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2008 Summer Camps & More

     

 

Adventure Learning Center

850 New Ballwin Rd.

Ballwin
(636) 394-0600

adventurelearning.com


Adventure Exploration Camp is West County’s answer to an exciting summer for children ages 2-12 years. No need to pack a lunch or seek additional care; our camp is in session all day. This year’s session provides an enriching environment that will strengthen your child’s observation skills and broaden their knowledge or our community in a safe and nurturing manner. Adventure Exploration Camp’s field trips, speakers, entertainers, and community involvement and theme projects provide a framework for learning. Spaces are limited; so reserve your child’s summer placement for fun today! Tour today, visit their website at adventurelearningltd.com or call 636-394-0600.

 

Baskin Farm

18124 Baskin Farm Drive • Wildwood
(636) 458-5053

baskinfarm.net


Baskin Farm summer camp offers a great opportunity for children to spend all day with horses.  Campers learn hunt seat riding as well as how to care for horses and riding equipment.  The experienced staff provides quality instruction with an emphasis on safety. Sessions are offered for beginner and intermediate riders.  Baskin Farm is set on 18 acres in west county near Hwy 109.  They will also offer a camp program at their new location in Town and Country, Pegasus Equestrian Center.  Call for more details. 

 

Camp Gan Israel

2122 Park Forest Drive
Chesterfield
(636) 778-4000

cgistl.com


Camp Gan Israel is a summer camp dedicated to enriching the lives of children from diverse Jewish backgrounds and affiliations through a stimulating camping experience.  At Camp Gan Israel the focus on child safety and program quality is unparalleled.  CGI of Chesterfield is part of the largest and fastest growing network of day camps, enjoying a reputation as a pioneer in Jewish camping, with innovative ideas and creative activities, to both provide enjoyment and inspire children to try new and exciting things!

 

Camp Invention

Messiah Lutheran • St. Charles
800.968.4332

campinvention.org

 

Inspire a passion for science in your child! The weeklong Camp Invention program enhances creativity and science literacy for children entering grades 1-6. Children are challenged to survive on an alien planet, design miniature amusement park rides, and create safer automobiles! Offered at Messiah Lutheran School July 14-18 from 9 to 3:30. To register call 800.968.4332 or www.campinvention.org.

 

Camp Sabra

Lake of the Ozarks • MO
(314) 442-3180

campsabra.com


Camp Sabra campers have a summer of fun and get a lifetime of memories!  As one of the premier residential Jewish camps, campers enjoy 3.5 miles of private shoreline complete with land and water-based activities.  Sailing, water skiing, ropes challenge course and hiking are just a few of the fun experiences that Camp Sabra has to offer.  Contact Camp Director Terri Grossman.

 

Camp Taum Sauk

Lesterville, MO

(314) 961-5538
taumsauk.com


Camp Taum Sauk is a family owned co-ed overnight camp located on the Black River in Lesterville, MO. They are dedicated to creating positive, lasting impressions on children ages 8 to 15.  With a strong concern for safety and an emphasis on individual attention, the experienced staff leads campers through a wide, exciting variety of experiences including horseback rides, mountain biking, caving, zip wire, giant swing, ropes course, wilderness skills, archery, riflery, creative arts, tennis and more.  Children learn confidence in the water through Red Cross swim instruction in the camps pool.  Other water activities include canoeing, kayaking, rafting, tubing, snorkeling and fishing. Transportation to and from St. Louis is provided. American Camping Association accredited since 1946.

 

Carol Bowman Academy of Dance, Ltd.

#16 Clarkson-Wilson Centre
Chesterfield

(636) 537-3203

 

Their summer program is an ideal time to introduce children of all ages to the different disciplines of dance. Daytime and evening classes are offered to accommodate everyones schedule. For their younger students ballet, tap, and tumbling are incorporated to encourage coordination, rhythm, and creativeness. For the experienced dancers, classes in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz and tap are structured to help maintain technique, flexibility and tone. Yoga, Pilates and dance classes also available for teens/adults. Call for details or to request a schedule.

 

 

Chesterfield Arts

444 Chesterfield Center • Chesterfield
(636) 519-1955

chesterfieldarts.org


For your budding Picasso, Van Gogh or just artistically curious child, Chesterfield Arts presents Art Camps 2008. Drawing, painting, ceramics and cartooning, Board game making, mixed media and much more. Camps are half-day, one week at a time. Take 1, 2, or 3 or more! For grades K-8 plus advanced classes for high schools. Call to register or check their website.

 

The Club at Chesterfield

16625 Swingley Ridge Road
Chesterfield

(636) 532-9992

clubatchesterfield.com

 

Everyone’s a star at The Club at Chesterfield’s 2008 Kids Camp! Enjoy fun activities: swimming, tennis, non-competitive sports, games and crafts especially designed for kids ages 5-12 years. Camp runs weekdays 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, June 2 through August 1. Before and/or after care is available for an additional charge; hours are 8:00 - 9:00 am before care and 3:00 - 5:00 pm after care. Lunch and snacks included. Join for a week or the entire summer! For more information, please call 636.532.9992 or visit clubatchesterfield.com. The Club is located behind the Doubletree Hotel, Chesterfield Parkway West and Highway 40.

 

Countryside Montessori School

12226 Ladue Road • Creve Coeur
(314) 434-2821

countrysidemontessorischool.info

 

Countryside Montessori School offers an 9-week summer program (Four 2-week sessions and one 1-week session) for children ages 2-7.  Your child will enjoy Montessori class time, arts & crafts, daily pony rides, swimming instruction/water play and more!  Hours are 8:30-12:30 (snack included) or 8:30-3:30 (lunch included).  Summer camp dates are June 9th-August 8th. Please call for registration materials.

 

Dance Incorporated

317 Ozark Trail Drive, Ste. 160
Ellisville
(636) 394-0023

dance-inc.com


Dance Incorporated will host two of the most exciting dance camps ever for ages 3 years through teens. Passion for Fashion and Dance camp will be held june 16-20 and will offer dance, musical theatre, cheerleading, ons,hip hop, makeovers, glamour hairdos, manicures pedicures and much more. Their new camp “Rock the Planet” held June 9-13 will teach the latest dance moves from award winning choreographers and former NFL cheerleaders. Both camps end with live performances. Call Dance, Inc. today.

 

Generation Gymnastics

460 St. Peters Howell Rd. • St. Charles • 63304
(636) 928-1115

generationgymnastics.com


Whether children have gymnastics experience or none at all, Camp Generation is the active and healthy option for boys and girls ages 5 to 15. Children will enjoy theme-based weekly activities, outdoor water fun, and different daily activities including: arts and crafts, reading time, games, movies and performers. Special performances for parents will be at the end of each week. Day rates and weekly rates available.

 

Goddard School

1633 Kehrs Mill Road
Chesterfield
(636) 519-0808

goddardschool.com


The school-age summer program at The Goddard School® is a unique blend of fun and learning. Teachers plan days filled with developmentally appropriate activities to foster children’s skill building, self-confidence, and cognitive development. Special visitors provide exciting learning opportunities in a safe environment, and include community helpers; cultural performances and outreach programs through local museums.

 

JCC Summer Day Camps

Discover the Spirit!
2 Locations: 
Chesterfield and Creve Coeur
(314) 442-3423

jccstl.com


Year after year, the JCC camp program attracts hundreds of campers because of the quality and training of a talented and seasoned staff.  Combined they have over 100 years of summer camping experience.  Campers swim every day!  Campers laugh every day! Campers learn and experience new things every day!  Spend your summer at the J! Contact Camp Director Joey Boime.

 

Kennedy Farms Equestrian Center

1122 Deep Forest Drive
Chesterfield

(636) 532-7274
kennedyfarms.com


Kennedy Farms Equestrian Camp is now enrolling: Coed, ages 6-14. Two-week and one-week sessions are available for all riding levels. Novice to intermediate riders have the opportunity to attend sessions that focus on the equitation, hunter and jumper skills necessary for the show ring. Beginner sessions provide hours of riding experience which is enhanced by fun, hands-on-activities covering horse safety, grooming, care and much more. Give Kennedy Farms a call today for more information about their opportunities for all ages.

 

The Little Gym Anytime Summertime Camps

7347 Mexico Road • St. Peters
(636) 970-1220
tlgstcharlesmo@thelittlegym.com

 

The Little Gym’s non-competitive, theme-based summer camps provide children an opportunity for fitness, fun and total development…not to mention a fantastic way to beat the St. Louis heat. Each week of camp is designed around a theme, such as “Cheerleading” or “Whales, Sharks and Mermaids.”  Theme-related activities include games, obstacle courses, arts and crafts and lots of imagination!  A light snack is also included. The flexible schedule allows you to choose 2-day or 3-day camps, as many weeks as you like.  The Little Gym offers camps M/W/F from 1:00-4:00 pm and T/TH from 9:00-noon. Camps are for children ages 3-10, and potty trained, please.  Call 636 970-1220 to enroll.

 

 

Living Word United Methodist Church

17315 Manchester Rd. • Wildwood
(636) 227-3592

livingwordumc.org


Living Word United Methodist Church offers fun summer programs options for children in preschool through 5th grades.  In June, their preschool is sponsoring its annual four week summer camp for children ages 2-5.  Contact the ECC director, Jeannie Kraus, at 636-230-0089 for enrollment information. Children entering Kindergarten through 5th grade can sign up for a week of their VBS Sportslife Camp. This camp is offered from 9:00 a.m. – noon during June 16-19 and July 21-24.  Pre-registration begins mid-February with a fee of $45.  Check online  or contact Children’s Pastor, Laura Taylor at 636-227-3592 for registration information.

 

Mathnasium

235 Salt Lick Road  • St. Peters
(636) 278-MATH (6284)

Mathnasium.com

 

A Gymnasium develops the body, Mathnasium develops the mind. Consistently achieving unparalleled results, Mathnasium is a proven, personalized math program that employs diagnos-tics, quality instruction, guided practice and manipulatives.  Mathnasium builds NUMBER SENSE and with it a deep under-standing and lifelong love of mathematics. Kids love it and you’ll love how affordable it is!

 

Metro Theater Company

8308 Olive Boulevard • St. Louis
(314) 997-6777

metrotheatercompany.org


Metro Theater Company’s ArtsINTERsection at New City School offers your child a busy day of hands-on creative activity—kids explore theater, music, visual art and movement. Programs are led by experienced, professional teaching artists who create a caring environment where every child feels successful.  Each week ends with a celebration and sharing onstage for family and friends. Programs are available for 4-5 year olds, 6-8 year olds and 9-11 year olds.  Summer session runs June 9-13, June 16-20 and June 23-27.  Register for one week, two weeks or every week—each week features new activities!  New City School offers before and after care (additional fees apply).  Partial tuition scholarships are available—call for an application.

 

Mozingo Music Summer Music Camps

100 Clarkson Road
Ellisville
(636) 227-5722

mozingomusic.com

 

Learn or Expand your musical skills with a wide variety of summer camps and classes at Mozingo Music. Beginning Guitar Class - Now you can learn to play the guitar without having to buy your own instrument! Learn from a true Pro on a REAL guitar that you get to borrow (for a small rental deposit). You’ll be playing songs by the end of the summer! For: Ages 6-17. Percussion Camp - For Emerging & Intermediate Percussionists, this 6-week camp will crescendo with a Concert Performance in August at THE STAGE at Mozingo Music. Call 636-227-5722 for more info.

 

 

Mozingo Music Summer Music Camps

THE STAGE at Mozingo Music
1 block North of Hwy 40 on Hwy K
O’Fallon

(636) 300-9553


Beginning Guitar Class - Ages 6-17 - Learn from a true Pro on a REAL guitar that you get to borrow.  You'll be playing songs by the end of the summer!  .  Music Adventures for Tots will teach children ages 4-8 basic musical skills through a fun, child-tailored curriculum.  Summer Orchestra Class - Any orchestral or band musician with at least 6 months experience is welcome!  Rock Band Camp - experienced players age 10-17- play in the Band you've always wanted.  You'll even perform your own concert at the end of the summer!  Plus more fun camps, classes and private lessons, too!  All Camps held at the new THE STAGE at Mozingo Music in O’Fallon.  Call 636-300-9553 for more details.

 

 

Nike Summer Performance Series Football Training Camp

Velocity Sports Performance
Chesterfield
(636) 537-0077

velocitysp.com/chesterfield


The camp features both football skill instruction and Velocity Sports Performance’s unique and proven version of the Nike SPARQ Training. Position specific football drills will be provided by the Elite Football Academy of St. Louis. All performance training and SPARQ testing will be done by Velocity Sports Performance. All Middle and High School players are welcome to participate. June 9th – June 12th. CBC High School Football Field. $100 Registration fee. Please register online.

 

O’Fallon Family YMCA

3451 Pheasant Meadows Drive
O’Fallon • (636) 379-0092

ymcastlouis.org/ofallon

 

To celebrate National Employee Health and Fitness Day, the YMCA is  offering a no joining fee.  Employees simply need to bring proof of employment with the company.  For a listing of branches, visit  www.ymcastlouis.org.  If your company is interested in establishing a YMCA Corporate Partners relationship, or already has one and wants to get more involved, contact Colleen Ahearn at the O’Fallon YMCA at 636-379-0092 ext. 267 or cahearn@ymcastlouis.org.

 

Olympic Dreamers Training Center

106 North Cool Springs Rd. • O’Fallon

(636) 980-1949

 

Olympic Dreamers Gymnastics & Tumbling Day Camps are enrolling for one week camp sessions from June-August. Enroll in one week or for multiple weeks. $100/week for 5 days or $75/week for 3 day program. Multiple week discount & 2nd child discount available. Coaching staff are all USA Gymnastics Certified!

 

Pegasus Camp at MICDS

Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School
101 N. Warson Rd. • St. Louis 

(314) 995-7342

pegasuscamp.org


Pegasus at MICDS offers incredible summer experiences with programs for children grades K-9. Located on the campus of MICDS, campers get to explore exciting activities in the areas of the arts, sciences, technology, select hobbies, and a variety of sports. Before and after camp options are available. Hot lunches are served daily. All indoor activities are air-conditioned. Three two-week sessions will be offered in 2008 (June 16-27; June 30-July 11; July 14-25). Sessions are filled on a first come, first served basis and space is limited.

 

Pegasus Equestrian Center & Baskin Farm

527 Weidman Road • Town & Country
(636) 527-5099

pegasus-stables.com

baskinfarm.net


Baskin Farm has joined forces with Pegasus Equestrian Center to offer a summer camp opportunity for children to spend all day with horses.  Campers learn hunt seat riding as well as how to care for horses and riding equipment.  The experienced staff provides quality instruction with an emphasis on safety. Sessions are offered for beginner and intermediate riders.  Call or visit their web site today!

 

Rec-Plex of St. Peters

5200 Mexico Rd., St. Peters, MO 63376
(636) 939-2FUN

stpetersmo.net


Looking for fun, affordable summer camps? St. Peters Rec-Plex and Arts Center Camps keep kids fit, active and creative. Try swimming, ice skating, games, painting, sculpture, field trips and lots more. St. Peters residents and non-residents are welcome. Register Now! 


Ridgefield Arena

1410 Ridge Rd. • Wildwood
(636) 527-3624

ridgefieldarena.com


Celebrating over 38 years, Ridgefield Arena is a wonderful horse facility. The love of horses has been responsible for the beautiful grounds and amenities.  Ridgefield has three lighted arenas, (one indoor for all year riding), six wash racks, a tack room, trails and a fabulous viewing room.  They offer boarding for your horse, sales if you need a horse and a great riding academy to learn about horses.  Ridgefield has a range of activities such as summer camps, horse clinics and horse shows in May, June and September.  Check the web site or call for dates of all the events!

 

Rockwood Adventure Club Summer Camp

Rockwood School District
10 Area Elementary Schools
(636) 861-7768

rockwood.k12.mo.us/departments/communityed/adventure_club


Rockwood Adventure Club offers a high quality summer camp that is open to all children across the greater St. Louis area that has completed Kindergarten through 5th grade. A variety of exciting recreational, educational, and enriching activities are offered with over 14 field trips at ten convenient locations. Choose one day or all 44 days of fun from June 2nd through August 1st. One low price includes services from 6:30am until 6pm. No registration fees. No extra fees for field trips. Check out their website for summer activity calendars and more information.

 

Soccer School of Excellence

Hannibal Najjar Summer Camp
Christian High School
1145 Tom Ginnever Ave. • O’Fallon
(636) 447-8690

 

For 14 years Coach Najjar has offered camps of exceptional quality across the United States. Camp is always fun with tangible improvement in skills. Najjar, a highly qualified and experienced coach, brings a one-week plan to teach the right way to control, pass, and shoot, with sessions on good defending and attacking. Call now, enrollment is limited. Camp is the week of June 2-6.

 

St. Charles County Youth Orchestra

Lindenwood Cultural Art Center
St. Charles Campus
(636) 916-0515

SCCYO.org

The St. Charles County Youth Orchestra (SCCYO) is a not-for-profit organization open to public, private, and home-schooled students across St. Charles County area. The Summer Music Workshop is available to musicians with just one year experience to nationally competitive levels.  The mission of the St. Charles County Youth Orchestra is to provide an opportunity for young musicians to achieve musical competence by studying and playing orchestral literature and performing before audiences.


St. Louis Soccer Club

Anheuser Busch Center • Fenton
Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex Chesterfield
Scott Gallagher Complex • Maryland Hts.
O’Fallon Sports Complex • O’Fallon
Troy City Park • Troy

(636) 349-3760
stlouissoccerclub.com


Learn Through Fun...that’s the camp motto! The St. Louis Soccer Club now offers both a Spring Program and Summer Camps. The camps are held at the top facilities in the St. Louis area. The camps are designed to improve young soccer players’ techniques using personalized instruction. The club offers many camps at Anheuser Busch Center, Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, Scott Gallagher Complex as well as other locations in the metropolitan area. For more information, please call or e-mail pike@stlouissoccerclub.com.

 

 

Sylvan Learning Center

14248 Manchester Rd. • Manchester
(636) 394-3104
17541 Chesterfield Airport Rd.
Chesterfield
(636)-537-8118

educate.com or sylvanonline.com


Learning feels good....even in the summer!  Sylvan Learning Centers have been offering year-round tutoring programs in reading, writing, math, study skills, algebra and test prep for ACT/SAT for the past 25 years. Sylvan’s approach pinpoints each child’s skill strengths and weaknesses to provide programs with customized content, mastery learning and personalized instruction given by warm and caring, certified teachers.  Sylvan’s motivating environment builds confident, independent learners who feel good about learning.  Sylvan camps offer parents an easy way to help keep their children’s skills sharp over the summer months. They also now offer both in-center and live, on-line programs, call or visit for more information.

 

Vetta Sports Summer Camps

West County - Manchester (636) 391-1227
South County - Concord (314) 842-3111
Mid County - Soccerdome (314) 962-9248
St Charles County  - St. Charles (636) 498-4625

www.vettasports.com

 

At Vetta Sports Camps, your child is their focus. Their camps, held at four locations across the St. Louis metro area, offer kids activities that challenge them mentally and physically with indoor and outdoor play. Their well-rounded camps are run by an experienced staff of athletes who teach not only skills, but good attitudes and a love for sports.  Most of all, your child will have loads of FUN at their camps. Activities include soccer, water fun, inflatables, field trips, kickball, tennis, baseball, and creative arts and crafts, mixed with quiet reading times and cultural awareness days. Find out why Vetta Sports is where St. Louis plays!  

 

West County Family YMCA

16464 Burkhardt Place • Chesterfield

(636) 532-3100
ymcastlouis.org/westcounty 

 

Whether you’re looking to bring out the artist, dancer or athlete in you, or prefer to splash in water parks or explore the great outdoors, there’s a YMCA camp for you. Camps are available ages 3 to 16 and run weekly for ten weeks beginning June 2. Their camp counselors are role models for campers and encourage them to demonstrate the YMCA’s four core values of caring, respect, honesty and responsibility. Plus, YMCA Fun Club offers before and after camp hours as options. Call today for more information.


Wildwood Family YMCA

2641 Highway 109 • Wildwood
(636) 458-6636

ymcastlouis.org/wildwood


Whether you’re looking to bring out the artist, dancer or athlete in you, or prefer to splash in water parks or explore the great outdoors, there’s a YMCA camp for you. Camps are available ages 3 to 16 and run weekly for ten weeks beginning June 2. Their  camp counselors are role models for campers and encourage them to demonstrate the YMCA’s four core values of caring, respect, honesty and responsibility. Plus, YMCA Fun Club offers before and after camp hours as options.  Call today for more information.

 

The Zone

Rockwood School District
Summit High School • Fenton
Crestview Middle School• Ellisville
Selvidge Middle School• Ballwin
(636) 861-7768

rockwood.k12.mo.us/departments/communityed/adventure_club

 

The Zone is a summer program offered by Rockwood Adventure Club specifically designed around the needs and wants of middle school students. In this safe and relaxed environment, students help plan and create their activities so there is always something available that they want to do. The Zone offers 17 field trips, in addition, to the many other exciting activities. The Zone is available M-F, from June 2nd-August 1st. Join us for one day or all 44 days! Check out our website for summer activity calendars and more information.