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Jaguar Camp
Our traditional summer day camp experience, Jaguar Camp offers a variety of age-appropriate activities each day for your child to promote growth, development, and fun through sports and fitness, arts and crafts, reading, and STEAM based games.
Each camper will receive swim lessons Monday through Thursday at no extra charge. Lessons are taught by our Jaguar Swim School staff, and campers learn skills through the SwimAmerica curriculum. Children registered for Jaguar Camp will swim in the morning, and enrichment campers will swim in the afternoon.
Reading time is provided each day at camp to keep those skills strong during the summer break from school. We have a mini library full of books, but campers are welcome to bring a book of their choice.
Field trips and/or special guests are offered each week, typically on Fun Friday. We do have a couple on different days of the week throughout the summer.
Regular camp programming hours are 9:00am-3:30pm Monday through Friday. We understand that a majority of parents work outside of these hours, so before and after care is included at no extra cost to families who need it. These hours begin at 7:30am and end at 5:30pm.
Ages: 5-12
Jaguar Camp
Week 1: June 9-13
Week 2: June 16-20 No camp June 19th
Week 3: June 23-27
Week 4: June 30-July 3 No camp July 4th
Week 5: July 7-11
Week 6: July 14-18
Week 7: July 21-25
Week 8: July 28-August 1
Indians Game (Wed. 6/25)
Enrichment Camps
Do you enjoy the basics of traditional camp, but want a little extra programming in your camper's day? Whether you're looking for STEAM activities, art, sports, martial arts, or yoga, we have a variety of enrichment camps for you!
Enrichment programming takes place in the first half of your camper's day beginning at 9:15am, then they rejoin the main camp for lunch, afternoon swim lessons, games, and more.
Amazing Athletes
Amazing Athletes of Central Indiana uses sports as a catalyst to meet the needs of the whole child through non-competitive, sports-based fitness camps designed to advance each child’s individual motor-skills and inspire future participation in physical activity. Introduction, skill development, fitness and fun are key to bringing multiple sports related activities to each week of camp. Using music, stretching, obstacle courses and sports-related games as our guide postAmazing Athletes will have your child active, smiling and wanting more!
Amazing Athletes
Lacrosse
The oldest organized sport in North America - lacrosse has been on the fast track in Indiana. Learn stick skills/ the rules of the game and non-competitive play in this fast-paced and exciting camp.
Super Soccer Stars
By focusing on the fundamentals of soccer - passing, dribbling, shooting and footwork through theme and game development, Students of all levels will hone their skill while also building confidence and body awareness.
Track & Field
Running/Racing/Jumping/Throwing - youth will explore all aspects of the sport of track and field - including long jump/discus/shot put/hurdles/javelin and relays. This camp will explore all that the sport of track and field has to offer - ending the week with a decathlon event for all campers.
TGA Cheer
Go TEAM Go! Students will learn introductory and foundational skills of cheer/dance and stunting. With an emphasis on leadership, group dynamics and teamwork, students will learn a full routine which will be performed on the last day of programming.
Amazing Athletes
Superhero Ninja Training
To be a super hero means having strength, agility, balance, and speed. With a focus on learning special superhero training skills, fun games and activities are explored such as “jumping over hot lava,” “dodging fireballs,” “lightsaber training,” “scooter flying,” “ghostbuster tag,” and so many more! Being a superhero also means having a compassion for society, a kind heart, and a willingness to do good and help others. These are qualities we discuss and talk about with our campers. This camp really encourages campers to be a superhero in everyday life! A Daily super hero craft will be included.
Space Astronaut Training
1 - 2 - 3 Blast off! ‘train’ to be an explorer about to take your first adventure into space. Learn to ‘moon walk’, parachute home, zero gravity balance challenge, rocket ship repair, ‘dodging’ asteroids and more. STEM activities including net catch/power kicking/training agility course.
Dodgeball
Dodge/Duck/Dip/Dive - those are the skills of dodgeball! Learn variations of the classic game as campers work together as a team to stay in the game. Voting for favorite style of play will ensue during the week, cultivating in a final dodgeball tournament.
Soccer Olympic Medals
Go for the GOLD! With an emphasis on soccer, students will also have the opportunity each day to explore an additional Olympic sport such as hockey/handball/volleyball/croquet/tug of war.
Challenge Island
The mission of Challenge Island is to meet the social, emotional and intellectual needs of both today’s playful creative child and tomorrow’s globally successful adult through innovative cross-curricular, project-based, standard-aligned STEAM education.
STEAMTeams STEAMbuilding 21stCenturyLearning Project-BasedLearning ProblemSolving
Social-EmotionalLearning CriticalThinking Creativity WhimsicalIslandAmbiance Screen-FreeFun
Wizardry Camp
Challenge Island
Calling all wizard-loving kids to a magical week of spellbinding adventure! You’ll design your own wand and wizarding gear and be sorted into your perfect STEAM house. You'll take a full load of STEAMwarts classes from Potions to Spells to Enchanted Candy Making. You'll take part in the Tri-Wizard Challenge and fly your broomstick in the STEAMwarts game arena. Camp will culminate with a charming graduation ceremony. Reserve your wizarding ticket soon because spots are sure to disappear like magic.
Slimetopia® Camp™
It’s the squishy, squashy camp that started it all! You and a STEAM Team of friends will learn the science of slime and design your own Slime Factory. You'll open your own Slimetopia Theme Park and fill it with different slimey lands like Under the Sea Slime Land, Mine Slime Land and Once Upon a Slime Land. From butter to bubble; from crunchy to glossy; from fluffy to floamy to every slime in between, we’ve got you and your STEAM Team covered (in slime, that is!). Don’t miss out on this timeless Challenge Island bestseller!
Shark Camp™
It's Shark Week at Challenge Island and what better way to celebrate than by bringing our Bridge to Sharktooth Island book to life? You and your STEAM Team will join characters Daniel, Joy, Kimani and Davinci on their Sharktooth Island adventures from bridge-building to pirate ship exploring to mixing up spectacular slime seas. You’ll dive into the fascinating world of SHARKS and tackle an ocean full of shark-inspired challenges! This cool camp is perfect for shark fact FINatics and for fans of the Challenge Island, Magic Tree House and Magic School Bus book series. Don't miss out on this FINtastic experience!
Challenge Island
STEAM Tank Entrepreneur Camp™
Calling all innovative and inventive kids to an adventure in STEAM and entrepreneurship! You and your STEAM Team will design, create and open new businesses every day: From PIZZApreneur Day SWEETreprenur Day to SLIMEtrepreneur Day to PETrepreneur Day to HAUNTrepreneur Day. Can you convince the island sharks that your STEAM Team’s business belongs in the new Challenge Island Mall? Don’t miss out on this-one-of a kind entrepreneurial experience!
Mission Space Camp™
Calling all space explorers! You and your STEAM Team of astronauts will embark on an unforgettable journey through space in search of a stellar new intergalactic vacation destination. This camp will whisk you away on a voyage of discovery through our galaxy and beyond. Your mission? Choose a perfect new planet for you to design and build an out-of this world space resort where humans can live, thrive and play all day! Can you convince everyone on Earth to jump into a rocket and vacation on your new planet? This camp promises to be an absolute blast, so reserve your spot on the spaceship today!
Craft-A-Palooza
Crouching Tigers
At the Crouching Tigers LEADERSHIP camp, students will learn fundamental martial arts and self defense techniques as well as life skills such as confidence and respect. Over the course of the week, students will complete activities in both character development and martial arts while making friends and learning to work within a team. The final hour of camp will include a board breaking ceremony and a chance for students to show off what they have learned.
Program curriculum will be repeated each week.
Week 2: June 16-20 No
3: June 23-27
Week 5: July 7-11
Week 6: July 14-18
DaVinci Camp
Dare to be Like Da Vinci!
Time travel to reveal how Leonardo Da Vinci’s inquisitiveness inspired many of today’s advancements from art to zoology. Learners begin their STEAM journey as apprentices and graduate to Journeypersons. Along the way, they meet Leonardo Da Vinci and engage in hands-on activities that promote creativity, multi-subject integration and collaborative learning. Learners experiment with mirror writing, observe patterns, reveal anatomical proportions and create masterpieces fit for a king. Most importantly, they develop a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of the world simply by asking, “I wonder why..."
HerronArt Camp
This art enrichment through the Herron School of Art + Design will provide campers with the chance to explore a variety of two and three-dimensional media, contemporary artists, and art supply experiments! Campers can look forward to paint splatters, pendulums that paint with gravity, and watercolor magic. 3-D worlds will be created using 3-D printed forms, found objects, and sustainable materials. Each day, campers will focus on a different experience or project. On Friday, campers will create their own art gallery in Herron, featuring work they created during the week.
Week 5: July 7-11
Junior Chef
Campers will become chefs in training for the week, learning kitchen basics such as cutting techniques, mixing, the difference between cooking and baking, reading recipes, understanding measurements, kitchen safety, nutrition, and more. Participants will experience scratch cooking and eat the food they’ve learned to prepare. All necessary equipment is provided by Chartwells, including age-appropriate knives, cutting boards, and utensils.
Junior Lifeguard
If you’re interested in becoming a lifeguard one day, then Junior Lifeguard Camp is for you! This enrichment camp is geared towards introducing campers to the “real world” of lifeguarding and water safety. Instructors for this course are the Natatorium’s award-winning lifeguards and Ellis & Associates Lifeguard Instructors. Each participant will learn water safety and rescue protocol as well as CPR, first aid, and water surveillance. This course does not provide a CPR certification, but students gain valuable knowledge and experience.
Prerequisites:
Campers must be 11 – 12 years of age at the start of the camp
Each camper will be tested the first day of camp and must be able to:
Swim 50 yards using crawl or breaststroke without resting
Do a surface dive, retrieve a 10lb brick and bring it to the wall from a depth of 4 feet
Swim underwater for 10 feet
Week 2: June 16-20
No camp June 19th
Field trip Friday morning 11-12 9:00-3:00 $289
MusicTechnology Academy
In partnership with the Music & Arts Technology department through the Herron School of Art + Design, students will explore the connections between music and coding using Scratch and Soundtrap. Students will "play with sound" by creating songs, adding sound effects to animations, and creating short podcasts. Students will also learn how to code musical ideas and use controllers to perform their pieces.
Pirate Camp
As students transform into pirates, they work together to navigate the high seas. Through STEM-focused science experiments, hands-on engineering design activities, and engaging group discussions, students experience just how much science and engineering it takes to be a pirate.
Each day begins with a story that sets the scene and engages the students' senses, curiosity, and critical thinking. Just like real pirates, students must work together with their crew to accomplish challenging tasks such as building catapults, tying knots, making maps, and following them to hidden treasure! Adventure and treasure awaits your camper - by the end of Pirate Camp, they'll be singing, Yo ho ho, it’s a pirate’s life for me!
SillyHearts Yoga
Animal Yoga Parade Camp
Movement, Fun, and Creativity
Join us for a wild adventure where yoga meets imagination! In our Animal Yoga Parade Camp, children will explore fun, dynamic movements inspired by their favorite animals. From the stretching cat to the leaping frog, they'll parade through the day, practicing yoga poses that mimic the motions and behaviors of different creatures.
The fun doesn’t stop there! Kids will get creative with crafts and games, adding an extra layer of excitement to their yoga practice. We'll march, stretch, and roar through the week! This camp is all about movement, creativity, and fun—perfect for anyone who likes to express themselves and get moving!
Greatfor Beginners!
Diving Camp
Instructed by coaches from the Indiana International School of Diving (IISD), this beginner to intermediate level diving camp will introduce kids to the basics of diving including approaches, proper body positioning, front, back, inward, and reverse dives, twists, and arm stands. Whether you're brand new to diving, or you want to improve your skills, this camp is for you! All participants must be comfortable in deep water and be able to swim a minimum of 25 yards. A half-day Jaguar Camp add-on is available for this enrichment.
Week 8: July 28-August 1 5-12
$200 Diving Only
1/2 Day Jaguar Camp Add-On 5-12 $124
Camp Policies
Refund/Cancellation Policy
All cancellation/refund requests must be submitted through the Jaguar Summer Day Camp Request Form
A full refund will be issued if the department cancels any camp session
A full refund, minus a $20 service fee per camp week per participant, will be issued if requested at least 14 days prior to the start of the camp session
Cancellation requests made within 7 to 13 days prior to the start of a camp session will receive a 50% refund, minus a $20 service fee per camp week per participant Jaguar Summer Day Camp will not issue any refunds for requests made with less than 7 days prior to the start of a camp session
Camp sessions will not be prorated for vacations or illness
Transfer Policy
A transfer from one camp program to another will depend on the spots available in the desired program If the camp is at capacity, a transfer will not be permitted Transfer requests must be completed at least 7 days prior to the start of the desired camp. If there is a price difference between the two camps, the balance must be paid in full prior to the start of the camp. Please email jagcamps@iu.edu to request your transfer.
Waitlist Policy
If a camp is full, you can join the waitlist There is no fee associated with the waitlist If a spot opens up in the desired camp, the parent/guardian at the top of the waitlist will be contacted. The parent/guardian will have 24 hours to pay in full for the desired camp. If payment is not received, the next parent/guardian on the waitlist will be contacted about the opening.
Camp Policies
Age Policy
The majority of our camps are for 5 to 12 years of age. Some camps have an age restriction based on the enrichment. Campers must be the age required by the start date of the desired camp.
Camper Restroom Expectations
Jaguar Summer Day Camp's expectation is that all campers can take care of their own restroom needs.
Field Trips
Field trips are weather permitting and subject to change without advance notice. Alternative rainy day activities will be facilitated should the field trip be cancelled.
Medication
Any medication given to your camper during camp hours must be in the original container with clear prescription information. Medication will be stored in the camp office and administered per instructions, unless the medication is utilized for quickrelief, emergency purposes. Emergency medications will stay with the adults supervising the child for whom the medication belongs. With the parent’s permission, older children may self-carry emergency medications. We must receive a child’s medication for exclusive use during camp
Food Allergies
Two snacks are provided daily by the camp Typically, it is two packaged snacks (Teddy Grahams, Goldfish, Cheez-Its, etc.). If your child has food allergies, we strongly encourage you to send snacks in their lunch bag. Please notify the camp of any food allergies for your camper. Please note that we are not a nut-free camp, but we monitor lunches closely and food sharing is not permitted.
FrequentlyAsked Questions
What are your camp hours?
Our camp program hours are 9:00am-3:30pm Monday through Friday. We accept early drop-off starting at 7:30am and late pick-up until 5:30pm.
Where can I find the Parent/Guardian Guide?
Our 2025 Parent/Guardian Guide is not yet published. This will be sent to parents as well as posted on our website this spring. It will contain all necessary details for your camper
Do I need to pack lunch for my camper?
Yes! Every camper needs to bring a healthy, non-perishable lunch each day, along with a refillable water bottle (no glass). Refrigerators and microwaves are not available. please use ice packs as needed.
Do you offer scholarships?
We do not offer scholarships at this time.
What is your counselor-to-camper ratio?
FrequentlyAsked Questions
Camper Considerations
Inclusion
As a traditional day camp, Jaguar Summer Day Camp is not a specialized or therapeutic program. However, we are committed to being an inclusive camp, and are happy to make reasonable modifications that we can support on a case-by-case basis.
We ask that you please share as much information as possible about your child so that we can ensure that Jaguar Summer Day Camp is a good fit. Helpful information might include a schoolIEPor 504 plan, reports from a psychologist, psychiatrist, and/or speech, occupational, physical, and behavioral therapists
These reports and plans are highly confidential and will only be shared with the leadership team. The more we know, the better prepared we will be to make camp a successful experience for your child.
Modification Requests
Please contact Katy Shreve at 317.278.2187 orkashreve@iu.eduif your child receives any accommodations, supports, or services (private or in-school) during the school year, or if you have any questions or concerns about Jaguar Summer Day Camp’s fit for your child, prior to registration
Other Considerations
Camps are not a “ one size fits all”, and there may be times when our camp doesn’t fit the participant This may be because:
The camper doesn’t like the activities or components of camp (e.g., games, swimming, field trips, etc.)
The participant has a health condition that limits participation in activities of long duration
The Jaguar Summer Day Camp staff, along with the family, haven’t found the right plan for participation with the camper
Jaguar Summer Day Camp staff reserves the right to delay the start of participation, or temporarily suspend a camper, until a plan has been established to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all participants.
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