Best Vermont Family Camps Summer 2024-25 Directory

CAMP FACILITIES: Ohana offers rustic cabins with stone fireplace, fully functional kitchen; a wonderful waterfront and hiking trails;
meals available in the main lodge.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Ohana Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association; please visit our website at Our Camp Website Link: www.alohafoundation.org for more information.

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Family Camp.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Please visit our website for more information.

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Ohana staff are hired to work for the camp season to lead activities and help with various duties; housekeeping and kitchen staff are also hired.  Please visit our website for hiring forms.

CAMP FACILITIES: We have six modern computer lab facilities as well as a a "fab lab" and an off-site robotics suite. We provide access to mobile devices, advanced coding applications, creative illustration and robotics software and incorporate physical activities to reinforce coding concepts.

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: This year we’re proud to offer five different strands of computer coding instruction:

Mobile App Development
Game Development
Web Development
Computer Art
Robotics

In each strand, you’ll learn programming fundamentals along with workshops designed to make you familiar with the other skills necessary to continue growing in each area of learning.

The aim of this summer camp is to provide Vermont students grades 5-12 and educators with instruction in different functional, applicable areas of computer programming. To that end, instruction is focused on both real-world applicability of skills and supporting campers in the construction of a program, website, game or micro-controller project in full.

Campers will come away from summer camp not just having produced code that they can add to their portfolio, but with the knowledge of how to share out their work with other developers around the world, and resources for continuing their studies.

The camp culminates on Friday, August 8th from 4-6pm with an all-camp Community Celebration, to which all families and community members are encouraged to attend, to see first-hand what Vermonts students and educators can do with a week’s worth of code.

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: We offer a comprehensive need-based scholarship package at our website.

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Camp culminates in a Community Celebration, where campers showcase what they've created over the week.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
August 4 - 8, 2014
$499.00 for students 10-18, $199.00 for Vermont educators.
Scholarship packages available.

CAMP FACILITIES: We offer overnight/sleepaway dance camps in beautiful locations where the pace of life is slower. At ADTC, mountains, forests and lakes will surround you. You'll raise your serotonin, boost your immune system, and do what you love all day long.

Our dance camps are near renowned destination resorts & famous cities. At ADTC, you'll have access to all of the activities you'd want to enjoy at camp, as well as all of the amenities you'd expect to find at a resort. And we have just as much fun outside the dance studio as we do in class!

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Our top-notch dance choreographers bring the freshest dance combinations to our dance camps! They hail from the best dance studios, schools and performance groups.

ADTC choreographers have the most impressive dance resumes: they are Radio City Rockettes; Broadway & MTV performers; celebrities from your favorite dance TV shows; and collegiate dance team competitors.

No matter what level dancer you are, we’ve got fun & challenging dance classes that’ll fit you just right.

You’ll take four dance classes daily and at week’s end you get to show off your new moves in a big Friday night performance for family, friends and fellow campers.

In addition to core dance classes in contemporary, hip hop & jazz (styles of jazz vary and may include lyrical, modern or Broadway), you’ll choose between ballet, tap or world dance for your core elective dance class.

And we believe girls in our perfectionist culture need to get out and have more authentic fun! At ADTC you can enjoy awesome activities & extras like horseback riding, kayaking, paintball, trampolines, swimming, hiking, rock wall climbing, alpine slides, water rides, and so much more!

Join us this summer for your chance to take dance classes with the best choreographers in the world!

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: We have a Counselor-In-Training program for girls ages 16 & 17 (application required; 2 week minimum commitment):
Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: We offer need-based scholarships for up to 1/2 off tuition:
Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): We offer discounted "family vacation packages" for parents looking to stay nearby while their daughter attends ADTC.

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: FREE weekend virtual dance camps:
Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

Custom choreography:
Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

On-demand dance classes & choreography:
Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
For dates & rates, visit: Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Staff Application: Our Camp Website Link: www.americandancetrainingcamp.com

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: - Live Zooming and friendship-making time (prescheduled so your family can plan ahead!)
- Off-screen activities for independent play and learning (and naps! and yard time!)
- Hands-on activities with real art materials (art camp should be a little messy!)
- Small group sizes ensure that campers receive high quality instruction and individual attention from their teachers.
- Daily movement and mindfulness exercises integrated throughout the day to get the wiggles out

Camp tuition includes an Art Toolbox mailed to your home and a live exhibition every Friday that the whole family can attend, even those living far away.

Camp Staff:
Katerina Romanenko, Ph.D. Assistant Director of Youth and Family Programs

An experienced educator and visual culture historian, Dr. Romanenko specializes in Museum education, art history, American History, and object-based learning in formal and informal environments. She holds a PhD in Art History from the City University of New York and for more than 15 years teaches art history and works in Museum education. She also holds a BA in Education Sciences and has experience in research, development and implementation of educational programs for different age groups.

Alicia Mino, Art Educator, Manager of the School and Community Programs

An accomplished practicing artists and art educator, Alicia Mino received her Master’s in visual communication from the Metropolitan University of Chile, She spent fifteen years in Italy studying art history, oil painting, and sculpture. She presented in numerous art exhibitions and founded the Mates Art and Design Studio, where she taught drawing, oil/acrylic painting, and sculpture fundamentals for ten years. In 2008 Alicia moved to Philadelphia where she continues to exhibit her work and teaches art.

Lindsey Murphy, Art Educator and K-8 Program Coordinator

An art educator with over a decade of experience in the field of education, Lindsey Murphy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology; concentration in Archaeology from Millersville University, and an Elementary Teaching Certification from Millersville University. She worked as a general education classroom teacher in the Oxford Area School District in Chester County, PA for 8 years, and has worked in PAFA’s education department over the past 11 years creating and implementing numerous museum tours and art making experiences for children and families of all backgrounds, becoming the K-8 Program Coordinator in 2019..

Melissa Hendrixson, Art Educator

Melissa Hendrixson is an artist and art educator who has worked in Museum Education for over five years. She has her Bachelor's of Fine Arts and Studio Certificate from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has gained experience through assisting the coordination and development of various museum programming including family programs, youth art classes, and summer camps. She now works for the School and Community Partnership Program as an art educator where she develops and implements museum tours, school lessons, and community outreach programs to support student learning, parental engagement and visual literacy initiatives.

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: It is our sincere desire that no child be denied the opportunity to attend camp because of financial difficulties. Thanks to our generous donors, PAFA is able to offer a limited number of scholarships.

Please email artcamp[AT]pafa.org to receive a scholarship application

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Friday Art Show

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: PAFA offers a year round programs, online and in person for youth and families that engage parents and children with the museum collection and art-making. Our programs inculde art classes for middle school students, afterschool program for kids 6-11, and Sunday Family workshops. please visit Our Camp Website Link: www.pafa.org

OTHER CAMP INFO: Drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, comic books and graphic novels, collage and mixed media, and video arts.

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Dates
June 21 - August 13, 8 weeks

Ages: 6-14 (groups: 6-8; 9-11; 12-14)

Mon-Fri from 9am - 3pm each day (except July 5rd).

For camps description, cost and schedule go to the registration website. Our Camp Website Link: www.pafa.org

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Camp Assistants and Camp Instructors.
Please visit for current job announcements and apply via 
Our Camp Website Link: hr.pafa.org

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: Our Camp Website Link: thenextitgirl.org

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Our Camp Website Link: thenextitgirl.org

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): Our Camp Website Link: thenextitgirl.org

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: Our Camp Website Link: thenextitgirl.org

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
Our Camp Website Link: thenextitgirl.org

SUMMER CAMP JOBS:
Tech Lead - curriculum instructors
Non-Tech Lead - tech lead assistant
Community Lead - brand ambassador
Logistics Lead - logistics, packing lead

www.thenextitgirl.org/volunteers

CAMP FACILITIES: We have beautiful architecturally-designed horse stablesfor our 4 horses that sit on a knoll overlooking the confluence of the Winooski and Mad Rivers. For lunchtime and other activities, we use one of our campsite facilities with an outhouse, running water and wood benches circling the fireplace. We also have a beautiful, private sandy beach on a slow-moving and refreshing swimming hole. Paradise!

CAMP PROGRAM INFO: We have team-building exercises, fire-building contests, horsemanship and riding (without bits or hard saddles) and much more. These camps are chock full of learning many new things. It's an experiential camp that's talked about for months afterward.

Strengthening youth leadership through horsemanship, natural outdoor challenge and playing team, we coach a positive “can-do” mindset with confidence and a spirit of achievement and connection that is fun, contagious and fulfilling. Programs aim to build good character and nurture leadership and team skills in every young person and young adult so they can make a better world tomorrow!

“Thank you for offering such a great leadership program. My daughter’s confidence has increased and she has identified her strengths as a leader – and recognized areas she can improve. All this presented in a positive way, with no judgement. Thanks for the positive program you have developed and for presenting in such a confident, loving way.” Vic G. Montpelier, VT

CAMP LEADERSHIP CIT/LIT PROGRAMS: Let us know if your teen is interested in Leadership credits for another program. We will be happy to submit our curriculum, themes, and areas of focus if needed!

CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: There are local scholarships/grants available through our neighboring town of Middlesex (for residents) and also through Vermont Horse Council (Vermont residents). Contact us for more info.

FAMILY CAMP SESSION(S): We also offer small group lessons and sessions for families. This is a great way to build connections, have fun, increase honest communication and experience the wonder of horses, and bonding together. This can look like siblings, one parent plus child/children, or the whole family.

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS: For 9 months of the year we also offer Equine-Guided Hormsenship and Riding lessons. Families who cannot make the camp dates enroll their child/children (or the whole family) in 2-3-hour daily lessons for a week while staying in Vermont. Visit:
Our Camp Website Link: horsesandpathfinders.com

OTHER CAMP INFO: Visit our website for more information on each camp. We look forward to connecting with you and your family!

CAMP SESSION DATES & FEES:
April Vacation Adventures & Pioneering: 4/18-22, Mon-Fri. 9am- 4pm. Recommended for youth 10-13 y.o

Youth Leadership & Horsemanship: 6/20-24 and 6/27-7/1, Mon-Fri, 9am - 4pm. Recommeded for 9-12 y.o.

Teen Leadership Overnight Camping Summit: 8/15-18, Mon-Thurs, 9:00 am dropoff and 3:00 pm pickup. Recommended for 13-16 y.o.

Early Bird rates and half-price private lesson BONUS are availabe. See website for deadlines!