MORNING SESSIONS
For Afternoon Sessions, click on green tab above
Traditional Camp - Let's Get Messy
Morning Session or Full Day
Come and spend a messy week with us pouring, mixing, squishing, slopping, and creating. Summer is the best time for making mud pies, splashing with soapy water, and painting master pieces. Let’s get our hands into some fun and see what we can create. Even campers who are keen on staying clean will enjoy this session of mess. Let your imagination go wild with mud, clay, paint, bubbles, shaving cream, and more. All campers participate in daily swim lessons each morning at the Hillsmere Pool. We are going to whip up our imaginations and really enjoy making a mess!
Entering Grades Pre-K 3-K • MORNING SESSION • Cost: $210 • FULL DAY • Cost: $265
Traditional Camp
SESSION FULL
Session also offered June 24-28, July 1-3, July 8-12, July 22-26, July 29-August 2
Morning Session or Full Day
Each week of camp is filled with a wide range of activities: swimming, sports, outdoor games, and arts and crafts. The theme of this camp is good old-fashioned summer camp fun. The camp offers a fun, well-rounded summer camp experience offering campers a little bit of everything from water balloon races to tug-o-war. Campers are placed in coed groups of 1st to 3rd graders and will enjoy new friendships while participating in an ever-changing variety of activities. All campers participate in daily swim lessons each morning at the Hillsmere Pool.
Entering Grades 1-3 • MORNING SESSION • Cost: $210 • FULL DAY • Cost: $265
Teddy Bear Picnic
Carol Churches
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn around. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear come on down! Come create a bear of your own. This week each camper will get to make their very own teddy bear and accessories to go with it. Spend time with your bear doing crafts, playing games and cooking treats for your Teddy Bear Picnic on the last day of camp.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 1-4 • Cost: $155
Christmas in July
Lydia Crooks
It’s July. It’s hot and you’re sweaty. You dream of cold, snowy nights. Join us in this camp to put aside the heat and spend the whole week celebrating Christmas. Campers will learn about the Christmas traditions and foods and songs from around the world. We will make wrapping paper, bows, cards, and ornaments. We will create and taste seasonal treats. We will even get an early start on gift-making! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 2-6 • Cost: $170
Slime, Gel and Goop
Crissy McKenzie
Campers will conduct gooey experiments, make slimy concoctions, find liquids that crumble, and crumbs that ooze. All these squishy, gushy scientific concoctions will be created by you. Some will stretch, some will transform, and some will bounce! If you like goop, putty, dough, gak, and slime, this is the camp for you. Your hands WILL get dirty in this fun camp. Get ready to ooze your way into some summer fun! Lab book of recipes and samples will come home.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 1-4 • Cost: $175
More Mt. Jibbaroo Adventures
Emily Faber
Even if you joined us for Mt. Jibbaroo Adventures during Week 1, you’ll enjoy this session as well. We will discover even more secrets and treasures in the land of Mt. Jibbaroo as junior explorers with our "jiballs" at our sides. Each camper will get one "jiball" to keep and to help them along the way. If you came to the other session, we will be sure you get a different "jiball" this time to help expand your collection!
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 2-4 • Cost: $185
Travel the World through Literature, Music, Art, and Culinary Delights
Cat Parker Briggs
Campers will be exposed to a different culture each day. They will learn elementary language concepts as they travel to Asia, Europe, Africa, and South and Central America. We will focus on Indonesia, Italy, Uganda, Mexico, and Chile. Stories and poems will be shared, music played and cultural instruments experienced. There will be art projects to take home and snacks typical of each country to taste. Children will communicate directly with boys and girls in Uganda and share their art work.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 3-5 • Cost: $200
All Sewn Up - Level I
Shelly Duncan
Sewing is a great skill to know. Over the week, learn to piece together a variety of fabrics to make a stylish patchwork bag. Campers will learn sewing basics, such as threading a needle and a sewing machine, decorative stitching, cutting, marking, and pinning fabric. Leave the class with a fabulous new accessory and skills to help you make tons of future projects. All fabrics and notions will be supplied.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 3-8 • Cost: $165
Scrapbooking Fun
Marie Talios
Would you like to learn how to transform your boring photo album or scrapbook into something you can keep for a lifetime? This class will teach you how to create a masterpiece with a few photos and a little creativity. Bring your photos, newspaper clippings, concert ticket stubs, programs, stickers, or any other records of memorable experiences to this fun-filled week. We will be learning techniques and creative ideas to create a charming and imaginative book that will help you record some special moments from your life.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 3-8 • Cost: $175
Rock 'n' Roll Jr.
Two Weeks, July 15-26
John Starr
Have you ever wanted to be a member of a rock band? Learn what it takes to be a rock musician, how your particular instrument fits in the scheme of rock, and how to run sound equipment. In this camp you will discover how to get the most “rock” out of yourself. Spend two weeks this summer rehearsing and exploring new instrumental and vocal techniques while preparing to perform in a Friday evening rock concert as the opening act for the older Rock ‘n’ Roll campers. All campers need to have at least one year of experience with their instrument. The emphasis will be on guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists, and vocalists, but all instruments are welcome. Written arrangements will be composed to best utilize each player’s skills and talents. Get ready to rock!
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 4-6 • Cost: $380
Acting the Song
Compass Rose Theater Studio
Young actors will be introduced to the world of musical theater in this camp. They will create an ensemble of actors working together to explore acting, singing and dancing! This program combines movement, dance, song, visual arts, and drama as students develop and perform songs from classic and contemporary musicals!
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 4-7 • Cost: $180
Daytrippers
Full Day
Aaron McDaniel
If you love field trips, excitement and exploring new places, this is the camp for you! Trips will include a day at Six Flags Amusement Park, a day of roller skating and laser tag, a day at Chesapeake Water Park, and some time suspended fifty feet above the ground while we rock climb at Earth Treks. For more information contact the Camp Office.
FULL DAY • Entering Grades 4-8 • Cost: $350
Dodgeball
Trevor Faber
Calling all dodgeball fanatics. Kids will have a blast running, ducking, throwing, and dodging around the court. Many variations of the game will be taught throughout the week. Good sportsmanship will be emphasized at all times. Excitement will build daily, culminating in a tournament on Friday.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 6-9 • Cost: $135
Things Every Boy Should Know
Dylan Lewis
Ever wonder how to make and use a slingshot? Do you know how to tie a tie? Can you make a campfire or fix a flat tire on a bike? Do you know the proper way to shake hands? Have you ever popped a wheelie? Do you think you could survive in the woods? If you want to learn about all these things and more, then this is the camp for you! Learn all the basic skills every young man should have and every boy wants to know. From etiquette to cleanliness to manliness, this camp will give you all the tools you need for the present and the future.
MORNING SESSION • Entering Grades 5-8 • Cost: $165
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
For Morning Sessions, click on green tab above
Traditional Camp
Each week of camp is filled with a wide range of activities: swimming, sports, outdoor games, and arts and crafts. The theme of this camp is good old-fashioned summer camp fun. The camp offers a fun, well-rounded summer camp experience offering campers a little bit of everything from water balloon races to tug-o-war. Campers are placed in coed groups of 1st to 3rd graders and will enjoy new friendships while participating in an ever-changing variety of activities. All campers participate in daily swim lessons each morning at the Hillsmere Pool.
Entering Grades 1-3 • AFTERNOON SESSION • Cost: $165
Forts and Clubhouses
Carol Churches
Do you love to build forts, tree houses and clubhouses? This camp is your chance to take a whole classroom and turn it into as many forts as you want. Get creative and find new ways to make a fort or clubhouse. You will also go outside and make forts around the playground and campus. Cardboard boxes, blankets, wood, string, rope, and plastic are just the beginning of the materials you will use to make your hideouts!
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 1-4 • Cost: $145
More Mt. Jibbaroo Adventures
Emily Faber
Even if you joined us for the first session of Mt. Jibbaroo Adventures, you’ll enjoy this session as well. We will discover even more secrets and treasures in the land of Mt. Jibbaroo as junior explorers with our "jiballs" at our sides. Get ready for more fun and even more exciting discoveries as we continue the adventure. Each camper will get one "jiball" to keep and to help them along the way. If you came to the other session, we will be sure you get a different "jiball" this time to help expand your collection!
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-4 • Cost: $185
You the Artist
Lydia Crooks
In this lively camp, you will create your own portfolio while exploring many techniques with which to present art. You will work with charcoal, pencil, crayon, natural objects, paints, collage, photography, digital drawing, and more as you discover and develop your own artistic style. Campers will read and analyze Caldecott award-winning books and experiment with the artistic media used by various illustrators. Discover You the Artist!
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-6 • Cost: $170
Boys' Lacrosse
Trevor Faber
Lacrosse camp will teach boys the skills that lead to success in lacrosse. Players will learn lacrosse fundamentals and stick-skill development through techniques grounded in positive reinforcement and character building. Campers will receive personalized instruction catered to their individual needs based on age and experience. Lacrosse stick, helmet, gloves, and shoulder pads are required.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-5 • Cost: $165
Cookie Club
Marie Talios
If you love cookies, and you want to learn how to make them, join us in the kitchen and bake, bake, bake! You will learn how to make drop cookies, bar cookies, cut-outs, meringues, and more in this very tasty camp. You’ll amaze your friends and family with all the delicious cookies you will be able to bake for them. It will be a sweet week in the Summer at KEY kitchen. Samples and recipes will be sent home.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-4 • Cost: $180
Swim Club
Zach Steeg
Join the Key Camp Swim Club and head to the pool. Spend the afternoon swimming, playing water games, and having lots of fun splashing in the pool with your friends. This is what summer is all about! Campers will swim at the Hillsmere Community Pool. Optional swimming lessons will be available when space at the pool allows.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-8 • Cost: $165
Canoeing and Crabbing
Karla McMahon
Come join us for a Summer at KEY favorite. We will spend the week canoeing and crabbing on Kitty Duvall Creek. Learn how to paddle and steer a canoe and the best tricks for catching a crab. If we’re lucky and we catch enough crabs, we’ll have a mini crab feast on Friday! This is a summer camp tradition you will not want to miss.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 2-4 • Cost: $160
All Sewn Up - Level II
Shelly Duncan
This camp is for those of you that have already taken All Sewn Up-Level I or have experience using a sewing machine. In this session we will sew fun projects such as aprons, shopping bags and pillow cases. Brush up on your sewing basics, learn to work with patterns, try some new finishing techniques and seam finishes, and more. All fabrics and notions will be supplied.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 3-8 • Cost: $170
Summer Stage Play Production
Two weeks, July 8-19
AFTERNOON SESSION •Entering Grades 3-7
Extreme Fun
This week we’ll do it all! Each day, campers will do something new from mini golf and bowling to kayaking, roller skating and laser tag. Don’t miss out on this fun camp! The week will culminate with a laser tag finale followed by an extremely tasty pizza party!
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 4-8 • Cost: $200
Rock 'n' Roll
Two weeks, July 15-26
John Starr and David Sunshine
Learn what it takes to be a rock musician, how your particular instrument fits in the scheme of rock, how to handle and run equipment, and how to write a rock song. Spend two weeks of summer afternoons rehearsing, exploring new instrumental and vocal techniques, and even writing and arranging, all culminating in a Friday evening concert. The emphasis will be on guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists, vocalists, and horn section players, but all instruments are welcome. Campers will rehearse while discovering how they can get the most “rock” out of themselves. Written arrangements will be composed to best utilize each player’s skills and talents. Get ready to rock!
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 6-12 • Cost: $380
Learning Skills for Middle School Success
With mastery of basic skills, middle school students can begin to work with abstract concepts and ideas. Recent literature has suggested that the addition of good work habits as well as organizational tools prepare students to become successful academic risk takers and lifelong learners. When students know how to self-question, analyze and organize their work, they can achieve increased academic competence. This course will teach students how to develop and maintain good habits of mind. Topics include: goal setting; time and self-management; vocabulary building; reading to learn; learning styles; listening; note taking; memory strategies; and studying for and taking tests.
AFTERNOON SESSION • Entering Grades 5-6 • Cost: $185