Enrichment Day Camps

Organic Gardening: Vegetables, Fruits, and Chickens on Baylor’s Campus

Interested in learning how to grow your own food? Join us for Baylor’s first ever organic gardening camp, where you will learn how to grow food using organic and sustainable techniques. During the days you spend at Baylor’s one-acre micro-farm, you will plant, tend and harvest over 20 varieties of fruits and vegetables. You will also learn how to care for our flock of laying hens! In addition, campers will spend some time learning how to prepare and cook fresh produce. This experience, on one of the region’s only school farms, is sure to inspire a passion for gardening.

• Ages 11-14
• Dates: June 1-5
• Times: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
• Cost: $175

Baylor’s talented Fine Arts faculty will offer excellence in instruction for all campers who attend this camp, where skills, knowledge, and, especially, confidence will be at the forefront of instruction. This week-long camp features daily workshops in acting, voice, and movement designed to strengthen each camper in individual and ensemble work, in addition to gaining stronger stage presence, confidence, and comfort in front of an audience. Our student counselors are experienced Baylor performers who encourage and help support all levels of experience.

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. (additional $175)

• Ages: rising 5th - rising 8th grade
• Dates: June 15-19
• Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
• Cost: $175 for Theater Camp only, $325 for Combination Woodworking and Theater Camps

Baylor’s talented Fine Arts faculty will offer excellence in instruction for all campers who attend this camp, where skills, knowledge, and, especially, confidence will be at the forefront of instruction. This week-long camp features daily workshops in acting, voice, and movement designed to strengthen each camper in individual and ensemble work, in addition to gaining stronger stage presence, confidence, and comfort in front of an audience. Our student counselors are experienced Baylor performers who encourage and help support all levels of experience.

• Ages: rising 5th - rising 8th grade
• Dates: June 15-19
• Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
• Cost: $175 for Theater Camp only, $325 for Combination Woodworking and Theater Camps

Our woodworking camp is a camper favorite! Rising 3^rd -5^th grades and rising 6^th – 8^th grades woodworking enthusiasts have the opportunity to read plans, design their own patterns, and bring their creations to life!

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. (additional $175)

Campers can take both Woodworking and Theater to make a “full day” of camp with lunch included.

• Ages: Woodworking- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 6th to 8th grade

• Dates: June 15-19
• Times: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. for rising 6^th- 8^th grade
• 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. for rising 3^rd – 5^th grade
• Cost: $175 for Woodworking Camp only
  • $325 for Combination Woodworking and Theater Camps

Our woodworking camp is a camper favorite! Rising 3rd -5th grades and rising 6th – 8th grades woodworking enthusiasts have the opportunity to read plans, design their own patterns, and bring their creations to life!

Campers can take both Woodworking and Theater to make a “full day” of camp with lunch included.

• Ages: Woodworking- 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm, 3rd to 5th grade

• Dates: June 15-19
• Times: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.for rising 6th- 8th grade
• 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. for rising 3rd – 5th grade
• Cost: $175 for Woodworking Camp only
  • $325 for Combination Woodworking and Theater Camps

Do you love to make art? Do you love outer space? Then this class is for YOU! We’ll build a 3-D rocket ship, create a mobile of the solar system, and make our own amazing paintings of glowing stars and planets. You will learn how to make awesome prints using solar energy and create expressive wax resist paintings of outer space. Join us to get your hands dirty and have a BLAST making art that is truly out of this world!

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. ($175)

• Ages: 6-8
• Date: June 15-19
• Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Fee: $175

This innovative art technique will leave campers feeling super-satisfied as they build towers and pour paints to create their edgy masterpieces. We’ll also capture our favorite four-legged friends as we make relief prints of our pets- or any other animal that we love!

• Ages 11-14
• Dates: June 22-26
• Times: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Cost: $275

What is Walkabout? It’s an outdoor program that inspires Baylor students to be adventurous and now you can be part of the fun! Walkabout instructor Bett Adams ’02 along with student instructors will work with campers in all aspects of our famous outdoor program. Hiking, paddle boarding, climbing, and canoeing are among the activities.

• Ages: rising 3rd - rising 8th grade
• Dates: July 6-10
• Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Cost: $350

NEW for 2020: Camp Over!

Can’t get enough of your camp day and don’t want to leave your counselors?

Have you ever wondered what it is like to camp out with Baylor Walkabout? We are giving you the chance to extend your camp adventure and spend the night under the stars with Walkabout staff! Activities will include hiking, canoeing, movies in the quad, or a late-night dip in the pool. All Camp Over campers will be provided dinner and breakfast in our dining hall and an exclusive Camp Over t-shirt.

How it works:

Campers will bring their Camp Over essentials to Raider Days drop off on Thursday morning. Counselors will take campers to their dorm rooms after check-in and let them get set up. Campers’ day schedule will remain the same and at 4:00 pm Camper Over campers will go back to their dorm for check-in and get ready for their after-hours activities. After campers have had the best night of their lives, they will eat breakfast, pack their rooms, and complete their Raider Days adventure.

Camp Over Date: (Just add the Camp Over option when you register)
Thursday, July 9

Join us for a fun-filled dance camp and get a taste of all that Baylor dance has to offer! Led by Baylor dance instructor Elizabeth Roemer '05, students will study a variety of dance techniques including ballet, modern and jazz/hip-hop. Campers will also have opportunities to create their own movement studies. A special friends and family showcase will take place on the final Friday of camp in our Roddy Theater.

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. (additional $175)

• Ages: 7 -13
• Dates: July 13-17
• 9 a.m. - noon
• Cost: $175

Electromechanical systems are ubiquitous in our society – from autonomous cars to smart homes/automation to robotics. Come learn how these systems work and how we can control them to build a better world. Students will learn design, programming, and mechanical techniques while thinking through (and solving) exciting real world problems.

• Ages: Grades 3rd to 5th
• Dates: July13-17
• Time: 9 a.m. to noon
• Cost: $300

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. (additional $175)

Electromechanical systems are ubiquitous in our society – from autonomous cars to smart homes/automation to robotics. Come learn how these systems work and how we can control them to build a better world. Students will learn design, programming, and mechanical techniques while thinking through (and solving) exciting real world problems.

• Ages: Grades 6th to 8th
• Dates: July13-17
• Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Cost: $300

What is Walkabout? It’s an outdoor program that inspires Baylor students to be adventurous and now you can be part of the fun! Walkabout instructor Bett Adams ’02 along with student instructors will work with campers in all aspects of our famous outdoor program. Hiking, paddle boarding, climbing, and canoeing are among the activities.

• Ages: rising 3rd - rising 8th grade
• Dates: July 13-17
• Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Cost: $350

This week-long camp introduces the essential components of various genres of literature – flash fiction, graphic storytelling, ekphrastic poetry, black-out poetry, and found poetry – and encourages students to exercise their creative writing skills within these genres.

*Please note the Wednesday is a longer day to accommodate a trip to the Hunter Museum.

• Monday (9:00 to 12:00): flash fiction and the components of storytelling
• Tuesday (9:00 to 12:00): graphic storytelling
• Wednesday (9:00 to 3:00): ekphrastic poetry and a trip to the Hunter Museum of Art
• Thursday (9:00 to 12:00): black-out poetry
• Friday (9:00 to 12:00): found poetry

Cost: $225

Do you love to make art? Do you love outer space? Then this class is for YOU! We’ll build a 3-D rocket ship, create a mobile of the solar system, and make our own amazing paintings of glowing stars and planets. You will learn how to make awesome prints using solar energy and create expressive wax resist paintings of outer space. Join us to get your hands dirty and have a BLAST making art that is truly out of this world!

Extended Day Camp: Need to extend your day? Sign up for a combo camp! Your child will eat lunch on campus and before attending an afternoon session of Day Camp. All activities (including lunch) are ways supervised by our outstanding staff. (additional $175)

• Ages 9-12
• Dates: July 20-24
• Times: 9 a.m. – noon
• Cost: $175

What is Walkabout? It’s an outdoor program that inspires Baylor students to be adventurous and now you can be part of the fun! Walkabout instructor Bett Adams ’02 along with student instructors will work with campers in all aspects of our famous outdoor program. Hiking, paddle boarding, climbing, and canoeing are among the activities.

• Ages: rising 3rd - rising 8th grade
• Dates: July 20-24
• Time: 9 am to 4 pm
• Cost: $350

NEW for 2020: Camp Over!

Can’t get enough of your camp day and don’t want to leave your counselors?

Have you ever wondered what it is like to camp out with Baylor Walkabout? We are giving you the chance to extend your camp adventure and spend the night under the stars with Walkabout staff! Activities will include hiking, canoeing, movies in the quad, or a late-night dip in the pool. All Camp Over campers will be provided dinner and breakfast in our dining hall and an exclusive Camp Over t-shirt.

How it works:

Campers will bring their Camp Over essentials to Raider Days drop off on Thursday morning. Counselors will take campers to their dorm rooms after check-in and let them get set up. Campers’ day schedule will remain the same and at 4:00 pm Camper Over campers will go back to their dorm for check-in and get ready for their after-hours activities. After campers have had the best night of their lives, they will eat breakfast, pack their rooms, and complete their Raider Days adventure.

Camp Over Date: (Just add the Camp Over option when you register)
Thursday, July 23

This innovative art technique will leave campers feeling super-satisfied as they build towers and pour paints to create their edgy masterpieces. We’ll also capture our favorite four-legged friends as we make relief prints of our pets- or any other animal that we love!

• Ages 12-15
• Dates: July 27-31
• Times: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Cost: $275

What is Walkabout? It’s an outdoor program that inspires Baylor students to be adventurous and now you can be part of the fun! Walkabout instructor Bett Adams ’02 along with student instructors will work with campers in all aspects of our famous outdoor program. Hiking, paddle boarding, climbing, and canoeing are among the activities.

• Ages: 12 to 15
• Dates: July 27-31
• Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Cost: $350

Camp Over!

Need more Baylor? Come Camp Over with us!

Can’t get enough of your camp day and don’t want to leave your counselors? Have you ever wondered what it is like to stay on Baylor’s campus after hours? We are giving you the chance to extend your camp adventure and spend the night in our exceptional dorm facilities! Activities will include hiking, canoeing, movies in the quad, or a late-night dip in the pool. All Camp Over campers will be provided dinner and breakfast in our dining hall and an exclusive Camp Over t-shirt.

How it works:

Can’t get enough of your camp day and don’t want to leave your counselors? Have you ever wondered what it is like to camp out with Baylor Walkabout? We are giving you the chance to extend your camp adventure and spend the night under the stars with Walkabout staff! Activities will include hiking, canoeing, movies in the quad, or a late-night dip in the pool. All Camp Over campers will be provided dinner and breakfast in our dining hall and an exclusive Camp Over t-shirt.

Camp Over Date: (Just add the Camp Over option when you register)
July 30

Designed for Upper School students, new and returning, Baylor Grammar Camp provides a concentrated focus on grammatical structures as a way to help students write correctly and to perform effectively both in class and on college-entrance tests. Classes will last for two hours each day from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

• Monday: Navigate myBaylor; review parts of speech and types of sentences.
• Tuesday: Review Monday's lessons, and examine punctuation (commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes) and comma splices, run-on sentences, and fragments.
• Wednesday: Review Tuesday's lessons, examine apostrophes, homophones, question marks, and pronouns.
• Thursday: Review Wednesday's lessons, and examine active voice, modifiers, and parallel structure.
• Friday: Review the week's lessons.

This camp will focus on the Writing and Language Test of the PSAT and SAT and on the English Test of the ACT. Classes will last for two hours each day from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

• Monday: Navigate myBaylor and begin PSAT (Writing and Language Test).
• Tuesday: Continue PSAT (Writing and Language Test and Reading Test).
• Wednesday: Examine sample PSAT score report. Begin SAT (Writing and Language Test).
• Thursday: Finish SAT (Writing and Language Test) and begin ACT drills (English Test).
• Friday: Finish ACT (English Test) and review the week.