The Colorado Springs School has provided summer camp experiences to children for over 30 years. While we encourage CSS families, in particular, to take advantage of these experiential summer programs, they are open to the public and include a variety of STEM activities and athletics.
SUMMER 2023 INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The Colorado Springs School is proud to offer CSS All-Star Basketball Camps on-campus in the Louise Honnen Tutt Field House. Led by Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame player Vicki Vaughan, CSS All-Star Basketball Camps teach athletes the sport of basketball in a fun, safe, and healthy environment. Coach Vaughan, who serves as Director of Athletics for CSS, has facilitated basketball camps for over 30 years and has served as head coach of the CSS Kodiak basketball program for 19 seasons. She takes pride in sharing basic fundamentals, along with her passion for basketball, with athletes of all ages and of varying levels of ability. Vaughan's coaching staff this summer will include 1984 Olympic gold medalist and recent Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Cathy Boswell, who previously coached for the Kodiaks. Boswell and Vaughan were teammates at Illinois State University, where they helped to lead the Redbirds to two Missouri Valley Conference titles and repeat appearances in the NCAA tournament.
Email Coach Vaughan at vvaughan@css.org with questions.
Basketball Camp I: Fundamentals
Date(s): May 29–June 2, 2023
Time: 12-3 p.m.
Price: $200 (includes basketball & t-shirt)
Age(s): 7–14
Basketball Camp II: Shooting & Dribbling
Date(s): July 24–July 28, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Price: $200 (includes basketball & t-shirt)
Age(s): 7–14
Challenger Sports, the largest soccer company in North America, combines the elements of two existing soccer camp programs – British Soccer and TetraBrazil – into a collection of the most effective practices used by youth teams worldwide. The Challenger International Soccer Camp reflects the truly global nature of the sport, providing younger players with a variety of coaching styles, practices, and influences to help them develop a well-rounded skill set. Visit challengersports.com to learn more.
Date(s): June 19–23, 2023 & July 17–21, 2023
Price: TinyTykes Summer Camp (Ages 3–5) - Early Bird Sign-ups at Least 30 Days Before - $105; or $125
Half-Day Program (Ages 5–14) - Early Bird Sign-ups at Least 30 Days Before - $200; or $230
Full-Day Program (Ages 5-14), including special afternoon bonus session for half-day campers Monday through Thursday. Packed lunch is required for a supervised break. Early Bird Sign-ups at Least 30 Days Before - $285; or $330
Most camps include a free soccer ball, t-shirt, poster, and certificate.
Learn more and register
The Colorado Springs School is proud to offer Volleyball Camp in the School's Louise Honnen Tutt Field House. CSS's Head Volleyball Coach Blisse Beardsley emphasizes the fundamentals of volleyball while helping campers develop a love for the sport, and hopes to leave a lasting impact on student-athletes as they find inspiration, sharpen their athletic skills and develop a deeper understanding of the game.
Email Coach Beardsley at bbeardsley@css.org with questions.
Date(s): June 26–30, 2023
Price: $200 (includes volleyball & t-shirt)
Age(s): 9–14
USA Chess is a nationally recognized premier chess camp organizer for children in the United States. The staff is comprised of the finest children's chess instructors in North America. Under their tutelage, campers of all interest levels – from casual to competitive – experience chess instruction and play in a fun-filled environment designed to improve their skills. Camp options include mornings, afternoons, and all-day sessions.
Email Helen Jamison at h287jamison@gmail.com with questions.
Date(s): June 5-9, 2023 & July 17-21, 2023
Price: Half-day Morning (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) or Afternoon Session (1–4 p.m.) - $335 | Full-day Session (9 a.m.–4 p.m.) - $510 | *Combine USA Chess Camp with Video Game Creation Camp - $550
Age(s): 5–15 (Introductory to Advanced Levels Welcome)
Tuition includes a trophy, a chess set, a board, and more.
Minecraft has gained popularity due to its collaborative, open-ended, and moddable nature. The week-long program begins with a basic tutorial of the game – its controls, recipes, hosting, and networking. Afterward, campers will connect with different worlds hosted on The Colorado Springs School's secure server to experiment with character skins, mods, and custom maps. By day three, campers build their own rooms, moats, chessboards, and more in this Active Learning World that grows over time. The possibilities are endless! As with all game creation options, this camp encourages creativity, storytelling, programming, and problem-solving for young learners.
Email Helen Jamison at h287jamison@gmail.com with questions.
Date(s): June 5-9, 2023 & July 17-21, 2023
Price: Half-day Morning (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) or Afternoon Session (1-4 p.m.) - $375 | **Combine Minecraft and Video Game Creation Camp for All-Day Gaming - $575
Age(s): 7–15
In this camp, children build a “Platform” game, like Sonic or Mario, to help their characters overcome obstacles and opponents, and eventually conquer the Big Boss. The character progresses on a long journey, with the background scrolling by as adversaries, prizes, and obstacles are encountered along the way. While beginning lessons on the basics are similar to the Arcade course, they later diverge to encompass programming techniques needed to build a Platform game. As with all game creation options, this camp encourages creativity, storytelling, programming, and problem-solving for young minds.
Email Helen Jamison at h287jamison@gmail.com with questions.
Date(s): June 5-9, 2023
Price: Half-day Morning (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) or Afternoon Session (1–4 p.m.) - $375 | *Combine Video Game Creation Camp with USA Chess Camp - $550 | **Combine Video Game Creation Camp with Minecraft for All-Day Gaming - $575
Age(s): 7–15 (Introductory to Intermediate Levels Welcome)
An "Arcade" style game is created with action for each level on one screen, similar to the classics Centipede, Asteroids and PacMan. In this camp, children design a main character from their own imagination, along with other characters, or enemies, who pursue the main character as it dodges their attack. This character can score points by picking up objects and destroying enemy objects. The options are endless, as campers create level after level for a whole week of fun. As with all of our game creation options, this camp encourages creativity, storytelling, programming, and problem-solving for young minds.
Email Helen Jamison at h287jamison@gmail.com with questions.
Date(s): July 17-21, 2023
Price: Half-day Morning (9 a.m.–12 p.m.) or Afternoon Session (1–4 p.m.) - $375 | *Combine Video Game Creation Camp with USA Chess Camp - $550 | **Combine Arcade Game Creation Camp with Minecraft for All-Day Gaming - $575
Age(s): 7–15
Can campers use the power of science to build a robot that's up to par with the Science Matters Obstacle Course? Throughout this week-long camp, children will participate in a number of fun-filled activities aimed at instilling a love for STEM. They'll meet the electro-powered Robo Bug, explore alternative energy and save the Earth with Science Matters' Green Energy Station, create a Draw Bot, get zapped with Science Matters' Shockingly fun Nerve Tester, explore Newton's Laws, and wire up some Wacky Wild Wheels.
Date(s): June 12–16, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Price: $259
Grade(s): K–5
Learn more and register by June 5, 2023
You won't believe how mixing fun can teach science before it's done. A little of this and a little of that; some wild reactions is where it's at! Campers will develop a slushy treat to eat and see Soda Slobber, make water disappear and play with snow that never melts, and concoct slime that looks alive! With a Pop or a Bang, or even some Fizz, your camper is sure to become a chemistry whiz!
Date(s): June 12–16, 2023
Time: 1–4 p.m.
Price: $259
Grade(s): K–5
Learn more and register by June 5, 2023
Make things glow, fizz, and explode. Brand new for 2023, campers will explore their favorite chemical element, conducting experiments that create heat and then cooling them down, creating their own battery, working with teammates to conduct labs, collecting data, and testing cooling reactions.
Date(s): July 10–14, 2023
Time: 1–4 p.m.
Price: $259
Grade(s): 5–8
Lab aprons and goggles provided!
Older campers will use their imagination and work with teammates to build different mini-bots that can stand up to Science Matters' challenges. Robots do different things depending on how they are constructed. Campers will experience circuits, buzzing lights, and motors galore in this Super Fun Camp, which also includes an introduction to soldering.
Date(s): July 10–14, 2023
Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Price: $249
Grade(s): 5–8
Learn more and register by July 3, 2023
Camp Reading Rocks will combine innovative lessons with an engaging summer camp atmosphere. Students will enjoy poetry, literacy scavenger hunts, and outdoor crafts while focusing on fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. As a culminating activity, students will enjoy miniature golf, a Reader’s Theater performance, and a picnic at Monument Valley Park.
Email Caren Goldberg at cgoldberg@css.org with questions.
Date(s): July 10–14, 2023
Price: $195
Age(s): Open to rising 1st-5th graders of all reading levels
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