Educationally Focused Camps Engage Children All Summer Long

•  Share
•  Tweet
•  Post

Johnstown, PA (Apr. 27, 2015) – Sunshine and summer time will be here before you know it! With the warm weather come The Learning Lamp’s summer camps for kids of all ages. This year, The Learning Lamp is offering 11 weeks of camp for school-age and preschool kids, as well as the 8th Annual Performing Arts Academy—which features DreamWorks’ SHREK, Jr., the Musical.

• The Learning Lamp’s preschool summer camps for ages 3, 4, and 5 are part-day sessions designed and taught by teachers certified in early childhood education. Parents will find age-appropriate themes like Garden Sprouts, Summer Safari, Itty Bitty Critters and My Five Senses. These camps are available in Bedford, Richland, Westmont, Somerset and Jennerstown. No matter where your child goes to preschool, The Learning Lamp’s summer camps are a great way to keep him or her engaged in hands-on learning activities all summer long. Tuition is $60 per week, and classes run from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
• For students entering grades 1 to 5, school-age summer camps feature fun ways to engage with hands-on-learning. Camp themes include Think Big, Star Spangled Summer, Deep Blue Sea and L’eggo my LEGO. School-age camps fill quickly. Camp locations include Bedford, Ebensburg, Richland, Westmont, Somerset and Boswell. Tuition varies depending on location, and classes run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
• For 6th through 12th grade students who love to put on a show, The Learning Lamp is offering its 8th Annual Performing Arts Academy June 15-26, 2015. The two-week program takes place at Richland Performing Arts Center, where students will learn the ins and outs of theater production as they audition, rehearse, build sets and finally, perform for an audience. This year, the featured production is SHREK, Jr., the Musical. Tuition is $270 and includes acting, vocal and choreography classes, show rehearsals, scripts and costumes, a t-shirt and two tickets to the show.

Call The Learning Lamp at 814-262-0732 to register your child today.

The Learning Lamp is a nonprofit organization with a mission to engage all children in the support they need to succeed. We deliver high quality programs that are affordable and accessible to families of all income levels. The Learning Lamp served 19,748 children from 88 school districts and 46 non-public and private schools and other organizations in 18 Pennsylvania counties and two counties in Maryland in 2014.

Our programs include: one-to-one tutoring; before/after school programs; portable classrooms aimed at building math and science skills; alternative education programs for at-risk students; evidence-based prevention programs; online learning and credit recovery; SAT preparation; educationally-focused child care; literacy-based preschool programs; and grant writing and project consulting for schools.