SUMMER CAMP GUIDE
Plan your child’s best summer yet with this guide
to the area’s most interesting summer camps.
We know it can be a challenge keeping up with the
many options for your child’s summer camp experience.
As parents, we want to make sure our kids keep learning
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continuity with their academic progress but also enrich
their lives in fun and interesting ways. We surveyed area
camps and include highlights here from Birmingham’s
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your child is a happy camper this summer.
Ace Cheer Company TRIBE SPIRIT Summer
Cheerleading Camp
301 Snow Drive, Homewood, AL 35209,
www.acetribe.com. Tribe Spirit Camp brings the
excitement of dance, tumbling, and cheerleading to
summer. Campers will receive cheer/dance lessons
and tumbling instructions. Three sessions run June 8-2,
June 22-26, and July 20-24. Age: Grades 1-11.
Aldridge Gardens Summer Camps
3530 Lorna Road,
Hoover AL 35216,
www.aldridgegardens.com.
Your child will love spending
time at these creative camps
in the midst of nature. They
specialize in American Girl
Doll Camps, which include
assistance from Hoover Belles,
and other educational camps,
such as The Art and Math
of Origami, Engineering and
Construction and Cooking and
Booking in the Garden. Eight
camps run beginning from June 1- June 26. Ages:
5K-third grade.
Beauty and Brains Girls’ Summer Camps
Vestavia Hills Civic Center, 1973
Merryvale Road, Vestavia Hills, AL, 35213,
www.beautyandbrainsgirlsstem.com. Summer camp
instructors are energetic college students and school
teachers interested in science, technology, engineering,
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offerings that include camps like Spa Science, Invent
Like a Girl, and Stop Motion Animation. Ages: Girls 5-14
(activities divided into age groups).
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Camp Journey
Location to be determined, www.shelbyso.com.
A partnership between the Shelby County Sheriff’s
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Department, Shelby County Schools, and COMPACT
2020, this camp develops leadership, values, and
knowledge in each camper through a highly structured
educational and adventurous camp experience.
Birmingham Children’s Theatre Players Summer Camp
Brookwood Mall, 780 Brookwood Village,
Birmingham, Alabama 35209, www.bct123.org.
Young campers use acting, voice, and movement skills
to go on an adventure through a world of imagination.
Older students will learn techniques of dance,
movement, voice, acting, and improvisation to help
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Birmingham Children’s Theatre Imaginarium Players
for ages 4-7 and Birmingham Children’s Theatre Studio
Players, ages 8-18.
Creative Montessori School
Elementary Summer
Camps
2800 Montessori Way,
Homewood, AL, 35209,
www.cmskids.org. CMS
offers camps featuring
different areas of interest,
including service camps,
creative writing, music
composition, young chefs,
and magic camp, just
to name a few. The extended day option includes
fun activities (arts/crafts, outdoor play, etc.) in the
afternoon. There are 18 sessions offered this summer
and non-CMS students are welcome to attend. Camps
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Dawson Music Academy Summer Music Camp
1114 Oxmoor Road, Homewood AL 35209,
www.dawsonmusicacademy.org. Preschool campers
will rotate through “Meet the Instrument,” Music &
Movement Time, Worship Time, Recreation Time, and
Craft Time, while elementary-aged campers will be able
to explore an instrument of their choice in a small group
setting.
/www.acetribe.com
/www.aldridgegardens.com
/www.beautyandbrainsgirlsstem.com
/www.shelbyso.com
/www.bct123.org
/www.cmskids.org
/www.dawsonmusicacademy.org
