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Summer will be here before you know it, and if you’re looking for some great ways to keep your child engaged in a safe, friendly, and enriching environment, then StyleBlueprint’s 2022 Summer Camp Guide has some great options. While Nashville summer camps may be operating differently than in years past, you can rest assured they’re still offering a tremendous experience for Nashville’s children.
DANCE & ARTS CAMPS
School of Nashville Ballet Half-Day Camps
Address: 3630 Redmon Street, Nashville, TN 37209 • (615) 297-2966 ext. 910 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – July 29, 2022
Cost: $275
Ages: 4-8 years
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open January 11, 2022. Click HERE.
Help your young artist strengthen the scope of their imagination at School of Nashville Ballet this summer! Designed to foster creative development through physical activity, their half-day summer camps are the perfect place to let your little one roam, imagine, and play! Join an adventure through wonderland, the fairytale world of Cinderella, or on an imaginative superhero quest. Half-day camps start May 31 and space is limited, so secure your spot today!
School of Nashville Ballet offers half-day camps for boys and girls ages 4-8. Image: Nashville Ballet / Tim Broekema
Watkins Young Artists Programs
Address: 1900 Belmont Blvd. Nashville, TN 37212 • (615) 460-8625 or [email protected]
Dates: June 6 – December 25, 2022
Cost: $210 – $425
Ages: 6-18 years
Religious Affiliation: Christian
Registration: Open on January 1, 2022. Click HERE.
Watkins Young Artist Programs help kids and teens develop creatively as they cultivate artistic skills. Their programs are best known for an incredible teaching staff of artists, designers, and educators. Parents regularly comment on the quality of instruction, noting that they appreciate their dedication to hiring real art teachers who focus on allowing students to explore the creative process. Overall, they place a strong emphasis on problem-solving, designing, communicating, and creating. Their students get to work with high-quality supplies in the college-level studios, which enhances the academic rigor of the program and results in remarkable work that is exhibited in an art show at the end of each week-long session.
Watkins Young Artists Programs offer kids and teens a chance to develop creatively. Image: Watkins Young Artists Program
Summer at White Brick Art Studio
Contact: (615) 943-0055 or [email protected]
Dates: June 6 – July 1, 2022
Cost: $300 per half day
Ages: 5-13 years
Religious Affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open on January 10, 2022. Click HERE.
Summer at White Brick Art Studio will provide a variety of fun learning opportunities. At camp, young artists will develop and apply new creative skills by participating in lighthearted creative competition, making and decorating a dollhouse, learning the art of interior design, or learning techniques to develop and enhance a personal sketchbook practice. Summer at White Brick Art Studio offers small, well-planned visual arts camps for artists ages 5-13. Each intensive session will be led by two certified art educators and will be limited to 10 students. Small groups allow for individual attention to each artist with a fun group dynamic. Camps are designed to nurture creativity and build artistic skills in fun and engaging ways.
Summer at White Brick Art Studio offers small, well-planned visual arts camps for artists ages 5-13. Image: Grannis Photography
SCIENCE & EDUCATION CAMPS
Adventure Science Center Camp
Address: 800 Ft. Negley Blvd., Nashville, TN 37203 • (615) 862-5177 or [email protected]
Dates: May 30 – August 5, 2022
Cost: $300 per week for members; $350 per week for non-members
Ages: Kindergarten through 6th grade (ages 5-12 years)
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open January 10, 2022 for members; January 17, 2022 for non-members. Click HERE.
Adventure Science Center is gearing up for a creative, innovative, quirky, fun, and educational year of camps for kids in grades K-6th. Weekly sessions explore themes your children know and love while introducing STEAM concepts to ignite their curiosity. The science center inspires a life-long passion for learning and fosters an environment for creative problem solving, teamwork, and critical thinking through hands-on activities, exciting experiments, and scientific explorations. Children will emerge with new friends and a newfound passion for learning in action.
Weekly summer sessions run from May 30 to August 5 and explore themes from forensic investigation to wizarding worlds and the science behind superpowers. Sessions are filling fast, so learn more and register today by visiting adventuresci.org/camps. Let the adventure begin!
Adventure Science Center summer camps invite campers to explore the world of science in a fun, safe atmosphere. Image: Adventure Science Center
Historic Travellers Rest Summer Camps
Address: 636 Farrell Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37220 • (615) 832-8197 ext. 15 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – August 5, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: 7-16 years
Religious Affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open February 1, 2022. Click HERE.
Historic Travellers Rest offers a variety of exciting and unique summer camps each year, where campers turn history into an adventure and enjoy the next best thing to traveling back in time. They offer a safe, fun, and exciting atmosphere for children ages 7 to 16 who find history, archaeology, storytelling, arts and crafts, and the great outdoors a blast to study and learn. All camps are located on the grounds of the oldest historic home open to the public in Nashville, Tennessee, and focus on a different historical era or theme. Week-long day camps from the end of May to early August offer a low camper-to-counselor ratio with no more than 20 campers per session and no more than 35 campers on the spacious 8-acre property at a time. They also offer convenient early care and after-care hours for busy parents. Historic Travellers Rest staff cherish the opportunity to inspire the next generation of historians, archaeologists, historical artisans, and storytellers. It is their mission that, through history and education, your children will emerge from camp with new friends and a greater love for the past! This year’s summer camps are being funded by the generosity of Marlene & Spencer Hays Foundation.
Campers enjoy a hands-on archaeology activity — one of the many options available at Historic Travellers Rest Summer Camps! Image: Historic Travellers Rest
Summer Camp in the Smokies
Address: 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882 • (865) 448-6709 or [email protected]
Dates: June 13 – July 28, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: 4-17 years
Religious Affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open on October 1, 2021. Click HERE.
At Tremont’s summer camps, live and learn inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tremont offers summer learning experiences that foster an understanding of the beautiful Appalachian mountains and encourage a lifelong appreciation and stewardship of the environment. Campers will experience wonder, ask questions and have fun learning about nature — and themselves! From backpacking in the wilderness to learning about the secret haunts of salamanders, Tremont offers a variety of summer camp opportunities to serve different interests, abilities, and age groups, including camps for the whole family! Choose from Discovery Camp, Girls in Science, Backcountry Ecological Expedition, Wilderness Adventure Trek, Discovery Camp, Firefly Camp, Family Camp, and more!
Tremont summer camps offer outdoor adventure for a variety of age groups and interests! Image: Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
SCHOOL CAMPS
Battle Ground Academy Summer Camps
Address: 336 Ernest Rice Lane, Franklin, TN 37069 • (615) 567-9025 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – August 5, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: PreK4 through 12th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open February 1, 2022. Click HERE.
In the summer, Battle Ground Academy is home to a robust camp program for children ages four and up. With half- and full-day options available, our on-campus programming includes more than 40 camps, ranging from art and cheerleading to coding and soccer. Students can hone their skills in an athletic camp, enjoy a breadth of activities in Cannon Ball Day Camp, or explore new passions in our arts and enrichment programs – or DO IT ALL by participating in multiple sessions throughout the summer. Led by qualified faculty, staff, and coaches, BGA takes pride in creating a friendly, welcoming environment at their camps. Their mission to ignite and nurture student curiosity, intellect, and character shines through interactions with all campers, regardless of their “home” school.
Battle Ground Academy summer camps are available for PreK4 through 12th grade. Image: BGA
Currey Ingram Summer Camps
Address: 6544 Murray Lane, Brentwood TN 37027 • (615) 507-3180 Ext. 146 or [email protected]
Dates: June 1- July 1, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: Varies
Religious affiliation: None
Registration: Open on February 1, 2022. Click HERE.
Currey Ingram’s camps are designed to bring out the best in their campers! Regardless of experience level, they aim to encourage the participation of all campers in activities, and counselors are dedicated to inspiring campers to try new activities outside their comfort zones every day. Their programs provide fun and meaningful experiences on an 83-acre campus featuring nature trails, creek, sports fields, and creative indoor spaces. Currey Ingram’s smaller camp size allows for counselors and campers to get to know each other on a personal level, while keeping children safe and providing a more individualized experience. Camps include the ADHD Summer Treatment Program, the ASD Summer Treatment Program, Camp Beech Creek, Mustang Athletics Sports Camps, the Reading Intensive Program, Workforce Readiness and Preparation (WRaP), and the new Writing Intensive Program. Whether your camper is interested in an educational, sports-focused, professional, or otherwise enriching experience, Currey Ingram has a range of programs available to all ages.
Currey Ingram Summer Camps provide fun and meaningful experiences on an 83-acre campus featuring nature trails, creek, sports fields, and creative indoor spaces. Image: Currey Ingram / Peyton Hoge
Franklin Road Academy Summer Camps
Address: 4700 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN 37220 • (615) 832-8845 or [email protected]
Dates: June 6 – July 22, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: Pre-K3 through 8th grade
Religious affiliation: Christian
Registration: Open on January 31, 2022. Click HERE.
FRA offers a variety of summer programs that nurture and develop students’ passions. Each summer, over 600 students from the greater Nashville area spend between one to six weeks on campus, enjoying thoughtful and engaging camp experiences for enrichment and fun. Whether you are looking for a sports camp, a full-day option for your preschooler, or an academic experience, they have something for everyone. Their goal is to deliver a positive and seamless experience for campers and their families.
FRA’s summer camps offer enriching experiences for boys and girls ages Pre-K3 through 8th grade. Image: FRA
Harding Academy Summer Camps
Address: 170 Windsor Drive, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 356-5510 or [email protected]
Dates: June 6 – July 29, 2022
Cost: $160 – $400
Ages: Pre-K through 8th grade (ages 4-13 years)
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open now! Click HERE to register.
Spend your summer with Harding Academy! Science enthusiasts can enjoy their Build It Brain Camp. Young artists can create masterpieces at the Outside Art and Adventures Camp. Campers can go on cool adventures discovering new books at Bookblasters! Harding also offers various sports camps: Flag Football, Soccer Time, and Field Day Fun.
Campers at Harding Academy‘s summer programs can enjoy a variety of exciting activities. Image: Harding Academy
Harpeth Hall Camps
Address: 3801 Hobbs Road, Nashville, TN 37215 • (615) 301-9286 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – July 29, 2022
Cost: Varies
Ages: Pre-K through 8th grade, with special STEM Summer Institute opportunities for high school students
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open on January 15, 2022. Click HERE.
At Harpeth Hall, they do everything that girls like to do! Whether it is serving a tennis ball or serving others, catching bugs or catching basketballs, stringing a violin or stringing gemstones, Harpeth Hall summer camps offer adventures in academics, athletics, and the arts. They believe that learning new things starts with trying new things, and their variety of summer activities gives girls opportunities to do what they love and discover more passions.
At Harpeth Hall, girls can learn more about women in science, combine engineering and creative design as ARTchitects, become printmakers, go on adventure hikes, and experience kitchen chemistry. In addition, select middle school and high school students from across Middle Tennessee can apply to participate in the STEM Summer Institute — Harpeth Hall’s premier research-based program where girls use the engineering design process to solve real-world problems as they create, build, and test prototype solutions. Rising 6th grade students can also apply to join Harpeth Hall’s newest summer program, SPARK, which was created to ignite the joy of learning, inspire academic and personal growth, and celebrate the whole girl as she makes new discoveries and creates supportive friendships in a small cohort of learners.
Harpeth Hall offers an exciting array of summer camps for girls. Image: Harpeth Hall
Montgomery Bell Academy Camps
Address: 4001 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 369-5368 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – July 29, 2022
Cost: $75 – $300
Ages: Pre-K through 12th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open on January 12, 2022. Click HERE.
MBA is home to one of the largest camp programs in the Southeast. They offer over 130 different options with camps starting for campers as young as four years old. MBA’s most popular camp is the all-day All Sports Camp, which is the longest-running of its kind in the area. Camps are available to boys and girls ages 4 and older.
MBA camps get kids’ minds and bodies moving. Image: Montgomery Bell Academy
Camp Overbrook at Overbrook School
Address: 4210 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 292-5134 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – July 29, 2022
Cost: $225 half-day; $300 full-day
Ages: 3 years – rising 1st grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Open February 15, 2022. Click HERE.
The Camp Overbook 3-year-old to Rising 1st Grade program provides a structured environment filled with summer fun. Days are designed with theme-based activities, including guest visitors, STEM projects, art, and imagination play. Overbrook is committed to personalized and engaging experiences, with small groups and exceptional staff. Set on 83 rolling acres in the heart of Nashville, Camp Overbook offers a myriad of fun and engaging outdoor activities for campers including taking care of sheep, chickens, and bunnies! They also have a family night cookout for parents and children to gather where families can connect, meet the counselors, and make new friends for life!
Weekly themed activities offer a variety of fun and engaging learning opportunities. Image: Overbook School
Summer at Brentwood Academy
Address: 219 Granny White Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027 • (615) 373-0611 x315 or [email protected]
Dates: TBA
Cost: TBA
Ages: 3 years – 12th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Click HERE.
If your child is interested in the messy art of slime, learning to cook, or working with mBots in Robotics, Summer at Brentwood Academy has you covered! Do you have a child who prefers to be playing outdoors and loves sports? They’ve got that covered, too, and so much more! Their summer camp program is an extension of their mission to nurture and challenge each whole person while providing a fun and safe experience all summer. They continue to make safety, cleanliness, and social distancing a priority. Aftercare will also be available for afternoon camps.
From sports to slime and every fun activity in between, Summer at Brentwood Academy has it! Image: Brentwood Academy
Summer at Ensworth
Address: 7401 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221 • (615) 383-9674 or [email protected]
Dates: May 31 – August 12, 2022
Cost: Varies based on camps
Ages: 4 years – 12th grade
Religious affiliation: N/A
Registration: Click HERE.
Each summer, Ensworth hosts a wide range of camps and courses to provide opportunities for campers and students of all ages to continue learning, experiencing, discovering, and enjoying life in the summer months. From exploring nature, to playing basketball, to choosing your own adventure or building forts, Ensworth summer camps offer summer fun and enrichment for whatever your child’s interests might be.
Ensworth camps offer fun and enriching summer experiences. Image: Ensworth
Here’s to a fun and adventurous summer!
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