June 6 - 10 Camps
ART:
Campers entering grades 1st - 12th | Seth Firestone | 8 a.m - 1 p.m. | $250
Artist and high school art teacher Seth Firestone will be directing students in a variety of art
techniques. Each week’s session will feature different artists, projects, and mediums (Examples:
Jackson Pollock's Abstract Expressionist Painting, Andy Warhol's Screen Printed T-shirts, Red
Groom's Paper Mache Sculptures, Da Vinci's Ink Blot Drawings, Romare Bearden's Mix Media
Collage.)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Campers entering grades 1st - 12th | Seth Firestone | 1:05 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. | $150
Artist and high school art teacher Seth Firestone will be directing students on alternative and
traditional darkroom techniques. (Examples: Using Digital Negatives to Produce a Black and
White Print, Cyanotypes/ Sunprints, Gel Transfers, Liquid Light, Pin Hole Photography,
Multiple Exposure Photography.)
AMAZING ART VIEWING:
Campers entering 5th - 8th Grade | Jacque Simmons | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. | $150
Youngsters will get a first-hand understanding and appreciation of some amazing artwork.
Students tour the Tampa Museum of Art on Tues. and Thur., the work of Edgar Degas primary
among the displays. The session is taught by UT Adjunct Professor and Tampa Museum of Art
tour guide Jacque Simmons.
PATRIOT SOCCER:
Campers entering 2nd - 12th Grade | Donna Holyman & Melissa Lisi
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
All players get ready for a fun week of learning coached by a former University of Colorado
Soccer Player. The group will be split based on age. Basic skills and techniques of dribbling,
passing, and shooting will be the focus. The week will end in World Cup style with each team
representing a country for competition.
ADVANCED BASKETBALL:
Campers entering 6th - 12th Grade | Baker Mabry & Mario Lovett |
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
This camp offers a unique, challenging training environment focusing on the techniques of
shooting, ball handling, and defensive footwork. It will also introduce key concepts and
philosophies used in our boys varsity basketball program at CDS. Campers will be trained by a
former All State Basketball player and former University of Central Florida player!
June 13 - 17 Camps
CAMP INVENTION:
Campers entering 2nd - 6th Grade | Ashley Mabry | 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | $250
The Camp Invention program instills vital 21st century life skills such as problem-solving and
teamwork through hands-on fun! This year we will be doing the SPARK Program which
includes the following modules: Wild: Wondrous Innovations and Living Designs, The Curious
Cypher Club, Bounce! An Atomic Journey, I Can Invent: Edison's Workshop, and Game On:
Power Play. **Must register at www.campinvention.org or contact Ashley Mabry.
J.V. & VARSITY VOLLEYBALL:
Campers entering 6th - 12th Grade | Frank Mabry | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | $250
This camp will focus on the essential skills of volleyball: passing, setting, spiking, and the
overhead serve. There will be an emphasis on position work and teamwork.
June 20 - 24 Camps
ART:
Campers entering 1st - 12th Grade | Seth Firestone | 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. | $250
Artist and high school art teacher Seth Firestone will be directing students in a variety of art
techniques. Each week’s session will feature different artists, projects, and mediums (Examples:
Jackson Pollock's Abstract Expressionist Painting, Andy Warhol's Screen Printed T-shirts, Red
Groom's Paper Mache Sculptures, Da Vinci's Ink Blot Drawings, Romare Bearden's Mix Media
Collage.)
CLAY ANIMATION:
Campers age 6 and older | Seth Firestone | 1:05 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. | $150
Artist and high school art teacher Seth Firestone will be directing students on how to create their
own clay animation film using story boarding and a digital camera.
INTERNATIONAL COOKING WEEK:
Campers entering 2nd - 6th Grade | Jaime Melton | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
This camp will teach children how to mix, mold, and create delicious meals and healthy snacks...
the cultural way! They’ll learn a little something about a different country each day, taste their
way through the food groups, and make recipe books to take home.
CSI (Forensic Science For Kids):
Campers entering 3rd - 6th Grade | Barbie Monty | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | $250
Criminals beware and kids prepare during this weeklong super fun and educational crime scene
investigative camp! Students will enjoy collecting and studying dental impressions and
fingerprints of their fellow forensic campers. They will be checking out teeth marks left at the
scene of a crime, analyzing mysterious powders, and discovering hidden clues in counterfeit
checks, just to name a few of the amazing activities. Our crime scene campers will be engaged
in hands-on, detailed, exciting, forensic science experiments during this camp.
June 27 - July 1 Camps
ROBOTICS:
Campers entering 4th - 8th Grade | Morgen Schmitt | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
Campers will work in teams to design and build autonomous robots using First League LEGO
elements, then program the robots to complete creative missions using NXT software. The week
will culminate with a presentation to family and friends and a demonstration of the robots!
THE GREAT ART ADVENTURE:
Campers entering 5th - 8th Grade | Sarah Krupp | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
Each day brings a new art adventure: Super Artist!, The Great Art Detective, Mad Art Scientists,
Art Historian and Safari Nature Artist. Become Great Art Detectives, using vast deductive
prowess to solve the mysterious disappearance of a very important work of art. Morph into Super
Artists, creating your own super hero identities in order to solve world problems. Every day is a
new quest – are you ready?
AIKIDO:
Campers entering 5th - 8th Grade | Gina Boccolucci | 1 p.m - 4 p.m. | $150
An emerging martial art, Aikido is an amazing form of self-defense. Its growing popularity stems
in part from the relative ease and speed with which basic concepts can be absorbed, as well as its
lack of violence. Masters of Aikido thwart and subdue multiple attackers with minimal striking,
punching, and kicking. Sensei Gina Boccolucci of the Florida Aikido Center in Tampa is the
chief instructor, and students will be bused to the FAC dojo each day and back to CDS by 4 p.m.
The FAC website describes Aikido as “a Japanese martial art best described as a ‘way’ or ‘path’
to self-improvement, health and wellness. Aikido is a defensive system that focuses on technique
and balance, not physical strength, size or power.”
HEROES OF MYTH:
Campers entering 2nd - 5th Grade | Jacque Simmons | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. | $150
Art and Literary History has never been this fun! Every day analyze different
heroes from literature, from Hercules to Harry Potter. Where do heroes come from, how did they
originate, what makes a hero? Students tour the Tampa Museum of Art’s Classical collection one
day. Another day they’ll create their own hero and explain their powers and story. The session is
taught by UT Adjunct Professor and Museum of Art tour guide.
***NEW*** BE A STAR:
Campers entering grades 1 – 12 | Nicole, Jaclyn, & Danielle Baker | 9:00 am – 2:00 pm | $250
Spend a week living your dream. This camp features workshops on modeling, acting, acrobatics,
and personal fitness. Participants will learn a dance routine. The workshops will be led by CDS
graduates, Nicole, Jaclyn, and Danielle Baker. The Baker sisters are professional dancers who
have studied with dancing legends Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines and Ann Reinking and have
performed on TV and on stage across the US and Europe. Nicole recently completed her fifth
season as a Radio City Rockette. Contact Nicole Baker at [email protected] for additional
information.
July 5 - 8 Camps
ART AROUND THE WORLD:
Campers entering 2nd - 5th Grade | Meghan Dias | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
Each day create a different piece of art indigenous to a specific place in the world: Africa,
Mexico, Australia, China and North America. Explore the what, why and how behind native art
pieces.
AIKIDO:
Campers entering 2nd - 5th Grade | Gina Boccolucci | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. | $150
Same as camp listed on other page, just adjusted for age group.
July 11 - 15 Camps
INTERNATIONAL GRAFFITI - Expression Now!:
Campers entering 5th - 8th Grade | Katie McDermott | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. | $150
Oversized paper replaces sidewalks and walls as the canvas for artistic expression in the style of
graffiti artists across the globe. Learn about graffiti murals used to clean up city streets and
revive culture. Develop your own style and purpose while learning how to apply spray paint in
the different graffiti styles and create your own!
LEGO CAMP:
Campers entering 2nd - 5th Grade | Morgen Schmitt | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
This camp is designed to keep students engaged and excited about the process of designing and
creating LEGO elements. Students will learn basic physics or engineering principles then work
cooperatively to create the tallest skyscraper, sturdy ships, crazy contraptions and more! There
will also be some special LEGO Star Wars builds and each student will take home their own
small Dark Side Robot!!
MATH FOR EVERY DAY . . . PLUS MUCH MORE:
Campers entering 3rd - 6th Grade | Barbie Monty | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | $250
This is a fun and educational camp! During the morning, students will be engaged in activities
designed to increase their basic math skills. New students will be introduced to the vocabulary,
algorithms, and games, providing them a base for their upcoming courses. Returning students
will have the opportunity to sharpen and enrich the skills learned during the year while
interacting with new students. Sixth grade students will have the opportunity to hone their skills
on some of the traditional methods as well. Students will also be engaged in fun and educational
games (which will include topics pertaining to history, geography, and grammar ~ just to name a
few) and activities designed to sharpen and improve their study skills.
ALL ABOUT PERCUSSION:
Campers entering 2nd - 5th Grade | Meghan McManus | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
Introduction to music and percussion for younger kids through percussion craft, music and
rhythmic games, songs and pieces, independent play and, at the end of the week, a performance.
July 18 - 22 Camps
KOOKY KRAFTS:
Campers entering 1st - 4th Grade | Rebecca Fronsee | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $150
Paper bags, rainsticks and cardboard become pigs, puppies and lions in the hands of creatively
guided youngsters. Explore the creation of art in the most fun and fundamental of ways, taking
everyday items and learning how they can spring to life with artistic expression.
SOAR:
Campers entering 4th - 7th Grade | Barbie Monty | 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. | $250
Would you like your child to improve their study skills? If so, SOAR is definitely the right camp
for your child! This camp will offer a simple and efficient system for improving study habits.
Students will be SOARing: setting goals, organizing, asking questions, and recording progress.
The strategies that will be taught are designed to help students earn better grades, work more
efficiently, and develop confidence. In addition to this, the strategies are fast to use, easy to
remember, provide results quickly, apply across subject areas, and encourage active participation
from the family.
OLYMPIC HISTORY:
Campers entering 5th - 8th Grade | Jacque Simmons | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. | $150
Blood, Guts and Gore! The Spectacular Athletes of the Olympics and the
Entertainments of the Gladiators. Explore the original Olympic Games of the Greeks & the
Gladiatorial games of the Romans, from the Temple of Zeus to the Roman Coliseum. This is sure
to fire up the imagination while learning at the same time. Students will tour the Tampa Museum
of Art’s Classical Galleries one day. Taught by UT Adjunct Professor and Tampa Museum of
Art tour guide.
***NEW*** CDS BAND CAMP:
Campers entering grades 6 - 8 (CDS students only) | Amy Callahan | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm | $150
Introduction to playing a wind instrument. This camp is for anyone interested in learning to play
a band instrument. Instruments and portable music stand must be provided by the student. A
short pre-camp conference will be required to determine which instrument the student will play.
August 1 - 4 Camps
***NEW*** T.O.A.D.S.:
Campers entering grades 6 – 8 | Jamie Culbreath | 9:00 am – 11:30 pm | Cost: $100
Does your child have the middle school jitters? This camp is perfect to help acclimate your
student into the middle school. It will teach organizational, study, and test taking skills to assist
your student to success. The camp has been implemented for 12 years and is proven to alleviate
middle school stresses and anxiety.
***NEW*** C.R.O.A.K.I.E.S.:
Campers entering grades 6 – 8 | Jamie Culbreath | 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Cost: $100
This class compliments the T.O.A.D.S. class but focuses more on enrichment. It reinforces organizational skills, while focusing on creative and critical thinking skills. Your students will learn necessary writing and project skills to build confidence throughout all their middle school academics.