Special Edition: Hamden Guide to Summer Camps 2023

Beautiful. Diverse. Community.

Enrichment abound for Hamden’s kids, surrounded by diverse summer learning, growth, and recreation opportunities. Arts, music, dance, sports, STEM, environmental, entrepreneurial, nature-based, service-oriented, and more. Camps and enrichment programs for pre-K through high school. Free, low-cost, moderately-priced, and obscenely expensive.

Cost: This guide is free… there are ~6,000 family households with children in Hamden, and the goal is to get this guide to all of them. Please consider taking ~30 seconds to email this guide to your Hamden neighbors, friends, family, and co-workers with kids.

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Table of Contents:

1. STEM

2. Environmental / Nature-based

3. Arts, Music, & Theater

4. Entrepreneurial

5. Dance

6. Sports

7. General & Other

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Updates: This guide will be updated all winter and spring. It will expand. Save the link and come back to visit for more updates as more camps and registrations are announced. Some camps have not yet published schedules for this year, so the current link will lead to last summer’s info. Once those registrations open for 2023, links here will be updated.

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Town of Hamden recreation department: 2023 list of camps, dates, pricing, etc.

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STEM:

Eli Whitney Museum (over 50 different themed camps). Ages 6-15.

Mad Science Summer Camp. Grades 1-6.

LEGO Camp (aka “Build with Ricky”). Grades K-5.

Yale Peabody Museum Science Camps. Grades 6-8.

GForce STEM Summer Camp. Grades 5-8.

Hamden Hall Summer Academy (elementary). Grades 1-6.

Hamden Hall Summer Engineering & Science Academy. Grades 5-8.

Quinnipiac Pre-College Summer Programs. Grades 9-12.

UNH Summer Youth Academies. Grades 6-12.

CFAL Summer Teen Technology Program. High school students ages 16-18.

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Environmental / Nature-based:

Camp Brooskvale. Ages 6-14.

Eco Adventure Camp @ West Rock Nature Center. Ages 8-13.

Common Ground @ West Rock Ridge State Park (numerous themes). Ages 4-14.

Junior Adventure Camp @ Trowbridge Environmental Center in East Rock Park. Ages 8-11.

Schooner Camp. Ages 6-14.

Yale Peabody Museum Environmental Camps. Grades 6-8.

YMCA Camp Mountain Laurel. Ages 3-5 & Grades K-9.

Eli Whitney Museum (over 50 different themed camps). Ages 6-15.

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Arts, Music, & Theater:

Summer Music Camps @ Neighborhood Music School. All ages.

Whitney Players Theater Company. Ages 7-17.

Elm Shakespeare Company. Grades 3-12.

NH Academy of Performing Arts Summer Musical Theater Camp. Ages 7-18.

Creative Arts Workshop (numerous themes). All ages.

Creative Kids Summer Arts Camp (Hamden Parks & Rec). Grades K-6.

ConnCAT Summer Arts Program. Grades 5-11.

Foote Summer Theater. Grades 7-12.

Shubert Theater & Arts Camp. Grades 3-8.

Westville Performing Arts Center Summer Arts Camps. Ages 4-18.

Hamden Hall Summer Academy. Grades 7-8.

Eli Whitney Museum (over 50 different themed camps). Ages 6-15.

Audubon Arts @ Neighborhood Music School. Grades K-12.

Messy Hands Happy Hearts. Ages 5-10.

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Entrepreneurial:

ConnCAT Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy. Grades 9-12.

Youth Entrepreneurs CT. Grades 9-12.

COLLAB Youth Accelerator Summer Entrepreneurship Program. Grades 9-12.

QU Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Summer Program. Grades 9-12.

Growing Entrepreneurs Program. Grades 9-12.

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Dance:

C.R. & Co. Dance Camp. Grades K-6.

Dance Camp @ Hamden Academy of Dance & Music. Ages 9-18.

New Haven Ballet Summer Program. Ages 3-10 and 10-19.

Dance Unlimited. Ages 3-8.

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Sports:

“Grind” Sports Camp @ Hamden Public Schools. Grades 7-12.

Hamden Rovers Soccer & Science Camp. Ages 5-14.

Hamden Slamma Jamma Basketball Camp.

Hamden Fathers Baseball/Softball Summer Academy. Ages 6-12.

Hamden Hall Sports Camps. Ages vary by camp.

Ninja Academy Summer Camp. Ages 6-14.

New Era Gymnastics Camp. Ages 5-13.

City Climb Rock Climbing Camp. Ages 8-12.

Intro to Rowing @ Canal Dock Boathouse. Grades 9-12.

Hamden Hurricane Cheer Camp. Ages 6-16.

Hamden Hurricanes Football Camp.

Soccer Camp @ Everson Soccer Academy. Ages 5-14.

CFC Park Soccer Camps.

CFC Arena Soccer Camp.

Yale Coach James Jones Bulldog boys basketball camp. Grades 1-7.

Yale Coach Eshe girls basketball camps. Grades 1-12.

QU Bobcats Volleyball Camp. Grades 6-12.

Connecticut Sun girls basketball camp. Grades 2-12.

Nils Nation Tennis & Pickleball Clinics. Ages 10-18.

Laurel View Junior Golf Camp.

Swim Lessons & Pool Passes (Hamden Parks & Rec). All ages/grades.

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General & Other:

Green & Gold Dragons Camps (Hamden Parks & Rec). Grades 3-7.

Foote School Summer Adventures. Ages 5+.

Camp Hornet @ Hamden Hall. Ages 6-14.

JCC Day Camps. Age 4 - Grade 9.

Rascals Gym. Ages 8 and under.

Alphabet Academy. Ages 3-6.

We Are The Village Summer Camp. Ages 8-16.

Extreme Camp (Hamden Parks & Rec). Grades 7-9.

TLC Summer Camp. Ages 4-12.

Play More Chess Academy. Ages 7-17.

Katalina’s Baking Camp. Ages 5+.

HYSB Teen Jobs Program. Ages 14-21.

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Suggested additions? If readers have additional recommendations for summer camps and/or summer enrichment programs in Hamden or New Haven, please email thisweekinhamden@gmail.com and we will update the newsletter. Thanks!

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ICYMI:

• The HECA Program for STEM students at HHS.

  

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