Want to amaze your friends and impress your opponents? Want to increase your IQ while having fun playing Chess and compete for various prizes? Learn from Twin Cities Chess Club instructors who have years of teaching experience. Competitive chess tournaments are scheduled once a year and students can play for real chess trophies! All chess levels are welcome.

Lights, camera...CLAY! This camp combines your two favorite things – CLAY! (yeah!) and creating your very own stop motion movie! Work in small teams as you’ll sculpt colorful clay characters, design amazing sets, and bring a super fun story to life using a stop motion software — the same technique used in your favorite animated films! Learn the magic of movie-making as you shape, pose, and film wacky creations frame by frame. By the end of camp, take home a super cool mini-movie to show family and friends.

Lunch Bunch is a supervised midday option for students enrolled in both a morning and an afternoon EPIC course. Students remain onsite with EPIC staff for lunch and outdoor recess (weather permitting). Families must provide a cold lunch, water bottle, and sunscreen.

Donut Shop Designers: Create, Taste & Share invites students to take donut design to the next level. Campers will experiment with flavor combinations, textures, and presentation to create unique donut concepts. Students will explore how food design, teamwork, and creativity shape the way people experience food.

Pizza Lab: From Dough to Design challenges students to experiment with dough, sauces, cheeses, and toppings to create their own signature pizzas. Campers will test how different ingredients and baking methods affect texture and flavor, refine their designs, and share what they discover along the way.

Hats, scarfs, blankets and more! Students will learn basic skills in knitting and crocheting to create a fantastic finished project of their choosing.

In addition to 3v3 and 5v5 games, the camp will also feature testing in dribbling, passing, shooting, and individual defensive drills, followed by small-sided games of 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 before 5v5 games daily. Players will be placed on equal teams based on their performance. The camp will emphasize shooting technique, footwork, and offensive moves, as well as individual defensive principles, including stance, on-ball defense, and help defense.

DASH Sports Summer soccer camps provide players a well-rounded soccer experience covering a broad range of soccer skills (dribbling, passing, shooting, and defense) training and skill-based games. Players will be challenged and grouped at an appropriate level while receiving instruction in a fun, positive environment while learning values of ‘Respect, Hustle, and Pride’. Camp ends with a scrimmage on the final day where athletes can showcase their skills. Athletes should bring a water bottle, sunscreen, and a snack (spikes and shin guards are optional). Balls are provided.

DASH Sports Summer Ultimate Frisbee camps provide participants with a well rounded experience in a fun environment. Ultimate frisbee is a fun, athletically challenging team sport played with a thrown frisbee. Participants will practice throwing, catching, and general strategy and team-play. This is a fun camp that encourages teamwork. Please bring water, a snack, sunscreen, and wear athletic clothing.