Mini Camps: Single Day and Holiday Break Camps

We’ve got you covered on those random days off and those long holiday breaks. Come join us for Full STEAM Ahead Mini Camps! Our Mini Camps are chocked full of learning opportunities to keep kids’ brains growing while they have fun, learn important skills, and make new friends.

Full STEAM Ahead Mini Camps are not just convenient for working parents, additionally they are a wonderful opportunity to get some extra STEAM enrichment in. Mini Camps feature a rotating list of activities that we hand select for high engagement and higher level thinking. Not taking advantage of our single day camp yet? Sign up today!

Mini Camps in Naples follow the CCPS calendar, with exceptions made for other schools by request.

Cost and Times

AM Session: 9am – 12pm, $32.50

PM Session: 1pm – 4pm, $32.50

Early Release Day Camp

Full STEAM Ahead Mini Camps have you covered on early release days and half days as well. Our normal transportation routes will run on an adjusted schedule for CCPS and Lee mini camps.

Early release days are broken into 2 sessions, a 12pm – 3pm and a 3pm – 6pm session.

Transportation on Early Release Days is available at 11:50am (or your schools designate time) from:

Collier County Schools

Laurel Oak Elementary
Veterans Memorial Elementary

Lee County Schools

Rayma C Page Elementary
Heights Elementary

What Will We Do?

Mini Camps are chock full of our best-of activities. Below is an example of some of the activities that students might partake in during any given Mini Camp.

Minecraft

Students work collaboratively and creatively through a series of academic-based challenges in the world of Minecraft. Sample projects include building a scale model of the International Space Station and exploring ancient ruins to learn about archaeology. Advanced students even get a chance to work with commands, command blocks, custom resource packs, and redstone.

Music Tech

Music is a universal language that kids from all backgrounds and ability levels can appreciate. However, there can be kind of a steep learning curve with a lot of music! Our Music Tech class combines two of our favorite things, Music and Technology, to make learning music more accessible and more fun.

Robotics and Coding

If the future is run by machines, and those machines are run by people… Among other things, learning to code is an essential skill for today’s kids. Why learn to code while staring at a computer screen? Why not build and program robots to complete Moon missions, engage in battle, or save the world? Learn coding and robotics the fun way!

Smart Art

In Smart Art, our students get a chance to unlock their creativity and learn art techniques in a relaxing, stress free atmosphere. Kids work on independent projects guided by our art teachers all while building confidence, making friends, and developing thinking skills that will last a lifetime.

Design Day

With so many fun and educational things to do at Full STEAM Ahead, why limit yourself to just one? Design takes the best of everything and cycles through our all-star cast of STEAM activities. Design rockets, bridges, houses, and much more!

Animation

With as big an impact as cartoons are on most children (and maybe we’re projecting here), why not teach them how to create their own? Animation is a brilliant combination of art and science that gets children flexing their creative and artistic muscles while thinking and planning strategically. What’s not to love about that!

3D Printing & Modeling

3D Printing has the potential to have a profound impact on just about all aspects of our lives. From the food we eat to the clothes we wear and the cars we drive, 3D printers can make them all. In our 3D Printing and Modeling Class, students will learn how to design their own 3D models and will get the opportunity to make them come alive with the magic of 3D Printing.

Science!

From spaceflight physics using Kerbal Space Program to liquid nitrogen experiments, our “Science!” class at Full STEAM Ahead will keep kids coming back for more. Experiments, explosions, and good old fashioned science fun every week!

Love our mini camps and early release day camps and want more? Check the After School Program for a daily dose of STEAM excellence.

Holiday and Mini Camp Schedule – 2022-23 school year

Lee County Schools	Collier County Schools
Mini Camps	Mini Camps
Aug 31 – PD – Early Dismissal	Aug 25 – Professional Learning – Early Release
*Sept 5 – Labor Day (STEAM CLOSED)*	*Sept 5 – Labor Day (STEAM CLOSED)*
Oct 5 – Yom Kippur	Sept 26 – Teacher Inservice Day
Oct 14 – Teacher Work Day	Oct 5 – Yom Kippur
Oct 26 – PD – Early Dismissal	Oct 17 – Teacher Work Day
Nov 11 – Veterans Day	Nov 11 – Veterans Day (Early Release)
Nov 21 – 23 – Thanksgiving Break	Nov 21 – 23 – Hurricane Makeup Day/Break
*Nov 24 – 25 – Thanksgiving (STEAM CLOSED)*	*Nov 24 – 25 – Thanksgiving (STEAM CLOSED)*
Dec 21 – Early Dismissal	Dec 19 – 23 – Winter Break
Dec 22 – 23 – Winter Break	Dec 26 – 30 – Winter Break
Dec 26 – 30 – Winter Break	Jan 2 – Winter Break
Jan 2 – 6 – Winter Break	Jan 12 – Early Release Day
Jan 9 – Teacher work day	Jan 13 – Teacher work day
Jan 16 – MLK Day	Jan 16 – MLK Day
Feb 17 – Hurricane Makeup	Feb 20 – President’s Day
Feb 20 – President’s Day	Mar 13 – 17 – Spring Break
Feb 22 – PD – Early Dismissal	Mar 27- Teacher Work Day
Mar 17 – Teacher Work Day	Apr 7 – Good Friday (Check w/ St. Monica’s)
Mar 20 – 24 – Spring Break	Apr 10 – Easter Monday
Apr 7 – Good Friday	*May 29 – Memorial Day (STEAM CLOSED)*
Apr 10 – Easter Monday	June 1 – 2 – Summer Setup – STEAM CLOSED
Apr 26 – PD – Early Dismissal	June 5 – 9 – First week of Summer Camps
May 5 – Hurricane Makeup Day
*May 29 – Memorial Day (STEAM CLOSED)*
June 5 – 9 Pre-Summer Week (STEAM CLOSED)