Who: Summer Camps are for rising 7th – 12th graders.
Registration: Current C4K members have early access to registration through May 15th. After May 16th, registration will be open to community members that qualify for C4K programming.
Summer Clubhouse Hours: Participants may stay for Clubhouse after camp. Summer Clubhouse hours are Monday-Thursday from 1:00-6:00pm.
C4K Camps
Space is limited to 10 participants per camp.
STEM From Dance: Hula Hoops & Physics
STEM From Dance is C4K’s first two-week camp for girls and nonbinary youth to explore STEM through movement and technology. Participants will work with Charlottesville Ballet’s Ty Cooper and C4K staff to explore the physics of hula hooping and sound waves, choreograph dances, and build technology that powers their performance.
- Dates: June 8 – 18
- Time: 12:00-2:30pm
- Location(s): C4K Clubhouse & Charlottesville Ballet Studio
- Snacks provided
Space Week: Explore, Build, Launch!
Blast off into a week of space-themed fun! Campers will explore the cosmos with hands-on activities including a planetarium visit, building and launching rockets, and a culminating field trip to Green Bank Observatory, home to the world’s largest radio telescope!
- Dates: July 13 – July 17
- Time: 10:00-12:00pm
- Location(s): C4K Clubhouse
- Optional lunch from 12:00-1:00pm
- Field Trip: Green Bank Observatory (July 17th from 9:00am-5:00pm)
MRC / C4K Camps
Camps will combine MRC and C4K members so space is limited to 5 spots.
Musical Circuits
UVA Music’s Alex Christie, MRC staff Kittie Cooper, and C4K’s Cullen Levesque will guide us through an experience of making electronic instruments out of non-conventional objects. Along the way, we’ll learn about electricity and how we can manipulate it to make cool sounds! At the end, we’ll put our instruments together in an ensemble and see what we come up with.
- Dates: July 20 – July 24
- Time: 12:00-2:30pm
- Location(s): C4K Clubhouse
- Snacks provided
Beat Making
Learn how to play with samples, synths, and sounds to make fun digital music with MRC staff member Ike Anderson and Cullen Levesque from C4K.
- Dates: July 27 – July 31
- Time: 12:00-2:30pm
- Location(s): MRC (C4K members meet at C4K to walk to MRC)
- Snacks provided