Each weekly session will feature a perfect blend of games, swimming, arts and crafts activities, athletics, field trips and more!

Build lots of motorized Star Wars models for both the Rebel forces and the Dark Side. If you're a Disney fan, we have tons of Princesses, Mickey, and Donald too! Come experience this stellar, Magical adventure! All campers take home a custom-made mini figure.

For those entering 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in the fall of 2025. Join us for one of five fun sessions of Advanced LEGOs Engineering Camp! Camp projects will include a street cleaner, disk car, hand-held crane, mechanical hammer, disk speedster, balance, balance with the dial, windmill, sail car, motorized go-cart, motorized rail, motorized walking stick, motorized dog, motorized crane, weighted crane, motorized dragster, mobile crane, tow truck, helicopter, and an airplane. There will also be a take-home project, as well as challenging creative time. New projects will explore renewable energy sources; investigate energy supply, transfer, accumulation, conversion, and consumption; and use measurements and data analysis to describe and explain outcomes through hands-on activities.

Campers will be involved in creating engaging learning experiences in science, literacy, math, and social studies. Using the LEGO Education WeDo hardware and software, in combination with these activities, students will be inspired to think critically, problem-solve, and be creative. Activities cover the Wild Animals theme models: Hungry Alligator, Flying Bir,d, and Roaring Lion. Mathematics, literacy, science, and social studies activities will be incorporated for each model as well as standards covering visual arts, dramatic arts, music, physical education, and technology. There will also be a take-home project, as well as challenging creative time.

Challenge to Excellence (C2E) Summer Camp is an immersive and engaging week-long experience for middle and high school students. This residential and commuter camp blends academic enrichment with creative expression, cultural exploration, and recreational activities. Campers participate in hands-on classes ranging from the science of learning and astronomy to 3D printing, theatre, and geology.

High school band students will be seated based on their camp auditions and prior experience. Renowned teachers from Illinois and neighboring states will conduct ensembles and teach master classes. All students will be featured in a performance on the final day of camp

Designed for junior high and high school students who want to learn more about how to incorporate cutting-edge fields including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and podcasting to gamify their stories and bring education to life.

This July, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is joining forces with SIU Carbondale to bring a high-tech, hands-on summer experience to Southern Illinois. Both organizations are devoted to enhancing the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) literacy of the general public as well as the development of future leaders in these fields.

The Aviation Flight program at SIU Carbondale offers this week-long aviation camp designed to give interested high school students an opportunity to experience first-hand the thrill of flight. Summer Wings offers those attending the chance to explore a career as a pilot by providing ground and flight training similar to the training that SIU flight students undergo.

Design your own board game! Throughout the week we will create a book of rules, develop board box packaging, design the game board, create the parts and pieces using clay and various other mixed media. By the end of the week, you will have a playable creativity-created board game

Discover the world of art. This week camp will focus on different media each day from watercolor painting, clay, fiber arts, printmaking, sculpture, sewing, and more.

Learn the many techniques of hand-building with clay to make sculptures. We will work on a theme each day to create four creative projects. We will learn to coil, pinch, and slab build to create a sculpture from our imaginations. On the last day we will use colorful underglazes, slips, and cold finishes such as paint and mixed media to add color and finished pieces. Finished works will be available for pick up approximately 2 – 3 weeks after camp after. This is not a wheel throwing class.

Are you ready to elevate your track & field performance? SIU’s Track & Field Clinic delivers a high-energy, technique-focused training experience for athletes ages 12–18 looking to sharpen their skills and compete with confidence.

Interested in the Super Stars Program, but not able to join us year round? No problem! Sign your child up today to join us for our summer sessions. Bookings available for 3 separate sessions or for the entire summer! We accept children ages 3-6 with and without therapeutic needs. Explore options to add treatment coordination with a BCBA or layer in 1:1 OT, ST, and ABA (ESDM) therapy to help your child get the most out of their summer! This is an excellent program to ensure your child maintains and expands all the skills they worked so hard to develop throughout the school year!

Interested in the Super Stars Program, but not able to join us year round? No problem! Sign your child up today to join us for our summer sessions. Bookings available for 3 separate sessions or for the entire summer! We accept children ages 3-6 with and without therapeutic needs. Explore options to add treatment coordination with a BCBA or layer in 1:1 OT, ST, and ABA (ESDM) therapy to help your child get the most out of their summer! This is an excellent program to ensure your child maintains and expands all the skills they worked so hard to develop throughout the school year!