Summer Camp
Summer Camps by Age
Camps for Rising 2nd Graders
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy Ballet
June 13-17 | 1:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-3Keep your girl's love for dance blossoming throughout the summer. We will start each day with an all-levels ballet class and then explore choreography based on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. We will also create costumes and set pieces for a performance on the final day of camp.
instructor: Katie Stanfield (dancer, teacher, and choreographer)
cost: $200 -
Artist Workshop
July 18-22 | 1:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-4Create original works of art using various techniques and media.instructor: Martha Berge (lower school art teacher)cost: $200 -
Basketball Skills & Drills
June 30-July 1 (TH-F) | 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
For girls entering grades 1-5Instructor: Coach Thomas Jones (Varsity basketball coach, AAU coach, and basketball trainer)
Cost: $75 -
Books and Ballet
June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades K-2Explore a book through beginning ballet technique.
instructor: Louisa Koeppel (director Hutchison creative ballet center)
cost: $200 -
Building Math Skills 1-2
August 1-5 | 1:00-2:30 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-2Sharpen your spatial reasoning and apply math concepts to real world problems-like how to build a circle out of LEGOS! Math facts will be a focus.
instructor: Renee Grinder (lower school teacher)
cost: $150 -
Cheerleading
July 18-22 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-3instructor: Ashlee Marshall (former cheerleader and EC/LS cheer instructor)cost: $200 -
Creativity Toolbox
June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-4instructor: Reem Rassoul (early childhood teacher)
cost: $200 -
Cruisin' Into Second Grade
August 1-5 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For Hutchison girls entering grade 2instructor: Melissa Berthelson (second grade teacher)
cost: $200 -
Dollhouse Design
June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-4Will you create a space fit for fairies and unicorns to call home? A hideout for your favorite action figures? – the choice is up to you! Each camper will be designing, building and decorating their very own wooden dollhouse to take home at the end of the week. Campers will learn about blueprints, architectural planning and spend each day customizing both the exterior and the interior of their dollhouse. We will weave carpets, create custom furniture, decorate the houses with fabric accents and more. DIY Dollhouse Camp is a ton of fun for everyone!
instructor: Tanya Crump (early childhood teacher)
cost: $200, plus $40 dollhouse and supply fee -
Fancy Nancy Camp Magnifique
July 11-15 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades JK-3Calling all Fancy Nancy fans! Celebrate Fancy Nancy with a unique (that’s fancy for one-of-a-kind) camp. Imagine the adventurous fun you will have at this summer camp filled with fancy stories, creative crafts, pirouettes (that’s a fancy ballet name for spins), tea parties, fancy indoor campout, spa day, and other activities that are tres magnifique based on books from the Fancy Nancy series by Jane O’Conner.
instructor: Heather Fontana and Renee Grinder (kindergarten teachers) Ashlee Marshall and Reem Rassoul (junior kindergarten assistant teachers)
cost: $200 -
Farm Spa Creations
July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4Discover the science of mixing, melting, dissolving, and decorating your very own spa creations. Students will learn to follow a recipe, design a label, and package their own bath bombs, play dough soap, and explore the Hutchison farm for ingredients and inspiration.
Instructor: Amanda Valentine (early childhood teacher)
Cost: $200 -
Farm To Table
June 13-17 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades 1-5Learn about plants while taking care of them, harvest and prepare a snack fresh from the garden.
instructor: Alison Chesney (Director of the Hutchison farm)
cost: $200 -
Gymstars Gymnastics
July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades K-2instructors: Gymstars
cost: $250 -
Little Engineers
June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-4Kids tend to engage more with STEM when they are connected to a story, so each day of camp will be connected to a story. From the stories, we will have a problem that campers will use the engineering design process to come up with a solution. (How to protect Humpty Dumpty, How to escape Treasure Island with the most treasure, etc)
instructor: Josh Sloan (middle school teacher)
cost: $200 -
Make a Day of it with SPARK Day Camp
May 31-August 12
9:00 am-3:00 pm (early and aftercare available)Combine Center for Excellence summer camps with SPARK Day Camp for the best of both worlds - a full-day camp experience and specialty camp offerings.Learn More -
Make Em' Laugh: You Are Funny!
May 31-June 3 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-5Start clowning around with us! Clowning is a high art, and at the root of all comedy and tragedy! Playfully explore physical and verbal comedy using contemporary children’s stories or well-loved comedy sketches. Whether you want to be sad, happy, bumbling, or pompous, there is a role for you. This is more fun than should be legal! Campers will show off in an antic showcase on June 3.instructors: Tennessee Shakespeare Company teaching artistscost: $200 -
Mosaics 2-4
August 8-12 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4Work with local mosaic artist, Kristi Duckworth, and design your own mosaic tile art pieces. Space is limited.
instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: $250 -
Pottery
June 13-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Week 1: June 13-17
Week 2: June 20-24
For girls and boys entering grades 2-4Choose from a one or two week course that includes hand building and throwing on the wheel.
instructor: Kristi Duckworth (ceramist and painter)
cost: Grades 2-4 $225 per week or $400 for both weeks -
Quickstart Tennis Session I
June 6-9 (M-TH) | 9:00-10:15 AM
For girls and boys entering grades K-2The Quickstart method makes the game of tennis easily accessible to the little ones by using a smaller court, net, racquet, and larger foam tennis balls.
DROP OFF AND PICK UP AT TENNIS CENTER
instructor: Jay Horne (Hutchison middle school tennis coach)
cost: $140 -
Renegades of Rhythm Summer Intensive
July 25-29 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM
For students in elementary through high schoolStudents will learn fundamentals of drumming as well as rudiments, proper technique. Students will also learn group beats and play as a full group while preparing for the upcoming performance season.All equipment is provided.
instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $275 -
S.M.I.L.A. Summer Reading Clinic
June 6-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-6The SMILA mission is to help ensure that all children succeed in the basic language skills of reading, writing, and spelling.
instructors: SMILA certified teaching staff http://www.smilareading.com/
cost: $800; $75 non-refundable deposit is required to hold a space in this camp. Payment in full is due no later than May 20, 2022. -
STEM JR.
June 20-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys
entering grades K-2Build, Experiment, Create! Spend the week exploring different STEM based subjects through fun daily activities that expand your knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math while building your creative mind.
instructor: Lucy Wesson (lower school science specialist)
cost: $200 -
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Quad Camp
June 20-24 | 2:00-4:00 PM
For girls and boys elementary through high schoolStudents will learn proper technique, rudiments and reading as well as beats.
instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $130 -
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Snare Camp
June 20-24 | 8:30-11:30 AM
For girls and boys elementary through high schoolStudents will learn proper technique, Rudiments, reading and playing beats.
instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $150 -
The "Renegades of Rhythm" Tom Bass Camp
June 20-24 | 12:00-2:00 PM
For girls and boys elementary through high schoolStudents will learn fundamentals of drumming, reading and playing.
instructor: Andrew Hatfield (director, Renegades of Rhythm)
cost: $130 -
Theatre Camp
July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
For girls and boys entering grades 1-4Students will play, discover and get creative.
Develop theatre skills in a supportive, collaborative, and imaginative environment. Students will work together as an ensemble to explore and expand their “Actor Toolbox” – their body, voice, and imagination.
instructor: Jennifer Stanford
cost: $200
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