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Join the Civics Leadership Academy (CLA) at Polk State College and experience hands-on learning at the leadership level. Students will work in teams to identify an issue they are passionate about within their school, community, or city and then create a solution for that issue. Plus guest speakers such as local mayors, police officers, firefighters, and the Polk County Supervisor of Elections. Lunch and snack will be provided. In part to a generous donation from the Florida Department of Education, students will pay just $100 for the entire week.
June 19-23, 2023 Lakeland Campus
July 10-14, 2023 Winter Haven Campus
Grades 6-9
8:30am – 5:10pm
999 Ave H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
Camp READY! prepares rising and repeating kindergartners for academic success through hands-on, experiential learning centers (art, music & movement, cooking and reading-readiness) to build pre-reading skills while continuing motor, social and cognitive development. $25 per 4 week session.
Camp READY!+ prepares students for the first-grade level focusing on concept and confidence while reteaching and reviewing vocabulary, reading, and math sense. $25 per 4 week session.
Camp READY! Special Friends provides readiness skills for our friends with special needs.
Four weeks during the summer – Check website for 2023 Dates + Locations
Students entering or repeating Kindergarten or 1st Grade. Eligible students must be five years old by September 1, 2023.
Approximately 8am – 12pm, check website for specific times for each location
203 Ave R NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
115 S Oak Ave, Fort Meade, FL 33841, USA
902 Lily Ave, Haines City, FL 33844, USA
1225 E Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33801, USA
4815 Bailey Rd, Mulberry, FL 33860, USA
Summer Coding Workshop – LRC’s Summer Video Game Design & Coding Workshop is led by a STEM educator to help students discover the fundamentals of code in an exciting and productive learning domain. For rising 6th and 7th grades (completed 5th or 6th grade).
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. For Students entering 7th-9th grade or repeating 6th-8th grade.
Study Habits of Successful Students – 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. For rising 6th-8th grade students.
*Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.
Vary by Camp – Check description
Entering 6th – 9th Grade – Check description for ages for each camp
Vary by camp
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 1-week, 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.
ACT Preparation Course: June 19 – 22, 2023
SAT Preparation Course: July 17 – 20, 2023
9th – 12th Grade
Vary by subject – check website
Super Summer Success builds confident, successful students through time-tested best practices. Students will focus on academics by participating in high-interest, hands-on lessons while 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.
*Fee reduction available based on family income. Please ask about LRC’s Sliding Fee Scale or scholarships for deserving students in need.
June 19 – July 13, 2023
Completed K – 5th Grade
Monday – Thursday from 1 – 4 pm
All Saints Academy has 20+ camps to choose from this summer! All camps are open to the public. Visit the ASA Camp Website for dates and times for each camp.
RECREATION + INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPS:
- Aftercare and Games (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Aftercare and Games (Preschool 3-Kindergarten)
- Concoctions and Creations (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Game Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Math Refresher Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Young Explorers (PK3, PK4 & K)
- Learn to Play the Ukulele (6th-12th Grade)
- Circus Camp (Kindergarten-5th Grade)
- Paints, Playdough & Projects (Rising Preschool 4-2nd Grade)
- Rising STARS Camp (Kindergarten, First Grade, & Second Grade)
- Harry Potter Camp (2nd-5th Grade)
- Dance Intensive Camp (PK3-Kindergarten)
- Dance Camp (1st-8th Grade)
- Girls Leadership Camp (6th-9th Grade)
- Dance Intensive Camp (1st-12th Grade)
- Full STEAM Ahead! (1st-5th Grade)
All Saints Academy also offers Sports Camps.
Vary by Camp – see website
Entering PreK3 – 12th Grade
Vary by Camp – see website
We are gearing up for a full season of awesome STEAM-themed Summer Camps! Our STEAM themed camps are so much fun, your child with not even know they are learning a little something too! Demand for camps is high and capacity is limited so don’t delay, enroll your child today!
Lakeland Camps – First Presbyterian Chuch on Lake Hollingsworth
Winter Haven Camps – First Presbyterian Church, 637 6th St NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881
Weekly Sessions from June 5 – August 4, 2023
Ages 5 – 14
Plus select weeks for Preschoolers ages 3-6
Half Day: 9am – 12pm or 1pm – 4pm | Full Day: 9am – 4pm
Use discount code LMOM23 at checkout for 10% off Summer Camps – a special thanks to Lakeland Moms!
637 6th St NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
Welcome to Summer Camp at Florida Children’s Museum! Camp programming is designed and led by FCM’s highly-skilled Education Team. Through hands-on-learning and structured play, your child will explore science, art, math, and language in a space curated just for kids. Each week of camp offers its own unique theme and programming, free-play in the Museum, and daily trips to Bonnet Springs Park.
At Camp FCM, your child can give in to their natural curiosity, use their imagination, and strengthen their development. Dare to be curious with us!
June 5 – July 28, 2023 – weekly sessions
Ages 4 to 9: all weeks. Must be enrolled in Kindergarten and turn 5 by Sept.1, 2023.
Ages 10 to 12: June 12-16 only
8am – 5 pm. Curriculum runs from 9 am to 3 pm.
2023 TBD
4 – 12
6:30am – 6pm
Weekly Sessions during these dates: June 5 – 23, July 10 – 23, 2023
Grades K – 8
8:30am – 11:30am
Weekly from June 5 – August 4, 2023
Entering 5th & 6th Grade
8:00 am to 5:00 pm with early and late care available (7:30am – 6:00pm)
Weekly from June 5 – August 4, 2023
Entering Kindergarten – 5th Grade
8:00 am to 5:00 pm with FREE early and late care available (7:30am – 6:00pm)
June 19-23
June 26-30
July 10-14
July 17-21
5 – 13
8:15 to 5:10 (partial days also available)
999 Ave H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
June 5 – July 28, 2023
Ages 6 – 18
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
950 Pinewood Ave, Lakeland, FL 33815, USA
920 Lowry Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801, USA
2400 Havendale Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33881, USA
305 NE 1st Ave, Mulberry, FL 33860, USA
704 Ave C, Haines City, FL 33844, USA
1869 E Gibbons St, Bartow, FL 33830, USA
Weekly Sessions June 5 – July 28, 2023
K-8th grade
8am – 2pm
June 5 – July 27 (no camp 6/12-6/16)
Kindergarten through Second Grade Reading Levels. Ages 5-9
12:30 – 3:30pm
Two Sessions – June 27th and July 19th
Rising 7th and 8th Grade Girls
9 AM – 3 PM