Give Your Child An Unforgettable Experience with KEY’s Summer Camps
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Build Brains, Learn in the Lab, Script a Screenplay, or Dive Deep into Creativity.
Ages 3-5: Little Learners Camps
Ages 6-18: Recreational and Academic Camps
About KEY Summer Camp
Mon-Fri 10AM-8PM
Sat-Sun 10AM-5PM
Camp Details
Kings & Cubism - Chess and Art
July 23-27 and August 20-24
Ages 7-12; 13-18
Details: The strategy, sport, and structure of the 64-square chess board has inspired great artists as long as chess has challenged our minds. Introduce yourself to the game of chess, learn the deep connections between the game of kings and art, and explore your own creativity.
Benefits: Critical Thinking. Art history. Creativity.
Featuring chess instruction by Canadian National Tournament Director Toni Deline.
Fresh, Fit, & Phenomenal - Health and Fitness
July 16-20
Ages 6-15
Details: This camp designed for young women is all about empowering yourself and taking the time to be the healthiest version of you. Spend the week immersed in yoga, dance, nutrition, self-esteem building, writing, and creative projects.
Benefits: Fitness, meditation, mindfulness, nutrition, creativity.
Instruction by Core Potentials Academy.
Social Issues In The Magical World - An Examination of Harry Potter
Literature & Literary Analysis
August 20-24
Ages 7-12; 13-18
Details: Spend a week in the magical world of Harry Potter exploring how storytelling helps us better understand social justice including bullying, self-identity, racism, class structure, politics, and other social issues.
Benefits: Literary analysis skill development, writing, critical thinking, reading comprehension, language development.
Instruction by Nick Bartlett and Alyssa Wood.
Writing for Screens Big & Small - Creative Writing
July 23-27; August 13-17
Ages 10-18
Details: Budding screenwriters spend a week in the Vancouver film and TV industry exploring fairytales, storytelling and production, meeting industry insiders, and writing their own episode for a television series made here in Vancouver.
Benefits: Creative writing, critical thinking, language development.
Instruction by Alyssa Wood.
STEM Robotics Lab - Science and Technology
July 30-August 3; August 7-10
Ages 7-12; 13-18
Details: Join us for this multi-level camp where kids use LEGO Windstorms to create a robot that solves a problem, then compete with other students at the end of the camp to see how their creations perform.
Benefits: Critical thinking, engineering, math, coding, creativity.
Featuring instruction from KEY STEM Coach Scott Morgan.
The Slime Lab - Science
July 30-August 3; August 7-10
Ages 7-12
Details: Join us for this full-on immersion into experimental science exploring fundamentals and fun through chemistry, physics, biology, and art. Kids will have the opportunity to create their own science projects each day.
Benefits: Hands-on activities, science fundamentals, critical thinking, engineering.Featuring the instruction of Dawn Cleveland and former H.R. MacMillan Planetarium Program Developer Wanda LeClaire.
The Elevator Pitch For Young Entrepreneurs - Business and Public Speaking
July 23-27; August 13-17 and August 20-24
Ages 7-11; 12-15
Details: Harvard University reports the number-one skill business students need, but often lack, is how to properly communicate their innovative ideas. The language of start-ups is all about knowing how to sell those ideas. In this unique camp, we combine entrepreneurship, public speaking, debate, and writing to help students home the skills needed to become the next Steve Jobs.
Benefits: Public speaking, confidence building, business, finance.
Featuring the instruction of Malcolm Wilkins, Michelle Levit, and Anton Birioukov.
Interactive Academics: Singapore Math & Creative Writing - Math and English
July 9-13
Ages 7-12
Details: This fun math and English camp combines the subjects to help develop skills through the interactive games of Singapore Math and the storytelling of creative writing.
Benefits: Hands-on activities, math skills, language development, critical thinking.
Featuring the instruction of KEY SSAT instructor Denise Tom.
Writing A Winning University Admissions Essay - Creative Writing
July 23-27
Ages 12-18
Details: When it comes to getting accepted to a top-tier university, a well-crafted personal essay is the difference between acceptance, deferral, and a decline. This EXCLUSIVE camp guides students through the process of telling their personal story and gets them ready for the Fall application crunch.
Benefits: Writing skill development, admissions coaching.
Featuring the instruction of KEY University Admissions Essay Coach Robin Rivers who has helped students write their way to universities such as:
Yale, NYU, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, UPenn, Columbia, Syracuse, Tulane, University of Washington, Georgetown, Pratt Institute, University of Michigan, USC, and Carnegie Mellon.
Space is limited to 10 seats
Intensive English - English
July 9-13; August 7-10
Ages 7-12
Details: This one-week language immersion camp lets kids begin to develop their English skills through fun, creative, project-based learning. An academic assessment with custom education path recommendations is included.
Benefits: Reading comprehension, writing, listening, public speaking, confidence-building.
Reading comprehension, writing, listening, public speaking, confidence-building Nick Bartlett.
Private School Prep - English/Math/SSAT
July 23-27
Ages 12-18
Details: This immersion camp lets kids get a taste of what it will take to stand out with highly-competitive private schools. An assessment to determine readiness for the admissions process including custom education path recommendations is included.
Benefits: SSAT Prep, soft skills development.
Featuring instruction by KEY Prep instructor Alex Tsung and Anton Birioukov.
Camp Dates Summary
Little Learners (ages 3-5)
July
July 3-6
9:30-12 & 1-3:30
Nature In The House
STEM Lab
July 9-12
9:30-12 & 1-3:30
Nature In The House
Slime Lab
August
Aug. 7-10
9:30-121-3:30
Nature In The House
STEM Lab
Aug. 13-17
9:30-121-3:30
Nature In The House
Slime Lab
July 16-20
9:30-12 & 1-3:30
Nature In The House
Mozart & Matisse
July 23-27
9:30-12 & 1-3:30
Nature In The House
Slime Lab
July 30-Aug. 3
9:30-12 & 1-3:30
Nature In The House
Aug. 20-24
9:30-12 1-3:30
Nature In The House
Mozart & Matisse
Aug. 27-31
9:30-12 1-3:30
Nature In The House
STEM Lab
School-Age (ages 6-18)
July 9-12
9-3:30
Intensive English
Private School Prep Camp
Interactive Academics: Singapore Math & Creative Writing
July 16-20
9-3:30
STEM Robotics Lab
The Slime Lab
Fresh, Fit, & Phenomenal
July 23-27
9-3:30
Writing for Screens Big & Small
Kings and Cubism Chess Camp
The Elevator Pitch Young Entrepreneur Camp
Writing A Winning University Admissions Essay
July 30-Aug. 3
9-3:30
Social Issues In The Magical World: An Examination of Harry Potter
STEM Robotics Lab
The Slime Lab
July
August
Aug. 7-10
9-3:30
Intensive English
STEM Robotics Lab
The Slime Lab
Aug. 13-17
9-3:30
Writing For Screens Big & Small
The Elevator Pitch Young Entrepreneur Camp
Private School Prep Camp
Aug. 20-24
9-3:30
Social Issues In The Magical World: An Examination of Harry Potter
Kings and Cubism Chess Camp
The Elevator Pitch Young Entrepreneur Camp
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