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.

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.

Turn a food idea into a business concept! Students will design and refine a food product while learning the basics of branding, marketing, and customer choice. This creative, hands-on camp encourages teamwork, innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking—no prior cooking experience required.

Got a big idea? In EPIC Entrepreneurs, students will turn a problem into a business! Campers will design a product or service, create branding, build a marketing plan, and pitch their idea in a Shark Tank–style presentation. It’s innovation, creativity, and leadership all in one exciting week.

Learn to build and launch your own rockets from common materials left over in the recycling bin where you live. Multiple design, building, and recovery techniques will be used, with a live rocket launch on the last day!

DASH Sports Summer Volleyball camps provide players with a well-rounded experience in a fun environment. Key volleyball skills such as passing, serving, and hitting will be taught and practiced throughout the week. Fun, volleyball skill specific games are also incorporated, giving players game type experience, and a better understanding of the game! The final day of camp ends with scrimmages and games for players to showcase their skills. Athletes should bring a water bottle and snack (knee pads optional). Balls are provided.