Kids on Campus

Kids on Campus

SUNY New Paltz offers camps, clinics and workshops for children of all ages and ability levels in many different areas of interest, including the arts, STEM, writing, and athletics. Join the hundreds of families who have already discovered the fantastic opportunities for learning, growth and play on campus this summer!

SUNY New Paltz adheres to Child Protection Policy Standards when children under the age of 17 are in the care and custody of SUNY New Paltz faculty, staff and students. You may review the policy here.


Young Writers

For children who are in need of remedial literacy support.

Literacy Center Summer Program
Capacity: 50

The School of Education Literacy Center is accepting applications for students in grades 2 through 12 who need remedial literacy support. 

There will be 12 tutoring sessions. A child attends either all AM or all PM sessions. There will be 122 tutoring sessions: July 6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-27.

AM Session will be 9:30am to 11:30am 

PM Session will be from 4:45pm to 6:45pm


For more information, please contact:
Sam Slotnick • slotnics@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2809

07/06 - 07/27
**
28 Hours
5-17
Online, remote instruction
Arts

All levels are welcome.

Musical Theatre Workshop
Capacity: 40

The Summer Theatre Workshop provides participants with an immersive experience in theatre arts. Days are spent on acting, singing and dancing/movement, improv and musical theatre performance. Professional Industry Guests from NYC will visit throughout the week to lend their experiences and talent to the program. The high school group will work at an even higher level and spend time focusing on audition technique as well as college program prep.


For more information, please contact:
Broadway Arts Collective • broadwayartscollective@gmail.com • 845-419-3515

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
7 Hours
Grades 4-12
SUNY New Paltz
Arts

All levels - from beginner to experienced.

Ulster Arts Camp, New Paltz Session 3
Capacity: TBD

Young artists explore fine art, digital media art, and performing arts while strengthening their self-confidence, creative thinking, and art making techniques through a wide variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, and animation.

Additional Services
Early Drop off: 8:15-8:45am, $25 per child per day
Later Pick up: 4:15-4:45pm, $25 per child per day


For more information, please contact:
The Art Effect • cory@thearteffect.org • 845-471-7477

08/07 - 08/11
9:00AM
7 Hours
Ages 5-10
SUNY New Paltz
Arts

All levels- from beginner to experienced.

Ulster Arts Camp, New Paltz Session 2
Capacity: TBD

Young artists explore fine art, digital media art, and performing arts while strengthening their self-confidence, creative thinking, and art making techniques through a wide variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, and animation.

Additional Services
Early Drop off: 8:15-8:45am, $25 per child per day
Late Pick up: 4:15-4:45pm, $25 per child per day


For more information, please contact:
The Art Effect • cory@thearteffect.org • 845-471-7477

07/31 - 08/04
9:00AM
7 Hours
Ages 5-10
SUNY New Paltz
Arts

All levels - from beginner to experienced. 

Ulster Arts Camp, New Paltz Session 1
Capacity: TBD

Young artists explore fine art, digital media art, and performing arts while strengthening their self-confidence, creative thinking, and art making techniques through a wide variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, and animation. 

Additional Services
Early Drop off: 8:15-8:45am, $25 per child per day
Late Pick up: 4:15-4:45pm, $25 per child per day


For more information, please contact:
The Art Effect • cory@thearteffect.org • 845-471-7477

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
7 Hours
Ages 5-10
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Podcasting & Audio Storytelling
Capacity: 16-20

Find your voice! Taking inspiration from the worlds of journalism and performance, we will write for audiences of listeners and gain tech skills to record our own audio stories, colored by music and interviews.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page

 


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/10 - 07/14
9:00AM
6 Hours
Ages 13-17
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Nature Writers & Explorers
Capacity: 16-20

Join us as we explore pond, stream, forest and meadow habitats, writing in and about nature. We’ll learn about ways we can create environments that support the needs of local plants and animals.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 7-9
Environmental Cooperative at Vassar Barns
Young Writers

Age dependent

Exploring Nature through Art & Writing
Capacity: 16-20

Part nature walks, part art studio, plenty of writing! Together, we will explore the wonders of nature outside to explore our artistic expression and beautiful words inside. 

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/10 - 07/14
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 7-9
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Teen Writers Institute: Vassar College
Capacity: 16-20

Working in a creative workshop setting, we will tell our stories through personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We'll share ideas and respond to each other's work as we polish our writing for an anthology.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/10 - 07/14
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 13-17
Vassar College
Young Writers

Age dependent

Teen Writers Institute: SUNY New Paltz
Capacity: 16-20

Working in a creative workshop setting, we will tell our stories through personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We'll share ideas and respond to each other's work as we polish our writing.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/31 - 08/04
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 13-17
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Writing & Role-playing, Dungeons & Dragons
Capacity: 16-20

Together we will create characters and give them voice, writing mythic stories replete with magic and monsters, heroes and villains, then roll the dice and let the adventures begin! New and experienced players welcome

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/10 - 07/14
9:00AM
6 Hours
Ages 12-14
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Nature, Activism, & Writing for Change
Capacity: 16-20

Through exploration of the Preserve at Vassar, we will connect with nature and the issues that are important to us. We will write together and consider how writing can support our drive for change in the world.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 13-17
Vassar College
Young Writers

Age dependent

Writing for Fun
Capacity: 16-20

Inspiring writing prompts, art activities, and visits to the planetarium and campus museum will spark our imaginations and creativity as we learn about and practice the craft of writing.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/17 - 07/21
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 10-12
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Writing Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Capacity: 16-20

Immerse yourself in a world of your own creation! Let your imagination loose and create a world in writing by developing characters, mapping out the places they live, and dreaming up an adventure-filled plot.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 12-14
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

For rising Juniors and Seniors

Writing the College Essay: Vassar College
Capacity: 16-20

A good college essay communicates who you are and what you believe. We will study essays that work, brainstorm topics, and transform our ideas into solid drafts as we give and receive feedback ina relaxed, supportive setting.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/17 - 07/21
9:00AM
4 Hours
Grades 11 & 12
Vassar College
Young Writers

For rising Juniors & Seniors

Writing the College Essay: SUNY New Paltz
Capacity: 16-20

A good college essay communicates who you are and what you believe. We will study essays that work, brainstorm topics, and transform our ideas into solid drafts as we give and receive feedback ina relaxed, supportive setting.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Grades 11 and 12
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

World Building and Storytelling, Dungeons & Dragons Online
Capacity: 16-20

Setting the stage for our adventures, we will build fantastical worlds and create fictional cultures and histories, providing backdrops for our heroic and comic journeys, battles, and epic narratives. New and experienced players welcome.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/17 - 07/21
9:00AM
6 Hours
Ages 12-14
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Creating Comics
Capacity: 16-20

Do you love comics? And love to draw? Join us as we develop characters, write amusing dialogue, and illustrate our own original and amazing stories!

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 10-12
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Creative Experiments
Capacity: 16-20

Come create with us and discover how writing can inspire art and art can inspire writing! We will spend a week together playing with words and images and experimenting with different art media and writing techniques to see the results. 

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/10 - 07/14
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 10-12
SUNY New Paltz
Sports

No skill requirements

Hawks Sports Camp Session 1
Capacity: TBD

SUNY New Paltz is hosting a day camp for kids to learn and play a multitude of sports and recreational activities.


For more information, please contact:
Jamie Seward • sewardJ@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3923

07/10 - 07/13
9:00AM
6 Hours
Ages 5-15
SUNY New Paltz
Sports

no requirements

Hawks Sports Camp Session 2
Capacity: TBD

The Hawks Sports Camps offers a variety of sport and recreation activities each day giving kids an opportunity to try lots of new experiences. We want children to find joy in sport and recreation and find activities that will promote lifetime fitness and well being. Register at www.nphawks.com/camps

Lunch included each day except for Friday half day.


For more information, please contact:
Mike Eckberg • eckbergm@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3918

07/24 - 07/27
9:00AM
6 Hours
Ages 5-15
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Making Books
Capacity: 16-20

Enjoy a week reading the best picture books around! We'll notice and name what other authors and illustrators do in order to write and draw our very own picture books. 

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/17 - 07/21
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 7-9
SUNY New Paltz
Young Writers

Age dependent

Play, Wonder, and Write
Capacity: 16-20

Our imaginations will soar as we play together, make new friends, and tell our stories through drawing, writing, painting, clay, movement, and make believe.

For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.

 


For more information, please contact:
HVWP Coordinator • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836

07/24 - 07/28
9:00AM
4 Hours
Ages 6-7
SUNY New Paltz