It’s time for STEAM Summer!
We’re ready to dive back into technology and creativity with our lineup of hands-on, exciting camps.
Schedule: Camps range from 2 to 5 days. All are 9:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Questions? Email camps@kramden.org or call 919-293-1133.
Discounts and Scholarships
Our 2024 camps will offer ways to keep your summer camp costs down. Check back in early 2024 for early registration and multi-week discounts.
Scholarships: If your student qualifies for free or reduced price lunch assistance they may receive a reduced camp fee. Scholarship applications will begin in early 2024.
Aplicar para las becas en español. Las solicitudes comenzarán a principios de 2024.
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Ensuring a Safe & Fun Summer
The health of our campers is a top priority. Our COVID safety plan supplements our regular camp policies. Please read our policies before you register.
Elementary (Grades 3 – 5)
Computer Quest (Elementary)
Five-day camp
Grades 3 – 5
Learn how computers work while you have fun taking apart and rebuilding them. You’ll do exciting activities for each big part of Information Technology (IT): Hardware, Software, Networks and the Internet. At Kramden we fix up thousands of computers each year and now you can be part of that!
Let’s Code! Coding Basics (Elementary)
Five-day camp
Grades 3 – 5
Get started with coding using Scratch, the most popular way for kids to learn programming! You can make games, create animations, and tell stories with your new coding skills. Coding won’t be a mystery because Scratch uses snap-together blocks to show you how code works. You’ll do computer-free activities to learn logical thinking, too.
Middle School (Grades 6 – 8)
Build a PC (Middle)
Three-day camp
Grades 6 – 8
Learn how to build a computer from scratch, including: choosing parts, installing them, adding a graphics card, troubleshooting, and benchmarking. Get hands-on experience as you build, modify, and tear down computers, including a start-to-finish gaming PC practice build.
Drone Flight
Two-day camp
Grades 6 – 8
Prepare for the future of flight! Drones are everywhere, and they’re more than just toys. Learn about how drones fly, practice with racing simulators, and learn safety tips and rules and regulations. Then fly the real thing and try challenges like obstacle courses.
Digital Creativity
Five-day camp
Grades 6 – 8
Get creative with fun projects using image, sound, and video editing software. Daily projects include creating digital image illustrations, combining sounds to tell a story, and recording a video with special effects.
Creative Game Design
Five-day camp
Grades 6 – 8
Get creative and learn about game design. It’s not just code! Make graphics, balance the gameplay to make it fun and fair, and test your games’ rules. Experiment with different game-making apps and play different genres and even types of games. See what video games have in common with card and board games. Use paper prototyping to develop fun gameplay mechanics for digital or tabletop games.
High School (Grades 9 – 12)
Build a PC (High)
Two-day camp
Grades 9 – 12
Accelerated mini-camp for high schoolers. Learn how to build a computer from scratch, including: choosing parts, installing them, adding a graphics card, troubleshooting, and benchmarking. Get hands-on experience as you build, modify, and tear down computers, including a start-to-finish gaming PC practice build.
