Camps for Rising 2nd Graders

Make accessories and clothes for your American Girl doll and yourself! Miss Emily of Bloom Studios will lead girls with classes on making doll beds, special occasion gowns, embellished sneakers, and more.
date/time:          Monday-Friday, August 7-11; 9:00 am-noon
instructor:          Emily Cantrell (Bloom Studios)
cost:                    $300

Our Books and Ballet Camp for kindergarten through 2nd grade is the perfect way for your little dancer to explore the world of ballet! During the camp, your child will learn the basics of ballet techniques and develop their own creative expression. They will also choreograph a ballet based on a book, so they can explore the art of storytelling through movement. Our dance instructor, Ms. Koeppel, is experienced and passionate about teaching the fundamentals of ballet. We provide a safe and supportive environment for learning, and our classes are designed to be fun and engaging. We strive to help your child develop self-confidence and a love of dance. Books and Ballet Camp is the perfect opportunity for your child to explore the beauty and grace of ballet. 

instructor: Louisa Koeppel (director Hutchison creative ballet center)
cost: $200

Will you create a space fit for fairies and unicorns to call home? A hideout for your favorite action figures? – the choice is up to you! Each camper will be designing, building, and decorating their very own wooden castle to take home at the end of the week. Campers will learn about blueprints, and architectural planning and spend each day customizing both the exterior and the interior of their castle. We will weave carpets, create custom furniture, decorate houses with fabric accents, and more. DIY Castle Camp is a ton of fun for everyone!

date/time:    Monday-Friday, June 26-30; 9:00 am-12:00 pm
instructor:    Tanya Crump (early childhood teacher)
cost:              $200, plus $40 dollhouse and supply fee

instructor: Anne Sawyer
cost: $200

Learn how to create a ballet from the ground up. Dancers will learn how to tell a story by creating their own Fairy characters and choreography, costumes, and scenery in this week-long ballet experience. 

date/time:    Monday–Friday, June 12-16; 1:00-4:00 pm
instructor:    Katy Stanfield (dancer, teacher, and choreographer)
cost:              $200

Calling all Fancy Nancy fans! Celebrate Fancy Nancy with a unique (that’s fancy for one-of-a-kind) camp. Imagine the adventurous fun you will have at this summer camp filled with fancy stories, creative crafts, pirouettes (that’s a fancy ballet name for spins), tea parties, fancy indoor campout, spa day, and other activities that are tres magnifique based on books from the Fancy Nancy series by Jane O’Conner.

instructors: Heather Fontana and Renee Grinder (kindergarten teachers) 
cost: $200

Language Enrichment, Acquisition, and Phonics (LEAPS) will reinforce letter-sound correspondences by offering multisensory (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile), systemic, evidence-based phonics instruction for students in rising 2nd grade. During our two-week classes, LEAPS will focus on blending and segmenting words, CVC/CCVC/CVCC words, consonant blends, digraphs, long vowel magic E, and grade-appropriate vowel teams.

date/time: Monday-Friday, June 19-30, 1:00-3:00 pm
instructor: Alyson Ruby (lower school learning specialist)
cost:           $300

X-STEAM Girl Pop-Ups is a summer intensive where campers engage in hands-on learning to build a brand, products, and pop-up designs through the curriculum using the design-thinking model. Additionally, girls will receive advice from leaders in the field to assist in completing their storefronts. Girls will walk away with their very own crafted lemonade recipe and pop-up shop as a functional and fun keepsake to use in their business. At the end of the experience, campers will host a fun and interactive showcase of their decked-out Lemonade Stand Pop-ups featuring artistically-designed artwork handcrafted by them. Parents and families of campers are invited to experience the Showcase.

cost:              $275

Start clowning around with us! Clowning is high art and at the root of all comedy and tragedy! Playfully explore physical and verbal comedy using contemporary children’s stories or well-loved comedy sketches. Whether you want to be sad, happy, bumbling, or pompous, there is a role for you. Campers will show off in an antic showcase on July 21.

cost: $200

Need help getting all of your summer work done? Tired of haggling with your daughter to get it done? Send her to Packet Pacer! Summer work assistance for math packets, IXL, summer reading, and journaling. Each Wednesday afternoon from 1-3 all summer. 

date/time: Wednesdays, June 14 - July 26 (No class July 5th); 1:00-3:00 PM
instructor: Hutchison lower school teachers
cost: $200

In this two-week course, you will learn all the fundamentals of pottery from hand-building techniques, to wheel throwing and sculpting. Learn or expand your knowledge of the tools, materials, and techniques used in pottery making. No prior experience is necessary -- our instructor will be there to guide you through every step of the process. By the end of the camp, you will have the skills and confidence to create beautiful, functional, and creative pottery pieces of your own. 
instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: $450, two-week camp

The Quickstart method makes the game of tennis easily accessible to younger athletes by using a smaller court, net, racquet, and larger foam tennis balls.
DROP OFF AND PICK UP AT TENNIS CENTER

instructor: Jay Horne (Hutchison middle school tennis coach)
cost: $140, per session

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $275

instructor: Melissa Berthelson (second grade teacher)
cost: $200

instructors: Clint Browne (Hutchison soccer coach)
Cost: $200

Build, Experiment, Create! Spend the week exploring different STEM-based subjects through fun daily activities that expand your knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math while building your creative mind.

instructor: Lucy Wesson (lower school science specialist)
cost: $200

From well-known strong girls like Nancy Drew to new ones like Princess Magnolia from The Princess in Black book series, students will share stories of smart, creative, and brave girls. Each day, we will have book talks, play games, make crafts, and try recipes that go along with the stories of two amazing characters.  In the end, students will take home Strong Girl Silhouettes that show the qualities of the characters they admire.
date/time:  Monday–Friday, July 10-14; 9:00 am-12:00 pm 
instructor:  Tara Thomas (lower school librarian)
cost:            $200

X-STEAM Girl Pop-Ups is a summer intensive where campers engage in hands-on learning to build a brand, products, and pop-up designs through the curriculum using the design-thinking model. Additionally, girls will receive advice from leaders in the field to assist in completing their costumes. Girls will walk away with their very own branded and crafted hand-made costume that reflects their inner heroic personality. At the end of the experience, campers will host a fun and interactive fashion show of their Super Hero Costume designs artistically handcrafted by them. Parents and families of campers are invited to experience the fashion show.
date/time:          Monday-Friday, June 19-23; 9:00 am-noon                       
instructor:          Erika Cain (Founder girl24)
cost:                    $225

Students will learn proper technique, Rudiments, reading and playing beats.

instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $150