SUMMER CAMP GUIDE
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Hoover Met Complex Sports Camps
Hoover Met Complex, 100 Ben Chapman Drive,
Hoover, AL 35244, www.hoovermetcomplex.com.
Young athletes are able to enhance their skills in
the game of their choice. Coaches will work on
sportsmanship, teamworking,
skill instructional, and making
sure it is non-stop fun.
Jackie O’Neal School of Dance
Summer Camps
3336 Rocky Ridge Place,
Birmingham, AL 35243, www.
jackieonealschoolofdance.com.
More than 20,000 students have
not only learned to dance, but have
also developed strong work ethic,
at Jackie O’Neal School of Dance.
Various summer camps are available.
Highlands School Summer Camp
4901 Old Leeds Road, Birmingham AL 35213, www.
highlandsschool.org. Offerings include enrichment
camps that feature active, artistic, academic and just
chess, coding or American Girl. And traditional day
camps are offered for kindergarten through 6th grade
that includes a lunch, weekly themes, trips to the
pool (1st-6th grade), outdoor play time, activities and
exciting, creative projects.
Kidz Fit Camp at Pure Fitness
1425 Montgomery Highway, Suite 115, Vestavia Hills
This is the only
summer camp experience that gives each child a chance
sports skills, living a balanced healthy lifestyle, as well as
McWane Summer Camps (Camp McWane)
200 19th Street North, Birmingham AL 35203, www.
mcwane.org. McWane Science Center Camps
include topics that inspire curiosity and sense of
wonder for hands-on, minds-on, science and fun.
Summer camps offer further inquiry into science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics
for children 4 to 13 years old. Campers can learn
about the deep oceans, journey into outer space,
build robots or spend time with McWane animals
Summer at Altamont
4801 Altamont Road South, Birmingham AL 35222,
www.altamontschool.org. These camps focus
required courses in a more relaxed environment.
Altamont offers a wide array
of quality classes, taught
by faculty, which are both
educational and fun.
STARS Camp VST at Virginia
Samford Theatre
1116 26th Street South,
Birmingham AL 35205, www.
virginiasamfordtheatre.org.
This summer theatre intensive is
designed to give children, ages
7-17, the opportunity to explore all
aspects of working in live theatre.
Students will participate in a
series of classes and workshops
taught by some of Birmingham’s best instructors and
performers, focusing on acting, dance, music, stage
combat, and more.
Red Mountain Theatre Summer Camps
301 19th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama
35203, www.redmountaintheatre.org. Camps
teach theatrical craft while providing performance
opportunities for youth. The curriculum includes
vocal, dance, and drama training and culminates in a
staged performance, where students perform for live
audiences.
Shelby County Arts Council Summer Camps
105 W College Street, Columbiana, AL 35051, www.
shelbycountyartscouncil.com. Campers create a
variety of artworks, such as painting, collage, clay,
drawing and more. Kids will learn about art and history
as well as the most exciting eras of art around the
world.
Shelby County Schools
Locations vary, www.shelbyed.k12.al.us. Shelby
County Schools’ Community Education Department
offers summer camps at selected sites. Learning
major components of the program. Enrichment camps
are also available at certain sites.
/www.hoovermetcomplex.com
/jackieonealschoolofdance.com
/highlandsschool.org
/mcwane.org
/www.altamontschool.org
/virginiasamfordtheatre.org
/www.redmountaintheatre.org
/shelbycountyartscouncil.com
/www.shelbyed.k12.al.us