Week 1: Arty Party

June 1 - 5

Christina Gilliam

This is the week for budding artists! Preschoolers can ignite their inner creativity through exploration of skills and techniques introduced throughout the week in mini art lessons. Paint, draw, sculpt, and bring your creativity to life to get in touch with your inner artist!

Week 2: Junior Chef’s Academy

June 8-12

Alice Galbreath

Calling all aspiring MasterChef Junior contestants! Work on your measuring, mixing, and pouring skills. Discover new recipes and work together with your friends to create them, then improvise to create something new! What will be your favorite foods to cook and eat?!

Week 3: STEM Lab

June 15-19

Alice Galbreath

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math - where will all of these wonderful things take us this week? Come prepared to explore the exciting world of STEM by experimenting, building, creating, working with mini bots, and getting into lots of hands-on projects!

Week 4: Wonders of Woodworking

June 22-26

Alice Galbreath

Grab your tools and let’s build something together! Sand, drill, and hammer your way to fun at Summer Academy. Eaglets will have the opportunity to use basic woodworking tools to create projects inspired by their own imaginations and take them home to share. 
 

Week 5: Rockstar Camp

June 29 - July 2*

Alice Galbreath

Let’s rock! Explore the world of rock and roll through playing with musical instruments and listening to music by various artists. Discover your signature style in rock fashion. Work on your performance presence by watching other rock stars, and take a look behind the scenes at design, lighting, and merchandising. At the end of the week, we may even rock out for the Rising Eagles!

*Summer Academy is closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day.

Week 6: Water Week

July 6-10

Christina Gilliam

Let’s put water to the test! Come explore water and all of its capabilities while we play. Observe floating vs sinking, melting vs freezing, water cycles, water speed and movement on an incline, and much more! Bring swimsuits, towels, and water shoes, as we will go outside (weather permitting) for some of our water exploration. 

Week 7: Animal Planet

July 13-17

Christina Gilliam

Join us on an adventure as we explore all sorts of living creatures - from fuzzy to slimy and everything in between. Learn about where they live, what they eat, and how they like to play through art, stories, and more. You can even bring your favorite (stuffed) animal to share with your friends!

Week 8: Science Fair

July 20-24

Brittony Rodgers

Get hands-on with mesmerizing science experiments! What do YOU think will happen when we try something new? Let’s watch and see. Were you right? Let’s try again to learn why. You never know what will happen in the exciting world of science experiments! 

Week 9: Jr. Summer (Academy) Olympics

July 27-31

Brittony Rodgers

We are so excited to have an extra week of Summer Academy this year to celebrate the 2020 Summer Olympics! Junior athletes and Olympic fans can unite together for a fun-filled week of all things Olympics. Learn about Olympic events and sports, watch some of the games, and try your hand at our very own Summer (Academy) Olympic challenges. Will you bring home a medal?!