Our Summer Camps for 2023 have something for every age and interest. Get ready for skill-building, experimenting, investigating, and having a blast in our community. Spend your summer at Norfolk Christian with Norfolk Christian Summer Camps!
SPORTS CAMPS
Youth Soccer Camp
This soccer camp will focus on individual skill development & boosting player confidence in a fun environment. Sessions will consist of dribbling, ball control, passing/shooting technique and basic game knowledge to help them be effective on the field.
Week: June 12 – 16
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Coach Sam Okai, Varsity Boys Soccer
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
Baseball/Softball
Come out for skill development, team building, game knowledge, and lots of fun! Learn the basics from an experienced collegiate softball player, Coach Jazz, and players from both the Norfolk Christian softball team and baseball team! We can develop a foundation of skills to prepare you for high school competition! Whether it’s hitting, pitching, fielding, or just knowing the game, we’ve got you covered!
Week: June 12 – 16
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Coach Jazmine Leingang
Grades: 5 – 8
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
7v7 Flag Football
Our 2023 flag football camp will focus on individual skills and 7-on-7 play. Register as an individual free agent and you will be placed on a team. Each day will begin with individual skills and competition games, followed by league style 7-on-7 play. The final day of camp will consist of championship rounds for all competitions and 7-on-7 play.
Week: June 12 – June 15
Session: Afternoon 5:30pm – 8pm
Leader: Coach Tim Bender
Grades: 3 – 9
Location: Upper School
Cost: $75/Individual
Middle School Soccer Camp
This camp will focus on building individual talent and integrating those skills into group play. The goal of this camp is to prepare players for middle school and varsity level play.
Week: June 19 – June 23
Session: Morning 8am – 11:15am
Leader: Coach Sam Okai, Varsity Boys Soccer
Grades: 6 – 8
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
PURSUE – FCA Girls Basketball Camp
Learn the basics and develop your basketball skills with our NCS Head Varsity Girls Coach.
Week: June 19 – June 23
Session: Afternoon 12pm – 5pm
Leader: Coach Mike Fariss
Grades: 3 – 9
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
Junior Ambassador Cheer Camp
Come learn the basics of cheerleading with our Varsity Cheerleaders! We will be playing games, making cheer crafts and teaching our future Ambassador Cheerleaders what it really means to be an Ambassador for Christ
Week: June 26 – June 30
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Jamicia Collins
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
FCA Coed Lacrosse Camp
Learn lacrosse basics such as catching, cradling, and scooping in this fun skill camp. This is great preparation for campers who want to learn the game as well as those who want to take their skills to the next level in preparation for competitive play.
Week: June 26 – June 30
Session: Afternoon 12:15pm – 4pm
Leaders: Coaches Nat, Lee, Amy, and Pat
Grades: K – 12
Location: Upper School
Cost: $125
SPECIALTY CAMPS
Cake Decorating and Candy Making
**Only one spot remaining!**
This camp will focus on the basic cake decorating skills, such as borders, drop flowers, balloons, and silly string techniques and will learn how to ice and decorate cakes, cupcakes, cookie cakes and candy, and if time permits, Mason Jar cakes. Campers will learn safety around the kitchen while preparing to bake their cake or cookies. Campers will also learn that there is a science behind baking; what it is and how it works. Campers will take home delicious, decorated desserts as well as some supplies that they are able to take home to practice and/or show their family and friends what they have learned.
Week: June 12 – 16
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leaders: Lisa Carroll and Carol Shearon
Grades: 3-5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Explorations
Start your summer fun with Norfolk Christian on 5 super fun field trips with activities exploring the world around us! We will learn about the ocean, space, animals, nature and science. Field trips can include the Botanical Gardens, the Norfolk Zoo, First Landing State Park, the Aquarium or the Children’s Science Museum in Portsmouth!
Week: June 12 – 16
Session: Morning 12:15pm – 4pm
Leaders: Athletic Department
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Art Rocks!
Exploring music within the visual arts through action painting, collage, sculpture and more! In the Art Rocks camp we will present a combination of fun music and energetic art for a creative adventure. All week we will discover artists whose work is about both music and the musicians themselves. Campers will design and create musical instruments and will design and build a musical sculpture. These rock artists will create their own rock art, design paintings to music and try their hand at melodic action painting as they experiment with the use of music (classic, jazz, pop, hip hop) as inspiration for their own masterpieces.
Week: June 19 – 23
Session: Morning 8:00am – 11:45am
Leader: Emily Porter
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Around the World in 5 Days
Food, games, crafts, and stories from a different place each day
Week: June 19 – 23
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Laura Harris
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Beginner Coding Camp
Coding is in a block programming language designed by
professors at MIT to teach computer programming to
elementary school students. Your students will learn how to
program games, animations and more! Using Scratch and
Code.org, we will produce projects on many different
subjects. For the robotics part of camp, we will be using
Ozobots. They are small robots that look a little like R2D2
from Star Wars. Campers will program the Ozobots using
color coding and computer coding. They will program them
to turn, speed up, slow down, spin, skate, talk, play piano
notes and many other cool moves. If your student is
interested at all in technology, they will love this camp.
Week: June 26 – June 30
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Mary Hall
Grades: 1 – 5
Location: Lower School
Cost: $125
Castles, Crowns, and Catapults
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Calling all Knights and Ladies to this historical camp to experience life in the Middle Ages. Participants will learn about this fascinating era through stories, games, hands-on creative projects, and fun activities.
Week: June 26 – June 30
Session: Afternoon 12:15pm – 4pm
Leader: Deb Heider
Grades: 3 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Advanced Coding Camp
Coding is in a block programming language designed by
professors at MIT to teach computer programming to
elementary school students. Your students will learn how to
program games, animations and more! Using Scratch and
Code.org, we will produce projects on many different
subjects. For the robotics part of camp, we will be using
Ozobots. They are small robots that look a little like R2D2
from Star Wars. Campers will program the Ozobots using
color coding and computer coding. They will program them
to turn, speed up, slow down, spin, skate, talk, play piano
notes and many other cool moves. If your student is
interested at all in technology, they will love this camp.
Week: June 26 – June 30
Session: Afternoon 12:15pm – 4pm
Leader: Mary Hall
Grades: 3 – 5
Location: Lower School
Cost: $125
Dr. Seuss and the STEM Days of Summer
Week: July 10 – July 14
Session: Morning 8am – 11:45am
Leader: Brianna Crapanzano and Rachael Posch
Grades: 3 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
Beginner Hand Sewing Class
This class focuses on the fun of learning a new skill and enjoying the creative process! Participants will learn the basics of hand sewing and embroidery, then will design and sew their own plush felt figures.
Week: July 10 – July 14
Session: Afternoon 12:15pm – 4pm
Leader: Deb Heider
Grades: 3 – 5
Location: Upper School
Cost: $150
