Summer Camp Guide

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2021

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Adding an extra week in 2021, PARC is offering nine weeks of full-day camps, designed to provide a positive, safe and fun environment for children throughout the summer. Monday through Friday, each week will feature a special guest related to that week’s theme, in addition to a wide variety of daily educational activities and both structured and open, indoor and outdoor playtime. There will be no field trips requiring vehicular transportation in 2021. Each camper must bring his/her own nut-free lunch and nut-free snacks to camp every day. At this time, we anticipate that masks will be required for all campers, without exception, whether indoors or outside. PLEASE NOTE: Special guests and activities, as well as COVID-related restrictions, are subject to change. Parents may sign in campers as early as 7:30a! For day camps only, Cornelius residents will have a priority registration period from March 1-7. Registration will open March 8 to the general public. NOTE: Proof of Cornelius residency will need to be submitted by May 15; failure to do so will result in forfeiture of registration and fees paid. Ages 6 - 12 (all must have completed Kindergarten) | 7:30a-5:30p | $255/$199 RD (per week) | Cornelius Town Hall

Week June 7-11 Each week includes: 1 Week 5 July 12-16 Investigation Station Builder's Zone Outdoor & indoor play This week is all about investigating and Building and designing will inspire each discovering. Campers will use critical camper’s creativity, as we make our own Camper choice activities thinking skills to unravel mysteries, solve structures, roller coasters and more. puzzles and work as teams. Special Guest: Discovery Place Character development Special Guest: Discovery Place Educational activities Week July 19-23 Group games Week June 14-18 6 2 Compete Streak Team building Summer Skies This tournament-filled week will keep It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s summer break! campers on their toes. Competitions and Park visits Let’s explore things that fly through prizes will put campers’ skills to the test! friendly competitions and team-building Arts & crafts activities. Special Guest: Laser Tag Special surprises! Special Guest: Carolina Raptor Center Week 7 July 26-30 Week June 21-25 The Great Outdoors 3 Let’s get outside and explore! Campers Animal Adventure will go on scavenger hunts, play nature- An awe-inspiring week full of animal fun. themed games and use recycled materials Activities and games will showcase them in new and creative ways. all -- tall and tiny, feathered and furry, scaly and slimy! Special Guest: Schiele Museum Special Guest: Schiele Museum Week 8 August 2-6 Week June 28 - July 2 What's Up is Down 4 Things get a little zany this week as Under the Big Top campers participate in mixed-up, funky Step right up and enjoy this carnival- and wacky activities. inspired week featuring tons of games, prizes and summer fun. Special Guest: Discovery Place Special Guest: Caricature Artist PAYMENT INFORMATION: Week August 9-13 Generally, all fees are due upon registration. For full-day summer camps 9 only, we offer the option for you to pay a minimum of 50% of the fees Super Summer Sendoff due upon registration. All final balances for June camps are due by May Say farewell to summer with fun games, 15, 2021, and all final balances for July and August camps are due by special entertainment and sweet goodbyes. June 15, 2021, or registrations will be cancelled and deposits will be Special Guest: Magician forfeited. A limited number of scholarships for Cornelius residents are available. Please contact our office for more information.. For all summer camps, the Resident Discount (RD) is available to residents of Cornelius only. register cornelius.org/summercamps All Arts & Recreation Camps will be held at the Cornelius Arts Center, unless otherwise noted.

summer Week 3 June 21-25 Animal Art Does your child love animals and art? What Camps a perfect pair! Campers At this time, we anticipate that will use animals as masks will be required for all campers, without their inspiration and exception, whether held indoors or outside. For will experiment with all summer camps, the Resident Discount (RD) is different mediums such available to residents of Cornelius only. as painting, drawing, sculpting and collaging. Instructor: Kim Pound Week 2 June 14-18 Ages 5 - 8 | 9:30a-12:30p Week 1 June 7-11 $145/$115 RD Ceramics for Teens Ceramics for Teens Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for B2R Glee Club Join this extremely popular tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics Inspired by the television sensation, this choral ceramics camp for tweens of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many ensemble offers a dynamic atmosphere for male and teens! Students will handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills and female students to unlock their inner star! learn the basics of throwing Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p | $185/$150 RD Each camper will explore fun vocal exercises, pots on the wheel, as well singing in harmony and cool choreography while as many handbuilding Fun with Fibers performing arrangements of popular songs. techniques. Instructor: Bring out the looms! Bring out the yarn! In this Ages 5 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD Lindsay DeBlasio camp, we will learn how to manipulate different Provided by Bach to Rock Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p fibers to create colorful blankets, use a loom to Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville make cool wall tapestries and master the basics $185/$150 RD of macramé knots to make an awesome plant B2R Rock Band holder. Come see how much fun fiber can be! Whether campers are beginners or seasoned Instructor: Morgan Sharron artists, they will be playing full songs with Game On, LEGOs! Ages 9 - 14 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD bandmates in no time. Camp will culminate in a In this interactive camp, participants will create public performance for family and friends, and a and build different characters from their favorite Icky, Sticky Art professional CD recording in B2R Studios! video games. Themes such as Fortnite, Super If you enjoy getting messy, then this camp is for Ages 7 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD Mario Bros, Roblox, Beyblades, Pokémon and you! Make monoprints and stamp designs with Provided by Bach to Rock Minecraft will come to life through the use of your hands while learning about famous artists. Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville motorized LEGO builds, mosaics and 3D art, Children will use lots of gooey materials and all made out of LEGO Bricks. Each day will be a tactile things like finger paint, papier mâché, Ceramics for Teens new adventure as the virtual and LEGO worlds playdough and ooblek. Instructor: Kim Pound Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for combine! Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* Ages 5 - 8 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many Ages 5 - 10 | 9:30a-12:30p | $165/$135 RD Paper Engineering handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills /STEAM Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p | $185/$150 RD Naturally Neat Photography Do you like to cut Let’s get outside and explore nature! The basics and glue? Then paper Creative Contemporary Crafts of photography will be explored through engineering is for you! Create with polymer clay, learn the crafts of landscapes, pathways and natural resources. Create pop-ups, animals, bookmaking and printmaking, weave with Campers will learn to appreciate the small, simple dragons, sculpture, yarn, and explore Indonesian batik and Native American bead weaving. Lots of fun and creative and gentle details in their everyday surroundings, things that fly and and will be able to print a collection of their work, thing for all! Instructor: Judy Kidd more as we add STEAM Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p | $115/$90 RD frame their favorite composition and even make concepts to this camp. sun prints. Instructor: Lauren Griffin Gibson Instructor: Judy Kidd Around the World Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p Campers will explore famous art from around the $115/$90 RD world. Join us as we create paintings, drawings, Drawing & Painting mixed media and weavings inspired by art from for Teens Ceramics for Teens Japan, India, Mexico, Greece and Egypt. Campers will have the Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for Instructor: Kim Pound opportunity to explore tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics Ages 8 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many different types of media, Ceramics for Teens such as pencil, charcoal, handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for tempera paint and tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics watercolor. Each day we Disney LEGOs of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many will look at work from Get excited for a World of Imagination! Join the handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills master artists, while adventure as we dive into the world of Disney, Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD we explore different beginning with classics such as Mickey and Minnie. techniques to create our very own beautiful works Do you want to build a snowman? How about an Extreme Ninja LEGOs of art. Instructor: Lindsay DeBlasio adventure under the sea? LEGO Bricks will come In this action-packed camp, children will build Ages 11 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD to life as we travel through Disney's most popular motorized and Brick LEGO models, compete in characters and themes. Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* Spinjitzu tournaments, show off their building skills Positively Fun Printmaking Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD and take on new challenges as they journey through It’s time to roll out! Campers will explore and Jammin' Jewerly the world of LEGO Ninjago and other popular ninjas. design five themes as they work with the process Campers will use their imaginative flair to create Imagination and creativity will abound as campers of printmaking. Gelatin sheets, Styrofoam, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry. Learn how to build cool models and customize battle arenas, tools, cardboard and fibers will be used alongside paint make polymer clay beads, friendship pins and vehicles and more! Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* to print on paper and fabric. Can you make a self- bracelets and more! Instructor: Kim Pound Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD portrait or a creative creature out of these unique Ages 8 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD elements? Come find out in this super fun and hands-on camp! Instructor: Lauren Griffin Gibson Ages 7 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD register cornelius.org/summercamps All Arts & Recreation Camps will be held at the Cornelius Arts Center, unless otherwise noted. Week 4 June 28 - July 2 Week 5 July 12-16 Ceramics for Teens B2R Glee Club July 19-23 Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for Inspired by the television sensation, this choral Week 6 tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics ensemble offers a dynamic atmosphere for male of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) and female students to unlock their inner star! Real-life detectives and police officers will lead handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills Each camper will explore fun vocal exercises, Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p | $185/$150 RD participants in this fascinating camp through singing in harmony and cool choreography while staged crime scenes. Solve crimes using the Hand Sewing Magic performing arrangements of popular songs. same equipment the pros use! Watch this camp bring life to embroidery, Ages 5 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD Ages 11 - 14 | 9:00a-12:00p | $115/$90 RD stitchery, needle and thread! Campers will Provided by Bach to Rock Provided by the Cornelius Police Department be introduced to the basics of embroidery Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville Camp location: Cornelius Police Department and stitching as they sew their way through monogrammed designs, pillows, hats, jewelry B2R Rock Band FOODelicious Fun! and small bags. Prerequisite: Campers should be Whether campers are beginners or seasoned Learn about nutrition and create healthy snacks confident in tying basic knots and responsible artists, they will be playing full songs with (mature) when working with needles. and art from a variety of foods. Campers will nosh bandmates in no time. Camp will culminate in a on food sculptures and homemade goodies while Instructor: Lauren Griffin Gibson public performance for family and friends, and a Ages 8 - 13 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD they reflect on their gorgeous gelatin prints and professional CD recording in B2R Studios! other fabulous artworks. Instructor: Kim Pound Open Studio Ages 7 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD Ages 5 - 8 | 9:30a-12:30p | $165/$135 RD Explore a different medium Provided by Bach to Rock each day! Plunge into paint, Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville Paint, Paint, Paint play in polymer clay, step Join us for a up to sculpture and more! Ceramics for Teens paint-filled Instructor: Judy Kidd Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for week of fun! Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics Campers will $115/$90 RD of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many paint everything handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills from still life to Sketch, Draw & Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p | $185/$150 RD Doodle landscape to From the basics of fantasy using sketching to learning Crazzzy Cartoons acrylic, tempera the fine-tuned skills of Campers will learn the basics of cartooning and watercolor. drawing, campers will Everyone will take build day by day on their techniques, then combine drawings. They will explore a variety of drawing their doodling skills to create home a painting materials and formats such as still life, landscape, unique cartoon characters. on canvas. Instructor: Judy Kidd abstract and portraiture. Instructor: AnaRosa Burke Make your own comic book Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p | $115/$90 RD Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD based on the characters from your imagination. Ceramics for Teens Ceramics for Teens Instructor: Judy Kidd Join this extremely popular ceramics camp Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for Ages 7 - 12 | 9:30a-12:30p $115/$90 RD for tweens and teens! Students will learn the tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics basics of throwing pots on the wheel, as well of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills Let's Paint! as many handbuilding techniques. Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD Campers will explore everything to do with paint Instructor: Lindsay DeBlasio while creating amazing works of art with tempera, Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD LEGO Sports Mania acrylics, watercolors and bleeding tissue paper. Play ball! All-star campers will use LEGO Bricks FOODelicious Fun! to create motorized athletes such as soccer Instructor: Kim Pound Ages 5 - 8 | 9:30a-12:30p | $145/$115 RD Learn about nutrition players that shoot, hockey skaters that skate, and create healthy gymnasts that tumble and much more! Campers snacks and art from will also create their favorite sports team’s logos Ceramics for Teens and players, all out of LEGOs. Whether it is Join this extremely popular ceramics camp for a variety of foods. college football, the Olympics, cheerleading or tweens and teens! Students will learn the basics Campers will nosh on professional hockey, sports lovers will love this of throwing pots on the wheel, as well as many food sculptures and camp! Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* handbuilding techniques. Instructor: Taisia Mills homemade goodies Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD while they reflect on their gorgeous gelatin Picture Perfect Photography prints and other Experience and learn the techniques used to LEGO Engineering in Motion Making it move is the name of the game in this fabulous artworks. capture the perfect picture! We will explore the Instructor: Kim Pound anatomy, functions and settings of a digital camera, exciting camp! Campers will build motorized cars, trucks, dragsters, trains, planes and more. As they Ages 8 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p and master elements, principles and lighting to $165/$135 RD make compositions spectacular. Campers are enjoy the fun of building, campers will begin to required to bring their own device that is or has understand the basic working principles of the vehicles that are a part of our everyday lives. Jurassic Brick Land a camera. It is recommended that students come Campers will build a world that comes to life with already somewhat familiar with how to take a Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD gentle Brontosauruses, ferocious Velociraptors, photograph with said camera device. terrifying T-Rex and more. We will learn about Instructor: Lauren Griffin Gibson amazing dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic Ages 12 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD Mythical Creatures If you love dragons, unicorns, sea serpents and period and other extinct, prehistoric animals that other mythical creatures, this camp is for you. roamed the Earth and swam the seas during that Join us for a fun-filled week of drawing, painting, era and millions of years later. sculpting, wand-building, potion making and Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* more! Instructor: Kim Pound Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD Ages 8 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD register cornelius.org/summercamps All Arts & Recreation Camps will be held at the Cornelius Arts Center, unless otherwise noted. Ceramics for Teens Week 7 July 26-30 Join this extremely popular ceramics camp Ceramics for Teens for tweens and teens! Students will learn the Join this extremely popular B2R Glee Club basics of throwing pots on the wheel, as well Inspired by the television sensation, this choral ceramics camp for tweens as many handbuilding techniques. and teens! Students will learn ensemble offers a dynamic atmosphere for male Instructor: Lindsay DeBlasio the basics of throwing pots and female students to unlock their inner star! Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p | $185/$150 RD Each camper will explore fun vocal exercises, on the wheel, as well as many singing in harmony and cool choreography while handbuilding techniques. performing arrangements of popular songs. Young Masters Instructor: Lindsay DeBlasio Ages 5 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD A fun and creative Ages 10 - 16 | 1:30p-4:30p Provided by Bach to Rock journey through art $185/$150 RD Camp location: Bach to history! Budding artists Rock Huntersville will learn to create LEGO Space Adventures B2R Rock Band their own art using Launch your imagination to outer space and techniques, styles and Whether campers are beyond! Each day, campers will learn about real- beginners or seasoned materials used by life space exploration artists, they will be such famous artists as and build a new model playing full songs with Monet, Matisse, Picasso, related to the NASA space bandmates in no time. Warhol, Frida and more! program. Children will Camp will culminate in a Instructor: AnaRosa Burke learn some of the science public performance for Ages 7 - 12 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD behind launching things family and friends, and a into orbit, hear about the professional CD recording most distant, man-made in B2R Studios! object in the universe and Ages 7 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD discuss what it is like to be Provided by Bach to Rock Week 8 August 2-6 an astronaut in space. Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* B2R Glee Club Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p Cruisin' the LEGO Jungle Inspired by the television sensation, this choral $165/$135 RD During this weeklong adventure, campers will ensemble offers a dynamic atmosphere for male explore the wonders and surprises the jungle and female students to unlock their inner star! Yoga Kids has to offer while learning, building and creating Each camper will explore fun vocal exercises, Campers will learn yoga basics through poses and with LEGO Bricks. Children will learn fun facts singing in harmony and cool choreography while games. They will create crafts such as kindness and design their favorite jungle animals such as performing arrangements of popular songs. rocks, rain sticks and mindful beads. This camp gorillas, elephants, monkeys and crocodiles with Ages 5 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD will also include mindful writing and drawing motorized, battery-operated LEGOs, 3D models Provided by Bach to Rock activities. Mats will be provided, but campers are and mosaic art. Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville Ages 5 - 10 | 9:30a-12:30p encouraged to bring their own. $165/$135 RD Provided by Tiny Blooms B2R Rock Band Ages 6 - 11 | 1:30p-4:30p | $145/$115 RD Sketching Whether campers are beginners or seasoned Cartoons for Teens artists, they will be playing full songs with Campers will learn the bandmates in no time. Camp will culminate in a basics of this caricature public performance for family and friends, and a Week 9 art form by developing professional CD recording in B2R Studios! their own storyboards Ages 7 - 12 | 9:00a-12:00p | $185/$150 RD August 9-13 and characters and Provided by Bach to Rock making a flip book from Camp location: Bach to Rock Huntersville Ceramics for Teens start to finish! Anatomy, Join this extremely facial expressions LEGO Pirate's Quest popular ceramics camp for tweens and teens! and different drawing Campers will have an arrgh- techniques will be covered. Students will learn the fully good week of building! Instructor: AnaRosa Burke basics of throwing pots on Young pirates will learn about Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p the wheel, as well as many the engineering of pirate ships, $145/$115 RD handbuilding techniques. a helm, swinging anchors and Instructor: Lindsay DeBlasio much more while building Yoga Tweens Ages 10 - 16 | 9:30a-12:30p | $185/$150 RD Campers will learn yoga basics motorized and Brick LEGO through routine pose sequences models. Chomping alligators and games. They will create crafts and working catapults are all Super Hero LEGO Academy such as dreamcatchers, mindful part of the fun, so lower the gate Ready for a super time? Campers will build a wristlets and mala beads. This and raise the anchor as we get family of incredible heroes, hero guardians camp will also include journaling ready for a week of adventure. in space and, of course, their favorite classic and mindful drawing activities. Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* heroes! They will discover and create a super Mats will be provided, but campers Ages 5 - 10 | 9:30a-12:30p fantasy world and protect it with custom are encouraged to bring their own. $165/$135 RD contraptions made with LEGO Bricks and Provided by Tiny Blooms battery-operated, motorized builds. Ages 10 - 14 | 1:30p-4:30p Provided by Bricks 4 Kidz®* $145/$115 RD Ages 5 - 10 | 1:30p-4:30p | $165/$135 RD

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At this time, we anticipate that masks will be required for all campers, without exception, whether held indoors or outside. For all summer camps, the Resident Discount (RD) is available to residents of Cornelius only.

Baseball Get ready for your next baseball season with Rugby New! Carolina Baseball Academy! This sport is played the world over and growing This camp will teach the rapidly in our area. Charlotte Junior Rugby will lead fundamentals of baseball, as this camp for both new players trying rugby for the well as some intermediate first time and for experienced players looking to techniques and fun games to keep active during the summer. Not a full-contact build catching, throwing and camp. Coaches will divide the group by age, size hitting skills. Glove required; and experience so players can focus on rugby bat recommended, as a limited number of bats are Futsal New! activities and skill development. Week: 7 available for use. Week: 1 Futsal is a type of soccer that is played 7-on-7 on a hard Soccer - Ages 6-9 Basketball surface, much smaller than a Participants in this Charlotte Enjoy basketball drills and play fun games with traditionally sized pitch, and with a slightly smaller Independence Soccer Club instruction provided by Don Riehl, Bailey Middle ball. Campers will follow a curriculum created by camp will follow a curriculum School Athletic Director. Learn new skills and former US National Futsal player Pat White, now that is age appropriate, focused improve existing ones. One week is for girls only; with Charlotte Independence Soccer Club. With on skill development and all other weeks are coed. One week is for two CONCACAF gold medals, Coach Pat is in the having fun! Weeks: 1, 3, 5, 6 ages 11-14; all other weeks are for ages 6-10. top ten most games played and goals in US futsal Weeks: 1, 2, 3 (11-14), 5 (Girls Only) 6, 7 history! Participants can expect to improve their Soccer - Ages 10-12 decision-making, skill confidence and playmaking Instructors from Charlotte Cheerleading creativity. Week: 7 Independence Soccer Club will Come jump, dance and cheer give players of all positions the with Aria Bremner, former Golf opportunity to improve and cheerleading coach at Hough Junior golfers will have an exciting week learning refine their game in a positive High School! Campers will golf fundamentals including putting, chipping, environment. Weeks: 1, 3, 5, 6 focus on basic movements and iron play, driving and more. Campers will be dance routines, make awesome grouped by age and ability. Appropriate golf attire Softball hairbows to match their camp and golf clubs required. Instruction provided by Get ready for your next softball season with shirts and end the week with a PGA Professionals from the Jay Reid School of Carolina Baseball Academy! This camp will teach Friday performance! Golf. Week: 2, 5, 9 the fundamentals of softball, as well as some Weeks: 1, 6, 8 intermediate techniques and fun games to Lacrosse - Boys or Girls build catching, throwing and hitting skills. Glove Cycling Xtreme Lacrosse will guide campers in the required, bat recommended but not required. Get out on local trails and greenways fundamental skills of lacrosse, including drills Week: 4 at this camp conducted by the Cornelius and scrimmages, in separate camps for boys and Police Department. Learn safe-riding skills, girls. For boys, full protective gear recommended Tennis gain mechanical knowledge and improve bike but not required. For girls, protective eyewear These very popular camps handling. Helmet and off-road or mountain bike recommended but not required. For both, gender- led by Lake Norman Tennis required. Weeks: 8, 9 specific lacrosse sticks are recommended but not Academy are geared toward required. Week: 7 beginners and those with Disc Golf minimal experience, as they Campers will be Multi-Sport introduce campers to tennis instructed by the For campers that like variety, this camp is like a basics and begin to develop Charlotte Disc Golf Club week-long P.E. class! Participants will enjoy games skills and strategy. Campers in a full range of lessons and activities designed to develop fitness, sports are grouped by age and designed to teach the skills, sportsmanship and teamwork. Led by Walter skill level. Limited number game, plus increase skills Rabb, National Board-Certified P.E. instructor. of racquets available for use. and fun while playing. This Weeks: 4, 5, 6 Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 camp will concentrate on form, throwing styles, Pickleball Volleyball etiquette, rules and shot Check out this growing sport that is played on a Get ready for the fall season! Paige Riehl, former selection. Weeks: 4, 6, 8 tennis court and resembles a mix between tennis, Hough High School varsity volleyball player, and badminton and ping-pong. Led Don Riehl, Bailey Middle School Athletic Director, Flag Football by Robert Nibarger, Director will offer boys and girls opportunities to focus on Get ready for the next Pop Warner or of Junior Ambassadors, USA learning sound fundamental skills and incorporate flag football season with coaches from Pickleball Association. Week: 9 them into team concepts. Week: 4 the Lake Norman Giants. Campers can expect to focus on the core components of passing, catching and de-flagging with an emphasis on sportsmanship and register cornelius.org/summercamps healthy competition in a fun, non-contact environment. Week: 2 summer

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M edia SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION It is the mission of the Town of Cornelius PARC Department to provide recreational opportunities for all residents of Cornelius. In order to do so, the Town of Cornelius offers financial assistance to youth participants meeting the guidelines listed in this document. The number of scholarships is limited, depending on the space available, and will be given on a first-come/first- served basis. location changes, modified drop-off / pick-up procedures, lower enrollment maximums, and the required use of personal protective Camp scholarships are available to residents of Cornelius equipment such as cloth masks (with requirements in effect for INFORMATION only. Generally, scholarships are offered for approximately ten campers, staff, and instructors) whether participating indoors OR percent (10%) of the spaces available. PARC staff will determine outdoors. the number of scholarships that are available for each program. General Information: After the allotment of spaces has been filled, PARC staff will Cornelius PARC fully expects that camps will continue to look and consider all applications on a case-by-case basis. operate differently in 2021. In the event that planned activities Office Hours: change materially after registration opens or camp begins, Monday - Friday All residents will be required to pay a portion of the fee for each whether due to a federal or state directive or other significant program. Full scholarships are not available through the Town change associated with the pandemic, or due to a new federal or 8:30a - 5:00p of Cornelius for any PARC activity. If a child qualifies for reduced state health directive or other significant change that might affect PARC Office Phone: price meals through the CMS Lunch Assistance program, the health and safety of campers, PARC staff will assess the refund 704.892.6031 ext 160 they may be eligible for assistance of up to fifty (50%) of the process for affected camps within an appropriate timeframe that published fee. If a child qualifies for free meals through the CMS reflects the nature of the directive, type of significant change, and Weather Hotline: Lunch Assistance program, they may be eligible for assistance the period of time during which the directive or change is expected 704.896.2460 ext 290 of up to seventy-five (75%) of the published fee. Applicants will to last, and a full range of options will be considered. Additionally, if be required to provide proof of eligibility for financial assistance. a camp is cancelled by PARC, participants will receive full refunds or Email: [email protected] department credits, or pro-rated refunds or department credits, for Mailing Address: REFUND POLICY the portion of camp that cannot be offered. In the event that a child cannot participate in a camp session in which PO Box 399 he/she has registered, a 90% refund will be issued when requested MISCELLANEOUS Cornelius, NC 28031 by May 23, 2021. Beginning May 24, 2021, any cancellations made All campers will receive one t-shirt for each category of camp, The PARC Office is located at: at least two weeks prior to the start of the registered camp week will per summer. receive a 75% refund. If less than two weeks advance notice is given, Cornelius Town Hall, 2nd Floor a 50% refund will be issued. Once a camp has begun, no refund PARC strives to offer a minimum camper to instructor ratio of 10:1. 21445 Catawba Avenue will be given. Please allow up to 30 days for refund processing. Camp minimum enrollments must be met in order to hold each Additionally, if a child wishes to transfer from a camp in which he/ camp. Camp dates, instructors, times or locations are subject to Cornelius, NC 28031 she has registered to another available camp, a minimum of seven change with limited notice. All camp registrations will be accepted All camps are Monday - Friday (7) days advance notice is required. on a first-come, first-served basis. The Town of Cornelius, as well as No camps the week of July 5-9 the camp instructors or location hosts, are not responsible for any Please know that we value your participation in our programs and lost or stolen personal items brought to camp. strive to provide the most positive camp experience possible. As we RD = Resident Discount prepare for the 2021 Summer Camps, and in consideration of the Registration and Payment: Online registration is available COVID-19 health crisis, PARC continues to assess federal and state at www.cornelius.org/summercamps. Registrations will also directives, the Governor’s Executive Orders, and guidance issued be accepted at Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Avenue, by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Cornelius Arts Center, 19725 Oak Street, or via mail to to ensure that camp programs are conducted in compliance with Cornelius PARC Department, PO Box 399, Cornelius, NC 28031. these orders and in the safest manner possible. To be upfront and Make checks payable to: Town of Cornelius PARC Department. clear, 2021 camp activities will be vastly different as compared to pre-COVID camp years, and plans will be based on the most current directives or guidance in place at the time of each camp offering. Program modifications may include, but not be limited to, socially distanced camp activities, modified lesson plans and activities,

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