Summer Camp Opportunities- Please check out the following websites and phone
numbers. The Guidance Office has a binder with these applications on file. Be
sure to stop by or call for more information!
*** For a comprehensive listing of summer camp options, visit
www.childcareservices.org or call a CCSA Referral Counselor-For Durham
County: 919-403-6950, for Wake County: 919-779-2220, For Orange County: 919-
967-3272.
1. Year of Opportunities Durham (YO! Durham)-www.yodurham.org/OurPrograms.html
This program offers service learning, mentoring, internships, year-long
support from adult mentors, and a paid 6-week long summer camp.
2. Star Foundation Inc, Fun in the Sun Summer Camp
http://star-foundation.org/default.aspx
Monday through Friday, 8-5, 10 week program, $150 per week. This program
offers arts & crafts, summer reading, creative writing, computer lab, outside
recreation activities, and more.
3. Light of the World Ministry Summer Camp for Kids. June 15-August 7. $75
per week, Monday through Friday, 7am-7pm. Call 919-246-4060 or 919-724-5614.
Registration is due by June 10th.
4. DPS & NCCU's Legal Eagle Law Camp. June 29-July 3rd. $110, lunch not
provided. For Rising 7th-10th grade students that are intersted in law. Cap
for registration is 42 students. Scholarships are available. Call 919-560-
3816 or visit www.dpsnc.net for more information.
5. North Carolina State University's Reading Skills and Speed Reading
Programs. Ages 4 through adults. For mor information, call 1-800-978-9596.
Some classes start as early as June 18th. You may also contact the Program
Director Judy Reilly at 1-888-202-5114.
6. Duke University's Football Camp. June 15-18th, ages 6-14. Call 919-684-
2635 to register. Cost is $200.
7. North Carolina State University's College of Engineering Summer Camp for
elementary and middle school students. Cost of the program is $250 per week.
Scholarships are available. This is a week-long camp 9-3 each day. For more
information, check out their website at www.engr.ncsu.edu/summerprograms or
you may also contact Nancy Candleana at engr.outreach@ncsu.edu or 919-515-
3263.
8. Duke Summer Camps- http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/
9. Durham Academy Summer Camp- http://www.da.org/podium/default.aspx?t=110115
10. Durham Arts Council summer camps & teen programs-
http://www.durhamarts.org/pdf/spring09/Summer%20Camp.pdf
11. Durham Chamber of Commerce youth programs
http://www.durhamchamber.org/chamber/programs/workforce/building_bridges.html
12. Durham County Library Summer Reading program volunteers
13. Durham Parks and Recreation Summer Camps
http://www.durhamnc.gov/news/NewsDisplay.cfm?vNewsID=1276
14. Eno River Summer Camps Schoolhouse of Wonder
http://www.schoolhouseofwonder.org/programs/camps/
15. John Avery Boys and Girls Club
http://www.johnavery.org/
16. Mayor's Summer Work Program
http://www.durhamnc.gov/mayor/youth_program.cfm
17. Museum of Life and Science Volunteer and Camps
http://www.ncmls.org/get-involved/camps-and-classes
18. Shodor Foundation Summer Science and Math Camps
http://www.shodor.org/ssep/prl/succeed.html
19. The Volunteer Center
http://www.thevolunteercenter.org/
20. Five Oaks Club Tennis Camp
http://fiveoaksclub.com/SummerCamp.html
21. YMCA Summer Camps
http://www.ymcatriangle.org/Durham_YMCAs/Programs/Youth?Summer_Day_Camp.aspx
22. North Carolina State University's Pre-College Initiative. July 18-20th,
for grades 6-12. For registration information contact Tyrik Hicks at
tthicks@ncsu.edu or 910-616-1379.
23. Girls in Science Summer Outdoor Ed-Ventures. Camps for Risign 7th grade
girls that are interested in science. contact http://www.naturalsciences.org
or contact M.T.Fore at 919-733-7450 ext 621.
24. Duke AHEC Health Careers Exploration Summer Camp for Rising 8th & 9th
graders. From July 21-25. Applications are due by May 16th. Contact Ms.
Debbie Carter at 919-477-2644 ext 237 or carte022@mc.duke.edu
25. IBM is teaming with area public schools and nonprofit organizations to
sponsor two offerings of a two-day technology camp for 64 young ladies
entering either the seventh or the eighth grade in the fall of 2009. The
camps will be held at the IBM Research Triangle Park facility July 23 - 24,
2009, and August 6 - 7, 2009. Each camp will contain a different set of
young ladies, so those selected will attend one of the two offerings. Please
share with your mentors and their parents, your church members, and other
community members and friends. Camp applications need to be postmarked by
May 22, 2009. Please contact Christina Wetli, wetlic@us.ibm.com, or René
Johnson, alishar@us.ibm.com, if questions arise.
26. Duke University Medical Center's ADHD Program is offering an Academic
Summer Treatment Program for Middle School Students from August 3rd-14th from
9am-12pm Monday through Friday. This program is for rising 6th, 7th, and 8th
grade students who have a diagnosis of ADHD. It emphasized note-taking
strategies, academic support skills, behavior management, and parent
education. The cost of the program is $700, but there are two need-based
scholarships available that will cover half of tuition ($350). If you have
any questions, you may contact Michelle Lepsch-Halligan at 919-416-2096. You
can also check out their website at:
http://www2.mc.duke.edu/dpets/psychiatry/adhd/myweb/index.html
27. Durham's YMCAis offering a Wellness Program for Girls Ages 12-15 at the
American Tobacco Wellness Center, which will meet Mondays through Thursdays
for 3 hours, for 6 weeks, beginning on June 21st. Cost of the program is
$400. Please contact Kathleen Pace at: kathleen.pace@ymcatriangle.org with
any questions.
