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Art, Cartooning, Crafts, Dance, Drama, Guitar, Math, Photography, Science, Taekwondo, Yoga
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Just look at what we have to offer you this summer!
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ONLINE registration is now open!
Click here to view our 2010 Summer Program Guide
Available for download:
Summer Recreation Camp Descriptions, Program Information & Directions
Registration Form
PLEASE NOTE: For Summer Recreation Camps, Resident Fees apply to residents of Cornelius only. Non-resident fees apply to residents of any other town or city.
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KIDS IN MOTION
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TAEKWONDO Ages: 8-13 Week 7: August 2-6 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $65/resident $75/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Looking for a way to teach your kids respect, self control and discipline? Let them train with Lake Norman ATA Leadership Academy this summer. Our fun and exciting program offers life skills training, physical fitness and self defense.
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YOGA KIDS FITNESS FUN Week 2: June 21-25 Ages: 5-9 9:00am-12:00pm Week 5: July 19-23 Ages: 8-12 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $75/resident $85/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Have fun learning about the amazing human body and take charge of keeping healthy and safe. Each day we will explore a different system in the body. Age appropriate information will be shared using yoga postures, breathing, music, art, literature and games. Participants will not only gain a fuller understanding of the wonder of our body systems, but will also learn lifelong skills for self care. All this in a fun, non-competitive style. Taught by certified yoga instructor Amy Schneider from Community Yoga.
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MATH
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MATHNASIUM Ages: 6-11 9:00am-12:00pm Week 6: July 26-30 Multiplication & Division Week 7: August 2-6 Fractions & Percents Week 8: August 9-13 Time & Money Cost: $100/resident $110/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
These camps are designed to improve each student's fluency with math concepts. By combining math instruction with indoor and outdoor games and incorporating Math Munchies, participants will explore the world of math while building their confidence and forging a positive attitude toward the subject. Here's more: Multiplication & Division: Campers will learn how to skip count and add. You'll be amazed by the difference just one week can make! Fractions, Decimals, Percents: These concepts are presented in such a visual and practical way that campers will gain a quick and lasting knowledge. Get ready to have them looking at pizza in a whole new way! It's exciting to see them hungry for more! Time & Money: Campers will participate as clerks and shoppers in a "store" in order to practice money recognition. We will have them wanting you to ask them the time!
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PERFORMING ARTS
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DANCE AROUND THE WORLD Ages: 7-12 Week 3: June 28-July 2 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: $55/resident $65/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Take an imaginary journey around the world by learning dances influenced by movements from specific countries, including ballet classics, African rhythms, classic jazz and a little hip-hop. Dance teacher Kimberly Walcott will help campers fill their Dance Passports with vocabulary and stamps from the places they will explore through dance, music, video clips and maps.
DANCE UNDER THE SEA Ages: 5-7 Week 7: August 2-6 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: $55/resident $65/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Learn about the oceans and what's underneath through movement, map and photo books, fun music and video clips. Dancers will practice ballet fundamentals with Penguin and Mermaid dances, do a little soft shoe with the Grumpy Little Octopus and hip-hop "Under the Sea". Each dancer will create a keepsake book and join an open performance on Friday for parents and friends. Led by Kimberly Walcott.
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DANCING WITH THE STARS Week 1: June 14-18 Ages: 7-10 9:00am-12:00pm Week 1: June 14-18 Ages: 11-14 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: $90/resident $100/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Each day campers will enjoy fun, active warm-ups, play games and learn the basics of a specific Latin or Ballroom dance with instructors from the Havana Social Club. There will be performances, judges and a showcase at the end of the week! Dances will include Waltz, Foxtrot, Merengue, Salsa and Tango.
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ROCK STAR 101 Ages: 11-15 Week 1: June 14-18 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: $75/resident $85/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Beginners or participants with moderate experience will learn finger exercises and strumming techniques and be introduced to concepts such as open strings and power chords. Campers should bring their own acoustic or electric guitar. Led by well-respected and sought-after Charlotte area musician Mike Hager.
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YOUNG PERFORMERS Ages: 8-13 Week 2: June 21-25 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $75/resident $85/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Become a star among your peers! This drama camp will expose your budding performers to improvisation, acting techniques, stage presences, skits, and voice animations, using costumes and props. Directed by Valerie Kasmir of Lessons on the Lake.
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SCIENCE
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BLAST OFF INTO SPACE! Ages: 7-11 Week 3: June 28-July 2 9:00am– 12:00pm Cost: $140/resident $150/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Budding rocket scientists will explore the fundamentals of rocketry and space travel. Learn about outer space as we look at the stars and solar system. Work on projects to take home including a simple telescope, a propeller-powered space orbiter and a fully functional rocket. Build and launch different types of rockets during the week and on the last day of camp, launch the solid fuel rocket you built into space and watch it return to earth by parachute before taking it home to show your friends. A Mad Science camp!
CRAZY CHEMWORKS Ages: 6-11 Week 5: July 19-23 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $140/resident $150/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
This action-packed camp explores the chemistry of everyday life! Kids will both learn and apply the concepts, tools and techniques of real chemists. Campers will learn real lab techniques and safety procedures, and use these throughout the week to mix crazy concoctions and chemical combo's. They will experiment with super-sticky stuff, explore glow-in-the-dark technology, mix potions, make slime and grow crystals! Each camper will take home a full set of Mad Science lab gear!
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CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CSI) Ages: 11-14 Week 1: June 14-18 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $40/resident $50/non-resident Location: Cornelius Police Department
Instead of learning a new cheer or building a campfire this summer, come and join the Cornelius Police Department as they lead this unique CSI camp. Participants will be involved in creating staged crime scenes while learning about equipment used to solve crimes such as use of cameras, dusting for fingerprints and more!
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EARTH EXPLORATIONS Ages: 4-6 Week 7: August 2-6 9:00am–12:00pm Cost: $130/resident $140/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
What hidden stories can we find in rocks, sand and fossils? Discover the world around us, from oceans to mountains and volcanoes to earthquakes. Have fun sifting for gems and uncovering dinosaur bones. Learn about the awesome forces of nature that shape our world and learn what fossils and shells tell us about the creatures of the earth. Take-home projects are created each day as we let our imaginations soar! A Mad Science camp!
RED HOT ROBOTS Ages: 8-12 Week 6: July 26-30 9:00am– 12:00pm Cost: $150/resident $160/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Join Mad Science for a week of thrills as we will explore how robots are used in our world and have fun experimenting with super cool sound-sensing, line-tracking and amphibious robots. Young scientists will discover the science of electronic circuits and how robots use sensors to explore things around them. Build your very own sound-activited robot and test out your new friend on an obstacle course before taking it home at the end of the week.
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SECRET AGENT LAB Ages: 6-11 Week 4: July 12-16 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $140/resident $150/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Step into the shoes of a detective with Mad Science and uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis. Become a super sleuth and learn clever ways of performing tasks in this hands-on view of the science that spies use. From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, campers will have the opportunity to check out spy equipment and discover the technological tools of detection!
TOP GUN FLIGHT ACADEMY Ages: 6-11 Week 8: August 9-13 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $140/resident $150/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Children will have a hands-on experience exploring different types of aircraft and other objects that fly. Basic principals of flight and aerodynamics will be investigated by building airplanes, testing them in wind tunnels, and building a hovercraft and balloon copter. Investigate how early "pilots" navigated while building a sextant and sundial. Campers will take home a rubber band-powered airplane, various paper airplane designs, balloon copters, boomerangs, a mini Frisbee, and an intermediate level Estes rocket. A Mad Science camp!
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VISUAL ARTS
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ART: THE WORLD TOUR Ages: 7-11 Week 5: July 19-23 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $60/resident $70/non-resident Location: J.V. Washam Recreation Center
Take a tour with art from different areas of the world. Campers will create African masks, Aboriginal paintings, molas from South America, fiber arts and painted Spanish tiles, among other projects. Join Cornelius Elementary art teacher Judy Kidd for an exciting trip around the world!
BEADS AND THINGS Ages: 7-11 Week 7: August 2-6 9:00am-12:00pm Week 8: August 9-13 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $55/resident $65/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
Spend a week with Tammy Coates making a variety of projects, including bead necklaces and earrings, bottle cap bracelets, braided hemp and making your own polymer clay beads. Campers will have fun creating projects with recyclables, paper mache', clay and other materials -every day of this newly designed camp will bring something unique.
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CRAZY CARTOONS Ages: 7-11 Week 6: July 26-30 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $60/resident $70/non-resident Location: JV Washam Recreation Center
Captivated by cartoons? Learn basic cartooning techniques and create your own cartoon character. Draw a black and white comic strip and then move onto colorful Sunday comics. Make your own comic book based on the character from your imagination. Led by Cornelius Elementary art teacher Judy Kidd.
OOEY GOOEY ART Ages: 7-11 Week 2: June 21-25 9:00am-12:00pm SOLD OUT! Cost: $60/resident $70/non-resident Location: JV Washam Recreation Center
This camp promises to be messy and fun!! Projects will be dripping with paint, ink, paper mache', glue and clay. Messy is our primary ingredient, mixed with a little imagination for creating 2-D and 3-D works of art. So roll up your sleeves and prepare for fun!! Led by Cornelius Elementary art teacher Judy Kidd.
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PAINT, PAINT, PAINT Ages: 7-11 Week 4: July 12-16 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $60/resident $70/non-resident Location: JV Washam Recreation Center
Spend a week painting everything from still life to landscape to fantasy. Learn to mix colors in acrylic, tempera and watercolor. You will see examples of how professional artists explore the use of paint. Join Cornelius Elementary art teacher Judy Kidd for a paint-filled week of fun and create your own masterpiece!
PHOTO FUN Ages: 9-15 Week 4: July 12-16 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $70/resident $80/non-resident Location: Jetton Park
Discover how to use your camera with ease! Learn about exposure, lighting, composition, and color in an outdoor setting. Create a journal to keep your memories and chart your progress. Campers must bring their own 35mm or digital camera, but the camera must have manual controls. Camp cost includes materials for a photographic journal but does not include film or processing. Taught by Bailey Middle School art teacher Jamie Julian.
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SUPER CRAFTS Ages: 7-11 Week 3: June 28-July 2 9:00am-12:00pm Cost: $60/resident $70/non-resident Location: JV Washam Recreation Center
Incredible crafts await you in this special camp. Weaving a basket, making beads and creating jewelry, as well as designing and printing personalized note cards, highlight this week of "hands-on" activities and fun. Led by Cornelius Elementary art teacher Judy Kidd.
SUPER DRAWINGS OF SUPERHEROES Ages: 9-15 Week 3: June 28-July 2 1:00pm-4:00pm Cost: $65/resident $75/non-resident Location: Bailey Road Recreation Center
This hands-on camp will focus on the fundamentals of drawing comic book characters and then creating a superhero comic book. Artists will tell an amazing superhero story through their own drawings. Each artist will create and design their own hero, villain and the citizens of their new, made-up city. By the end of the camp, artists will be able to tell a story from beginning to end and draw comic book heroes with ease. Led by Bailey Middle School art teacher Jamie Julian.
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