Love following along with the adventures of Greg Heffley? This camp will focus on the Diary of a wimpy kid book series with daily crafts, games and books related activities. Open to fans of the series and those new to the series as well.

What do you get when you mix fun, curiosity, learning and excitement? Recipes for creative chemistry. Conjure up gumdrop molecules, ice cream in a can, crystal snowflakes, water bottle rockets and other bizarre concoctions. You’ll want to do these experiments over and over again. Chemistry has never been so much fun!

Join us for the 2024 Broadway Bound session at the St. Charles Community College summer camp.

Let your imagination run wild with tens of thousands of LEGO® parts! Build engineer-designed projects and use special pieces to create your own unique designs! Projects are rotated seasonally to ensure that both new and returning students can explore the endless creative possibilities of the LEGO® building system.

Campers will role-play the key responsibilities of a doctor and learn about vital organs in the human body.  These future doctors will learn how to use a stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and reflex hammer.  They will practice adminstering first aid, learn how pharmacists play a role in administering medications, and more.

Are you ready to take your game design skills to another level? With Unity, an industry-grade design software, aspiring game designers will learn level editing, 3D modeling, impactful gameplay creation, as well as how to utilize scripts and variables. Student-created games will be available on a password-protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years. 

Do you love to bake and enjoy watching baking competitions?  Create creative desserts using  your imagination and techniques taught in camp to compete in competitions.  Final competition will include using a special ingredient you must incorporate.  All baking is from scratch!

Camp participants will roleplay the key responsibilities in a vet office and learn how to care for their plush canine patients. These future veterinarians will learn how to remove ticks, perform a nose-to-tail exam, understand proper animal nutrition and hydration, dog body language, and more!

Let's recreate the popular TV show!  Use your vivid imagination to create entrees and desserts.  We will have competitions using secret mystery baskets.  All baking will be from scratch!

Learn Hip Hop dance moves, skills, and routines, from an experienced instructor through The Recreation Academy! Practice isolation movements, footwork and a choreographed routine.

Camp participants will tackle big questions like "What does it take to be a doctor?" and "How do you deal with life-threatening emergencies?" They'll learn about the key responsibilities of a doctor and how to administer first aid in emergency situations. These future heroes will learn about lung disease, how to perform CPR and Heimlich maneuver, broken bones, hypothermia, how to use a stethoscope, snake bites, discuss the steps to becoming a doctor, and more. 

With the world’s increased reliance on digital data, cyber security is more important than ever! In this class, you are all that stands between a group of international hackers launching cyber attacks and world peace. Through a series of challenges, students will learn to apply tools used by professional digital forensics teams to crack codes and use encryption. Working in teams you will collect clues, recover lost data, and explore the tools of the trade to become the next great cyber spy! Students will work in pairs or teams for most of the program.

This camp is designed for the younger campers. Learn magic, skits, circus skills, and other skills and silliness all resulting in a show performed by your little entertainers.

Take a double decker bus ride through London, pilot a hovercraft over land and sea, and make important deliveries in a cargo plane. Learn about STEM concepts as we explore the various ways that we transport goods and people from place to place.

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy at St. Charles Community College. Magical folks who have read the books by J.K. Rowling will enter a familiar world of delights! We also welcome Muggles wishing to learn about Harry Potter's world. Our quest is to learn about magical creatures, Quidditch dueling and other wildly interesting objects. Are you up for the challenge?