Reasons parents look for summer camps:
Avoid excessive play of video games and avoid boredom
Develop skills (building on middle school development in particular)
Constructive childcare for working parents
More Camp Trends
Some of the hottest trends of late fall in the following categories --
Skill Courses (climbing walls, backpacking, ziplines, Y-camp or rock-climbing, Inner peaks, Whitewater Center all develop self-confidence and leadership skills)
Camps that Focus on Developmental Delays (not able to address in the classroom, so parents use the summer to focus, i.e. occupational therapy, ADHD cmaps, etc)
Language Camps (Language Academy for the Carolinas, Providence Day, Queens University for Chinese, Alliance Francais for french, etc)
Gaming Camps for middle and high school kids (programming and computer skill development)
More Camp Options for Younger Kids
Focus is more on literacy such as AK Classics, discovery such as Discovery Place, Noah's Art or UNC Reading for the elementary age kids, and all around fun such as MACS Summer Camp (don't have to be Catholic to particpate)
More Camp Options for Tweens and Teens
Volunteering becomes more of a vocus for 13 and 14 years olders
Intensive music camps such as Academy of Music, Playroom in Fortmill, and soon to arrive Elm Music School in Ballantyne area
Stayaway Camp
YMCA Camps such asThunderbird, Camp Cherokee
St. Christopher @ Seabrook Island or St John's Island (cheaper than Thunderbird)
Lake Lurecrest for Christian Ones
Braodstone at Applachain University
ACA is one accreditation that provides baseline questions when interviewing camps, visit www.acacamp.org
Sources:
www.ACAcamp.org
www.charlotteparent.com
www.charlotteobserver.com
Happy Summer!!!
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