We hope these summer opportunities help students from the Twin Cities area grow and flourish during the summer months!
Please note that all camp payments are non-refundable.
- Archaeology Camp
- Dates: Monday, June 11th-Friday, June 15th
- Time: 8:45 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering 5th-9th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: Archaeology has been called the handmaid of history. So much of what we know about the past is based upon careful examination of archaeological records. This summer, join us for an exciting adventure and learn some of the scientific principles and hands-on skills that real archaeologists around the world use to uncover the long-buried secrets of the past!
- Instructors: Mr. Panka & Ms. Conley
- Cost: $150/student (additional siblings are $100)- a limited number of partial scholarships available
- Sign Up Deadline: Thursday, May 31st
- Learn more and register here!
- Catholic Vacation Bible School (CVBS)
- Dates: Monday, June 25th-Friday, June 29th
- Time: 8:45 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering Pre-K (must be at least 4 years old)-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: The 2018 theme for CVBS is "Discovery Mission!" Your vocation is your mission! Is it to marriage, the priesthood, religious life? Children will have the opportunity to enjoy snacks, engage in games, art, drama, lessons, and stories that will help them to seek God's Will, and meet special guests who are living out their Vocations. Come explore, and maybe discover, your mission this summer at the Catholic VOCATION Bible School!
- Instructors: many adult & teenaged trained helpers
- Cost: $30/child (maximum $90/family)- scholarships available
- Questions: Contact coordinators Marilyn Grutsch (952.240.6191 or grutsch@usfamily.net, Katie Norton (952.221.9413 or katie@nortoncrew.com) or Linda Wandrei (952.240.3732 or boysnlinda@msn.com).
- Sign Up Deadline: Thursday, June 21st
- Learn more and register your child here!
- Sign up to help out here!
- Drama Camp
- Dates: Monday, July 9th-Friday, July 13th
- Time: 9:30 AM-noon
- Grades: Entering 2nd-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: New this year! Mrs. Johnston will take students on a journey of fun and excitement, learning how to improvise, play act, and how to have stage presence. Students will work toward the performance of a 30-minute play (to be revealed in order to add suspense!) at the end of the camp, Friday, July 13th, at noon.
- Instructor: Mrs. Jacqueline Johnston
- Cost: $50/student (maximum $75/family)
- Minimum Enrollment: 12 students
- Sign Up Deadline: Monday, July 2nd
- Learn more and register here!
- Choir Camp
- Dates: Tuesday, July 17th-Friday, July 20th
- Time: 9 AM-noon
- Ages: 7-18
- Location: Holy Family Catholic Church
- Description: Holy Family's annual Choir Camp for Kids is an educational, four-day exploration of all things musical. With our extra-special teaching staff, the kids will be kept busy learning about music, playing educational musical games, and singing pretty much the whole time! The camp will culminate in a public concert in the church on Friday, July 20th, at 11:30 AM (all are welcome to attend!).
- Instructors: Director of Sacred Music, Scott Turkington & others
- Cost: $25/student (family cap of $75)
- Sign Up Deadline: Tuesday, July 17th
- Learn more and register here!
- Gregorian Chant Camp
- Dates: Tuesday, July 24th-Friday, July 27th (attendance all four days is required)
- Time: 1 PM-4 PM
- Grades: Any high school student entering 9th-12th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: This intensive four-day camp delves deeply in the vast subject of Gregorian Chant, the Church's official Sacred Music. Study of the eight Church Modes, the functions of the various types of chant, the traditional square notation of the Middle Ages, and the 2000-year history of chant are all undertaken. It’s like musical archaeology! The camp will culminate in a public concert in the church on Friday, July 27th, at 4 PM (all are welcome to attend!).
- Instructor: Director of Sacred Music, Scott Turkington
- Cost: $50/student (A new copy of the Gregorian Missal will be included)
- Sign Up Deadline: Tuesday, July 24th
- Learn more and register here!
- Math Primer
- Week 1 Only Dates: Monday, July 30th-Thursday, August 2nd
- Week 1 & 2 Dates: Monday, July 30th-Thursday, August 2nd & Monday, August 6th-Thursday, 9th
- Time: 9 AM-10:15 AM
- Grades: Entering 3rd-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: Keep your child’s math skills fresh during the summer through age-appropriate math games, exercises, and hands-on activities, done individually and in groups!
- Instructors: Mrs. McGrath & Teach for Christ Helper
- Cost: $50/student, per week ($100/student for both weeks; you may do the first week only or both weeks)
- Minimum Enrollment: 10 students
- Sign Up Deadline: Monday, July 23rd
- Learn more and register here!
- Reading Primer
- Week 1 Only Dates: Monday, July 30th-Thursday, August 2nd
- Week 1 & 2 Dates: Monday, July 30th-Thursday, August 2nd & Monday, August 6th-Thursday, August 9th
- Time: 10:30 AM-11:45 AM
- Grades: Entering 3rd-6th
- Location: Holy Family Academy
- Description: Improve your child’s reading and note-taking skills through this course, designed with different strategies to encourage comprehension of age-appropriate literature, non-fiction, and poetry!
- Instructors: HFA Teacher & Teach for Christ Helper
- Cost: $50/student, per week ($100/student for both weeks; you may do the first week only or both weeks)
- Minimum Enrollment: 10 students
- Sign Up Deadline: Monday, July 23rd
- Learn more and register here!
- Soccer Camp: MN United Loons, in partnership with HFA!
- Dates: Monday, August 6th-Friday, August 10th
- Time: 9 AM-11 AM
- Grades: (Junior Loons) boys and girls; entering 3rd-8th
- Location: Louisiana Oaks Park, 3350 Louisiana Ave S. in St. Louis Park
- Description: Our innovative “Play the Minnesota United Way” curriculum includes fundamental and tactical activities that move to small-sided games where players will be encouraged to use their newly learned skills.
- Persons in Charge: HFA Representatives & MNUFC Youth Development Staff
- Cost: $125/student- limited scholarships available
- Minimum Enrollment: 30 students
- Sign Up Deadline: Monday, July 30th
- Learn more and register here!
