At Lumos Debate Summer Institute, your child will learn public speaking, critical thinking, and leadership in a fun setting. Lumos Debate will help your child build communication and critical thinking skills and improve academic performance. 

• Lots of fun. All of the speaking activities and debate games are designed to be engaging, active, and fun for the students. 
   
• 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio. Lesson plans and activities are tailored to every student to make sure the content fits their personality and needs. 
   
• Plenty of outdoor time. During free time and breaks, campers go outside and play capture the flag, soccer, volleyball, and other fun field games.

For more information, call 617-901-4564 or email info@lumosdebate.com. Find locations and dates at Lumosdebate.com.

The Reading 4 Smiles agency offers an educationally enriched after-school program and a literacy based summer camp. The agency is designed to aid children in obtaining and persevering in their academics, acting as an additional resource of support for academic success. Reading 4 Smiles works with children both individually and in small groups on building and enhancing vocabulary, writing, and reading comprehension skills. The agency serves as an educational and recreational program that inspires students to challenge themselves academically while encouraging college-bound goals.

At Lumos Debate Summer Institute, your child will learn public speaking, critical thinking, and leadership in a fun setting. Lumos Debate will help your child build communication and critical thinking skills and improve academic performance.

• Lots of fun. All of the speaking activities and debate games are designed to be engaging, active, and fun for the students. This will not feel like school to your child.
   
• 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio. Lesson plans and activities are tailored to every student to make sure the content fits their personality and needs. 
   
• Plenty of outdoor time. During free time and breaks, campers go outside and play capture the flag, soccer, volleyball, and other fun field games.

For more information, call 617-901-4564 or email info@lumosdebate.com. Find locations and dates at Lumosdebate.com.

North Cove Sailing offers a youth summer sailing camp where budding sailors ages 7-17 learn the physics of sailing over the course of a week or several weeks. Campers work as a team to prepare the 26-foot boats for sailing, steer the boats, and adjust the sails. In the event of inclement weather, campers will participate in sailing-related STEM lessons on land. All instructors have US Coast Guard captain's licenses.

Multiple weeks, single weeks, partial-week, and half-day options are available, as are early bird discounts. For more information or questions, email kidscamp@northcovesailing.com or call 212-766-4302.

This summer, Chess NYC has gone virtual! Chess NYC's policy of "Chess Should Be Fun (Even Online)" prevails during the cool days of Fun & Training Camp. From beginners to grandmasters, these camps are sure to inspire, captivate, motivate, and generate chess players of all levels. Classes focus on strategies, defense, tactics, and even competitive online play.

Chess NYC is offering 4 levels of chess classes:

• Head Start Jr.—Weekly progressive sessions to jump start your little one into the game.
• Advancing in Chess—Classes focusing on basic strategies, defense, tactics, and competitive play.
• GM Inspired TAG I—Classes for more competitive players focusing on advanced strategies and online competitive play.
• GM Inspired TAG II—After graduating from TAG I, hourly classes will push students to the limit with next-level training and online competitive play.

Chess NYC offers hourly, full-day, weekly, and full-summer passes for all the chess your child desires.

Summer Skills Building Program
For students entering grades 1-6

During these two-week summer skills-building programs, students learn research-based, multi-sensory techniques to develop their reading, spelling, writing, executive functioning, and math word problem-solving skills. Prior to the start of each summer session, each student is individually evaluated to determine their academic levels, strengths, and weaknesses. EBL Coaching then provides them with customized, multi-sensory instruction tailored to their level and needs and teach them core skills that are essential for academic success. As the demands of school rise, these skills become increasingly important to develop. In small group settings, students learn research-based strategies to provide them with the tools they need to feel confident and successful in school. Students also love the rewards program and prizes they can earn, helping to motivate and empower them. 

Summer Strategy Building Program
for students entering grades 7-12

During these 2-week programs, students receive individualized instructional sessions to teach them fundamental executive functioning and academic skills that are essential for academic success. Each student is initially assessed to determine their strengths, weaknesses, and levels. They work in small groups during these intensive sessions and learn research-based strategies for note-taking, time management, organization, focusing, reading comprehension, and writing. Students will learn techniques including webbing, column-style note taking, outlining, brainstorming, writing, and other multi-sensory tools to help them thrive in school.

WORLD PLAY is a summer intensive art and dance camp in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Teens (ages 13-17) will create, paint, and design clothes and accessories. They will discover different forms of art in the city, and they will have a lot of fun dancing and preparing a professional music video. At the end of the camp, the kids will have a professional photo shoot and video shoot and receive a camp certificate.

Mornings will be dedicated to art and afternoons to dance. The teenagers will discover art through four different cities: NYC, Paris, Tokyo, and Wakanda.

Camp runs from July 2-August 24, 2018 and has 4 sessions of 2 weeks each. You can register for more than one camp.

For more info, please visit the website and watch the video. 

At New York School of Design's NYC Summer Fashion Camp, have a blast in the fashion capital of the world and learn how to combine principles of art with elements of design to create your very own outfit with coordinating accessories.

During this fun, fashion filled week, you will go on inspiration-building field trips, create mood boards with your own fashion sketches, work in a hands-on fashion studio, experiment with fabrics, drape your own garment, sew your design, create a look combining your finished piece with accessories, design your own bag, and model your look in Bryant Park and on the “runway” for friends and family.

You'll get to take home:

• A finished garment
• A personalized bag
• A mood/fabric board
• A photo shoot presentation.