Summer Camps

The Central York School District is proud to offer Summer Camp programs for students of various ages throughout June through August. The programs are available at District Schools, run by Central York Faculty and Staff Members. The camps are open to ALL students who live in the District within the recommended age/grade level (based on 25/26 school year). Your student does not have to attend the school in which the camp is held to participate!

Registration is open through May 9, 2025 at 11 PM.

Summer Camp Offerings

Nature/Outdoor Camps

Nature Explorers

Dates: June 9-12
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: K-3
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Get ready for a summer of outdoor fun and adventure at Nature Explorers Camp! Perfect for kiddos who love animals, plants, and outdoor discovery, this camp is all about exploring the wonders of nature through hands-on activities, games, and creativity.🌎 Celebrate the beauty of nature and learn how to help protect it. Join in for a week of fresh air, adventure, and outdoor fun—sign up today!

Adventure Camp: Week 1

Dates: June 9-12
Location: Sinking Springs
Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: Kirk Wisler

Description: Bring your problem-solving skills and come join us and attempt to get past the minefield (without setting off any of the mines), traverse through an 8' by 8' spider web, travel across the Grand Canyon, and many more adventures.

Adventure Camp: Week 2

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Sinking Springs
Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: Kirk Wisler

Description: Bring your problem-solving skills and come join us and attempt to get across the quicksand pit, discover the Jurassic eggs archaeological dig site, search for the abominable snowman's long lost treasure, compete in an out of this world American Gladiators competition, and build a bridge across the Amazon

Fantasy/Character/Celebrity Themed Camps

Magical Fairy Garden: Create, Imagine, Explore

Dates: July 14-17
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Step into a magical world where fairies roam and gardens glow with enchantment! At Fairy Garden Camp, young nature lovers and dreamers will bring their own fairy worlds to life by designing and creating beautiful fairy gardens. With creativity, imagination, and a little fairy dust, campers will take home a one-of-a-kind fairy garden to keep the magic growing all summer long!

Royal Fantasy Camp: A Magical Adventure with Princesses, Mermaid and Unicorns

Dates: July 28-31
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Step into a world of magic and wonder at Royal Fantasy Camp, where dreams come true! This whimsical camp is perfect for kiddos who love princesses, mermaids, unicorns, and all things sparkly and magical. The week will end with a Royal Fantasy Ball. Get ready for a week full of sparkles, adventure, and make-believe fun—sign up today!

Happily Ever After Fairytale Camp

Dates: June 9-12
Location: Roundtown
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: K-3
Ran by: Amanda Hemelgarn

Description: Step into a world of magic and wonder, where dreams come to life! In Happily Ever After Fairytale Camp, we’ll dive into a new fairytale each day. Your child will enjoy themed games, crafts, and projects inspired by the fairytales: Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Moana. Make your child’s dreams a reality by enrolling them in Happily Ever After Fairytale Camp!

Disney Princess Snacks, Crafts and Sing-a-Long Camp

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Stony Brook
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Grade Span: K-3
Ran by: Jennifer Clancy

Description: Let’s get a little fancy with Mrs. Clancy! We’re going to have fun with some of our favorite Disney princesses like Elsa, Anna, Moana & Rapunzel! We'll enjoy some yummy snacks, get crafty and play some princess games. Get ready to come in princess attire each day as we enjoy a magical camp!

Wickedly Fun: A Journey to Oz (K-3)

Dates: July 7-10
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Step into the world of Oz and discover the magic of friendship, music, and adventure at Wickedly Fun Summer Camp! This enchanting camp is perfect for kiddos who love theater, singing, dancing, and storytelling—all inspired by the Broadway hit Wicked! With music, drama, and creativity filling every day, this camp is sure to be a Popular and Defying Gravity experience for all young Oz lovers. Sign up now for a summer adventure that will leave you Changed for Good!

Wickedly Fun: A Journey to Oz (4-6)

Dates: July 7-10
Location: Hayshire
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: April Quimby

Character Camp

Dates: June 23-26
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3
Ran by: Meghan Smith and Sierra Hobbs

Description: Everyone has a favorite character. Come be your favorite character from books, movies, T.V. , comics, games, and more! You will be given materials to create your own character and go on a special quest.

Swiftie Camp

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Grade Span: K-3, 4-6, Middle School
Ran by: Nino Gladhill

Description: Let's have some Swiftie fun with music, crafts, and all things Taylor Swift! All swifties are welcome, and we’ll have fun activities inspired by Taylor’s albums. Be ready for an amazing week of Taylor Swift.

Swiftie Summer Camp

Dates: August 4-7
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Calling all young Swifties! Join me for an unforgettable week at Swiftie Summer Camp, where we celebrate the music, creativity, and magic of Taylor Swift! This camp is perfect for older kids who love singing, dancing, storytelling, and crafting—just like Taylor. With fun activities, exciting games, and a supportive environment, this camp will spark creativity and confidence in every young Swiftie. Don’t miss out on this Enchanted experience—sign up today!

Barbie Dream Camp: Sparkle, Create and Shine

Dates: June 23-26
Location: Hayshire
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3
Ran by: April Quimby

Description: Get ready for the most pink-tastic summer adventure at Barbie Dream Camp! This fun-filled camp is perfect for kiddos who love creativity, confidence, and a little bit of glam—just like Barbie! Whether your camper wants to be a pop star, an artist, an athlete, or an explorer, this camp will inspire them to dream big and be anything they want to be—just like Barbie!

STEM/Arts and Crafts Themed Camps

STEAM Adventures

Dates: July 21-24
Location: Sinking Springs
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Mon-Wed) 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Thu)
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: Jamie Antoun

Description: Do you enjoy solving puzzles and working with technology? Are you interested in coding and robotics? Would you like to design 3D printing projects? Have you ever wanted to make your own stop motion animation movies? Come to STEAM Adventures camp and explore different technologies and work with your own design team. On our final day of the camp(July 24th), we are going on an adventure to Keystone Kidspace to explore from 10:00am-1:00pm. Students will need to be dropped off and picked up at Keystone Kidspace on July 24th only.

Crafty Camp

Dates: August 4-7
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grade Span: K-3, 4-6
Ran by: Meghan Smith and Sierra Hobbs

Description: Let’s get crafty. Use common everyday items along with some interesting things you would never think to use. Be creative with clay, paint, tape, paper, corks, and much more.

Fidget Camp

Dates: July 14-17
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grade Span: K-3, 4-6
Ran by: Meghan Smith

Description: Back by popular demand. Kids will explore various textures and activities pleasing to the senses. Kids with make fidgets and enjoy sensory stations. Kids will leave camp with a pouch filled with fidgets to keep and use again and again.

Pixelated Art with Perler Beads Camp

Dates: June 23-26
Location: Sinking Springs
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: Olivia Gable

Description: In this Art Camp we will be using Perler Beads, melted together to make beautiful pixelated art. Campers will have the opportunity to create and take home colorful summer themed crafts like photo frames, magnets, keychains, wind streamers and mobiles

Hands On Experience/Training Camps

Air Force JROTC Events Camp

Dates: June 23-26
Location: Central York High School
Time: 9AM - 12PM
Grade Span: Middle School
Ran by: Mark Sargent

Description: Here's your chance to try out a High School elective without a grade. Air Force JROTC Events camp let's you try out the majority of our co-curricular events with the help and guidance of our upperclassmen lead you through them. Fly our quadcopters through obstacle courses and simulated search and rescue, then try your hand with the big airplanes on our flight simulators (non-motion, so you won't get airsick). Help code our VEX robots to operate or just take the controls and work them remotely. See if you have the precision to work with our color guard to see if you could present the American flag at an event. Can't stay inside all week, so get outside and try Orienteering: check your map, lock on with your compass, and go faster than the other guy. Can't work the compass, get a workout with our Raider team and try some obstacles carrying a patient on a litter and getting yourself across a single-line rope bridge. Events will be spaced out over the week and will be adjusted depending on weather. Raider events may be moved inside, but orienteering must be done outside due to compasses in a steel girder building.

American Red Cross Babysitting Certification

Dates: July 7-10
Location: Central York High School
Time: 9AM - 12PM
Grade Span: Middle School
Ran by: Mark Sargent, Catherine Lane

Description: Get ready to babysit this summer by earning an American Red Cross Babysitting and pediatric CPR certification. The American Red Cross Babysitter’s Training program is designed to provide youth who are planning to babysit with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely and responsibly give care for children and infants. This training will help participants to develop leadership skills; learn how to develop a babysitting business, keep themselves and others safe and help children behave; and learn about basic child care and basic first aid. This training is designed for youths ages 11 to 15

Cupcake Camp

Dates: July 7-10
Location: Sinking Springs
Time: 9AM - 11AM
Grade Span: 4-6
Ran by: Rebecca Smith

Description: If you’re looking for a fun way and delicious way to spend your summer, join us at cupcake camp! Campers will have hands-on experience in decorating cupcakes in new ways for birthdays, holidays and ANYdays! We’ll use a variety of icings and candies to decorate in ways you might never have thought before. Each camper will take home 6 cupcakes each day

Lights...Camera...Action!

Dates: July 28-31, August 4-7
Location: Stony Brook
Time: 9AM - 12PM
Grade Span: K-3
Ran by: Todd Richardson

Description: It's back!! This is an exciting camp filled with laughter, fun and plenty of time on stage to be a STAR! During this week we will use stories, games, costumes and props to act and become better performers on stage. We'll even put on a show at the end of the week for family and friends to attend! Come join us for a crazy week of side-splitting laughter and fun!

Workout With Ms. Gladhill

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Roundtown
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten, K-3, 4-6, Middle School
Ran by: Nino Gladhill

Description: Learn about being active, nutrition, yoga, and having all the fun while doing it!

Gaming Camps

Video Games IRL

Dates: June 16-19
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grade Span: K-3, 4-6
Ran by: Meghan Smith, Chrissy Walters

Description: Run like Sonic, build like Minecraft, jump like Mario, and explore video game worlds in this hands-on, screen-free celebration of your favorite characters

Pokemon

Dates: July 7-10
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Grade Span: K-3, 4-6
Ran by: Meghan Smith, Chrissy Walters

Description: Come catch em all at this camp designed for all kids who enjoy Pokémon. Become a trainer, create your own pokemon card, learn how to play the Pokémon game and much more

Kindergarten Readiness Camps

Adventures in Reading

Dates: June 23-26
Location: High School
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten
Ran by: Jen Wagner

Description: We will make stories come to life! After reading an adventure, we will explore different places and characters throughout the book. Activities will include science experiments, crafts, building, problem solving, and snack creativity!

Off to Kindergarten Camp

Dates: July 28-31, August 4-7
Location: Roundtown
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM or 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Grade Span: Incoming Kindergarten
Ran by: Brittany Stare

Description: The purpose of this camp is to allow your incoming Kindergartener to get a brief “snap shot” of what a day in Kindergarten will look like at Roundtown. It will provide many opportunities for your child to participate in academic and social activities that will prepare them for their upcoming school year.

Frequently Asked Questions

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How will I know if my child is registered for a camp?

You will receive confirmation from the online registration that your child has successfully been registered for the selected summer camp.

In the event that a camp does not have enough participants and is cancelled, you will be contacted and your payment will be refunded. If your camp has enough participants, you will receive an email confirmation by Friday, May 23, 2025.

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Statement of Socioeconomic Support

Central York School District is committed to ensuring ALL learners and families have access to the many different co-curricular activities available, including music, drama, athletics and intramurals. The district offers supportive assistance to make it possible for ALL learners to participate, regardless of their financial situation. For more information, or if you have any further questions, please contact the Social Worker in your child's building (listed below).

Grades K-6: Ms. Kendra Kakos, 846-6789, ext. 1632, or kkakos@cysd.k12.pa.us

If you have questions or concerns that cannot be addressed to the School Social Worker, please contact Mr. Kevin Youcheff, Assistant Superintendent, at 846-6789, ext. 1210.