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   360 Student Travel offers Community Service, Language Immersion, Pre-College Enrichment and Adventure programs throughout the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii, Europe, Africa, China, Peru, and Costa Rica. Experience a new culture while traveling, volunteering, improving your foreign language skills, preparing for college and more. (less) ... (more)

All About Visiting Earth   Since 1976, teens from around the world have joined AAVE - All About Visiting Earth. Operating on six continents, we teach skills which will lead to a lifetime of exploration, friendship and memories! AAVE has something for everyone, from beginner to expert! If you are interested in fun, community service, culture, language immersion, adventure and travel, then this is the camp for you. Zip-line through towering jungle trees, raft world class rivers, climb peaks, dive the Great Barrier Reef, hike the great wall of China, visit Machu Picchu or surf the warm blue waters of Hawaii! A summer with AAVE is living the dream ... we hope you join us! (less) ... (more)

Featuring the Work of Cartoonist and Illustrator, Ron Wheeler!!!   CartoonWorks offers one-week camps for ages 8 through high school beginning June 28 through the end of July. Classes are geared for the young child who simply loves to draw to the older student considering a creative career. Ron Wheeler's Cartoon Camp teaches the basics of cartooning, sculpting with clay and creating a comic strip. Audrey Wheeler's Art Camp includes designing T-shirts, jewelry, plus fun arts and crafts. $100-$135 per camp. Please call us or visit our website. (less) ... (more)

America's Most Popular Lacrosse Camps   The GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps were developed to provide athletes with the opportunity to become better lacrosse players by learning from the best coaches and players in the game today. More lacrosse players have attended our camps than any other lacrosse camp. Since our inception, over 40,000 players have attended our camps to improve. We invite you to join us at camp this summer and become a better player! (less) ... (more)

Early Childhood Education: Childcare Beyond Daycare   The Goddard School encourages a child's lifelong love of learning. Whether gently holding an infant, encouraging toddlers to share or providing preschoolers with enriching activities, caring teachers support the healthy development of children from six-weeks to six-years-old, year round. Developmental Guidelines form the basis of unique lesson plans that are brought to life in fun and imaginative ways in learning centers including music, dramatic play, creative art, science, computers, blocks and puzzles. Daily Activity Reports, a corporate Quality Assurance program and accredited continuing education for teachers are just a few of the reasons Goddard is setting the standard in childcare. (less) ... (more)

   Parents can enroll their preschool children at the nationally accredited NAEYC Park Hill Early Childhood Education Center during open enrollment today at the ECEC, 8100 N. Congress Ave. The ECEC offers full-time and flexible part-time preschool options to fit the needs of all families. Come check out the new Pre-K classroom which offers a full day of instruction for students attending kindergarten during the 2011-2012 school year! Registration packets and the complete list of tuition rates for summer and fall enrollment are available online. (less) ... (more)

Active Teen Tours   Westcoast Connection offers Active Teen Tours as well as Adventures, Community Service, Language Immersion, Pre-College Enrichment, and Ski/Snowboard programs in the US including Alaska and Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, China, Peru, and Costa Rica. For 28 summers, we have showing thousands of teenagers the summer of a lifetime. Our Westcoast Connection Active Teen Tours offer North American and Overseas Teen Tours, Sports Programs including Major League Madness Baseball Tour, Ski/Snowboard Sensation, and Surf, Sail & SCUBA in Belize and Costa Rica. (less) ... (more)

An Adventure in Learning   Wildwood Outdoor Education Center's Directors and Staff invite you to join us for one of our unique outdoor experiences this summer. Located near La Cygne, KS, Wildwood's beautiful residential camping facility offers activities in outdoor, adventure and experiential education, with an emphasis on learning about Self, Others and the Environment. Summer Adventure - Two 5-day residential camp programs offer boys and girls ages 8 - 14 an opportunity to enjoy outdoor fun, learning and adventure. WOW (Women of Wildwood) - A 5-day residential camp program offers girls ages 10 - 15 an opportunity for outdoor fun, learning and adventure, with an emphasis on developing leadership skills and enhancing self-esteem. Please check our website for camp schedules. (less) ... (more)