Summer Camp
Summer Camps by Age

Camps for Rising 4th Graders

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  • Cupcake Factory

    June 20-24 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 3-6
    Learn business basics by creating baking cupcakes, designing a stand and promoting your business through an original marketing plan. 

    instructor: Amanda Killen (professional baker and Center for Excellence Co-Director)
    cost: $225, all supplies included

  • Girls Guide To Back To School

    July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For Hutchison girls entering grades 4-5
    Campers will build life and academic skills to help them as students: organization, prioritization, goal setting, note taking, reading for retention, memorization, time management, and growth mindset. All skills will be taught using concepts they will learn in the coming year.

    instructor: Alyson Kapki (lower school learning specialist)
    cost: $200

  • Artist Workshop

    July 18-22 | 1:00-4:00 PM
    For girls and boys
    entering grades 1-4
    Create 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 1-5
    Instructor: Coach Thomas Jones (Varsity basketball coach, AAU coach, and basketball trainer)
    Cost: $75

  • Comic Book Design

    June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 4-7
    Calling all artists, superhero lovers, or graphic novel enthusiasts. During this workshop you will be putting your storytelling skills and artistic skills (either digital or drawing) to use as you create a story for the ages. Read graphic novels and create your own throughout this weeklong workshop that explores the boundary between art and writing.

    instructor: Cydnie Trice (graphic design and communications teacher)
    cost: $200

  • Creativity Toolbox

    June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys
    entering grades 1-4
    instructor: Reem Rassoul (early childhood teacher)
    cost: $200

  • Dance

    June 13-17 | 1:00-4:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 4-8
    Join Ms. Koeppel for ballet technique, contemporary movement, and creative choreography.

    instructor:     Louisa Koeppel (director Hutchison creative ballet center)
    cost: $200

  • DIY SCI Camp

    June 6-10 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 3-6
    Make cool science projects that mom won't let you do at home! Chemistry rockets, exploding Mentos, elephant toothpaste, egg in a bottle, and smoke bomb launchers. Experiment with magnets, electricity, air pressure, eggs, and sound. Get ready to get messy and have fun!

    instructor: Lucy Wesson (lower school science specialist)
    cost: $200, all supplies included

  • Dollhouse Design

    June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 1-4
    Will 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

  • Farm Spa Creations

    July 25-29 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 2-4
    Discover 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 1-5
    Learn 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

  • Fly Into Fourth Grade

    August 1-5 | 9:00 AM-12:00PM
    For Hutchison girls entering grade 4
    instructor: Nancy Fields (fourth grade teacher)
    cost: $200

  • Hogwarts at Hutchison

    July 11-15 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 3-6
    Care of magical creatures, potions class, quidditch matches, while reading and analyzing the original literature.

    instructors: Lucy Wesson (lower school science teacher) and Robert Lofton (upper school science teacher)
    cost: $200

  • Just "Dough" It

    July 18-22 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 4-8
    Great cooks know how to make dough–from pastry to pastas, dough is a building block of cooking. It is a fun and delicious thing to cook, and it is a simple skill that leads to immeasurable creativity in the kitchen. Campers will spend each day learning the basics of baking, from precise measurement to how to know when something’s done, and we will focus each day on a different type of dough: play dough, pie dough, pizza dough, cookie dough, and pasta dough.

    instructor:     Becca Sloan (middle school teacher)
    cost: $225, all supplies and ingredients included

  • Lacrosse Clinic

    June 13-17 | 9:00-12:00 AM
    For girls entering grades 3-5 and 6-8
    instructor: Hutchison lacrosse coaches and staff
    cost: $200

  • Little Engineers

    June 27-July 1 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 1-4
    Kids 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

  • Mad Math Skills 3-4

    August 1-5 | 1:00-2:30 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 3-4
    Change your ADDitude about math with this fun, fast-paced skill building experience. Improve math skills and gain confidence for the new school year. Speed and accuracy of math facts will be a focus. 

    instructor: Nancy Fields (fourth grade teacher)
    cost: $150

  • 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.

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  • Make Em' Laugh: You Are Funny!

    May 31-June 3 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 2-5
    Start 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 artists
    cost: $200

  • Mosaics 2-4

    August 8-12 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys entering grades 2-4
    Work 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 2-4 


    Choose 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

  • Renegades of Rhythm Summer Intensive

    July 25-29 | 8:30 AM-1:30 PM
    For students in elementary through high school
    Students 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 1-6
    The 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.

  • STEAM Creations

    July 11-15 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
    For girls and boys
    entering grades 4-7
    Learn about math principles through engineering challenges and designing amazing works of art!

    instructor:     Jennifer Stanford (middle school teacher)
    cost: $200

  • The "Renegades of Rhythm" Quad Camp

    June 20-24 | 2:00-4:00 PM
    For girls and boys elementary through high school
    Students 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 school
    Students 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 school
    Students 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 1-4
    Students 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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