Registration for 2023 Ignite Camps Runs April 14th - May 26th
Here's how to register:
1 - Choose the camp that's best for your child in our Find A Camp section.
2 - Read the Frequently Asked Questions for Parents before signing up.
3- Complete the Registration Form to sign your child up for one of our camps.
4 - If a camp you want to register for is not listed in the form, it means that camp has already filled. Please consider another camp.
5 - After May 26th, you will be contacted with details about your camp by the facilitator. If a camp does not have 10 students registered by May 26th we will not be able to offer it.
1 - Choose the camp that's best for your child in our Find A Camp section.
2 - Read the Frequently Asked Questions for Parents before signing up.
3- Complete the Registration Form to sign your child up for one of our camps.
4 - If a camp you want to register for is not listed in the form, it means that camp has already filled. Please consider another camp.
5 - After May 26th, you will be contacted with details about your camp by the facilitator. If a camp does not have 10 students registered by May 26th we will not be able to offer it.
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Dance Discovery (FULL)
The dance camp will be a great opportunity for students to come and learn about various types of movement that are involved in dance while having tons of fun! Students will be able to learn various styles of dance, such as ballet, jazz, and a little bit of gymnastics. Come join Ms. Allie Okruszko, professional ballet dancer and instructor as you explore how dance, movement, and the arts connect to our daily lives and cultures. Target Audience: Rising K - 5th Grade Students Date: June 5th - 8th Location: Mountain Park Elementary School Facilitator: Allie Okruszko |
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U.S. Military History
Are you interested in military conflicts? Ever wonder about the history that led the U.S. in the various wars we've been involved in throughout our history? In this camp you'll explore the history of all of the wars the U.S. history and see how they connect to our local history in the process. Target Audience: Rising 6th - 9th Grade Stidemts Date: June 26th - June 29th Location: Central Middle School Facilitator: Stephen Griffin |
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Robot Boot Camp: Elementary School
Thinking about getting into robotics at your school but not sure if it's for you? Want to increase your skills at robot design and coding? Learn more about the cycle of engineering design in our 4 day robot boot camp! Activities for the week will be structured for elementary level students. A separate camp program will be offered for middle school students. Target Audience: Rising 5th Grade Students Date: June 12th - 15th Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Jeff Edwards |
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Robot Boot Camp: Middle School
It's time to head to Mars! Working in design teams students will engage in the Engineering Design Process as they strategize, build, design, and program a Lego SPIKE Prime Robot to navigate the obstacles of space and the Martian landscape. Students will share ideas with their team and others and will dig deeply into what robot judges are looking for in robot design. We will wrap up the week with design teams competing against each other as they plan their robots mission to Mars to see who can design the best explorer robot to complete the Mars missions. Which team will will get the NASA Contract! Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students Date: June 19th - 22nd Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Jeff Edwards |
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Let's Get Chemical
Pop, fizzle, BANG! Come spend a week at Camp Let's Get Chemical and explore the exciting science of Chemistry! How do we identify, organize and classify matter? How would you know if a chemical reaction took place? Do I need to learn to juggle to balance an equation and what does that mean anyway? Join us to learn about matter, elements, and most importantly chemical reactions! Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students Date: June 26th - June 29th Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Jeff Edwards |
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Surry County - Live and Learn - FULL
Learn about where you live with fun field trips in and around Surry County! This camp will be jam packed with tours of local businesses, community helpers, local farms, and more! We will visit 2-4 different places daily and really get to know Surry County! Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 5th Grade Students Date: June 5th - June 7th (3 Day Camp) Location: Franklin Elementary School Facilitator: Crystal Folger-Hawks |
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From The Mountains to The Sea: Young Ladies Discovery
This camp has a little bit of everything! Do you enjoy crafting? Join us for days filled with fun as we explore together. We'll learn about plants as we design our own terrariums, enjoy the sounds of the ocean while learning about marine life, craft our own friendship bracelets, make S'mores, and so much more. You'll have access to a Cricut to create your own designs while learning tips and tricks for crafting whatever you can imagine! This camp is jam-packed with fun! Target Audience: Rising 6th - 12th Grade Young Women Date: June 26th - June 29th Location: Central Middle School Facilitator: Alisha Griffin |
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Baking With Attitude! FULL
Who loves to eat delicious desserts??? If you like to eat delicious desserts then this is the camp for you. You will be learning how to make desserts such as pound cakes, cupcakes, pies, and other delicious desserts. You will be doing math but the fun kind. You will learn how to determine the cost of each dessert you make and also determine a good sales price as if you owned your own bakery. Did I mention you get to eat delicious desserts??? Target Audience: Rising 6th - 12th Grade Students Date: July 10th - July 13th Location: Gentry Middle School Facilitator: Teressa Wachob |
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EPIC Game Designers
Have you ever wanted to see what it's like to design your own video games or work with tools that game designers use daily? This camp is for you! In this camp, you will use EPIC Games' Fortnite Creative and Unreal Platforms to create your own game. You'll learn the basics of both of these free design tools and then, the sky is the limit! This camp is offered multiple times throughout the summer. Be sure to check the dates and target age levels when signing up! Dates: June 19th - 22nd - Savannah Snow - 6th - 12th Grade Students June 26th - 29th - Stephanie Bode - 6th - 12th Grade Students June 26th - 29th - Ashley Eades - 6th - 12th Grade Students July 10th - 13th - Alicia Ray - 6th - 12th Grade Students July 17th - 20th - Amy Edwards - 5th - 8th Grade Students FULL Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School |
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Wow!! I Can Draw!
Learning to draw is just like a sport. Once you learn the rules to the art of drawing, you too can become an artist. So let's get you drawing and create some very beautiful artwork. Target Audience: Rising 5th - 12th Grade Students Date: July 17th - July 20th Location: Central Middle School Facilitator: Wanda Bowman |
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Students for Sustainability
Students for Sustainability will empower students and families through inquiry-based learning that takes place in the garden. The holistic model teaches students about science, peace, health and the environment, while challenging them to become caring, engaged community members. As students plan and cultivate their gardens, they grow the confidence and skills to create positive changes in their lives and the world around them. Target Audience: Rising 1st - 5th Grade Students Date: June 5th - June 8th Location: Flat Rock Elementary School Facilitator: Cassy Cuellar |
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Bored? Play Board Games!
Spend a week away from screens and play board games with your friends! Each day students will focus on 2 or more game mechanics that they believe make the best board games! Students will use these game mechanics to create their own board game by the end of the week. Of course we will play the games to determine which student-created board game is the best! Target Audience: Rising 6th - 9th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Alicia Ray |
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I Like Spike
Robots! They're not just for adults, science fiction and Space Station arms. You can make them do cool stuff, too. In this beginner class you will learn the Lego Spike Programming language and have an automated good time Target Audience: Rising 5th - 7th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Paul Cummings |
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Connecting Through Creativity
Come and explore STEM and the Arts as we explore the book, The Elephant in The Room, together! We'll focus on reading skills in an exciting, hands-on environment as we engage in arts and science activities tied to our reading Target Audience: Rising 4th - 5th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Rockford Elementary School Facilitator: Pattie Martin |
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Unfiltered: Finding the Beauty Within
Navigating through middle school is hard. Especially when everywhere you look you are seeing photos that are filtered, edited and hand picked. Let’s spend a week celebrating you! We will be looking at realizing how amazing you are and honoring the women in your life that helped to make you the person you are today. We are going to be finishing the week off with a stop at the cosmetology department at Surry Community College for a special day of pampering! #girlpower Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Girls Date: July 10th - July 13th Location: Gentry Middle School Facilitator: Stephanie Bode and Siomarra Baltazar |
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Rocket On! FULL
Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut and traveling to space? Come join us at Camp Rocket On where you will have the chance to dream of flying as you experience the fun of rocketry. The instructor will help you put your creative mind to work as you build your rocket, design and paint it, and finally, launch it high into the sky! Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 5th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Flat Rock Elementary School Facilitator: Monty Hartfield |
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Cooking 101: Back to Basics - FULL
This camp will focus on basic food preparation skills. We will learn and practice basic measuring skills. We will make Cookie Mixes in a jar and prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies to practice measuring. We will make breakfast and prepare homemade biscuits, gravy and cinnamon rolls. Our camp will also include a demonstration on Cake Decorating. We will practice decorating skills by making and decorating cup cakes and cake pops. We will also prepare different types of cuisines from different cultures. We will prepare pizza/stromboli, tacos/burritos, and rice and other recipes. We will prepare homemade cobblers and ice cream. The camp will be a fun, hands-on learning experience. Target Audience: Rising 6th - 12th Grade Students Date: June 26th - June 29th Location: North Surry High School Facilitator: Clara Horton |
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Express Yourself Art Camp (K-2) - FULL
Express Yourself will provide an opportunity for kids to create in an environment that promotes self-expression. Camp will include drawing, painting and much more. Camp will end with a Fun Finale Art Show where their art work will be proudly displayed for their family to view. Target Audience: K - 2nd Grade Students (8:30am - 11:30am) Date: June 19th - June 22nd Location: Rockford Elementary School Facilitator: Melissa Simpson |
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Express Yourself Art Camp (3-5) - FULL
Express Yourself will provide an opportunity for kids to create in an environment that promotes self-expression. Camp will include drawing, painting and much more. Camp will end with a Fun Finale Art Show where their art work will be proudly displayed for their family to view. Target Audience: 3rd - 5th Grade Students (12:00pm - 3:00pm) Date: June 19th - June 22nd Location: Rockford Elementary School Facilitator: Melissa Simpson |
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Junkyard Art
In this class we'll take common everyday items that are headed for the landfill and transform them into your own ART! Students will choose from weaving, cardboard art, jewelry making, and more! Save the planet and exercise your creativity all at the same time! You'll never look at items in your trash the same as you reimagine them in brand new ways! Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 4th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Flat Rock Elementary Facilitator: Abigail Shepherd |
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Hand Talks
When you hold one finger to your lips to say Shhh! You're using a basic form of American Sign Language. For people who are hard of hearing, this is the one of the few ways that they are able to communicate with others. Learning a second language stimulates the brain while boosting concentration and thinking skills. Join me so we can explore this exciting new world of language and practice this useful skill you can use in so many ways! Target Audience: Rising 2nd - 3rd Grade Students Date: June 5th - June 8th Location: Flat Rock Elementary Facilitator: Abigail Shepherd |
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Mini Med Quest
Interested in a career in medicine? Not sure yet? Join us for a camp that explores opportunities in the community learning about healthcare careers. Students will tour facilities, hear from experts in the field, learn skills, practice hand-on medicine, participate in medical scenarios and more. Target Audience: Rising 5th-8th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: North Surry High Facilitator: Mandy Reynolds and Whitney Collins |
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Future Health Care Leaders
Interested in a career in medicine? Not sure yet? Join us for a camp that explores opportunities in the community learning about healthcare careers. Students will tour facilities, hear from experts in the field, learn skills, practice hand-on medicine, participate in medical scenarios and more. Target Audience: Rising 9th-12th Grade Students Date: June 19th - June 22nd Location: North Surry High Facilitator: Mandy Reynolds and Whitney Collins |
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Elementary Visual Arts Camp FULL
This camp is for students who love creating art! It's also for the student who isn't too confident in their art skills, yet. This will be an exciting four-day, immersive experience through a range of media - such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, and digital art! Students will come away with several finished works of art and want to create more. Target Audience: Rising 1st - 3rd Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Flat Rock Elementary Facilitator: Cassy Cueller |
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Flight Camp
Students will learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) using aviation and aerospace as the medium. Topics such as careers in aviation, aerodynamics, aircraft and aviation safety, drone technology, and weather are just a few that will be covered during this camp. A trip to the Mount Airy airport will be our culminating activity. Target Audience: Rising 4th - 9th Grade Students Date: June 12th - June 15th Location: Meadowview Magnet Middle School Facilitator: Steven Hopkins |
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Ag Adventure Days (Elementary (FULL) and Middle)
"Ad Adventure Days" promises to be loads of fun for students interested in animals, plants, and the agricultural industry. Students will get a first hand look at how agriculture impacts them and their community. This week will be packed full of hands-on learning, field trips, and more! Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 5th Grade Students (Elementary), Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students (Middle) Date: June 19th - 22nd Location: North Surry High School Facilitator: Lauren Murphy (Elementary), Michael Culler (Middle) |
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