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NEW - Culinary Camp
Are you interested in learning culinary skills from a professional chef?  The chefs from Shelton Vineyard’s Harvest Grill will help students learn about a variety of ingredients and spices, food safety and preparation, knife skills, recipe building, and many different types of cooking techniques.  End the camp with a tour of Shelton Vineyard and Harvest Grill and see their fine dining space.   
Target Audience: Rising 9th - 12th Grade Students
Date:  July 11th - 13th
Location:  Surry Central High School
Facilitator:  Sabrina Wilmoth
Express Yourself (Art Camp)! (Half-Day Camp) - FULL
Express Yourself will provide and opportunity for kids to create in an environment that promotes self-expression. Camp will include drawing, painting, printmaking and more. Camp will end with a Fun Finale Art Show where their art work will be proudly displayed..

Target Audience: K-2 (8:30-11:30) and 3-5 (12:00-3:00)
Date:  July 11th - 14th
Location:  Rockford Elementary School
Facilitator:  Melissa Simpson
Picture-Perfect STEM

Join our literary friends Iggy Peck, Rosie Revere, and Ada Twist along with others in their explorations of the many facets of STEM. Come build with Iggy the architect, design with Rosie the engineer and carry out investigations with Ada the scientist. This fun filled week of engaging, hands on - minds on explorations will have you craving more. Come find out the secret that Thomas Edison told Henry Ford in their conversations about inventions!

THIS CAMP IS FOR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ENTERING GRADE 5 FOR FALL OF 2022.

Target Audience: Rising 5th Grade Students
Date:  June 13th - 17th (5 Day)
Location:  Meadowview Magnet Middle School
Facilitator:  Jeff Edwards
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 27th - June 29th (3 Day Camp)
Location:  Franklin Elementary School
Facilitator:  Crystal Folger-Hawks
Future Forensic Scientists - FULL
Do you like watching crime shows on TV? Can you picture yourself as a crime scene detective? Do you like solving problems and performing scientific experiments? Then Future Forensic Scientists summer camp is for you! Come join us at North Surry High School this summer for an experience you will never forget and learn what it means to be a crime scene detective. You will analyze fingerprints, bones, hair and other fibers. Perform a DNA fingerprint to determine who the guilty person is. Learn how to interpret a blood spatter pattern, and much, much more. This is an awesome opportunity to dive into the world of forensic science and see how the science is really done.

Target Audience: Rising 6th - 12th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  North Surry High School
Facilitator:  Marty Sewell
Take To The Skies
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 6th - 8th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  Meadowview Magnet Middle School
Facilitator:  Paul Cummings
CANCELLED - Money, Sports Cars, and Trucks!
The Money, Sports Cars, and Trucks! camp will focus on how you budget for and purchase an automobile. Students are just a few years away from driving and it is beneficial for them to understand the process by which automobiles are obtained. Students will also be building their own Lego cars in the process!

Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  Meadowview Magnet Middle School
Facilitator:  Korey Buelin
Let's Get Crafty! - FULL
We're hoping to come back for a 2nd year!!!Looking for students interested in getting crafty and saving our planet too! It's all about upcycling and recycling used materials to create Pinterest or Etsy-worthy crafts! You bring your trash such as old water bottles, soda bottles, and other plastic containers and we'll create beautiful birdhouses and crazy critters. We'll also use old tin cans to create luminaires and even more crazy critters. We'll learn about how materials we discard are harming animals and the environment and how we can help. We'll have fun and learn to save Mother Earth too!

Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  Meadowview Magnet Middle School
Facilitator:  Celia Perry
Write to Publish
Write to Publish is designed to guide a student in the ways to present and submit creative writing for eventual publication, while offering lessons, discussions and readings to bring out their best efforts. From arrival to departure during all four days of the camp, the focus is on writing (and reading each other's creations). The final day is also "submissions" day, and will close with all students submitting at least one piece of writing to a small press magazine or website. This is a safe environment for all camp members with every student treated respectfully, since the best writing from teens comes from the confidence to write about topics that interest them. The camp will be taught by Mr. Terry Collins, a professional writer since 1989, with a wide array of published books ranging from biographies on Louis Armstrong, Andy Griffith and Elvis Presley to graphic novels featuring Looney Tunes, Saturday Night Live and ElfQuest.

Target Audience: Rising 9th - 12th Grade Students
Date:  July 11th - July 14th
Location:  East Surry High School
Facilitator:  Terry Collins
Ag STEM Camp - FULL
Join us to learn about the various farming and agricultural techniques and career opportunities across Surry County In the areas of agricultural science. Hosted in collaboration with Surry County Cooperative Extension. Multiple field trips are usually planned for this program so students may need to bring a bag lunch and provide their own transportation to Gentry Middle School.

Target Audience: Rising 6th - 8th Grade Students
Date:  July 11th - July 14th
Location:  Gentry Middle School
Facilitator:  Jamie Mosley
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 18th - July 21st & July 25th - July 28th
Location:  Gentry Middle School
Facilitator:  Stephanie Bode
I Like Spike - FULL
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 20th - June 23rd
Location:  Meadowview Magnet Middle School
Facilitator:  Paul Cummings
Create A Poetic Global Journey Via Augmented Reality
Students will explore various poetic forms from cultures around the world (haiku, limerick, sonnet, villanelle, ode, elegy, lyric, ballad) and various language devices, then create several original works that represent an inspired journey. They will work to polish and publish their poetry and then create augmented reality experiences to be set up in gallery style in public locations (or in a public facility willing to house the work.)

Target Audience: Rising 9th - 12th Grade Students
Date:  July 25th - July 28th
Location:  Surry Online Magnet School - APPLE Center, Dobson
Facilitator:  Jennifer Lowe
#TechGirls - FULL
#TechGirls camp is designed to make sure that girls don’t miss the chance to explore the subjects of science, technology, and engineering, all while working hands-on in an engaging environment. Students will also be able to play Minecraft while approaching gameplay from a new angle and are empowered to discover the underlying mechanics of the game in a collaborative environment!

Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 5th Grade Girls
Date:  June 20th - June 23rd
Location:  Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Facilitator:  Michelle Lyons
 Elementary Leaders for Life (FULL)
This camp is designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities who have a current IEP and participate in the Extended Content Standard curriculum. Our camp is designed to support students in fun and engaging activities that promote community, citizenship, independence, and STEM. Our students are leaders and we want them to be Leaders for Life!

Target Audience:  Rising 1-5 grade students with a current IEP and who participate in the Extended Content Standards curriculum.
Date:  June 13th - June 17th (5 Day)
Location:  Dobson Elementary, Rockford Elementary, Franklin Elementary (FULL) (Select Your School When Registering)
Facilitator:  Varies
Middle School Leaders for Life (FULL)
This camp is designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities who have a current IEP and participate in the Extended Content Standard curriculum. Our camp is designed to support students in fun and engaging activities that promote community, citizenship, independence, and STEM. Our students are leaders and we want them to be Leaders for Life!

Target Audience:  Rising 6th-8th grade students with a current IEP and who participate in the Extended Content Standards curriculum.
Date:  June 13th - June 17th
Location:  Pilot Middle, Central Middle (Select Your School When Registering)
Facilitator:  Varies
High School Leaders for Life (FULL)
This camp is designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities who have a current IEP and participate in the Extended Content Standard curriculum. Our camp is designed to support students in fun and engaging activities that promote community, citizenship, independence, and STEM. Our students are leaders and we want them to be Leaders for Life!

Target Audience:  Rising 9th-12th grade students with a current IEP and who participate in the Extended Content Standards curriculum.
Date:  June 13th - June 17th
Location:  North Surry, East Surry (Select Your School When Registering)
Facilitator:  Varies
Musical Treasures Camp 
Where the treasure you find, lasts a lifetime.

In Musical Treasures, students will receive instruction in playing the ukulele and piano. We will also learn various folk dances and singing games to incorporate musical response through movement. Students will leave Musical Treasures camp with a love for reading, playing and enjoying music that will last them a lifetime.

Target Audience: Rising 3rd - 5th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  Franklin Elementary School
Facilitator:  Amey King
Cooking 101 - Back to Basics - FULL
Like to cook? Want to learn basic cooking skills? We will learn basic food preparation techniques. We will learn how to prepare biscuits and gravy, cookies, mini pizzas and other items. We will experiment with simple cake decorating techniques. We will also touch on table setting and manners. Our time together will be very interactive and hands-on. We will have fun while learning life skills!!

Target Audience: Rising 6th - 12th Grade Students
Date:  June 27th - June 30th
Location:  North Surry High School
Facilitator:  Clara Horton