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Founded in 1957, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) stands as the region’s premier public college, catering to over 11,000 college credit students annually across its Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, and Venice campuses, as well as through an extensive array of online courses. SCF boasts a rich history of graduating over 50,000 students since 1959 and continues to further expand programs to meet the community's needs, now including innovative summer camps at the Bradenton and Venice campuses.

With our own BRICKS 4 KIDZ® models and Creative Play, the kidz are always having fun at our holiday camps with LEGO®!

Guided by our experienced instructors and built around exciting themes, kidz ages 5-12 will enjoy using LEGO® Bricks to build specially designed Bricks 4 Kidz models, and explore the world of science, technology, engineering, architecture, and art.

Themes include Superheroes, Galaxy Far Away, Mining and Crafting, Amusement Parks, Game-On Mario, and much more!

Camps available in both Lakewood Ranch and Sarasota

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Premier Full-Day Recreational Summer Camp for children in Grades 1-5 on Community Day School's beautiful campus! Camp Panther is like attending 5 camps in one camp! Campers take weekly field trips and receive daily instructional activities by certified teachers in STEM, Music, Spanish, Art, Coding, Musical Theatre and Sports!

Camp Runway offers an in-depth background of the process and elements needed to design a collection. From concept to construction, illustration and fabrics, campers will enjoy different learning skills throughout fun and exciting projects. Each session, campers will explore fashion history, draping, hand sewing, mannequins, textiles, sketching, painting, collaging, merchandising and so much more! Please note: each session is a 2 week duration.

Acro, music, Portuguese, martial arts, crafts, outdoor activities, structured program. Field trips (for school age children) include SkyZone, parks, movies, Mote Marine and more. Celebrating 24 years of camps!  All locations are licensed childcare facilities. 

Get ready to GameSchool! a new downtown kids makerspace (from the creators of Mysterium Escape Rooms) with a focus on fun.  We explore game design (from board games to escape rooms to video games), building with bricks to teach robotics and coding, art, and engineering. At GameSchool, we play to learn! 

Ringling College Teen Concentrations

Build your artistic skills. Develop your vision. Shape your portfolio

Digital and traditional art experiences for students ages 13-18

4-day sessions, June 10-Aug 1: Mon-Thur, 9 am 3 pm

Supplies & Lunch included

Under the expert guidance of professional sewing instructor, kids delve into sewing fundamentals, mastering essential sewing machine skills, hand stitching techniques, and the basics of garment construction. Throughout the camp, they'll uncover the artistry of fashion, igniting their creativity and passion for design.  

We offer one-day to full-week camps when school is out for holidays. Camp days are filled with arts and crafts, music, and authentic games all in our signature immersion style. While having a fun ‘day-off’ your children will be learning and practicing new vocabulary, learning about cultures, making new friends, and practicing speech during summer break.

We offer 6 weeks of STEAM themed summer camps for students entering grades 4-7 during the 24-25 school year. Step into a classroom this summer that is truly out of this world! Our summer camps are led by certified technology engineering teachers who have a passion for not only their subjects, but for their students. Unlike other coding/computer science camps, our kiddos aren't just stuck at a computer all day. Our students will be engaging in engineering challenges, art, science, critical thinking, problem solving, citizenship, leadership skills and FUN! Our children are the future, let's grow them together.

Let's get ready for Coding Camps! Our camps are run in our school from 9am-3pm Mon-Fri. Kids bring their own lunches and water bottles and we'll take care of the rest! Kids code throughout the week then demo their week's creations on Friday afternoon. What better way to get your kids out of your hair over the summer break?! 

TheCoderSchool offers unique camps throughout the summer. Kids can sign up for Roblox, Game Development, Arduino, Rise of the Machines, Minecraft, WebRox and more!

Summer is heating up at Young Chefs® Academy during each fully immersive culinary camp experience! Each day brings sizzling new surprises and culinary delights as we cook and bake our way through exciting tips and tricks with friendly culinary challenges to put your newfound skills to the test.
Every week is a new curriculum (so no two camp weeks are alike). Sign up for one week or sign up for multiple weeks to receive the full culinary experience.