This summer, SPX Camps is offering Academic Accelerator camps taught by licensed and certified St. Pius X teachers! They are listed at $195 per week
Check the list below to find your favorites and register on the registration & payment page. They are also listed with all our Summer Camps on our Summer Camps page. They are marked with an AA symbol.
WEEK 1: June 14-18
*AA Fun with Reading and Math (rising 4th grade - Kathy Trinkle)
Are you going into 4th grade? Does your brain need a boost? Spend a week with us dusting up on those 3rd grade skills so you’re ready to start a new year! Have you been studying up and want a summer challenge? Join us for a jump start on your next school year. You’ll have fun with Mrs. Trinkle as you strengthen writing, reading, and math skills in fun hands-on ways. But don’t worry, it’s summer camp at SPX, so it will be so much fun you won’t even know you’re at school.
WEEK 2: June 21-25
*AA 4th Grade Readiness (rising 4-5 - Maria Bliss and Anne Ruddy)
Are you going into 4th or 5th grade? Has your brain been turned off this summer? Spend a week with us dusting off those 3rd and 4th grade skills so you’re ready to start a new year! Have you been studying up and want a summer challenge? Join us for a jump start on your next school year. You’ll have fun with Mrs. Bliss and Ruddy as you strengthen writing, reading, and math skills in fun hands-on ways. But don’t worry, it’s summer camp at SPX, so it will be so much fun you won’t even know you’re at school.
*AA Reading (rising 1-2 - Julie Ray)
Come take a journey with me, as we explore the exciting and imaginative books of Eric Carle. From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, we will dive into and discover the magic of Eric Carle's world. Each day we will read one of his stories, and we will have a discussion, do crafts, have science experiments, and outside nature activities to immerse ourselves in the pages of the book. The children will be challenged to even write their own stories to read at the end of the week. So, I hope you can join me and share with me the wonderful world of Eric Carle!
WEEK 3: June 28 – July 2
*AA Reading and Writing Intervention (rising 3-5 - April Parker)
High interest nonfiction is featured in this camp for all types of readers (from the reluctant to the enthusiastic). This student-centered, reading camp puts the choice in the hands of the student to choose texts in his or her area of interest. Students will be given a choice of projects to complete by the end of the week based on a topic they are very interested in which will include areas of reading, writing and artist design. During the week, students will work in small groups and one-to-one with Mrs. Parker for guided reading, word study, and a writer's workshop to progress on their projects.
WEEK 4: July 12-16
*AA Fun with Reading and Math (rising 2nd grade - Kathy Trinkle)
Are you going into 2nd grade? Does your brain need a boost? Have you been studying up and want a summer challenge? Join us for a jump start on your next school year and brush up on your skills. You’ll have fun with Mrs. Trinkle as you strengthen writing, reading, and math skills in fun hands-on ways. But don’t worry, it’s summer camp at SPX, so it will be so much fun you won’t even know you’re at school.
*AA Reading and Writing Intervention (rising 6-8 - April Parker)
Literature, drama, art, and journalism take center stage in this middle school reading camp. Come explore high-interest, age-appropriate plays such as Romeo and Juliet, A Wrinkle in Time, Sherlock Holmes, and Peter Pan. As we explore the comparison between these classics and the more modern versions of the stories, students will dive deep into critical thinking and interpretation, putting themselves in the middle of the action to experience the settings through art and become the characters themselves.
WEEK 5: July 19 – 23
*AA Fun with Reading and Math (rising 3rd grade - Kathy Trinkle)
Are you going into 3rd grade? Does your brain need a boost? Have you been studying up and want a summer challenge? Join us for a jump start on your next school year and brush up on your skills. You’ll have fun with Mrs. Trinkle as you strengthen writing, reading, and math skills in fun hands-on ways. But don’t worry, it’s summer camp at SPX, so it will be so much fun you won’t even know you’re at school.
*AA STEAM Science Fun (rising 4-6 - Antonette Aguilera)
Do you love learning about Science? Do you love experiments? Do you parents want you to have a little practice in reading and writing too? Well this is the camp for you! We will transform into Scientists and conduct experiments and other hands-on activities every day. We will build, create, and explore! Like true Scientists, we will learn about each area we study. For example, when we build volcanoes, we will read about them, take a moment to write in our Lab Journals, and learn how to illustrate our findings too! We will explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math - the fun way!
**Important: Begin collecting your odds and ends now for a special engineering project. On the first day of camp, bring a bag of empty plastic bottles, bottle caps, toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, cereal boxes, and other odds and ends you find in your home. The more you bring, the better our engineering activity will be!
WEEK 6: July 26-30
*AA Math Masters (rising 6-8 - Mary Ellen Liebal)
Don’t let the summer brain drain hit you!!! Join Ms. Liebal to refresh your skills and be a Math Master this school year. In this camp you will build your problem solving and analytical skills while developing a love of math and you’ll have fun doing it! Aligned with the North Carolina Standards for Mathematics, the curriculum will enhance and broaden your understanding of core concepts learned during the school year. Through modeling, graphing, and solving real-world problems, you will refine your problem-solving strategies. You’ll use games, puzzles, and logic and reasoning challenges to provide fun opportunities for teamwork and confidence building activities. And did we mention fun! It’s almost time to go back to school, be sure your math muscles are ready!
WEEK 7: August 2 – 6
*AA Computer Skills (rising 5-8 - Cindy Gebbia)
Prepare for the upcoming school year with confidence in using Google applications:
Docs, Slides, Sites and Sheets. Each day we will focus on one Google application with
activities that will allow you to learn to use the various tools. Create dynamic
documents, exciting presentations, your very own website, and learn to work with
spreadsheets to chart data and create graphs.
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