New! Classes, day camps and a conference for young writers
Look ahead to summer fun
Our new Youth Program Supervisor is putting together a great summer for the kids!
Our Youth Program is growing! We welcome new Program Supervisor Naomi Sandweiss, MA. Naomi has some great ideas to make our summer Youth Program better than ever.
First, to help with summer planning, you can register for your favorites now and lock in your summer schedule. (Register online here.)
Happy Campers: Full-day and full-week day camps! For fans of the ever-popular Youth Sports Fitness afternoon program, Naomi has added morning day camps and a supervised lunch hour, providing campers a full day, six-week, 9 to 5 program, from Monday through Thursday. In a morning day camp, kids enjoy three hours of enriching activities like circus arts, making their own comic books, and magic, and adults enjoy UNM campus parking validation. The Film Fantasy Camp provides teens a week-long, all-day hands-on workshop in filmmaking!
Ooh, a Young Writer’s Conference! Calling all young writers: Spend a day in the company of professional writers and publishers. Choose from a variety of small, hands-on workshops with lots of encouragement. Giveaways. Keynote presentation by award-winning author-illustrator Betsy James.
More information below:
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Summer Camps for everyone
Day Camps in the morning —
sign up for one or both!
| What to Bring / Wear to Camp • Sack lunch • Refillable water bottle • Wear sunscreen • Wear closed toe shoes • Wear comfortable clothes appropriate for outdoors What to Leave at Home • Please leave toys, games or audio devices (iPod, etc) at home. • Heelies are not permitted at camp. • Participants should not wear flip flops, short shorts, tops with bare midriffs. |
Cool Characters
Kids will love doing great stuff and acting out cool characters! Create comic books, practice juggling and other circus arts, learn Spanish, make masks, watch Houdini perform magic tricks and explore in a magic lab.
Monday - Thursday, 9 am - 1 pm,
3 weeks, June 9 - 26
$165 | Enroll online here |
# 17300 to register other ways
Section SAA is for ages 6-9 and
section SBB is for ages 10 -14
Rhythm, Rocks & Roll
Adventures galore! Climb on a rock wall, practice West African drumming, use metal detectors to uncover campus treasures, learn dance moves from the folks at Keshet Dance Studios and ride in an on-campus bike rodeo (bikes provided).
Monday - Thursday, 9 am - 1 pm, 3 weeks, June 30 - July 17
$165 | Enroll online here |
# 17320 to register other ways
Section SAA is for ages 6-9 and section SBB is for ages 10 -14
√ Please download and read the Camp Policies & Information (PDF) brochure for the above day camps.
Combine a morning day camp with Youth Sports Fitness for a fun-filled day of growth, learning and activities!
Youth Sports Fitness (for ages 6-14)
Kids gain self-confidence and physical coordination! The popular, reliable Youth Sports Fitness class returns for 6 weeks of fun, active and healthy afternoons (two sections of 3 weeks each). Kids stay active with tennis, tumbling, soccer, badminton, softball, volleyball, basketball and track and field. The 6-7 year olds will participate in sports activities modified for their level. It’s so healthy for them to enjoy a summer of improving their basic fitness and sports skills in an encouraging and non-competitive environment.
Monday - Thursday, 1 -5 pm, 3 weeks, June 9 - 26 and / or June 30 - July 17
$130 | Enroll online here | Use course # 17999 to register other ways
Section SAA starts June 6 and section SBB starts June 30
All-day camp includes supervised lunch hour. If you enroll a child in both a morning day camp and Youth Sports Fitness, supervision on UNM campus for the lunch hour in between is included in the fee for the morning day camp. Lunch will be provided through the city of Albuquerque or children may bring their own lunch. Children may bring their own snacks.
Opt for a supervised lunch hour before Youth Sports Fitness. If your child is on UNM’s main campus this summer, join us for a supervised lunch hour. If your child is enrolled in Youth Sports Fitness, you can opt to drop your child off an hour early for a supervised lunch hour from noon to 1:00 pm. Enroll in the Supervised Lunch “course!” (See registration information below.) Meals will be provided at no charge through the City of Albuquerque Summer Lunch program or your child may bring their own lunch. First aid-trained camp counselors will supervise children on UNM’s main campus. The cost for this is $20/week.
Monday - Thursday, 12-1 pm, 1 week
6 1-week sections (SAA - SFF) offered between June 9 and July 17
$20 | Enroll online here | Use course # 17400 to register other ways
Please choose the appropriate section(s) for your schedule.
Full-day camp:
Film Fantasy Camp (ages 13-17)
Over the course of five days, teens work as a team to create a short film production! Campers will learn the basics of camcorder operation, how to compose a shot, maximize the power of visuals, basic lighting and grip techniques, and how to capture quality sound on location. Participants break up into production groups and choose scenes to shoot and work with actors to block, light and shoot their scenes.
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, 1 week starting June 16 or 1 week starting July 7
$325 | Enroll online here | Use course # 17350 to register other ways
Section SAA starts June 16 and section SBB starts July 7
Kids Conference
UNM Young Writers Conference: For the Love of Words (ages 10-17)
Learn about writing and getting published from professional writers and publishers. Choose from a variety of small, hands-on workshops with personal attention and encouragement, with topics like creatiing and publishing comic books, writing screenplays, developing your characters and more. Get information on how to get published. Ask questions!
Saturday, 9am - 3pm, June 7
$55 | Enroll online here | Use course # 17180 SAA to register other ways
Learn more about the Young Writers Conference here
More great classes for kids
Our usual roster of great classes returns along with some new activities. Kids enjoy being active and improving their confidence with classes in Arts, Crafts, Music, Photography, Cooking, or Sports and Fitness. Check out our summer fun planner to schedule great things for your kids!
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Contact
For more information,
please
call Program Supervisor Naomi Sandweiss at 277-0698
or email naomis@unm.edu.
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Teach a class with us
Have you spent a lifetime of learning on a favorite subject? Is there something you can do that nobody else can do? You can teach a class with UNM Continuing Education!
Turn in a course proposal. (PDF file to download, instructions on the file.)
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