During these two-week courses you have the opportunity to explore your specific interests. Classes are intended to be mixed and matched with other offerings at Breck Summer Programs to create the ideal camp experience tailored to each individual child. Mix two half day courses or choose one specialty course to pair with our Camp Breck or Sports Camp programs to create a full day of programming! Our friendly staff will ensure your camper seamlessly transitions from one course to the next.
Camp wide lunch period is from 12:00-12:30 daily. Campers enrolled in full day programming will eat lunch with their groups. Campers participating in Sports Camps, Specialty Camps or Afternoon Only camps will eat from 12:00-12:30 with their afternoon camp group and class will begin at 12:30pm.
Pricing listed is for each two-week session.
Campers, looking for a weeklong getaway?
Be sure to check out the "Overnight Trip" tab for more information regarding our annual trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center! We hope you will join us for a weeklong adventure "Up North!"
Grades 5-8 | June 19-June 23 | Breck Transportation provided
Can't get enough art & clay? In this two week class there will be time to explore all the wonderful squishy, sticky, sparkly things about clay. We will make clay projects that are enchanting, marvelous, and silly; some that are even useful, and probably a few duds. Learning the art of clay is a joyful process, whatever the outcome. Join Breck's beloved "Mayor of Artville", Carol Grams for this fun {and messy} session!
Grades 2-4
$405 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced chess player, Chess Camp promises to provide you with hours of fun as we explore strategy and tactics, chess history, rules of the game and much more. Led by professional chess instructor Igor Rybakov, Chess Camp will offer students the opportunity to learn and compete, develop friendships and master a game that will provide hours of enjoyment—and intellectual stimulation—throughout your lifetime.
Grades 1-6
$415 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Join Upper School teacher, Cameron Williams for a hands-on and informative introduction course on web design and development. Campers will start with the basics and will progress skills to build their own web page using HTML and CSS Programming languages. We’ll provide the computer, campers provide the creativity! Imagination is the limit!
Grades 4-7
$395 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Calling all fashionistas! Join educator Dori Berg as she teaches you basic sewing concepts. Throughout this two week course, you will have the opportunity to use a sewing machine to create your very own projects. We will learn basic sewing techniques to create beautiful and useful works of art and take trips to a fabric store where you can pick out your own fabric and make something FABULOUS.
Grades 4-8
Session ONE: $415 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Session FOUR: $415 | 12:00-3:30PM
Symbols and Letters are all around us! In this two week session, campers will explore various types of lettering like Micrography, Illumination, Calligraphy, and modern day styles like Pop Art. Campers will learn the different styles and a variety of tips and tricks that make the art forms unique! Lastly, this course wouldn't be complete without a field trip to the Walker Art Center & Sculpture garden to see micrography in real life! We can't wait to explore, create & fine-tune this beautiful art form!
Grades 4-6
$395 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Join educator Dori Berg as she takes you deeper into the world of sewing. This course will build on skills learned in SEW FUN and will even teach you the beginnings and basics of quilting. We will stay busy throughout this two week course by learning to make button holes, apply buttons to garments, a pillow with hand applique/embroidery and a new shirt made just for you. With the basics under your belt, there is no telling what skills you will take with you and the projects you will continue to create using this lifelong skill! **Please note campers must have previously taken SEW FUN prior to this course.**
Haven't taken Sew Fun, yet? You're in luck..check out our Sew Fun Beginners course during Session One of BSP 2023!
Grades 4-8
Session ONE $385 | 12:00-3:30PM
Session FOUR $385 | 8:30AM- 12:00PM
This course offers an immersive environment for kids to explore the popular worlds of Minecraft and Roblox. Every student will design, plan, and build their own 3D world! We will show your Ninja how to create characters, obbies (obstacles), 2D & 3D textures for their Minecraft worlds and various other features of both games. Become a virtual explorer and create adventures, play games, roleplay, and learn with friends in a family-friendly 3D environment. This course is not textbook based; it will be guided by our awesome Code Senseis. Your Ninja will have a blast while building confidence, experiencing teamwork, and growing their problem solving, critical thinking and logical thinking skills!
$450 | 8:30AM-12:00PM | Grades 1-3
$450 | 12:00-3:30PM | Grades 4-7
Eyes and ears and stuffing…OH MY! Have you ever wanted to make your own teddy bear? Well now’s your chance! We are BEARY excited for you to join Upper School teacher Cameron Williams for an advanced sewing course, where you’ll make your very own felt teddy bear. Throughout this two week course, you will have the opportunity to use a sewing machine and practice hand stitching to sculpt your very own stuffed animal. At the end of this course, you will get to take your new best friend home with you to snuggle with furever!
Grades 4-7
$395 | 12:00-3:30PM
Due to the three day session, we will not be diving into Specialty Camps this session. Please explore Camp Breck for second session programming. Campers will spend this Camp Breck session with fun-filled days enjoying BSP's giant inflatable water slide, theme days, extra pool time and more!
Red Cross Babysitters Training provides youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills; learn how to develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe and help children behave; and learn about basic child care and basic first aid. Campers in this course will even put their knowledge to the test as they help care for, create and develop plans in partnership with our Camp Breck Preschool program. This course is led by Lower School Librarian, Emily Jones.
*The recommended age for this course is 11-15 years old.
Grades 5-8
$395 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
It’s back and this time it’s better than ever! Yes, you will still participate in a spitting distance competition. Yes, this experience is still tailor-made for lovers of baseball, football, soccer, high-dives, mud, loud music, action movies, fort-building, mosquito bites, capture-the-flag, Risk, water-balloon fights, any game that resembles dodge ball, basketball, camping, boot hockey, tug-of-war, go-carts, 500, real-life Survivor and any activity better suited for a padded room or a dirt field. If any of the activities listed above sound exciting, this is the adventure for you. You will now have the chance to do all things sporty, all things competitive, all while practicing good sportsmanship, all morning long. Led by Matthew Mendes, Breck faculty.
Grades 5-8
Price: $395 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Calling all Harry Potter enthusiasts: Join us for this two week course as we practice mixing potions, making wands and a Harry Potter-inspired snacks. We will also send each other letters using our very own Messenger Owls and even play a few rounds of Quidditch. On the first day, campers will get a turn to sit under the BSP “Sorting Hat” and be placed in our very own “BSP Houses.”
Grades 2-4
$395 | 12:00-3:30PM
Explore the fusion of the digital and physical world with Code Ninjas' Makey Makey and 3D Printing course. First your Ninja will learn to use Makey Makey to convert everyday objects with innate electrical conductivity into circuits to create their own electronic devices like sensors, game controllers, keyboards, and mice. Next, campers will enter the world of 3D printing by using CAD (computer-aided design) to create, test, refine, and print their own three-dimensional objects, which they will be able to take home at the end of the session. This course also covers setting up and maintaining your first 3D printer. Let your Ninja see what it's like to bring their ideas to life!
Grades 4-7
$450 | 12:00-3:30PM
The Children’s Theatre Company and Breck Summer Programs are teaming up to put on quite the production! Through a combination of storytelling, creative writing and theater arts exercises, campers will explore the art of story and set design. Campers will work together to create a script and design a set to put on their very own show. Campers will learn lines, create props and costumes, and bring their production to life to be shared anew with families on the final day of the session for a performance in Breck’s Cargill Theater.
Grades 4-8
$415 | 12:00-3:30PM
Campers, it’s time to rise to the occasion and get ready to crumble in this hands-on baking course! Eric Almond will be your sourdough starter extraordinaire while you learn the basics and processes of making sourdough bread. We will spend time in the Breck kitchen as we make our own loaves and have plenty to bring home and share! Before your bread is in the oven, campers will use special tools to score and decorate the sourdough crust. Stumped for design ideas? Campers will use computer imaging to help advance their sourdough art skills! After all, sourdough isn’t just bread…it’s art! Campers will also have the opportunity to head off-campus to explore a local bakery. This course is all you knead to get a taste of the bread making process.
Grades 5-8
$395 | 12:00-3:30PM
Breck Summer Programs and Just B Solar are partnering to offer a camp experience that will take students to the heart of the solar revolution. This summer campers will study the basics of Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources and learn about their importance in the environment. Students will discover the science behind Hydro Fuel Cell and its future potential and applications. We have plenty of hands-on experiential learning activities, such as building a Solar City, Solar Power Grid, Solar Car, Cooking in a Solar Oven and Sun Tracker; that’s just to name a few! It's sure to be an illuminating session. We hope you will join us!
Grades 3-6
$405 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
BSP is teaming up with Snapology to bring you the ultimate creation camp. In this two week session, campers will learn about the process real inventors go through to create new inventions while designing, building, and programming robotic machines to solve real world problems. If you like open-ended problem solving, coding and technology, this camp is the course for you! But we don't stop creating there....the second week of this session, campers will create an amazing movie with stop motion animation using LEGO® bricks to build their own set! After brainstorming and creating storyboards, campers will work in teams to build a world and produce their very own movie complete with credits and sound effects. Campers will each get a USB drive with the whole set of movies to share with their family and friends.
Grades 4-6
$450 | 8:30AM- 12:00PM
Join educator Dori Berg as she takes you deeper into the world of sewing. This course will build on skills learned in SEW FUN and will even teach you the beginnings and basics of quilting. We will stay busy throughout this two week course by learning to make button holes, apply buttons to garments, a pillow with hand applique/embroidery and a new shirt made just for you. With the basics under your belt, there is no telling what skills you will take with you and the projects you will continue to create using this lifelong skill! **Please note campers must have previously taken SEW FUN prior to this course.**
Haven't taken Sew Fun, yet? You're in luck..check out our Sew Fun Beginners course during Session One of BSP 2023!
Grades 4-8
Session ONE $385 | 12:00-3:30PM
Session FOUR $385 | 8:30AM- 12:00PM
Join Ms. Tori Richey for a session filled with puppeteering, marionette making, script writing and camper transformation! Throughout this two week session, campers will explore how to make themselves into a MUPPET! There is guaranteed to be some silliness happening as campers have endless fun constructing their one-of-a-kind masterpiece. We can't wait to see the creations during their very own end of camp Muppet Show!
Grades 2-4
$415 | 12:00 - 3:30PM
Get ready to take an amazing adventure into the exciting world of magic. Learn how to cut a lady in half, give your friends super hero powers, make invisible objects appear in a magic pencil pouch, and travel through time with a magic bandana just to name a few just to name a few. In this course students will learn eight secret magic principles that make all magic tricks possible, the eight basic effects that make up all magic tricks, and more importantly they will discover the real secrets to becoming a true magician as each lesson reveals an important life skill to help build their confidence and communication skills. Each lesson comes with a custom magic prop, a top-secret file folder, and a secret word to unlock bonus videos in the online video vault. Get ready to take an amazing adventure into the exciting world of magic. Learn how to read people’s mind, make money appear out of nowhere, and travel through time with a magic bandana just to name a few. If you had the chance to take Discover Magic last summer, don't worry....we've got new tricks up our sleeves!
Grades 2-5
$415 | 12:00-3:30PM
Does your Ninja love to play video games? Have a competitive streak, perhaps? Our Epic Gamers and Arcade Club is the perfect fit for them! Campers will start this session by playing games such as Roblox, Minecraft, and Super Smash Bros. Campers take what they’ve learned from these modern-classic arcade games, and will transition into coding and modding to create unique arcade games of their own. Once perfected, your coding ninja will showcase their creations on handheld Meowbit codeable arcade consoles. Give your Ninja a taste of what it's like to be a real game developer and playtester!
$450 | 8:30AM-12:00PM | Grades 1-3
$450 | 12:00-3:30PM | Grades 4-7
Calling all fashionistas! Join educator Dori Berg as she teaches you basic sewing concepts. Throughout this two week course, you will have the opportunity to use a sewing machine to create your very own projects. We will learn basic sewing techniques to create beautiful and useful works of art and take trips to a fabric store where you can pick out your own fabric and make something FABULOUS.
Grades 4-8
Session ONE: $415 | 8:30AM-12:00PM
Session FOUR: $415 | 12:00-3:30PM
Adventure, awareness, and respect are what you will experience in this active and experiential overnight environmental course. You will have the extraordinary opportunity to explore the great outdoors while staying, Monday-Friday, at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, located in Finland, MN (www.wolf-ridge.org). Soar to new heights while learning to rock climb and tackling the high-element ropes course. You will also study nature firsthand as you participate in classes such as animal signs, stream study, wetland ecology, living lightly, canoeing and Voyageur life. These classes rotate each year to spark the interest of both returning and new campers. The BSP tradition continues as campers will journey away from the Wolf Ridge Campus for a day- trip to Ely or up Minnesota's North Shore to Grand Marais and beyond. But that’s not all! No “off-campus journey” would be complete without dinner out on the town. We will end our adventure-filled day at a local pizza restaurant before returning to Wolf Ridge for the night. In closing, Wolf Ridge is perfect for all types of middle school campers. Whether it is their first time dipping their toes in an overnight experience or they are seasoned vets, campers will enjoy spending time with friends, meeting new ones, and enjoying the outdoors in one of North America's hidden treasures.
Price: $655
Grades 5-8
Monday, June 19- Friday, June 23
Breck Transportation provided. Campers will depart Breck's campus at 7:30AM Monday, June 19 and return to campus 3:30PM Friday, June 23
