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STEM Camp for Kids and Teens to Start 22nd Season in Lake Forest
Emagination Computer Camps, a national operator of summer technology camps, to open its 2017 summer camp season at Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, Illinois – Parents and grandparents who are looking for a fun and educational summer camp experience in the greater Chicago area for their children and grandchildren can register for the 2017 summer camp season at Emagination Computer Camps, hosted at Lake Forest College which begins its first session June 11.
Emagination, which is in its 22nd year of operation in Illinois and 35th year overall, delivers a program which balances high quality technology learning with the activities and life-long benefits of a traditional summer camp.
During each two-week camp session, campers choose three technology workshops from the 26 the camp offers, including new workshops like 3D Printing, Augmented Reality, and Motion Graphics Programming.
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“Emagination is unique compared to other technology camps because we allow our campers to choose more than one subject to study during a session,” said Craig Whiting, owner of Emagination Computer Camps. “If they want to study virtual reality, robotics, and game design, they don’t have to go to three different camps or attend three different sessions, they can do it all here.”
Each camper also takes a recreation workshop which gets the campers outdoors to play field games like capture-the-flag, dodgeball, or ultimate frisbee. Campers also have the option to go swimming. Additional recreational options are available after lunch and during the camp’s evening program.
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“Structured and unstructured playtime, as well as socialization, are key components to healthy childhood development which you can’t get sitting in front of a computer,” said Whiting. “That’s why we incorporate it so heavily into our program; we want to offer the most well-rounded summer camp experience that we can.”
Emagination also offers a specialty program for teenagers. In Emagination Programming Camp, teens 13 – 17 learn how to program with C#, the world’s most popular programming language for creating Windows applications. This two-week STEM program is balanced with daily recreation and a full evening program for overnight campers.
About Emagination Computer Camps at Lake Forest College
Emagination’s Illinois summer camp is located outside Chicago in the North Shore town of Lake Forest. Lake Forest College is situated on 107 park-like acres. It is an idyllic location for a summer camp in Illinois and Lake Forest and Chicago overnight camps and day camps. Overnight campers live in Nollen Hall and are grouped by age and gender. Nollen Hall is a renovated, fully air conditioned, suite style residence hall. Counselors live with the campers and provide 24-hour supervision. Athletic facilities include a pool, playing fields and gymnasium.
About Emagination Computer Camps
For more than 30 years, Emagination has been the perfect summer camp for kids around the world who love technology. Founded in Connecticut in 1982, Emagination now operates technology camps on college campuses near Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and in Fairfield, Connecticut. The camp’s mission is to educate, entertain, and help develop healthy kids and teens by balancing technology learning with the activities and benefits of a traditional summer camp experience. More at computercamps.com.
