learn new songs and play along with our wonderful selection of child-friendly percussion instruments. They will create their own music and creative movement to match stories and rhymes. This lively camp will be filled with kinesthetic activities to help campers internalize the beat, rhythm, and form of musical pieces. Sound exploration stations will reveal the science behind the instruments. Music helps teach cooperation and respect as campers practice taking turns, listening, and playing together.

Paul T. Riddle’s Drums:

Beginner & Intermediate

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 12 • $285

June 24 – 28 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 12 • $285

July 29 – Aug. 2 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $285

August 5 – 9 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $285

Middle and Upper School only

July 29 – Aug. 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 5 – 12 • $285

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 5 – 12 • $285

Instructor: Paul T. Riddle, Drummer, Teacher, and Producer

Come get the rhythm in Paul T. Riddle’s Drum Camp! This exciting music camp teaches drummers of all levels techniques to be a true musician. Each camper will choose at least one song to focus on for the week and record a demo on Thursday at Southeastern Sound Studios. There will be a performance for family and friends on the Friday of each session. Drummers in the Middle and Upper School camps will perform in a live jam with accompanying musicians in the auditorium. Camp fee includes the trip to Southeastern Sound Studios, a CD of campers’ recordings, and a copy of the Friday performance (for those in the Middle and High School camps). Campers do not need a drum set to participate and they do not need to bring equipment to camp.

So Dramatic!

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 6 • $140

Instructor: Tina Batchelder-Schwab, CCES Middle School Music Teacher

This drama camp is a fast-paced and exciting introduction to acting. Campers will learn techniques needed to perform in a production, such as voice, projection, and stage presence. Actors will also study costume design, stage make-up, and set creation. They will learn how to audition for parts, rehearse songs, practice lines and blocking, and how to make performances exciting, not nerve racking! All campers are welcome, regardless of their prior experience in theater.  

Exploration

A Place to Wonder

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor:Laura Huguley, CCES Lower School Teacher

Join this fun week of exploration! Campers will get close to nature with an inquiry of different environments, such as the forest, the ocean, and the garden. Some places campers will really visit (safari on campus anyone?) and some places campers will pretend to visit (want to ride in a submarine under the ocean?). It will be fun to learn about the wildlife and to imagine all that could happen in each place! Campers will create a landscape of wonder where curiosity, creativity, and exploration are encouraged.

Babysitter Basics

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 6 – 9 • $275

Instructors: Natasha Stringer, Montessori School Teacher, and Joe Britt, Certified Red Cross First Aid/CPR Instructor

Start your own babysitting business! We will teach you all the basics you need to know! Participants will spend the mornings learning about different age groups of children and how to care for them. Campers will study first aid/CPR and become certified in both by the end of the camp. In the afternoons, participants will practice what they have learned by joining and assisting with other Summer Encounters camps. It is the perfect way to get some hands-on experience! Campers will also learn how to market to clientele, and they will make business cards and a binder of references/experience to show prospective employers. Campers will leave camp with a busy bag full of activities to keep kids busy when they are on babysitting jobs.

Bird Watching and Beyond

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 2 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Doug Williams, CCES Coach and Bird Enthusiast

Campers will connect with nature as they learn how to identify birds by sight and sound in their backyards and at one or more birding hot spots here in Greenville. A field guide suitable for bright-eyed, beginning birders will be provided. Participants will also create items to help attract birds to their own homes. So come have fun exploring the magic of the great outdoors in this exciting, fast-paced introduction to birds.

Board Game Mania

July 15 – 19 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Tippi Sadler, CCES Lower School Teacher

Back by popular demand, it's games, games, and games galore! From Monopoly to Sorry, this week is filled with activities related to games. Campers will play board games and card games, and make their own unique board games to take home and play with their families. Participants will also play "gym" games inside and on the fields outside. The game week would not be complete without a few game shows, so bring your trivia skills and best talents to participate on game shows such as Freeze Dance and Are you Smarter Than a Camp Counselor. This week is sure to be a blast!   

Fairy Tale Fun!       

June 17 – 21 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Kathy Apple, CCES Lower School Spanish Teacher

Join us for fairy tales with a twist! This week is a combination of kooky crafting (like gingerbread dog houses), wacky adventures (like a scavenger hunt for Cinderella’s stinky socks), and silly games (like the humpty dumpty egg drop). Our upside-down, turned-around fairy tale surprises will leave you "happily ever laughing!"

Fly Tying

July 15 – 19 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 8 – 12 • $130

Instructor: Bo Aughtry, Sportsman and Fishing Enthusiast

Learn how to make your own flies using natural and synthetic materials. The variety of flies created can be used with both cold-water and warm-water fishing. Each day campers will create 2 to 3 flies of differing patterns using basic and intermediate tying techniques, such as vises, hooks, and thread. Don't miss this unique opportunity to stock your tackle box for some summer fishing excursions. 

Harry Potterville

June 17 – 21 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 4 – 6 • $130

Instructor: Jane Williams, CCES Middle School English Teacher

Join us on the Hogwarts Express for a week full of wizardry and magic! Campers will make their own wands, learn about owls and magical creatures, study weird plants in herbology, make edible potions and spells, play Quidditch, make parchment and quills, and much more! Those who love Harry Potter don’t want to miss this week of Hogwarts fun. We’ll be waiting at Platform 9 3/4!

Mythology

July 29 – August 2 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 5 – 8 • $130

Instructor: Jenny McGrady, CCES Middle School Language Teacher

Come get your Zeus on in this exciting week of gods and goddesses! Campers will learn about the heroes of old and have exciting adventures of their own. They will make cool crafts, create their own myths, and invent an original god or goddess. Participants will love the stories of adventure and enjoy becoming a part of the action through exciting activities. On Friday there will be a costume contest where campers come dressed as their favorite deity!

Myths are for Kids

July 29 – August 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 4 • $130

Instructor: Jenny McGrady, CCES Middle School Language Teacher

Do you dream of stealing your own lightning bolt and claiming a seat on Mount Olympus? Then this week is definitely for you! Join us as we delve into some incredible short stories of your favorite gods and goddesses. Campers will make their own Medusa’s head or flying Pegasus, re-enact their favorite myth or modernize the moral for today’s audience, and create and film their own video performance. Campers will also build their own god or goddess to join the pantheon on Mount Olympus, and write an original myth. On Friday there will be a costume contest, so come dressed as your favorite god or goddess, or as the original one you designed during the week!

Pirates

June 24 – 28 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Jessica Cavan, CCES Substitute Teacher

Ahoy there, matey! This fantastic week is full of pirate antics! Campers will build their own ship to play in, make pirate crafts,  and create special pirate snacks. They will play fun pirate games and look for buried treasure on campus. So grab your parrot and eye patch and don’t miss this week of pirate fun!

Race Across America

July 1 – 3 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Teacher

This week is all about celebrating our country! Campers will “travel” through the USA and learn about popular destinations along the way. As the camp travels, popular landmarks will be plotted on the map and campers will learn cool facts about this land we call home! There will be a fun parade, a delicious cook-out, and patriotic crafting all week to ring in the fourth of July celebration! Please note that this camp is only 3 days due to the July 4 holiday.

Splendid Storytelling

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 1 – 3 • $130

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Everyone has stories to tell which can be expressed in lots of unique ways! Join this fantastic week where campers explore how to express themselves through words, drawings, dance, and finger play. Learn how to create a story, how to develop characters, and how to describe the setting. Participants will use their bodies and voices along with sound effects to bring their characters to life! They will create dances, mini books, picture storyboards, and have a blast! Stories will be fiction and non-fiction and campers will come home sharing their stories in a variety of expressive forms.

Time Travelers: Magic Tree House Adventures

July 8 – 12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 1 – 3 • $130

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Bring your imagination and join us in our magic tree house that is whisking campers off to different places in history just like Jack and Annie! This exciting voyage will carry campers to a week of planets, volcanoes, wild animals, dinosaurs, and so much more!  During this wondrous journey of adventure and learning through time, there will be games, activities, and crafts based on each place visited. Join this exciting voyage that will carry visitors to far-away places.

Traveling Around the World

June 24– 28 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Exciting adventures await as campers travel the world from the Pyramids to the Great Wall. They will explore different cultures by learning about the popular animals, music, games, and art of that country. Participants will have a blast creating masks, making warrior/princess headdresses, painting Chinese calligraphy, dancing the penguin shuffle, and much more! On Friday, get up-close-and-personal with the wildlife of other countries on a venture to the Greenville Zoo. Campers will explore all new countries from years past so don’t miss the fun!

Water Mania

June 24– 28 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Caroline Bethel, CCES Middle School Teacher

Join this awesome week filled with water fun — everyone’s favorite summertime exploit! There will be sprinkler games, arts and crafts, a “kid” wash, water races, squirt guns, and more. So don’t spend this week at home, come have a blast during Water Mania! Each day campers need to come in a bathing suit and water shoes. Remember to bring a change of clothes, towel, and most importantly... put your sunscreen on! CCES does not have a pool so there will be no swimming.

Field Trips

Day Trippers I

June 3 – 7 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $250

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Don’t want to be stuck indoors all summer? You don’t have to! Join the fun and go somewhere different every day! Campers will learn fascinating things at the Children’s Museum, explore Hollywild Animal Park, hike at Roper Mountain and visit one of their animal labs, cool off at Discovery Island Water Park, and let out lots of energy while ice skating and jumping in the Bounce House at the Pavilion! 

Day Trippers II

August  12 – 16 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $250

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

Got the end of summer doldrums? Then join us for an exciting week and visit all the hot spots in town! Campers will learn fascinating things at the Children’s Museum, explore the Greenville Zoo, visit an animal lab at Roper Mountain Science Center (different from Day Trippers I), cool off at Otter Creek Water Park, and let out lots of energy while ice skating and jumping in the Bounce House at the Pavilion! Don’t miss a day of sizzlin' summer fun!

Explore Your Community

July 22 – 26 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $225

Instructor: Tina Batchelder-Schwabb, CCES Middle School Music Teacher

This will be an incredible week of exploring all the wonders Greenville has to offer!  Campers will go off campus every day for adventures. They will explore a local farm, the art museum, downtown Greenville parks and the Mice on Main, and go behind-the-scenes at a restaurant. Some days we will travel off campus most of the day and some days only part of the day. When on campus, campers will enjoy making crafts, cooking, and acting out plays related to their explorations in Greenville.

Quest Greenville    

June  25 – 27 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 5 – 8 • $200*

July  16 – 18 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 5 – 8 • $200*

Instructor: Tracy Breazeale, CCES Lower School Library Assistant

These 2 weeks are for middle schoolers only! Campers will go off campus each day for incredible field trip fun. So grab your friends and join the excitement! In the first session, campers will go hiking, visit sliding rock, volunteer locally Wednesday morning, go to Frankies Fun Park, go ice skating, and make something at Color Clay Cafe. In the second session, campers will go to Discovery Island Water Park, volunteer locally Wednesday morning, go to the movies (participants will vote on what to see), go roller skating, and go bowling. All fees associated with the field trips are included in the camp fee, so campers do not need to bring money. Don’t miss this awesome week of visiting cool places with your buddies!

*Please note that both sessions meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only. 

The Best of Summer

August  5 – 9 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $225

Instructor:  Tracy Breazeale, CCES Lower School Library Assistant

Summer is almost over but it won’t feel like it this week! The entire week will be spent doing the things campers love best about summer — water games, outdoor fun, and building forts. There will be some summer cooking as they make ice cream, smores, lemonade, and have a traditional cookout. Campers can suggest and vote on activities to fill out the week and truly spend time doing their favorite summer activities (capture the flag anyone?). Campers will also venture off campus to bowl and roller skate.

Girl Stuff

American Girl Doll: Let’s Pretend

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Caroline Bethel, CCES Middle School History Teacher

If you love American Girl Dolls, this is the place for you! Spend the week pretending as we bring these dolls to life. Campers will have fashion shows with their dolls, make matching accessories for themselves and their dolls, enjoy special snacks, have a PJ party with the dolls, create crafts, and of course, play with their dolls. On Friday campers will have a scrumptious tea party where they will dress up as their favorite doll!

American Girl Doll: A Stroll Thru Time

June 17 – 21 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Caroline Bethel, CCES Middle School History Teacher

American Girl Dolls bring history to life and this week will be a fantastic trip through the lives and times of the American Girls. Campers will bring their dolls each day and any accessories they want to use to experience what life was like in colonial times, the Civil War era, and the roaring twenties. They will enjoy authentic foods, talk about clothing, create crafts, and discuss the lifestyles that the girls experienced and how those compare to their own. On Friday there will be an old-fashioned picnic where campers will dress up as their favorite doll!

Fashionista Fun!

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 6 • $150

Instructor: Wendy Dolven, CCES Late Stay Leader and former retail buyer

Do you love fashion? Are you always pairing up accessories with outfits? Then this is the place for you! This week will be filled with awesome fashion experiences for the trendiest girls around! Come learn how to put outfits together, learn style tips, and discover fashion terms and history. Campers will also work together to design their own stores. These designs will include what merchandise would be sold, how it would be marketed, how the floor layout would flow, and what the shop would be called. On Friday the camp will travel to a local store to learn how a real business sets up displays to catch a consumer’s attention. 

Princess for a Week

July 15 – 19 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Jennifer Eley, CCES Middle School Teacher

Join a magical week of princess fun! Campers will learn some etiquette basics that all princesses should know: how to walk gracefully, how to stand and sit properly, how to set a table, and much more. They will also have a day full of pampering! From painting nails to styling their hair, the girls will be getting all dolled up. And no princess week could be complete without dressing up as a beautiful, royal princess! On Friday a special friend is invited to a tea party to witness all they have learned. Don’t miss this chance to become a very special princess!

Legos

LEGOmaniacs!

June 10 – 14 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 2 • $150

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 1 – 2 • $150

Instructor: Deborah Davis, CCES Middle School Science Teacher

LEGOS, LEGOS, everywhere! Join us for a week of LEGO fun! Every day campers will explore building with LEGOs. Campers will love this year's new theme, Super Heroes!  We will build different super heroes and their vehicles each day and learn about simple machines in the process. Pulleys, levers, and wedges will help the super heroes created fly, soar, and leap to save the day! Campers will also use netbooks and appropriate applications to research, design, and build each day. Netbooks are provided to campers for use during the week.

The kits used for Advanced LEGOs are not used for LEGOmaniacs.

Advanced LEGOs

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 4 • $160

Instructor: Deborah Davis, CCES Middle School Science Teacher

LEGO lovers wanted! Come enjoy building LEGO Action Crazy Contraptions from Klutz!  From the Supercharged Speedster to the Wall Rocket Racer, all these contraptions spin, stretch, or speed into action! Campers will build and utilize all these action contraptions along with many others. There will also be plenty of free build time and campers can bring in their own LEGOs to show others! Participants will take home the contraption kit so they can build all of these cool machines again and again! Campers will also use netbooks and appropriate applications to research, design, and build each day. Netbooks are provided to campers for use during the week.

LEGO Robotics

July 22 – 26 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 5 – 8 • $175

July 29 – Aug. 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 5 – 8 • $175

Instructor: Karen Polstra, CCES Middle School Technology Teacher

This camp is a fun introduction to robotics and programming. Campers will use LEGO Mindstorm NXT robots to explore the environment and perform tasks. Each activity will involve building a robot and programming it to perform various tasks. Every participant will build his or her own robot. They will work in pairs when learning to program. After activities are complete, extra time can be used to customize ("trick out") the robots and the programs. Campers will take home a CD of pictures of their robots, but not the actual machines. This camp is a great combination of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and FUN!

Science/Technology

Bubbles of Fun

July 8 – 12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Reona McGee, Elementary School Teacher

Bubbles always make people smile! Ever wondered how they work? Well, come explore this week and uncover the science of bubbles. Campers will make gigantic bubbles (big enough to fit in!), learn about carbonation, blow bubbles, and make tons of different bubble concoctions. This fun-filled week is sure to delight and have campers leaving each day with smiles on their faces! 

Budding Detectives

June 24 – 28 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Technology Teacher

Come solve a real mystery using forensic science! Campers will spend the week using techniques that crime labs use to solve various mysteries. Participants will find themselves dusting for fingerprints, analyzing hair samples, performing experiments to discover what brand of ink was used in a ransom note, and honing their overall investigative skills! Campers will complete many experiments and improve analytical thinking skills. So come "get a clue" and join us for some fun. This is a completely new mystery from years past where the campers are the suspects!

Camp Invention

July 22 – 26 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 6 • $300

Instructors: Kimberly Morgan, CCES Middle School Teacher Certified C.I. Instructors

Camp Invention introduces another new summer experience, GeoQuest! For the tenth summer, CCES will host the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention program. Camp Invention campers spend the week exploring and discovering new ways to build things and solve problems through five thematic modules each day. During Power’d, campers spend time building, powering, and exploring the capabilities of their own fantasy creatures by investigating wind, solar, and hydro power. In the Hatched module campers become entrepreneurs, while the SMArt: Science, Math, & Art module combines math with art to discover the beauty of mathematics by creating fractal art and discovering the fractal nature of their own circulatory system. In I Can Invent, participants take apart broken appliances and build a new invention. More advanced campers can take it a step further and create a Rube Goldberg experiment. Finally, in Global Games, campers explore cultures from around the world  as they play games from far-away lands. 

Crafty Science

June 24 – 28 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $135

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Teacher

Join in the hands-on science fun! Are you interested in the sun, weather, plants, static electricity, or space? Then come and experiment as campers get “Crafty” about Science. Every day will be filled with age-appropriate experiments and activities to create take-home items! All experiments will be recorded in a science log book for sharing with family and friends and all projects created will go home to be enjoyed by all.

Digging for Dinosaurs

June 10 – 14 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $150

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Teacher

Roam with us as we uncover the mystery of ages past. Become a paleontologist by digging for dinosaur bones, studying fossils, and considering how dinosaurs became extinct. During this fun-filled week, campers will play games, make their own fossils, and create a dinosaur model to take home. If you “dig” this, then come and join us on an expedition through time!

Digging Deeper for Dinosaurs

July 8 – 12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 3 • $150

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Teacher

Those who love dinosaurs won’t want to miss this more-in-depth week of dinosaur discovery. Campers will learn about the many types of dinosaurs, their diets, their body features, and what the earth was like when they lived. Campers will have a dig to uncover buried fossilized bones, and they will put together a model of the dinosaur of their choosing. Campers do not have to complete the camp Digging for Dinosaurs to participate in this camp. The content is different and participants could complete both sessions. 

Kitchen Chemistry

August 5 – 9 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 2 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Amanda Beckrich, CCES Upper School Science Teacher

Science experiments don't have to use toxic chemicals or wacky ingredients. One can create all kinds of cool things using items found in the kitchen! In fact this whole week will be full of science experiments using "chemicals" you can ingest. Campers will study states of matter, acids and bases, and chemical reactions with experiments that will allow campers to create lip balm, acid and base indicators, a Diet Coke Mentos geyser, and even ice cream! Don't miss this week of edible experimentation! 

Math CAMMP

July  15 –  19 • 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 1 – 6 • $300

Instructors: Dr. Cece Toole, Assistant Professor at Meredith College, Ms. Cara Musumeci, teacher in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and Mr. Matthew Green, Math CAMMP Staff

CAMMP’s philosophy is to enhance your child’s genuine understanding of mathematics and its connections to thinking, reasoning, and real-world problem solving. Individual attention is given to each CAMMPer by specially trained master-level teachers. Students are typically placed according to their rising grade level. However, for those doing more advanced mathematics or in need of remediation, appropriate math placements are made. Changes in placements will occur after the first day of camp, giving the teachers an opportunity to work with each child and assess the appropriate placement. 

Students enrolled in Math CAMMP will also be involved in Robotics. CAMMPers will use LEGO Mindstorms to simulate real-life robotics and robotic systems. Materials will be available from simple constructions to more complex constructions using programming software. Robotics Instructor Matthew Green, brings experience and knowledge from the Robotics program at Stanford University. Robotics groups will be based on rising grade level but changes in groups can be made based on experience using these materials.

Basic Robotics (Grades 1 – 3)

CAMMPers learn the basics of simple, repetitive-motion machines. Each CAMMPer will build and operate both manually-powered and battery-powered machines for land and water.

Advanced Robotics (Grades 4 – 6)

CAMMPers build complex machines that operate on batteries, electricity, and solar power. More advanced students design computer programs to control the timing, sequencing, and motions of these complex machines.

Rockets Away!

July 29 – Aug. 2 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising 3 – 5 • $150

Instructor: Robin Yerkes, CCES Lower School Teacher

Calling all future astronauts! Explore the fundamentals of rocketry and space travel while learning about outer space. Campers will create a fully functional rocket, and come home with their very own star finder, constellation viewer, and mini-moon rover.  Parents are invited to Launch Day on Friday to marvel as rockets soar to the sky and parachute back to earth for campers to keep.

Shark Week!

July 15 – 19 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor: Natasha Stringer, Montessori School Teacher

Do you love sharks? Then join this exciting week of shark exploration! Campers will learn about shark anatomy, diet, and movement. They will make exciting shark crafts and shark tooth jewelry. The week would not be complete without making shark models! Don’t miss this awesome week of shark adventure!

Under Construction

June 17 – 21 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 2 – 4 • $160

Instructor: Jessica Apple, Elementary School Teacher

This exciting week is all about building structures! Put on your hard hat and come learn how to build model bridges, buildings, and fun creations using K’Nex, balsa wood, and clay! Campers will use K’Nex blueprints and create their very own K’Nex amusement park ride to take home and show off! Then they will imagine a structure, create its blueprint, and build it! Participants will also learn how to construct successful bridges and have competitions to see whose engineering can hold the most weight or span the most distance. If you like to build, build, build, you won’t want to miss this week of over-the-top construction fun!

Weather Lab

June 24 – 28 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Reona McGee, Elementary School Teacher

Are you a weather channel buff? Do you get excited about tornadoes and hurricanes?  If you are the next weather forecaster, join us for a week of discovery as campers learn everything there is to know about weather. What makes a hurricane so strong, what does a Doppler radar really do, how does lightning work, and how are rainbows made? These are all concepts campers will explore through experiments. And of course they will make some cool weather instruments to take home and use throughout the year. 

Service Learning

Summer Encounters proudly presents an excellent selection of camps designed to teach the joy of giving time and energy to others. Campers will spend a meaningful and memorable week volunteering at or raising money for charitable organizations throughout Greenville.

Open Hearts: Service Learning

July 8 – 12 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising 3 – 6 • $120

Instructor: Elizabeth Jarrett, CCES Director of Service Learning

Join us for one of our summer favorites as campers give back to the Greenville community! Campers come back year after year to learn about different service opportunities in Greenville. Participants will discuss the mission of each organization so they understand the purpose and the function of the agency they will be serving.   Campers will then be transported by CCES mini bus to volunteer at local Greenville agencies, such as Project Host Soup Kitchen, Meals on Wheels, Central Community Ministries, and A Child’s Haven. 

Pet Care

July 8 – 12 • 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. • Rising K5 – 5 • $130

Instructor: Scott Oxner, Preschool Teacher

Do you love cats and dogs, birds and frogs? Then this is the place for you! Join us this week as campers make items for their pets, such as home-baked treats, crafted collars and leashes, pet jewelry, and treat bags full of pet goodies. Some items will be taken home for their own pets, and some will be sold to fellow campers at the end of the week. All proceeds will be presented to the Greenville Humane Society. On Friday, campers will visit them for a lesson on pet care and have a chance to give some attention to pets in need!

Super Heroes

July 15 – 19 • 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. • Rising K5 – 2 • $130

Instructor:  Elizabeth Jarrett, CCES Director of Service Learning

Join us for a week of super fun! This camp gets off the ground as campers create their own super hero character with super powers and a cool super costume! Campers will discuss fictional super heroes, discover why they love them and then become super heroes to our community! Through writing get-well notes to children in the hospital, making special treats for our friends in a nursing home, designing cards for troops overseas, and much more, campers will learn how they can be true super heroes to those around them. Don’t miss this week of heartfelt activities your child will never forget!

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