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CARROLLTON, GA - The long days of summer are upon us, and the University of West Georgia’s Continuing Education Department is once again offering a variety of summer camps to keep them fun and interesting.

West Georgia’s summer camps offer children and teens numerous opportunities for learning and adventure in a safe, nurturing environment on the University campus in Carrollton and at various locations in Newnan. Many of the camps have an academic component designed to show how learning can be fun, with one goal of the program being to help young people feel comfortable in a University setting to prepare them for college life in the future.

This summer, a new camp also offers opportunities for older participants. Grands Camp provides fun-filled adventures geared toward bringing grandparents and grandchildren closer together. This camp will be offered July 21-25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Several week-long sessions of Day Camp and Teen Camp offer activities from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accommodate the schedules of working parents, and lunches are provided. Teens ages 13-15 enjoy group activities, a daily swim in the University pool, and computer lab sessions using new software applications during Teen Camp. They also explore an academic subject during each of the one-week sessions offered: July 21-25 and July 28-Aug. 1. The academic emphasis for the July 21 camp will be crime scene investigations with age-appropriate subject matter; the subject for the July 28 camp will be environmental studies.

For children ages 6-12, Day Camp offers a week of summer adventure filled with arts and crafts, swimming and computer lab time, as well as activities related to the week’s academic focus.

Four Day Camps will be offered this summer. The first, June 2-6, is a Reading Adventures week, promising reading-related activities for the younger kids and book writing for the older ones. Camp two, June 9-13, Crime Scene Investigations, will give kids a chance to gather and study clues to solve an age-appropriate crime. Camp three, June 16-20, focuses on Spanish Language and Culture, and Camp four, June 23-27, is Geosciences week, during which kids can discover the wonder of nature that can be found on the campus as well as in their own backyards.

Several morning camps will be offered as well. Morning camps end at noon, and during June they may be combined with an afternoon of Day Camp or Teen Camp for an additional fee.

Science buffs can choose from a series of 9 a.m.-noon science camps by the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers (GYSTC). The Carrollton-West GYSTC will offer Mysteries of the Mesozoic, June 9-13; Crime Lab Chemistry, June 23-27; Wet and Wild, July 14-18; and Rockets–Up and Away, July 28-Aug. 1.

The Newnan-Shenandoah GYSTC has scheduled Harry Potter Science Camp, June 16-20; Out of This World Space Camp, June 23-27; Technology Camp, June 23-27; A Blast from the Past Camp, July 7-11; A-B-C-Science Camp, July 14-18; Computer Robotics Camp I, July 14-18; and Computer Robotics Camp II, July 21-25.

For sports enthusiasts, Baseball Camp will once again be conducted by David“Doc” Fowlkes, head baseball coach at UWG and a former pro player with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians. Baseball Camp, which helps children ages 7-12 develop the fundamental skills required for the sport, will be offered June 2-5, June 9-12 and June 16-19.

Fowlkes will also teach three 9 a.m.-noon baseball specialty camps for youths age 7-16: Hitting Camp, July 7-9; Pitcher/Catcher Camp, July 10-11; and Middle Infielder/Infielder Camp, July 14-15.

A morning Literacy Camp will be sponsored by the Developmental and Diagnostic Reading Clinic, June 2-6, 8 a.m.-noon. Designed to improve reading skills and enjoyment, the camp’s activities include storytelling, improvisational acting, singing, reader theater and games.

For more information or to register for all but the science camps, visit the Department of Continuing Education web site at uwgagenda.westga.edu or call 770-836-6611. For Carrollton-West GYSTC camps, visit www.westgystc.org or call 770-830-2347. For Newnan-Shenandoah GYSTC camps, visit www.shenandoahgystc.org or call 770-253-4632.

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