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Innovative Summer Camps

Shipwreck Camp, July, 2015

Gone are the summer days of capture-the-flag and swimming in a lake, parents these days are sending their kids to innovative summer camps like entrepreneur, invention, rock and farm camps. We’ll talk to different camp leaders about what Northeast Ohio has to offer kids in the summer to get a head start on the fall. Then, a look at free summer programming open to all with the hopes of preventing summer slide. 

 

Resources:

Young Entrepreneur Camp

Shipwreck Camp

Science of Wizardry Camp

School of Rock Camp

Summer Farm and Science Day Camp

Cuyahoga County Public Library Summer Reading Program

Cuyahoga County Public Library Summer Camps

Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland Summer Camp

-Nicole Lawrence, Director, Young Entrepreneur Camp at University School

-Kathryn Kwiatkowski, Director of Math and Science Program, The Gelfand STEM Center, Case Western Reserve University, Heads Shipwreck Camp

-Darci Sanders, Director of Education, Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, Runs the Science of Wizardry Camp

-Clayton Harris, Tri-C Police Chief, Public Safety Summer Academy

-Louie Novotny, School of Rock Camp in Rocky River

-Ellen Otto, Advancement Coordinator for Crown Point Ecology Center, Summer Farm and Science Day Camp

- Celia Huffman, Youth Education Coordinator, Cuyahoga County Public Library

-Ron Soder, Director, Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland

Rachel is the supervising producer for Ideastream Public Media’s morning public affairs show, the “Sound of Ideas.”