Junior Lifeguard Camp

(11–14 yrs)
Build a valuable foundation to becoming a lifeguard and swim instructor! Learn basic water safety skills, how to prevent aquatic accidents and how to recognize hazards. Participants must be able to swim 50 yards crawl stroke with face in the water and rhythmic breathing. After completing the course, you will be eligible to provide volunteer assistance as a swim lesson aide and Junior Lifeguard during recreation swim throughout the summer (details provided during class). All participants will receive a Junior Lifeguard T-shirt.
Instructor: Aquatics Staff
8720.301 June 13–June 17
8720.302 June 20-June 24

Mon–Fri, 9 am–1 pm

Fee: $154 / Dist. Res. $139

PH Aquatic Park: 147 Gregory Ln.

Summer High School
Water Polo Camps

(Entering Grades 9-12) (Co-ed)
New students are introduced to the sport and returning students prepare for the upcoming season. Focus is on physical conditioning and basic skills, including passing, shooting, counter attacks, offense and defense. Open to students entering high school in Fall 2011.

Coach: Steven Mayers
…College Park HS Water Polo Coach
8750.301 June 14–July 28 (7 weeks)

• Tue/Th, 5-7 pm
  
• Fee: $164 / Dist. Res. $149

8750.302 Aug 1–11 (2 weeks)

• Mon–Th, 5–7 pm
  
• Fee: $104 / Dist. Res. $89
  
• College Park H.S.: 201 Viking Dr.

Enroll in both 8750.301 & 8750.302 and receive a $39 discount.

Youth Water Polo Camp

(Entering Grades 4-8) (Co-ed) (3 Weeks)
Program introduces basic skills to students new to the sport, including passing, shooting, offense, defense, the rules of the game and physical conditioning. Class is held in deep water.
Instructor: Brandon Brown
8750.303 June 21–July 7
8750.304 July 12–July 28

• Tues/Wed/Th, 10:30–11:30 am
  
• Fee: $78 / Dist. Res. $63
  
• College Park H.S.: 201 Viking Dr.

Make new friends! Enjoy new experiences!
Arts and crafts, games, songs, storytelling,
waterplay, and lots of outdoor fun. Check
ages listed and sign up for one or all sessions.
Program content will not be repeated. SEND A SNACK AND DRINK DAILY.

Castle Tales Camp

(4–7 yrs) (5 days)(4 days)

Come to the land of dragons, knights, princesses, and fairies. Each day learn a new song; bring lunch for a tea party. Campers will craft their own costumes and backdrop as they learn four types of storytelling; have a puppet show; do story dances and a straight play; and learn felt board stories sequencing. Performance: last hour on Friday. Note: Children, 3.5 yrs, can register if older sibling is enrolled.
Instructor: Andrea Gaspari
…Andrea's Musical Adventures; winner, three-time Bay Area Family Favorite

6633.301 June 27–July 1 (5 days)
6633.302 July 11–July 15 (5 days)

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon

6633.303 July 12–July 15 (4 days)

• Tue–Fri, 1–4:45 pm
  
• Fee: $175 / Dist. Res. $160
  
• Gregory Gardens Elementary School: Rm. 10, 1 Corritone Court

Daycamp for Little People

(4 through 6 yrs) (2 weeks)

Instructors: Margret Graves / Staff
6650.301 June 13–June 23
6650.302 June 27–July 7*
6650.303 July 11–July 21
6650.304 July 25–Aug. 4
6650.305 Aug. 8–Aug. 18

• Mon–Th, 12:30–3 pm
  *No class July 4
  
• Fee: $136 / Dist. Res. $121
  ($4 lab fee included)
  
• Winslow Ctr.: Rm. 3,
  2590 Pleasant Hill Rd.

LEGO Camp -

Play-Well Tecknologies
Pre-Engineering Camp
(5–6 yrs) (1 week)

Have your child become a Play-Well Engineer! Build cities, bridges, motorized cars and planes. With access to over 100,000 LEGO pieces, students can build what they have only dreamed of building. Instruction is given appropriate to age / facility with LEGO® Technic System components. Camps are suitable for LEGO® novices to "maniacs. CAMPS ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE LEGO GROUP. For more information, go to www.play-well.org.

Instructor: Play-Well Teknologies Staff

6054.301 June 20–June 24

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $274 / Dist. Res. $259
  
• Village Music School: 1200-B Contra Costa Blvd.

Mad Science Camp

(3.5 yrs to Kindergarten) (5-day camp)
Come have fun in these interactive camps. Take-home projects allow the exploring to continue.

.301 Future Geniuses – Young minds will become inspired with this hands-on science program tailored for preschool and kindergartners. Using the scientific method to uncover the mysteries of motion and energy, campers will experiment with everything from color to structures and from music to space!
.302 My First Lab – Junior Mad Scientists will explore their sense of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch as they discover the world of creepy crawly creatures and explore the science and creatures of the sea. Campers search for fossils; participate in a mini dinosaur dig; and take a mission with Mad Science to explore the planets, moon, and stars.
.303 Let's Get Growing – Preschoolers will learn about plant life cycle, flowers, fruits, and veggies; the importance of rain, sun, soil, and the role that butterflies, bees, and ladybugs play. A class mural will reveal all they have learned.

Instructor: Mad Science Staff
6630.301 June 13–17 (Geniuses)
6630.302 July 18–22 (First Lab)
6630.303 Aug. 15–19 (Get Growing)

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $229 / Dist. Res. $214
  
• Gregory Gardens Elementary School: Rm. 10, 1 Corritone Court

Mini-Daycamp

(3 to 4 yrs) (2 weeks)
Instructors: Jan Blythe / Staff
6651.301 June 14–June 23
6651.302 June 28–July 7
6651.303 July 12–July 21
6651.304 July 26–Aug. 4
6651.305 Aug. 9–Aug. 18

• Tue–Th, 9:15–11:45 am
  
• Fee: $122 / Dist. Res. $107
  ($3 lab fee included)
  
• Winslow Ctr.: Rm 3, 2590 Pleasant Hill Rd.

Pre-School Summer Camp

(3 1/2–5 yrs) (2 weeks)

Instructors: Tina Fitzsimmons
Kathy Phalen & Staff
6652.301 June 14–June 23
6652.302 June 28–July 7
6652.303 July 12–July 21
6652.304 July 26–Aug. 4

• Tue–Th, 9:30 am–noon
  
• Fee: $118 / Dist. Res. $103
  ($3 lab fee included)
  
• Gregory Gardens Elementary School: Rm. 11, 1 Corritone Court

Summer Tots

(21/2 to 31/2 yrs) (4 weeks)
Instructors: Nancy Whiting / Staff
6654.301 June 14–July 7
6654.302 July 12–Aug. 4

• Tue/Th, 9:30 am–noon
  
• Fee: $164 / Dist. Res. $149
  ($4 lab fee included)
  
• Winslow Ctr.: Rm 1, 2590 Pleasant Hill Rd.

Summertime Places

(Entering Grades K–2) (2 weeks)
Fun and adventure, including field trips and special guests! Bring lunch/drink in daypack.
Tuesday – Rodgers-Smith Park for arts/crafts and active games.
Wednesday – Brookwood Park for a variety of camp activities.
Thursday – Rodgers-Smith Park for arts/crafts and active games.
Register for more than one session; program content is not repeated. Priority Pre-School students (entering K) are given advance registration.

6074.301 July 12–July 21
6074.302 July 26–Aug. 4
6074.303 Aug 9 - Aug. 18

• Tue–Th, 9:15 am–12:15 pm
  
• Fee: $125 / Dist. Res. $110
  ($7 lab fee included)

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Kidz Love Soccer Camp

Boys & Girls (4.5-12 yrs)

WHERE THE SCORE IS ALWAYS FUN-TO-FUN™. SHIN-GUARDS ARE REQUIRED, SOCCER SHOES, AND SUNSCREEN ARE RECOMMENDED.

Half-Day Camps

(4.5–10 yrs)
Spend a week enjoying the world's most popular sport in a fun, recreational environment. Learn and practice soccer skills including: dribbling, passing, receiving, and shooting. More experienced players will work on advanced dribbling moves and team tactics such as possession and combination play. Everyone is a winner as the week's fun culminates in an age-appropriate "World Cup" tournament. All participants will receive a Kidz Love Soccer jersey and soccer ball.

Instructor: Kidz Love Soccer Staff
...trained in the Kidz Love Soccer method©
5039 June 20–June 24 (Mon–Fri)
.302 Level 1 / 4.5–6 yrs, 9 am–12 pm
.303 Level 2 / 7–8 yrs, 9 am–12 pm
.304 Level 3 / 9–10 yrs, 9 am–12 pm

• Fee: $117 / Dist. Res. $107
  
• Rodgers-Smith Park: 736 Grayson Rd.
  (Turf behind Bocce Courts & Blacktop area)

Youth Tennis Camps

This tennis camp offers the best in stroke development, team play, and more. Activities and games are age-appropriate and the campers are sure to have fun learning a life-time sport. Wear "tennis" shoes; bring tennis racquet; water, and a snack. Lunch is NOT provided. Space will be limited to insure optimum instruction, so sign up soon!

Instructor: Deborah Gantt
5589
.301 June 20–June 24
.302 June 27–July 1
.303 July 5–July 8* (4 classes)
*No class July 4
.304 July 11–July 15
.305 July 18–July 22
.306 July 25–July 29
.307 Aug. 1–Aug. 5
.308 Aug. 8–Aug. 12
.309 Aug. 15–Aug. 19

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $127 / Dist. Res. $117
  *.303 $102 / Dist. Res. $92 (4)
  
• College Park H.S. Tennis Courts,
  320 Civic Dr., (adjacent to Community Center parking lot)

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Critters ‘n Clay™ Camp

(4.5–9 yrs) (5 classes)
Enrich your child’s world with a delightful hour of integrating science, sculpting, and literature! Learn about a different animal each day,sculpt it out of clay, and hear a story about the “critter du jour.” Basic sculpting and glazing techniques are taught to assist in the creation of four family heirlooms.

Instructor: Hilary Ford
6059.301 July 5 – July 8

• Tue–Fri, 10–11 am
  (Return Fri., July 15, to glaze projects)
  
• Fee: $107 / Dist. Res. $92
  (+$25 lab fee payable to instructor)
  
• Gregory Gardens School: Rm. 10,
  1 Corritone Court

Dragonfly Designs

(6 yrs / up) (1-week half-day camp)
Join Dragonfly Designs and learn the ancient art of jewelry making from highly -trained, enthusiastic staff. Campers will learn to design their own jewelry, boosting self esteem and creativity. New jewelry-making techniques are introduced each session, including resin, stamping and dapping metal, bead strInging, crimping, copper etching, wool felted beads and more. Choose from a huge selection of hot colors, textures, and unique beads to make one-of-a kind pieces. All levels welcome.

Instructors: Dragonfly Designs Staff
6060.301 June. 20–June 24
6060.302 Aug. 8–Aug. 12

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $179 / Dist. Res. $164
  (+$50 lab payable first day to instructor)
  
• Gregory Gardens School: Rm. 10,
  1 Corritone Court

Adventure Kids
Summer Camp

June 14–Aug. 19
(Entering grades 1–5)

Searching for adventure for your child this summer? Choose your time; sign up for part or all of this action-packed summer program. Trips, swim days, events, arts/crafts, games, sports, based on weekly themes. Activities include: Mon/Wed/Fri, weekly swim days at PH Aquatic Park; Tuesday is Wheel Day; Thursday, field trips (site is closed during trip hours). Bring lunch / drink daily; two snacks provided. REGISTRATION begins March 14; space is limited.

• Register for Full Days, 7 am–6 pm, or Rec Days, any six-hour block of time. You may sign up for one week (three days minimum) or as many weeks as fit your schedule per month. Complete a monthly enrollment form by the 15th of the month preceding attendance in order for your child to attend; you will be billed accordingly.
  
• Registration Packets are available at the Administration office, 147 Gregory Lane, or at the Adventure Kids Camp site: 1 Corritone Court. A $100 non-refundable fee is required upon registration and is deducted from your first month's billing.
  
• Fee: $47/day Full Day, 7 am–6 pm $37/day Rec Day, any six-hour block of time.

Note: Rec Day students attending only the three-day minimum requirement will be charged an additional $12/week for swim day.

For questions, call Pam Lischeske, or Maureen Valley at 680-5298.

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Mad Science Camps

(Grades 1–5) (5 days) (4 days)
.301 Secret Agent Lab – The Secret Agent Camp is a journey into the world of detection, spy science, and forensics. Campers examine scientific spy tools made famous by the world's greatest spies! Reconstruct activities using the science of cryptology to send and decode secret messages. Follow in Sherlock's steps to learn what tracks can tell us! Help the Mad Science Bureau of Investigations to foil a burglary using state-of-the-art security techniques!

.302 Flight Academy – Learn celestial navigation and discover the wonders of the Milky Way. See how air and wind affect kites, hot air balloons, and parachutes. Discover basic rocketry, the stages of rocket flight, and experiment with huge water rockets. Build a rocket that you can launch. Take-homes include the new Mad Science Skyblazer rocket, a rubber band-powered airplane, a kite, a boomerang, a mini flying disc, a propeller-driven space orbiter and more!

.303 World Scientists – Learn the tools and techniques that scientists use while conducting hands-on projects. World Scientists will conduct solar experiments, explore predator and prey relationships and investigate food webs. Take a trip into the ocean to learn what on odantacete is. Even make your own paper! Learn animal adaptations and create an insect habitat. Discover what Mr. Owl had on his dinner plate during the famous owl pellet dissection.

6062.301 June 27–July 1 / Secret

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $229 / Dist. Res. $214 (5 days)

6062.302 July 5–July 8 / Flight

• Tue–Fri, 9 am–noon
• Fee: $191 / Dist. Res. $176 (4 days)

6062.303 Aug. 22–Aug. 26 / World

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $229 / Dist. Res. $214 (5 days)
  
• Rodgers-Smith Park; Grayson Rd.

LEGO Camp –

Play-Well Teknologies
(5–6 yrs) (7–12 yrs) (5 days) (4 days)
Become a Play-Well Engineer! Take a "crash course" in Demolition Derby; enter the Sumo Wrestling Competition; design a Mighty Metropolis; build and race a Locomotive faster than a speeding Worm Drive. Instruction is given appropriate to age / facility with LEGO® Technic System components. Camps are suitable for LEGO® novices to "maniacs." THESE CAMPS ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE LEGO GROUP. For information, www.play-well.org.

.301 Pre-Engineering Camp (5–6 yrs) – Build cities, bridges, motorized cars and planes. With access to over 100,000 pieces of LEGO, students build what they have only dreamed of.

.302 Engineering FUNdamentals Camp (7–12 yrs) – Campers explore concepts in physics, architecture, mechanical and structural engineering, from Gear Cars to Battletrucks. The engineer-designed curriculum challenges new and returning students to reach higher levels of engineering comprehension while having fun.  

.303 Bash Em Bots Camp (7–12 yrs) – Have you ever wanted to learn to build a massive motorized machine? In this advanced engineering camp, students re-engineer standard vehicles into mechanized machines that can traverse challenging obstacles, battle against fellow bots, and take on Play Well Instructors' colossal creations.

6054.301 June 20–June 24 / Pre-Eng

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $239 / Dist. Res. $224 (5 days)

6054.302 July 5–July 8 / FUN

• Tue–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $196 / Dist. Res. $181 (4 days)

6054.303 Aug. 1–Aug. 5 / Bots

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–noon
  
• Fee: $239 / Dist. Res. $224 (5 days)
  

Village Music School:
1200-B Contra Costa Blvd

Glee Camp!

(8–12 yrs) (5 classes)
Get ready to have the most creative week of your life. Sing songs made popular by the hit show Glee! This class provides a stage of fun for students to sing, dance, and team build while they improve their voices, stage presence, and confidence. Students are introduced to basic vocal techniques, harmony, dance steps, and choreography that foster success and camaraderie. Original "mashups" created will premier!

Instructor: Village Music School Staff
6075.301 July 11–July 15
6075.302 July 25–July 29

• Mon–Fri, 9 am-–noon
  
• Fee: $244 / Dist. Res. $229
  (+$15 lab fee payable to instructor)
  
• Village Music School:
  1200-B Contra Costa Blvd

Project Rock Band Camp

(8-12 yrs) (4 classes)
Kids join together for fun and music making in a no experience necessary Rock Band! This is a great way for kids to learn the fundamentals of Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass, Keyboard and Vocal. Student s will be introduced to and play each instrument in a supportive team environment. Popular songs have been made easy for students to assure success and fun while playing in a real Rock Band. All instruments and equipment are provided on our Village Music School stage.

Instructor: Village Music School staff
6076.301 June 27–June 30

• Mon–Th, 9 am-–noon
  
• Fee: $235 / Dist. Res. $220
  (+$15 lab fee payable to instructor)
  

Village Music School:
1200-B Contra Costa Blvd

Summertime Places

(Entering Grades K–2) (2 weeks)
Fun and adventure, including field trips and special guests! Bring lunch/drink in daypack.

Tuesday – Rodgers-Smith Park for arts/crafts and active games.
Wednesday – Brookwood Park for a variety of camp activities.
Thursday – Rodgers-Smith Park for arts/crafts and active games.

Register for more than one session; program content is not repeated. Priority Pre-School students (entering K) are given advance registration.

6074.301 July 12–July 21
6074.302 July 26–Aug. 4
6074.303 Aug. 9–Aug. 18

• Tue–Th, 9:15 am–12:15 pm
  
• Fee: $125 / Dist. Res. $110
  ($7 lab fee included)

Teen Scene Extreme Summer Camp

June 20– August 12
(Entering grades 6–10) (1-week daycamps)
Experience an extreme and fun summer with this camp! Each Monday will include an exciting group project. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday are filled with exciting trips full of fun. Thursdays include a potluck BBQ and swimming at Pleasant Hill Aquatic Park. Bring a snack, lunch and water unless specified by the Program Leaders. Trips are subject to change. Emergency Waiver required first day of camp.

• Mon–Fri, 9 am–5:30 pm (No camp July 4)
  
• Fees: $235 Full Week / $47 Daily (5 days)
  
• $188 / $47 Daily (4 days)
  
• PH Park Picnic Area 3 (drop off/pick up)

  Week	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  6/20–6/24	Lunch & Bowling	Santa Cruz Board Walk	BBQ & Swim	Waterworld
  6/27–7/1	Lunch & Movie	Great America	BBQ & Swim	Obstacle Course
  7/5–7/8	Farmers Market / QZAR	A's Game	BBQ & Swim	Games 2 U
  7/11–7/15	Lunch & Bowling	Discovery Kingdom	BBQ & Swim	Movies / Derby Day
  7/18–7/22	Trapeze Arts (Circus School)	Indoor Skydiving	BBQ & Swim	Scavenger Hunt / BBQ
  7/25–7/29	City Beach Exclusive Party	Sailing on the Bay	Overnight Camping
  8/1–8/5	Angel Island & Picnic	Boomers	BBQ & Swim	Rockclimbing
  8/8–8/12	Lazer Tag	Waterworld	BBQ & Swim	Sky High Sport

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