Camp
Summer Camp Information
Kids Club camp is a full day camp (9am – 3pm) at Hilltop Montessori School for children in grades rising 1-6 (must have completed Kindergarten in 2023-2024 school year). Each week will be a different theme. There is a maximum of 30 participants per week.
Camp is $300 per week. Vermont child care subsidy accepted.
- 6/24-6/28 Mountains, Rivers, & Forest – Join us as we explore Vermont ecology with eyes open to the beauty around us.
- 7/1-7/5 Loving Local Wildlife – Learn to appreciate the wonderful ecosystem and how every animal has an important role, even if we don’t see it happen.
- 7/8-7/12 Growth & Flow (plants) – From pretty blooms and vibrant moss, to tall trees and sprouting seedlings, stop and spend time with the unique foliage of summer.
- 7/22-7/26 Awesome Adaptations – Get ready to fly, climb, hide, seek, and frolic your way through nature like the incredible wildlife of the area living their best lives.
- 7/29-8/2 At the Water’s Edge (wetlands) – There’s a whole new world colliding with another where the water meets the shore and all sorts of interesting natural wonders.
Teen Summer Workshops
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Zine making
Jul 1, 2, 3 & 5 (2-5pm)
Do you have great ideas to share with the world? How about art? Poetry? Come learn about making zines with social practice artist, Amber Paris. We will explore different types of zine creation, work on our own zines and create some ‘little free zine machine’ libraries to place at both the Boys and Girls Club and the Brooks Memorial Library so people can continue to exchange zines beyond this camp! Our week together will culminate with an Artful Streets table at the July 5th Gallery Walk where we can share our zines with the community and show how to make them. Free vouchers for photocopying zines will be provided by the Brooks Memorial Library.
This program has 12 available slots for young people.
Build your Own Skateboard
July 15 – 19 & July 29 – August 02 (10am -1pm)
Partnering with both HatchSpace woodworking makerspace and First Proof Press, students are guided through the process of using tools to design and build their own custom-painted skateboards and then to add their own graphically-designed prints onto those skateboards. This program has 8 available slots for young people. This week-long camp will be offered twice in summer 2024.
Sk8 camp
July 15 – 19 & July 29 – August 02 (2-5pm)
Whether you’ve never been on a skateboard before or are a novice skater and want to improve your skills, this program is for you! Members will learn to push, ride, fall, turn, and how to control and comfortably ride a skateboard. The program will run at the Club and out in different parks. This program has 8 available slots for young people. This week-long camp will be offered twice in summer 2024.
Sk8 & Motion Photography
July 15 – 19 (2-5pm)
Partnering with In-Sight Photography, students will follow skateboarding culture and skills, learning how to photograph, print, video capture and edit images of skateboarders in motion. Joining the Summer Skate Camp in the afternoon for one week, all the students will travel together to the various locations working together to make skateboarding a work of art.
Safe Sitters Certification
July 18 – 19 (2:30-5pm)
In partnership with our instructor from YMCA Keene, we offer this popular two-day course to help students receive training and certification to become certified sitters. This program has 8 available slots for young people.
Wilderness, HeartSaver CPR and First Aid Course
July 22 – 26 (10am – 3pm) WEEK 1
In partnership with the Vermont EMS Academy, students will earn a two-year certification. Meeting five hours per day for one week, students will have further training in such wilderness skills as improvising on splints and dealing with heat/cold related emergencies. Moreover, they will have a session on basic knots with VEMSA’s Tech Team. Finally, students will receive an introduction to VEMSA’s Wilderness First Aid course. This program has 8 available slots for young people.
Wilderness, HeartSaver CPR and First Aid Course
August 5 – 9 (10am – 3pm) WEEK 2
In partnership with the Vermont EMS Academy, students will earn a two-year certification. Meeting five hours per day for one week, students will have further training in such wilderness skills as improvising on splints and dealing with heat/cold related emergencies. Moreover, they will have a session on basic knots with VEMSA’s Tech Team. Finally, students will receive an introduction to VEMSA’s Wilderness First Aid course. This program has 8 available slots for young people.
