Explore Future Careers at Kalamazoo Valley Summer Camps

Do have you a creative middle schooler at home? Someone who likes to draw, write stories, or take photographs? Or perhaps someone who is curious about the world around them, fascinated by the stars, or is good at math? How about someone who likes to cook, grow their own vegetables or entertain family and friends?

If so, put their creativity and imagination to work at Kalamazoo Valley Community College’s Early College Explore Future Careers Summer Camps. Careers in graphic design, astronomy and culinary arts are just some of the fields that will be explored during the week-long camps that take campers to all four of the college’s campuses.

The camps, said Dr. Deborah Coates, dean of instruction, Early College, are designed to introduce area middle school students to different careers through skill-building activities and one-on-one interaction with faculty who are experts in their field.

“Keeping children engaged and learning over the summer months can be challenging,” Coates said. “The Explore Future Careers Summer Camps offer students the opportunity to learn about a variety of careers through fun activities on a college campus.”

Campers will be introduced to animation at the Center for New Media, create a “farm to fork” meal at the Food Innovation Center and Culinary and Allied Health Building, use robotics at the college’s Groves Center, go behind the scenes at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum and enjoy swimming (Thursday) and scavenger hunts at the Texas Township Campus.

Camp is open to boys and girls entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grade (2018-2019 school year) and is limited to 24 campers per session. The camp is $125 per week per camper (scholarships are available) and will be offered:
June 18-21
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
June 25-28
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
July 16-19
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
July 23-26
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
August 6-9
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
August 13-16
8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Campers report Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 a.m. to Room 128C in Anna Whitten Hall on the Arcadia Commons Campus at 303 North Rose Street. On Tuesday, campers should report to the college’s Food Innovation Center at 224 East Crosstown Parkway. Camp ends each day at 3 p.m. Campers should be picked up at Anna Whitten Hall. Transportation to the different camp locations, lunch and snacks are provided by the college.

Online registration opens Feb. 15. To register visit: www.kvcc.edu/earlycollege/camp. For scholarship information or any other questions, contact Coates at 269.488.4509 or dcoates@kvcc.edu.