Summer Camps for Kids begin today

Pellissippi State is opening its doors—not to mention its basketball and tennis courts and its theatrical stage—to children and teenagers, with the annual Summer Camps for Kids.

The camps get under way today. Most are at the Pellissippi Campus and last two to four hours each day.

New to this year’s Summer Camps for Kids: computer gaming, cyberspace and robotics. Introduction to Computer Programming Using Alice (rising grades 8-12) is offered July 16-18, and Introduction to Virtual Reality Using Second Life is July 24 (ages 12-16), July 25 (ages 16-20) and July 26 (ages 21 and older). Open Source Resources for Gaming (ages 12 and older) is June 4, and Introduction to Lego Mindstorm Programming (ages 10 and older) is July 9.

In sports and athletics, Pellissippi State will host its 11th annual Aaron Green Developmental Basketball Camp (ages 7-15), June 25-28; its 11th annual Little Aces Tennis Camp (ages 6-12), June 11-15 and July 9-13; its 11th annual Intermediate Tennis Camp (ages 10-16), June 18-22 and July 16-20; and its 10th annual Junior Golf Camp (ages 7-17), July 16-20.

Other Sports Camps: the seventh annual Junior Archery Camp (ages 10-15), June 4-8 and 18-22 and July 9-13 and 16-20; Beginning Volleyball Camp (ages 10-15), June 11-15; SCUBA PADI Seals, an introductory course in snorkeling and SCUBA diving for ages 8-12, June 18-22 and July 16-20; Bowling Camp (ages 10 and older), July 9-13; and Karate Camp (ages 6-16), June 4-8, 18-22 and July 9-13.

A daylong scuba camp, Voyages of Discovery: The Pirates, will be offered again this year for ages 8 and older, July 23-27.

In arts and crafts, Pellissippi State will sponsor a morning and afternoon session of its seventh annual Art Camp (ages 8-15), July 23-27, and Photo-rrific, the digital photography class for ages 12 and older, June 25-28.

The popular ImaginACTion Drama Camp will teach children ages 9-13 acting, voice and movement July 23-27, and Dance and All That Jazz will incorporate acting and musical theatre as well as teach elements of ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance. Dance sessions for children ages 5 ½-7 are scheduled June 11-15 and for ages 8-12 June 18-22.

New this year are the mandolin and banjo classes. Kid-O’s Group Mandolin is June 4-8 for ages 8-13, and Banjo, also for ages 8-13, is June 11-15. Wizard (Magic) Camp (ages 10-15) runs June 4-8.

The College also will sponsor Enrichment Camps in such topics as keyboarding, mathematics, science, computer gaming, cyberspace, robotics and Microsoft Office Sampler.

Mathemagic is offered June 11-15 for rising third- through fifth-graders. World of Insects is scheduled June 18-22 for second- through fifth-graders. Keyboarding (ages 10 and older) is June 4-7 and 25-28, and Microsoft Office Sampler (ages 12 and older) is July 23-26.

Pellissippi State also is offering camps in life skills, such as I Can Cook! (ages 8-15), June 18-22 and July 23-27; Social Skills for Teens (ages 13-18), June 12-13, June 26-27, July 9-10, July 12-13 and July 16-17; and Mind Your Manners (ages 7-12) on the same dates.

Also available are six Cambridge ACT Test Prep PLUS sessions designed for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. The pretest session is scheduled July 21, math and science sessions are scheduled July 30 and 31, and English and reading sessions are scheduled August 6 and August 7. A post-test session is set for August 11.

For additional information on fees, times and locations or to register, call Business and Community Services at 539-7167 or 7166. Some camps have a limit on the number of participants.

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