Afterschool Enrichment Solutions and Chess Scholars provides quality, fun, educational services to over 1000+ schools nationwide. As a minority certified company we have been impacting diverse communities across 26 states for 20 years!

Our virtual programs serve children in grades K-12th grade. Our specialized workshops for high school students are interactive and engaging with focus on career readiness. We take pride in our unique approach to motivating students to learn and grow with our engaging, interactive programs.

Be WISE is a STEM designed to develop interest, excitement, and self-confidence in young women. We hope to provide the girls with the confidence and motivation to enroll in more STEM classes at the high school and college levels to prepare them for careers in a STEM field. Our camp is designed to provide real-life, hands-on experiences in STEM using problem solving and thinking skills. We have two day camps: one for girls who are entering grades 7 or 8 in the fall of 2021 and the other is for girls who are entering grades 5 and 6 in the fall of 2021. Both of these camps will be held this year in an outdoor setting at Blendon Woods Day Camp Center. 7/8 Day Camp will be held July 27-30, 2021 and 5/6 Day Camp will be held July 7-9, 2021.

Beyond Words is located in North Royalton, Ohio, but has expanded our services to include Teletherapy and virtual programming since March 2020. We are a team of music therapists and adapted dance instructors with the expertise of individuals with special needs, specially ASD. This summer, we will have some of our summer camps offered in a virtual and/or hybrid (in-person and virtual) setting, as well as weekly, virtual music and dance classes. We also offer an in-person, volunteer internships. Our Job Shadow Program is designed for upper class high school students, college student, or new professional that is wondering if music therapy is the field for them. We accept two interns each summer to gain a comprehensive inside view into the field of music therapy.

BAMM: Buckeye Aha! Math Moments is the outreach initiative from the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University. The initiative increases the public awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment of mathematics through a variety of activities.

The topic of the 2021 summer camp is Math Magic.

• • High school (grades 9 to 12): June 7 to 11

  • Middle school (grades 7 to 8): June 21 to 25

  • Cost: $22 (financial aid is available)

Applications will be open March 1st through April 30th. Admission notices will be sent by May 15th. Learn more at https://u.osu.edu/mathoutreach/btc/btc-2021/

Central Ohio Parent Leadership Training Institute (Advocacy and Civic Engagement)

Parent Voice, Social Justice, Racial Equity, Inclusion, Advocacy, Civic Engagement

Classroom Antics offers fun, educational STEAM summer camps to kids ages 7-13. Our in-person programs include LEGO robotics, Minecraft coding, YouTube video production, stop-motion animation, video game design, and more. Virtual camps are available, too. Experience the Classroom Antics Advantage with 1) small class sizes, 2) dedicated equipment and materials for your child, 3) professional educators, 4) close to home, and 5) fun, safe, social, and respectful learning.

CollegeAdvantage offers Ohio's 529 Plan to families both in Ohio and nationwide – it's a tax-advantaged way to save for future college expenses.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium provides learning opportunities for people of all ages!

Your child will participate in a variety of fun and engaging experiences designed to promote awareness of our environment. Activities include arts & crafts, songs, games, hands-on animal experiences and group play.

Visit our website, www.columbuszoo.org for program information and scholarship opportunities.

We're not a babysitter. Each week, in addition to the fantastic art and amazing STEAM building projects we create, we also teach students key educational concepts. In art, we challenge your child: learn how to shadow, create horizon lines, and incorporate what they want into the project. Eager Engineers, each week introduces and discusses a new engineering, math, or science concept- like fulcrums, inclined planes, simple machines and more. Then we apply those concepts into the Lego/K'Nex/Citibloc building project. Our goals are simple: to create a positive, stress free environment and discover that learning is fun.

Cultured Kids Club is a foreign language learning center just for kids!! This summer we will be offering Spanish Camp, French Camp and Chinese Camp to children in grades K-6. These camps are a great way to start learning our preferred foreign language!

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve taken language classes with us before, Cultured Kids Club’s mission is to get you talking! With our interactive and progressing curriculum, small class sizes and our excellent team of native-speaking teachers, your child will be on the fast track to learning Spanish or French naturally in a fun, engaging and classmate interactive environment

DSACO serves individuals with Down syndrome and their loved ones. We offer many programs and services from supplemental learning support to swim camps - many with opportunities for scholarships to participate!

Dynamic Agility Sports is designed to teach children the core values to achieve personal success through a fun, active, and competitive environment. Through sports, we are training children to be high caliber team members and leaders in sports, school, and everyday life. We offer multi-sport/sport specific day camps, evening sports clinics, and speed & agility training. Serving ages 5-13 with full day and half day options.

Enriching Kidz offers after-school, weekend and summer enrichment classes such as Kidz Home Alone, Better Baby Sitters, Empowering Girls with Confidence and a problem solving class called Brain Teasers, Planning and Parties. New classes are coming soon such as Confident Boys and Organizing Your Daily Life Classes for Kids. Our classes are offered onsite at local schools and recreation centers and online LIVE.

Epilepsy Alliance Ohio is dedicated to supporting those impacted by epilepsy in local communities by confronting the spectrum of challenges created by seizures. Camp Flame Catcher is uniquely designed to give children with epilepsy the typical camping experience that their peers enjoy with the added guidance of trained epilepsy specialists to care for their specific needs. The camp takes place on the wooded grounds of Camp Kern in Warren County, located near Kings Island Amusement Park. We typically have both Spring and Fall weekend camps, as well as a week long residential camp in July.

ExploreAg is a unique camp program that allows students to explore the various careers in agriculture. The program is funded by Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation and coordinated by OSU Extension Franklin Co. https://franklin.osu.edu/home. https://exploreag.org/

Falcon Camp offers an eye catching lakefront setting, a talented staff and a wide range of activities. Boys and girls ages 6-16 choose daily from a variety of activities such as sailing, horseback riding, tennis, mountain biking, theater, sports, riflery, crafts, nature study and so much more. A popular extra riding program is available in addition to the regular horseback riding program. Daily activities are gender separate with planned coed activities and divided by appropriate age/grade. The non-competitive environment is inviting to campers who may be hesitant to try something new, while the awards system challenges even the most experienced campers.

Most important of all: Falcon is great fun! “Fun for Now, Skills for Life” is more than a logo phrase but is truly what happens at camp. Falcon is accredited by the American Camp Association and we are celebrating our 61st year.

Femergy is a non-profit organization that equips girls and women with the tools to navigate and soar through gender, economic, and social barriers so that they can grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

Femergy has been serving Central Ohio and surrounding areas for the past (6) years. In collaboration with many community partners Femergy provides girls and women with 21st Century programming access.

Our goal is to enhance and enrich the lives of our children by using the game of golf as a medium to teach our children a variety of life skills, core values, and healthy habits. Camps will be held at numerous locations around the central Ohio area. Free to Columbus City Schools students & financial assistance available to other districts.

GAME-U is an after-school program designed by Game Industry Professionals which teaches kids how to design and build their own video games. GAME-U covers all aspects of development, including level design, animation, coding, 3D printing, robotics, and more! GAME-U wants kids to be as excited to make games as they are to play them, so there’s always an emphasis on keeping things fun and challenging.

Goldfish Swim School’s unique Jump Start Clinics are specially designed for families looking to get their kids water-ready in a hurry. Jump Start Clinics include five consecutive days of 30-minute swim lessons that focus on everything from teaching the fundamentals of water safety to fine-tuning stroke technique. These clinics are so effective, we guarantee you’ll see significant improvement in your child’s swimming skills in just five short days!

JCamps is comprised of 2 camps. Camp Chaverim (entering 1st-3rd grades) is great camp for kids that want to experience a little bit of everything! Chaverim includes crafts, sports, nature, songs, swimming, and life-long friendships. Trained camp staff promote kindness, respect, and Jewish values. Camp Hoover (entering 4th-7th grades) is located on our 30-acre campsite and boasts beautiful woods and waterfronts with canoes and kayaks, a high ropes course with a zip line, swimming pool, a pavilion, basketball court, athletic fields, archery range, an art area, nature trails, and outdoor sanctuary. Camp Hoover offers traditional camp activities, specialized programming, and hands-on experiences with an emphasis on community.

Kaleidoscope Youth Center is Central Ohio's largest and longest serving organization dedicated to serving LGBTQIA+ youth and their allies in Ohio. KYC is open to youth ages 12 - 20 years old for support around their LGBTQIA+ identities. Programming is centered around discussion groups, activities, education, advocacy, and leadership development. Identity specific support spaces include: Genderscope - An Affinity Group for transgender, non-binary, gender variant and gender questioning youth; QPoC - An Affinity Group for Queer Youth of Color.

Summer School (full for the 2021 session)

Marburn Academy is committed to serving as a catalyst for improving the quality of education available to people with learning differences throughout Central Ohio and beyond. Marburn offers a number of programs that families can begin to access over the summer, including: Early Reading Screenings (K-2), Tutoring (OG reading and math, K-12),

Summer School (K-8), Community Parent Seminars, and Marburn On-Demand (year-round eLearning portal for families). Contact outreach@marburnacademy.org for questions about our programs!

Math Plus Academy was founded in 2008 with the mission to help every student love math. We have now taken our entire program online, including our highly rated summer camps. Our online Tech and Math Enrichment camps for ages 5-14 are designed to keep your student engaged and excited about learning this summer. We feature live, online instruction with inspiring, highly trained teachers, additional self-paced, at-home activities to be completed throughout the day, and individualized attention with a 4:1 student to teacher ratio. Put the joy back in learning this summer!

Summer Dance and Theater Camp (June 14-25, M-F, 12:30-4:30pm) for ages 5 to 14, Summer Dance Intensive (July 19-30, M-F, 9:00am-12:30pm) for ages 7-18), Summer Dance and Theater classes (June 1-August 7, Su-Sa, various times). All classes, camps, and intensives offer in-studio and online options. Financial Aid, family discounts, and discounts for teachers and first responders available. On the High Street bus line.

This is a HS Neuroscience day camp held on the Columbus campus. It is one week, June 7-11, 2021

The Explorations in Neuroscience Summer Camp is designed for high school juniors and seniors with an interest in learning more about the brain and spinal cord in health and disease. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with faculty and students carrying out neuroscience related research. In addition, they will meet with clinicians from various clinical departments such as Neurology and Neurosurgery. Throughout the course, participants will meet with neuroscience faculty as well as graduate students in the Neuroscience Graduate Program who will lead discussions and talk about their exciting research.

There is also a paid internship 7 week program available as well.

The Ohio Hispanic Coalition also offers the Summer Enrichment Camp, an 8-week day camp that focuses on providing a safe, fun, and educational environment for the Hispanic/Latino participants when school is not in session. The children participate in sports, arts, and music activities alongside daily reading and math lessons.

In partnership with the Columbus Recreation & Parks, participants receive daily nutritious snacks and lunches and go on weekly field trips to locations such as the pool, the movies, and the Olentangy Caverns.

The program operates in Northside Columbus, Eastside Columbus, and Westside Columbus and serves approximately 120 participants each year in the Franklin County area, from ages 6 to 13.

The PAST Foundation's Summer STEM programs give students an opportunity to apply education in real world settings. Over an extended period of time, usually one week, expert directors will guide students through experiences to learn in multiple settings about a variety of content areas. These experiences help students develop the soft skills that business and industry desire, such as problem-solving, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. We guarantee that students will complete these programs better prepared for their futures!

The annual Pills, Potions and Poisons Summer Camp provides high school students interested in biomedical science an overview of pharmacology and its relationship to health, disease and society.