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Patch Guide to Summer Camps for Kids

With the warm weather on the way, now is the time to select a great summer program before they all fill up.

With a little less than four months left in the school year, local parents have already started planning for their kids’ summer vacation.

And that means one thing: summer camp.

To help you decide, Sayville-Bayport Patch has compiled this summer camp guide featuring a host of programs in town – and others from nearby towns – to make the job of picking the one that’s right for your kids a much easier experience.

See the list below, and if you think we missed some, please add the camp details in the comment section.  

Name: Destination Science
Type of camp: science/educational
Cost: $364 - $1,456, with March early bird discount and sibling discount available
Where:  St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, 268 Middle Rd, Sayville.
When:  Astronaut Adventure Camp: July 15 - 19; Crazy Coaster Science and Sea-fari Park: July 29 - Aug. 2; The Ultimate Survival Zone: July 8 - 12, Aug. 5 - 9; Wacky Mega-Bot Tech: July 22 - 26.
Deadline for registration: as space permits.
Details:  This educational science camp make science fun by exploring different themes each week: Astronaut Adventure (Grades K - 6) calls all future astronauts to learn about outdoor space, Crazy Coaster Science and Sea-Fari Park build your own crazy roller coaster and explore under the sea; The Ultimate Survival Zone (Grades K - 6) teaches about outdoor survival by studying chameleons and surviving a volcano, Wacky Mega-Bot Tech (Grades K - 6) is all about robots and exploring alternative energy.
For more information call: 1-888-909-2822.

Name: Great South Bay YMCA
Type of camp: outdoors/sports/arts and crafts/travel
Cost:  Kiddie Kamp: $395 for half day per session, $430- $910 full day per session; Youth Camp: $590 - $910 per session, third session $635 - $910; Junior Travel Camp: $600 - $930 per session; Sports Camp: $580 - $910 per session; Performing Arts Camp: $615 per session; Teen Travel Camp: $995 per session; Teen Camp “Mickey’s Retreat”: $1,750, Counselor in Training: $925 per session; Special Needs/Inclusion: *Call.
Where: Great South Bay YMCA, 200 W. Main St., Bay  Shore.
When: Three Sessions: Session I: June 24 - July 12, Closed July 4. Session II: July 15 - Aug. 2,  Session III: Aug. 5 - 23.
Deadline for registration: Ongoing enrollment, as space permits.
Details:  The Great South Bay YMCA hosts a variety of day camp and travel camps:
Kiddie Kamp (ages 3 - 5), Youth Camp (grades K - 3), Junior Travel Camp (grades 4 - 6), Sports Camp (grades 1 - 8), Performing Arts Camp (ages 6 - 10), Teen Travel Camp (grades 7 - 9), Teen Travel “Mickey’s Retreat” (grades 7 - 9), Counselor in Training (age 15 and older). Younger camps focus on sports, games and arts and crafts. Teen camps go on field trips, with “Mickey’s Retreat” featuring a trip to Disney World.
For more information call: 631-665-4255

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John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.