2021

The best week of your kids summer! All experience levels are welcome! Summer Camp is the best way to get your kid geared up and shredding in no time. Campers are taught everything from basic fundamentals to advanced tricks.

• Summer Camp is Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Campers must be ages 9 – 15
• ECP will provide skilled and knowledgeable counselors and ensure a 5:1 ratio of campers to counselors
• Slider gear is included; a basic wakeboard, helmet, and lifejacket.
• Campers are taught everything from basic fundamentals to advanced tricks (depending on one’s own progression)
• We provide adequate amount of time on the water, time for lunch, and off water activities throughout the day.
• Lunch included from Tantrums Lakeside Grill

Elite Cable Park is a watersports park that offers cable wakeboarding, kneeboarding, waterskiing, and more.

The YMCA is one of the nation’s largest providers of out-of-school programming and has a long, rich history of over 100 years in providing top-notch summer camps to parents across the country. The YMCA Summer Camp Guide is the best resource for information on ALL of their camp options. View it at http://www.ymcawcf.org/summer-camp-2020/

Lakeland Family YMCA (South Lakeland)
3620 Cleveland Heights Blvd.
• Day Camp (ages 5-12)
• Pre-K Camp (ages 4-5)
• Aquatics Camp (ages 3-12)
• Sports Camp (completed K – age 11)

Fontaine Gills Family YMCA (North Lakeland)
2125 Sleepy Hill Road
• Day Camp (ages 5-12)

Lake Wales Family YMCA
1001 Burns Ave.
• Day Camp (ages 5-12)
• Pre-K Camp (ages 4-5)

YMCA Par 3
• Golf Camp (separate listing – see details)

HOW TO REGISTER – In-Person Registration is required at one of the following locations:
-YMCA Childcare Facility front desk on Cleveland Heights Blvd. (behind the main building)
-Fontaine Gills Family YMCA (North Lakeland)
-Lake Wales Family YMCA (Lake Wales)
Registrations can be taken from 6am-6:30pm, Monday-Friday. Call 863.644.3528 to inquire about availability.

Bricks 4 Kidz will be hosting week-long camps throughout Lakeland and Winter Haven this summer! This unique summer camp will keep your child thinking, building, innovating, creating, and learning all summer long.

Bricks 4 Kidz has also added several new themes this year, and with most camps being a theme-mashup, your little engineers can experience them all! Each day campers experience a new adventure with several different types of activities:

• Different LEGO® robotic models that tie in to each week’s camp themes
• LEGO® Mosaic Art
• LEGO® 3D Brick Builds
• Arts and Crafts Projects
• Games
• Campers take home several prizes throughout the week
• Every camper creates and takes home their very own custom LEGO® minifigure
• Bricks 4 Kidz instructors take pictures of camper’s model builds and send them to parents to see all of the super awesome LEGO® creations campers make throughout the week.

Camp locations include Dixieland Elementary and Griffin Elementary in Lakeland, and Wahneta Elementary School in Winter Haven.

Enjoy 10 full weeks of summer exploration with Camp Fire! Come for a day, a week, or the whole summer!

Camp Light-A-Spark is a summer day camp for rising Kindergarten through 5th graders. A normal day at Camp-Light-A-Spark usually starts with center time where kids get to choose from a variety of activities including playing make-believe, board games, or Legos. Groups then break off to work on academic enrichment, group reading time, or outside play. Lunchtime is followed by a movie or quiet reading to allow for some rest time. Then, it’s time for a group activity such as an art project or science experiment, with more outside playtime. And Thursdays are always field trip days!

Activities are led by trained, adult staff who not only supervise our kids but engage with them as well. Our academic-based activities are designed to help prevent summer backslide in school. Math, science, reading, and writing activities are shared in fun and creative ways; curriculum and hands-on activities follow Florida Standards and are grade-level appropriate.

Camp Fire also offers:
Camp Ignite (5^th-6^th)
Teen Programs, Overnight Camps, and Service Projects (6^th-12^th)

Camp Ignite is a summer day camp geared specifically for young people going into 5th and 6th grade, transitioning between the worlds of elementary school and middle school. ‘

Within a typical day camp structure, participants engage in on-site activities such as outdoor play, grade-appropriate educational enhancement to help prevent summer backslide, hands-on experiments and art projects, and team building and group challenges. There are camp days dedicated to extracurricular activities as well, such as lessons based on our ACES (Advanced Camping Experts) program, recreation-based field trips, and community service projects.

Camp Fire also offers:
Camp Light-A-Spark (K-5)
Teen Programs, Overnight Camps, and Service Projects (6^th-12^th)

Camp Fire’s Summer Challenge (entering 6th-12th grade)
Summer Challenge is a series of full-day service-learning projects offered on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Projects range from working at a wildlife refuge to helping feed the homeless. These experiences aim to be not only educational but also a collaborative effort with other agencies in our region. Challenge is open to teens in 6-12 grade.

Camp Fire’s CF66 Service-Learning Road Trip (entering 9th-12th grade)
CF66 is a week long service-learning road trip for teens in 9th-12th grade. Teens and leaders travel by van throughout Florida learning more about our wonderful state and giving back to the communities they visit. The trip is full of youth empowerment and leadership opportunities. Teen are responsible for themselves and their teammates, helping with activities such as budgeting their money for the week, meal planning, solving puzzles, and of course, exciting service projects.

Camp Fire’s Nature Quest Camp (entering 6th-8th grade)
Nature Quest is an environmental education-based service-learning trip for rising 6-8 graders. Our team travels by van to a designated area where they set up camp for 4 days. During the week, the team will explore the many facets of Florida wildlife and ecosystems, and learning about environmental advocacy, while giving back to the community they visit.

This is a great trip for novice campers, or for teens looking for a fantastic opportunity to check out the amazing things in their own backyard.  The trip is full of youth empowerment and leadership opportunities. Nature Quest Camp is available to youth entering 6-8 grade.

Buckingham Terror Haunted House Planning
Every Halloween, Camp Fire Sunshine transforms into Buckingham Terror – a teen-run program of Camp Fire. But, this program is only able to be brought to life by a dedicated group of Camp Fire teens, staff, and volunteers.

Want to be a part of the team that makes this nightmare a possibility? Come and be a part of our planning meetings where we will be creating this year’s theme, and blueprint for how the haunt will be constructed, staged, and run. Planning meetings are open to teens going into 6-12 grade.

Camp Fire also offers:
Camp Light-A-Spark (K-5)
Camp Ignite (5^th-6^th)

All Saints Academy is excited to offer a variety of engaging camps for your child to experience this summer! Grades listed indicate the grades students will be entering in the fall 2021. All camps are open to the public. Visit the ASA Camp Website for dates and times for each camp.

• 2021 Summer Dance Intensive Camp (PK3-12th Grade)
• Broadway Beginnings: A Musical Theatre Intensive (6th-12th Grade)
• Camp Discovery (2nd-5th Grade)
• Circus Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
• Creativity Camp (1st-5th Grade)
• Gearing Up for Middle School (6th Grade)
• Individual Strings Lessons (6th-12th Grade)
• Keys to Success Week (7th-9th Grade)
• Middle School STEM Camp (6th-8th Grade)
• Rising STARS Camp (Kindergarten-2nd Grade)
• STEM Fun! (1st-5th Grade)
• Teen Court (9th-12th Grade)
• Young Explorers (July/PK3-Kindergarten)
• Young Explorers (June/PK3 & PK4)

All Saints Academy also offers Sports Camps.

All Saints Academy is excited to offer a variety of engaging camps for your child to experience this summer! Grades listed indicate the grades students will be entering in fall 2021. All camps are open to the public. Visit the ASA Camp website for dates and times for each camp.

• Boys Basketball Camp (9th-12th Grade)
• Boys Basketball Camp (Kindergarten-8th Grade)
• Cheer Camp (1st-5th Grade)
• Girls Indoor Volleyball Camp (6th-12th Grade)
• Girls Lacrosse Camp (K-12th Grade)
• Lacrosse Camp (Kindergarten-12th grade)
• Lower School Football Camp (1st-5th Grade)
• Middle/Upper School Football Camp (6th-12th Grade)
• Soccer Camp (Kindergarten-8th Grade)

All Saints Academy also offers a variety of Recreational & Instructional Camps

Our school strives to instill the basic life virtues of discipline, respect, integrity, and confidence. These qualities have been the foundation of the martial arts student since the beginning. The staff of Family Martial Arts Center helps reinforce each quality trait through Leading by Example. Our children of the future need positive role models that will set the right example. Our instructors make this the first priority.

Summer Day Camp Activities include theme parks, bowling, Family Fun Center, swimming, state parks, and go-carts just to name a few. Some of the activities are free and others have an additional cost. Field Trips are OPTIONAL and students not attending the day’s activity will enjoy a fun day at the studio.

TaeKwonDo Classes: Your child will receive 2 hours of instruction per week.

Enroll now in a summer kids fishing camp and learn boat safety, fishing techniques and enjoy bass fishing daily on the Chain of Lakes in Winter Haven. This hands-on camp also includes education regarding fishing with different types of bait, seeing different animal species in their habitat and even stopping in the sandbar to take a swim and cool off.

The goals of the camp are to take each camper and improve their knowledge and their skills as they relate to fresh water fishing. The instructors make sure each camper improves their abilities whether they are a beginner or a veteran fisherman.

Spots are limited, reserve your week now!!!

Camp BLAST is the City of Lakeland’s highly successful summer recreation program for kids. Camp activities in previous years have included: recreation activities, Lakeland Park and Playground Trips, Movies at Lake Mirror, Swimming at Simpson Pool, Roller Skating, Bowling. Check back for 2021 activities and field trip details.

2021 Locations:
Dixieland Elementary
Southwest Middle
Sleepy Hill Middle
Simpson Park Community Center

2021 Registration:
Register in person at the Kelly Recreation Complex or Simpson Park Community Center. $250 is due at registration.
In-City Registration Begins: Friday, May 14 – 8 AM –  Registrants must show TWO PROOFS OF RESIDENCY within the city limits of the City of Lakeland.
Open Registration (In-City & Out-of-City): Monday, May 17

For more information about Camp Blast visit the Summer Camp website or call Kelly Recreation at (863) 834-3284 option 2.

WE ARE BACK! Join us for Summer Art Camp 2021! Give your child a safe, creative, and open atmosphere to develop their love and appreciation for the arts. Our engaging Summer Camp program fosters the freedom of exploration through creative processes, mediums, and techniques with the guidance and support of our certified art teachers. Campers will have access to endless inspiration through creative studio habits, art-filled galleries, and supervised strolls to Lake Morton, Florida Southern College, and Hollis Gardens. Maximum capacity for classes is 15 to 20 students.

A supervised 60-minute lunch break will be provided each day for campers who stay all-day. Students must bring their own lunch. Visit the Polk Museum of Art Website to see the full class schedule.

Camp Gilead is a year-round Christian Camp and Retreat Center that has served central Florida since 1938! We exist to glorify God by creating an atmosphere for individuals to evaluate their relationship with Christ and be challenged to make decisions resulting in changed lives.

It is a safe place filled with opportunities to be challenged both physically and spiritually while making lifelong friends. In fact, many return year after year because they cannot bear the thought of a summer without being a part of the action at camp, seeing their friends, and being spiritually refreshed.

Each child’s health and safety are top concerns. All activities are under the direction of trained Christian staff who live in cabins with campers. Trained first-aid personnel and certified lifeguards are also on duty.

The Learning Resource Center’s successful summer program prepares rising and repeating kindergartners for academic success at several Polk County sites. Through hands-on, experiential learning centers, students experience learning that is FUN! With art, music and movement, cooking, and reading readiness centers, Camp READY! builds pre-reading skills while also providing a safety net to allow children more time to continue motor, social and cognitive development. On average, LRC’s Camp READY! students demonstrate growth of four to seven months from pre- to post-assessment.

To register, please call LRC at 863-688-9477 or email GraceV@LRCPolk.com
Check back soon for camp locations.

Summer Camp registration is now open at AGT Athletics (formerly Nova Camps).  Make sure you reserve a spot for your child! This summer will be filled with activities. We have planned field trips, games, tumbling, water days, park days, crafts, 3D printing, etc. Some field trips may include lunch and may require a face covering/mask. Most days, all you need to bring is a lunch and a water bottle! Parents in the hustle of your daily life, if you forget the lunch, mask, or water bottle, we’ve got you covered!

Click here to register for summer camp at Nova Camps.

At Camp Urbie’s Adventure Camp featuring Snapology, kids can build confidence with a combination of adventurous, adrenaline filled, energy burning activities in the Urban Air venue and engaging, hands-on STEAM activities led by a Snapology professional.

With an entire summer full of different Snapology themes using LEGO® bricks, Robotics, Video Game Design and more, there’s something for every kid aged 7 & up. Camp Urbie’s Adventure Camp featuring Snapology is the perfect place to let ’em learn and let ’em play all summer long.

Camp includes: One Urban Air T-shirt & Pair of Jump Socks, Chicken Finger Wednesday & Pizza Friday Lunches, snacks all week long, unique daily STEAM activities curated and executed by Snapology professionals, active play inside Urban Air throughout the day, team activities, games and competitions, secure check in & check out, & more!

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What’s Cooking? teaches children the importance of clean eating and cooking from scratch in a peanut free kitchen that caters to everyone’s allergies. Camps and classes are offered to further develop cooking skills and teach children about local foods, restaurants and our natural environment. Camps are open to kids ages 5-13.

Do you want MORE for your child this summer? Join Minds in Motion summer camp!
Our summer program offers a wide range of experiences and activities that are not available elsewhere. Your child will participate in engaging and structured activities throughout the entire day. Our camp includes STEAM activities, creative play and imagination rooms, computer stations, video games, outdoor areas, and our new STUDIO for whole body fitness and theater arts. Your child will have a wide variety of opportunities for field trips and experiences. They will be having such a great time, they won’t want to leave!

The most action packed summer camp in Lakeland is at Master Choe’s. We offer a complete summer experience, filled with daily martial arts training, special field trips, enrichment classes, along with group games and activities.

Field Trips include Movies, Local Parks, Water Parks, Arcades, Skating, Swimming, plus mega trips to fun places in Tampa and Orlando.

Choe’s has been providing martial arts training in Lakeland for over 40 years. Join them for the best combination of fun and learning for our Summer of Fun in 2021!

To register or get more details call (863) 665-0488 or visit the website.

Lakeland Christian Preparatory School is offering two summer camps on our new campus.
Summer Fun Program includes fun activities such as crafts, water days, movie days, games, and so much more! Ages 3-17.

Sports Summer Fun Camps will be playing sports all day while enjoying fun activities and playing in sports tournaments. Basketball, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Soccer, Softball, Martial Arts, Football. Ages 5-17.

LCPS provides lunch and snacks for our campers. Plus, each camp will go on weekly field trips!

The YMCA is one of the nation’s largest providers of out-of-school programming and has a long, rich history of over 100 years in providing top-notch summer camps to parents across the country.

YMCA offers Golf Camps at the YMCA Par 3, home of First Tee Lakeland.

The YMCA Summer Camp Guide is the best resource for information on ALL of their camp options. View it at http://www.ymcawcf.org/summer-camp-2020/

Explore each of the galleries coming to the new Museum at Bonnet Springs Park this summer! Each week will feature fun, hands-on, specially curated content inspired by themes of new spaces and programs. Book the week for a specific theme or book the whole summer to experience one of the best camps in Lakeland.

Ultimate Dance Center Performing Arts Summer Experience will give your child the opportunity to immerse themselves in many aspects of Performing Arts from more traditional forms of dance such as Ballet and Contemporary dance to fun and exciting dance forms such as Acro, Hip Hop, Musical Theater and Lyrical.

Students will also have an opportunity to learn through social dance and performing forms such as bucket drumming, country line dancing, blacklight puppetry, performing arts and music/rhythm classes. This summer experience will be an exciting and encouraging environment for your child to be exposed to the world of Dance and the Arts.

SUPERNOVA Summer Camp is a perfect way to ensure your child has an AMAZING Summer. We are NOT an ordinary summer camp, we are a Gymnastics, Tumbling, and Hip-Hop Dance summer camp! While teaching brand new athletes or athletes who have been in the sport for years, your child will be coached by our amazing staff. So don’t forget to sign your child up for an AWESOME Summer!

Camp READY+
The Learning Resource Center’s Camp READY!+ will take the popular Camp READY! kindergarten-readiness program to the next level, now preparing students for the first grade level. The goal of this program is to focus on concept and skill competence and confidence while reteaching, reviewing, implementing and reflecting on vocabulary, reading, and math sense.
Ages: Entering, repeating, or struggling first graders
Dates + Times: Vary by site
Location: 3 camp sites (Lakeland, Winter Haven, Ft. Meade)
Cost: $25
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477, email GraceV@LRCpolk.com, LRCpolk.com

Super Summer Success – Completed K – 5th Grade
The Learning Resource Center’s Super Summer Success builds confident, successful students through time-tested best practices. Students will explore academics while participating in high-interest, hands-on lessons, exploring math through writing and drawing, engaging in creative art projects, sharing in read-and-respond projects on key ideas, reinforcing skills through interaction and review, and savoring brain-healthy snacks to keep energy up.
Ages: Entering 1st – 6th grade
Dates: July 6-28
Times: Monday-Thursday from 1pm-4:30pm
Location: Family Fundamentals, 109 N Kentucky Ave, 3rd Floor, Lakeland, FL 33801
Cost: $395 *Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477, email LRCpolk@gmail.com, LRCpolk.com

ACT Preparation Course + SAT Preparation Course
Learning Resource Center offers both an ACT Preparation Course and SAT Preparation Course to assist students who are preparing to take the ACT or SAT. These courses build confident successful students through an efficient and effective 23-hour course by engaging in problem-solving strategies for analyzing and answering test questions, reinforcing skills through interaction and review, and building confidence while reducing test anxiety through test-taking strategies.

These are two different courses with separate registration required for each one.
Location: Learning Resource Center, 1628 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland OR virtually
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477, email JudiW@LRCpolk.com, LRCpolk.com

Summer Coding Workshop
The Learning Resource Center is holding a summer coding workshop for students entering 6th or 7th grade to learn the basics of code in a fun and friendly environment. Students will gain experience using the MIT App Inventor and an introduction to code with the popular industry programming language Python. Led by educated STEM instructors, participants will discover the fundamentals of code and use their imagination in game-based learning.
Ages: Rising 6th and 7th grades (completed 5th or 6th grade)
Dates: June 7-11, 2021 from 8am – 12pm
Location: Learning Resource Center of Polk County, 1628 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, FL 33803
Cost: $200*
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477 or email BeverlyM@LRCpolk.com.

LRC Mid Math Camp
The Learning Resource Center’s Mid Math Camp will aid students who have fallen behind in math due to the effects of COVID, virtual schooling, or other reasons and will reinforce important skills specific to grade-level math topics in middle school.
Ages: Students entering 7th-9th grade or repeating 6th-8th grade
Dates: July 6-23 from 8:30am – 12pm
Location: Learning Resource Center of Polk County, 1628 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, FL 33803
Cost: $275*
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477 or email GraceV@LRCpolk.com.

Study Habits of Successful Students – Learning Resource Center 
The Learning Resource Center’s Study Habits of Successful students is designed to build confident, successful students through-time tested best practices. This interactive study skills program helps motivate and prepare middle school students to become effective learners in school and beyond.
Ages: 6-8th grade
Dates: July 26-30, 2021 from 9:30 – 11:30am
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Cost: $120*
Register: Call LRC at 863-688-9477, email JudiW@LRCpolk.com, LRCpolk.com

*Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.