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Coed Summer Camps and Adventure Programs in Maine
Adventure Treks
Wilderness adventure program for Teens
Ever climbed a snow covered volcano? Slept under a starry sky on a wilderness beach or rafted a crazy fun whitewater river? Here is your chance! At Adventure Treks this is just a snapshot of your best summer ever. You will see incredible scenery, make great friends from across the country, laugh more than you ever thought possible, and become a better leader. A recent study shows Adventure Treks will improve the 21st century life skills your parents think you will need be successful.
Temporarily escape the digital age. 12 - 18 year olds can visit exciting destinations on the West Coast, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, New England and the Southeast. Give us just two or three weeks and you will see benefits and make friendships that will last the rest of your life.
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Camp Pinehurst
Residential coed summer camp
Facing the sunset on the sandy shore of Crescent Lake, Camp Pinehurst is a traditional summer camp for boys and girls that emphasizes skill development, outdoor adventure and teamwork. Camp Pinehurst boasts an experienced, highly qualified staff and an individualized daily schedule for each camper. This combination allows children the opportunity to achieve success in a safe and supportive environment.
Activities include Red Cross swimming, sailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, knee-boarding, kayaking, tennis, soccer, basketball, model rocketry, yoga, dance, archery, riflery, mountain biking, overnight canoe trips, whitewater rafting and hiking trips. Pinehurst also features comfortable, screened cabins with electricity, a superb chef and a resident R.N. Camp Pinehurst- come make some new friends this summer!
Website:YMCA Camp of Maine
Residential coed summer campSince 1915, children have been creating memories at our camp that last a lifetime. The "Y Camp is located on Lake Cobbossee in Winthrop, Maine, 7 miles west of Augusta, Maine's state capital. We offer a traditional summer experience for 8-16 year old boys and girls along with special programs including Outdoor Adventure Programs and Leader -In Training.
Activities include: arts and crafts, dramatics, music, nature study, campcraft, hiking, overnight camping, swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayking, water skiing & tubing, windsurfing, ropes course, tennis, archery, aerobics, ping pong, team building, low ropes course, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, football, softball.
Acadia Institute of Oceanography
Residential coed summer camp
Located on Mt. Desert Island next to Acadia National Park, our hands-on, field program offers students the opportunity to learn about careers in oceanography through work at tidal pools, beaches, on board boat and in the lab.
Our academic marine science program runs for two weeks each and offers intermediate (12-15 years) and advanced sessions (15-18 years of age). We also offer a one-week introductory session for 10-12 year old students. You must have a satisfactory teacher recommendation for final acceptance into the program.
Kamp Kohut
Residential coed summer camp
Rich in the finest Maine camping traditions, Kamp Kohut offers a unique blend of wholesome fun and quality instruction. Surrounded by spectacular Lake Thompson, lush woods and fields, Kohut offers a magnificent setting for our comprehensive and spirited 4-week program, designed to create lifelong friendships, skills & memories. Over 50 different activity selections provide a balanced focus on land and water sports, arts, adventure, and nature-oriented trips. We emphasize teamwork & character development, while celebrating the uniqueness of each individual with an elective program of structured choice.
Our 1:3 counselor: camper ratio provides careful and attentive supervision and instruction. Campers choose three 1-week blocks of 6 activities per day. Boys & Girls, 200 campers, ages 7 - 16.
Camp Micah
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Micah, an overnight camp located in Bridgton, ME is committed to providing a safe, stimulating and challenging environment infused with Jewish traditions and values that promotes the building of self-esteem, social relationships and skill development.
Activities include: team sports (baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.); individual sports (tennis, archery, gymnastics, and golf on our mini-golf course); arts (arts & crafts, music, theatre, dance, etc.); waterfront (water skiing, kayaking, canoeing, sailing,); multimedia (computers, radio, etc.); ropes, wilderness & hiking, and much more.
Camp Walt Whitman
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Walt Whitman, a traditional summer camp for boys and girls, is situated on 300 acres along crystal-clear Lake Armington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Amid this beautiful setting, CWW is a driving force in preparing young lives for the challenges and opportunities that the future is certain to bring. In our warm and nurturing environment, our holistic approach to summer camp combines world-class outdoor adventures, hands-on exposure to the arts and sports while developing a community that lasts a lifetime.
We're fortunate to attract particularly nice kids and a strong, motivated staff. We provide excellent instruction to help our campers improve in all of the physical skills at camp, while focusing on the care and attention that helps them to develop their potential as individuals and as members of the group.
Emagination Computer Camps
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Technology PLUS Summer Camp Fun! Emagination blends the latest in technology with fun non-tech activities that create a well-rounded summer camp experience for kids & teens ages 8 -17. Two-week sessions allow time to make friends and become part of a community.
Beginners to experts choose three workshops from a selection including: 3D Art, 3D Animation, Flash®, Digital Music, Video Game Design, Robotics, RC Cars, iApps, Java.
Recreation is an important part of the program. Campers get unplugged in outdoor games, swimming, Color Wars and more.
University locations near Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Atlanta bring together kids like me from nearby towns, states across America and many foreign countries. It's Worth the Trip!
The Emagination Difference
* Three different technology workshops each day --- learn multiple topics.
* Two-week sessions --- time to make new friends and become a part of a summer camp community.
* Recreation and socializing are important --- campers learn tech skills and life skills.
* Weekend activities --- tuition includes Saturday Color Wars and other activities
* Senior Camp for Teens --- more independence, free time and special activities.
Emagination also offers a separate and immersive two-week course in video game development for teens 15-18.
Camp Nashoba North
Coed Camp with Residential and Day Sessions
Nashoba North offers a wonderful summer camp experience for boys and girls ages 7 to 15. Located on the shore of Crescent Lake in the Sebago Lake region of southern Maine, Nashoba North is nestled on ninety-five acres of pinewoods and open fields. Campers enjoy breathtaking mountain views and serene peacefulness.
We have a large array of water sports on crystal clear Crescent Lake. Beautiful facilities and cabins are bright and equipped with showers, toilets and electricity. Individual camper schedules. Nashoba has tennis, soccer, theater, dance, archery, pottery, baseball, basketball, woodworking, animal care, art, rock-climbing, and much more! Extensive riding and golf programs. We have an energetic staff in a supportive atmosphere with an fantastic 3 to 1 camper/staff ratio. Excellent health care staff.
Nashoba North is a non-sectarian ACA accredited camp. International campers are welcome. 4, 7, and 8 week sessions; two 1-week horseback riding program; 15 Discovery program for first time campers in grade 5 or below.
Williwaw Adventures
Wilderness Adventure - United States
Williwaw has been creating unique adventures for young adults since 1999. Our expeditions are designed to provide a safe and meaningful wilderness experience that balance challenging adventure and exploration with fun. We spend time developing outdoor skills and focus on the group experience.
Wilderness travel, paddling and sailing are the core components to our expeditions, and students leave with a solid foundation of skills so that they can pursue and become competent in these activities in the future. Activities include backpacking, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, coastal sailing, community service and surfing.
Camp Laurel
Coed Residential CampOne of New England's premier 7 week residential, co-ed camps, Laurel combines cutting edge programming in a family atmosphere. Our exemplary staff provides a safe, fun, nurturing environment for children ages 7-15. Ideally located in Maine's Central Lakes Region, Echo Lake crowns Camp Laurel's 150 acres of woodlands with its 2,000 feet of natural shoreline and a magnificent sandy beach. Our extensive program is comprised of 6 distinct areas including: Waterfront, Athletics, Tennis, Adventure, Inter-Arts and Horseback Riding.
Cardigan Mountain School Summer Session
Residential coed summer camp
Lots more than a summer camp... Located in the foothills of New Hampshire's White Mountains, the Cardigan Mountain School Summer Session combines academic review and enrichment with all of the recreation and fun of a traditional summer camp for boys and birls in grades 3-9. In the mornings, students can hone their skills in math or reading; work on study skills, note taking or test prep; or challenge themselves through literature, rocketry, robotics or foreign language courses.
Classes in music, pottery, drama, and photography highlight the arts program, and Cougar Clinics give students the opportunity to practice a favorite sport or learn a new one. With so many choices, each student can design his or her ideal summer experience. In the afternoons and weekends, the 500 acre lakeside campus provides an ideal setting for sports, swimming, sailing, and simply enjoying summer in New Hampshire. Numerous off-campus trips, evening performances and bonfires, and our annual Green and White competition round out the Cardigan experience. For more information, contact Matt Rinkin, Director of Summer Programs, at (603) 523-3526 or mrinkin@cardigan.org, or check us out online at www.cardigan.org/summer.
Maine Arts Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Located on Unity College's environmentally based campus, we are a small, inclusive community, offering high quality instruction in visual & performing arts, technology, special interest activities and individual/lifetime sports. We foster a non-competitive atmosphere where campers feel comfortable pursuing new interests as they choose from a variety of activities including dance (modern, hip hop, ballet, choreography, tap), drawing/painting, pottery, fabric arts, printmaking, sculpture, metal jewelry, enameling, stained glass, portraiture, fashion design, sewing, mask making, acting, musical theater, chorus, guitar, rock shop, African drumming, digital & film photography, film making, robotics, rocketry, culinary arts, environmental education, gardening, woodworking, kayaking/canoeing, archery, road & mountain biking, martial arts, yoga and fitness.
Our director and assistant director make it a priority to communicate actively with parents and stay involved in the day-to-day camp operations. We cultivate a small, inclusive camp community, led by a staff of experienced, professional instructors and mature dorm counselors, creating a 3:1 camper/staff ratio. Two 2-week sessions (ages 8-15), plus a specialty week add on (ages 11-15).
Acadia Rock Climbing and Adventure Camp
Wilderness adventure program
Acadia Mountain Guides offers small group coed camp experiences for ages 6 - 8, 9 - 12 and ages 13 - 18.
Our Explorer Series for young campers features multi-sport adventure and focused climbing camps primarily within Acadia National Park in Maine. These camps are available in day or overnight formats. Adventure camps include lots of activities such as rock climbing, ropes course, hiking, nature study, canoeing, caving, swimming, first aid and survival skills. Our specialized rock climbing camps focus on rock climbing and related skills.
Our tiered climbing camps offer something to all levels of rock climbers from those just starting out who want to learn the ropes to advanced sport and traditional lead climbing camps. Multi-sport adventure camps mix it up with rock climbing, rafting, sea kayaking, hiking throughout Maine. Camps may be combined for up to five weeks of summer fun.
JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood
Residential coed summer camp
JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood, the JCC of Greater Boston's camp for boys and girls ages 8-15, is located in Bridgton, Maine. The camp provides a broad athletic, creative arts and cultural program that allows campers many opportunities to deepen their skills and try new things. In this caring and positive environment campers are supported in developng independence, becoming more self-confident, learning cooperation and teamwork, and in strenghtening their Jewish identities. Kingswood's kitchen is kosher.
The camp has exceptional facilities: athletic fields, climbing wall, and high and low ropes courses. Programs in the arts, theatre, dance and gymnastics and a fully equipped waterfront. Jewish and Israel-related themes are woven through camp programming. Staff to camper ratios are low. Sessions: 2, 3-1/2 & 7 weeks.
Kingsley Pines Camp
Residential coed summer camp
You can't go very far at Kingsley Pines without hearing a laugh or seeing a smile. In our safe surroundings and enriching environment, children have the responsibility of choosing their own activities. They develop a higher level of self-confidence and form friendships that last forever. Our camp is so much fun they'll want to come back year after year! Kingsley Pines - it is the way camp should be!
Ages 8-15, Coed, 2 & 3 Week Sessions
Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Every summer, Phillips Exeter Academy welcomes to campus some 700 students for five weeks of academic study, athletics, and exploration that carry participants far beyond the classrooms and the playing fields. Typically, students come to us from more than 40 states, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., and several foreign nations. Together they embody a rich diversity of language, culture, religion, and race.
The UPPER SCHOOL offers more than 100 courses of study for high school students who have completed grades 9, 10, 11, or 12. ACCESS EXETER, our program for students who have completed grades 7 or 8, offers accelerated study in the arts and sciences. If you are interested in five weeks of challenging study, music, theater, art, and athletics; five weeks of fun and friendships, then consider Exeter's Summer School. We look forward to welcoming you to the Academy this summer.
Hidden Valley Camp
Residential coed summer campHidden Valley is an international Maine coed summer arts camp that features the finest in arts and outdoor programs for children ages 8 to 14. HVC is an art camp, a horse camp, an outdoor adventure camp, a performing arts camp, or a water sports camp. Or - because you choose your activities - it can be all of these!
330 acres with a private lake and heated pool near the Maine coast. Great food, many choices, allergy support. Directors have lived on site for over 20 years.
A parent writes: "It is a truly extraordinary camp, fun, interesting, inclusive."
Emagination Game Design Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Get Inside the Game! Teens 15-18 create a 3D video game. Learn creative and technical skills > Choose a role on the development team --- 3D Animator, Level Designer, Audio Artist, Programmer > Build a playable game > Present to a panel of experts > Tour a game development studio > Learn from guest speakers.
Teens come to Emagination Game Design in Atlanta, Boston or Los Angeles from all across America and many foreign countries. We assist with transportation. It's Worth the Trip!
The Benefits of Emagination Game Design
* Teens learn from a team of highly qualified Emagination instructors.
* Teens experience what it's like to work in today's video game design industry.
* Teens learn industry standard software including Maya, 3ds Max, Photoshop® and Unreal Engine 3.
* Teens accept responsibility for part of the game and experience teamwork and deadlines.
* Teens gain public speaking skills as they present their game to a panel of game industry experts.
* Teens see the pros in action on a tour of a game development studio.
* Teens learn from game studio executives who come to campus as guest speakers.
* Teens get unplugged in daily outdoor recreation or swimming.
Camp Cody
Residential Coed Camp
Camp Cody for Boys and Girls is part of a camping heritage that goes back to 1926. Nestled on the sandy beaches of beautiful Lake Ossipee amidst the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Cody offers a summer experience rich in fun, friendship, learning and adventure. Cody is a traditional summer camp for both girls and boys - campers range in age from seven to fifteen. Camp Cody is situated on nearly one hundred acres of naturally wooded property and a mile of superb sandy shoreline on Lake Ossipee. Our lake is four miles long and two miles wide with a natural sand bottom and is warm and clear. Our magnificent National Forest setting provides us with unlimited outdoor opportunities, in addition to the many in-camp activities we offer.
-Whale Camp
Residential coed summer campNo other marine science program offers as many face-to-face encounters to closely observe and study whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and puffins in their own natural habitat. Board our 65-foot sailboat for unmatched examinations of marine life. Help collect data to document whale distribution, feeding patterns and behaviors. Gain hands-on experience using on-board marine science equipment. Unveil the powerful and endangered process of life in the sea.
Explore beaches, coastal trails and fishing villages. Investigate life in the tidal pools and bogs. While some programs may teach you about marine science with lots of land based and classroom activities, we take you out to sea three days each week to directly encounter whales and other marine life for the best Marine Science Experience. This is why the Whale Camp is the place where inspiration, exploration and discovery abound. This is why Whale Camp is the best marine science camp experience.
Adventure Treks
Wilderness adventure program for Teens
Ever climbed a snow covered volcano? Slept under a starry sky on a wilderness beach or rafted a crazy fun whitewater river? Here is your chance! At Adventure Treks this is just a snapshot of your best summer ever. You will see incredible scenery, make great friends from across the country, laugh more than you ever thought possible, and become a better leader. A recent study shows Adventure Treks will improve the 21st century life skills your parents think you will need be successful.
Temporarily escape the digital age. 12 - 18 year olds can visit exciting destinations on the West Coast, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, New England and the Southeast. Give us just two or three weeks and you will see benefits and make friendships that will last the rest of your life.
