On-Going Summer Programs

Jr. High and HS Garden Program (open to anyone)

• Mondays June 20-August 1
• Times: 9am-noon

Green Thumb Club

• Open to students and families
• New program each week
• Mondays June 20-August 1
• Times: 10am-noon

Farmer’s Market at the downtown YMCA

• Thursdays July 14-August4
• Times: 3-7pm

Summer Sessions

**WMAES students attend all camps listed below for ½ price.**

1. Survival Tech Camp

Dates: June 21-24                                                            
Entering grades 6-8
Times: 9am-3pm                                                           
Cost: $75

Campers will learn survival skills and how our ancestors lived off of nature. Make fires, shelters, tools and much more! We will spend the night in the forest on Thursday, June 23rd. Pick up is on Friday, June 24th at noon.

2. Let’s Camp and Canoe! 

Dates: June 28-July 1                                                 
Entering grades 7-12  
Times: 9am-3pm (when on campus)                        
Cost: $100

Students will begin the week with some team building experiences on campus, which will lead to a service project at WMAES. On Thursday, June 30th, we hit the road for an adventure to Grayling, MI where we will canoe a stretch of the Manistee River, and camp at a rustic campsite. Students will learn canoe and camping skills, and how to cook over a fire. Pickup is on Friday, July 1st at 2pm.

3. The Wonders of Water 

Dates: July 11-14                                                             
All ages camp
Times: 12:30pm-3:30pm                                               
Cost: $30

Students will learn all about water, and where it comes from. Get wet and wild, and explore the creatures that call water home! Each day will be a new adventure in water, so prepare to get wet. There will even be an off campus field trip on Thursday, July 14th to Aman Park where we will wade in Sand Creek, and see who lives there.

4. Plants and Animals Safari 

Dates: July 18-21                                                            
All ages camp
Times: 12:30pm-3:30pm                                               
Cost: $30

Spend the week learning about the plants and animals in Michigan. Catch and make an insect collection to take home. Pick and press leaves and plants for an ID book that is made by YOU! Search the forest for snakes, salamanders, frogs and birds. If we are lucky, we might even catch a glimpse of our local red fox.

5. What’s Cookin’ In Nature? 

Dates: July 25-28                                                             
All ages camp
Times: 12:30pm-3:30pm                                               
Cost: $30

Take a dash of farm fresh ingredients, a pinch of teamwork, and a smidge of rumbling tummies and what do you get? A week of delicious fun foods! We will be using the mud oven, and also cooking over an open fire. So, bring your appetites and let’s cook!

6. Natural Building Camp  

Dates:  August 1-4                                                            
All ages camp & Adults encouraged
Times: 9am-noon                                                           
Cost: $30

Learn the basics of building with clay, sand and straw, and help us create a thatch roof building at WMAES, and fix up our mud oven. We will get down and dirty, and have a healthy snack each day. Kids, bring your parents and let’s build!

7. Rocket Camp

Dates:  August 1-4                                                  
Entering grades 5-12
Times: 12:30pm-3:30pm                                               
Cost: $30

Three, two, one BLAST OFF! He has been teaching students the basics behind rocket science for many years, and will lead your student on a safe exploration of rockets. Each day campers will make a rocket and blast it off, how fun!