Have you ever wondered how everyday products are designed? Are you interested in making smart devices and products? You will see a product’s design cycle, from project definition to test.

Need a creative activity for the kids on a no-school day?

Students entering 9th - 12th grades can join educators at the Saint Louis Zoo to discover conservation careers and field biology techniques in this amazing four-day session.

Let’s go on an adventure across the North American continent to explore multi-cultural cuisine. What better way to spend a week this summer in a fun, exciting class learning how to cook delicious meals? In our state-of-the-art kitchen, young chefs will enjoy lots of culinary action and tasty delights of Canadian cuisine. This camp will help you learn about measuring ingredients, how to follow a recipe, gardening and harvesting, and how to make healthy choices in food preparation. Every recipe is a creation and every creation an adventure! Chef Margaret Grant will guide you through this culinary experience. Any allergies or dietary restrictions will be taken into account for every recipe used, ensuring that the experience is healthy and fun for all!

Let’s go on an adventure across the North American continent to explore multi-cultural cuisine. What better way to spend a week this summer in a fun, exciting class learning how to cook delicious meals? In our state-of-the-art kitchen, young chefs will enjoy lots of culinary action and tasty delights of United States cuisine. This camp will help you learn about measuring ingredients, how to follow a recipe, gardening and harvesting, and how to make healthy choices in food preparation. Every recipe is a creation and every creation an adventure! Chef Margaret Grant will guide you through this culinary experience. Any allergies or dietary restrictions will be taken into account for every recipe used, ensuring that the experience is healthy and fun for all!

Chess Camp is a fun way to introduce chess to newcomers of the game as well as deepen the understanding of the game for intermediate players. Whether you are interested in casual or competitive chess, this camp is for you. Pins, forks, skewers, discoveries, sacrifices, and defending against the ATTACK! Understanding the game’s basic fundamentals and scenarios is the goal of this camp. Players are placed in groups according to skill levels to practice strategy and moves while expanding their critical thinking skills, concluding with a fun, in-class tournament. Chess Master Jason Clark and his team will lead this camp. C

Chess Camp is a fun way to introduce chess to newcomers of the game as well as deepen the understanding of the game for intermediate players. Whether you are interested in casual or competitive chess, this camp is for you. Pins, forks, skewers, discoveries, sacrifices, and defending against the ATTACK! Understanding the game’s basic fundamentals and scenarios is the goal of this camp. Players are placed in groups according to skill levels to practice strategy and moves while expanding their critical thinking skills, concluding with a fun, in-class tournament. Chess Master Jason Clark and his team will lead this camp. C

Don’t let this be a Cruel Summer! Swifties unite and join us as we have our own Era’s Tour at NCS! From making and trading frienship bracelets to karaoke dance parties, this Specialty Camp strives to foster a supportive community where young Swifties can express themselves, make lifelong memories, share their love for Taylor Swift, and live out their Wildest Dreams. Campers will channel their favorite Grammy award-winning artist and walk the Red carpet—where they’ll never go out of Style. Campers will be Bejeweled with rhinestones and glitter to make their whole world shimmer. So, all that’s left to ask is…are you Ready for It? Campers, just say yes! This camp is led by New City teacher Paije Croghan.

Come and “tinker” with us! Campers will design, build, concoct, and discover as they explore a variety of materials and tinker the day away. Tinkering encourages creative and flexible thinking, problem solving and cooperative learning with friends. AND IT’S FUN! Campers will enjoy weekly challenges to experiment with various materials to design works of art, build structures using loose parts, concoct potions and edible investigations, and discover the natural world guided by their curiosity. Campers will create IDEA journals to record their “tinker” creations.

Come explore a variety of art forms from around the world. Experiment with a variety of art materials including wire, paint, sculpting clay, tile, tie-dye and more. How about painting blindfolded or body painting outside? Have a paint relay race or collect leaves, rocks, sticks, etc and use them as tools to make an original masterpiece. Take a daytrip someplace exciting , get the highest score bowling and who knows where else to end the summer!

Unplug from the year and explore never-boring board games, card games, and playground games in this fun filled session. Flag football, Capture the Flag, GaGa, Kick the Can, Dragontails, Kickball, Wiffleball, Pickleball, all things ball!

A great hands-on experience for high school students who want to learn more about careers in Graphic, Interactive or Interior Design

Educational summer camp with aquatic emphasis programs 7-12

Educational summer camp with aquatic emphasis programs 7-12

Make sure your student has the skills from last school year to be successful next year!