Explore Long Island Sound by boat and shore as you make friends and dive into hands‑on marine science. Each day includes outdoor learning on our research vessel or small boats to explore salt marshes, sandy beaches, rocky intertidal zones, and nearshore marine life. With guidance from professional marine scientists, you’ll work with real oceanographic tools—from trawl nets and seine nets to salinity meters, nutrient kits, and sediment corers. Team‑building and leadership activities complete the experience.

For aspiring marine scientists, this camp offers a unique opportunity to design and conduct a research project. Guided by professional marine scientists, students gain hands‑on experience using oceanographic tools and techniques aboard our boats, along the shoreline, and in our waterfront labs. Campers and staff form a close-knit community as they design and troubleshoot experiments, analyze results, and live together in our waterfront hostel. The program ends with a poster or symposium presentation for families, mentors, and peers.

With health and safety as our number one priority, we are happy to confirm that we are offering an array of unique and memorable camp experiences for children entering PreK-10th grade this summer!

Mystic Aquarium offers the perfect environment to enjoy and explore animals while having outdoor adventures in nature. Our camps are designed to engage our campers every day whether they are indoors or outside. Each camp has its own dedicated classroom within the Milne Ocean Science and Conservation Center, which is separated from the public, to continue learning and exploration.

Encouraging personal growth & independence The Day Camp Life The Day Camp program is for children as young as 7 to as old as 14. Day campers are greeted by the Day Camp Director every morning and are with them every afternoon at pick up. Day campers participate in daily classes and afternoon programs. They have a bunk bed to put their belongings on, which they also use for a rest period after lunch. Drop off and pick up times for Summer 2026 Day Camp: drop off 9:00am and pick up 4:30pm (optional late night pick up on Wednesdays is 8:00pm)

Clinton Sailing Club (CSC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting safe, active, and fun community sailing. Our mission is to make sailing available to everyone, regardless of income level. We specialize in teaching kids and adults to sail safely and confidently on the beautiful waters in Clinton Harbor.

CSC celebrates our 10th anniversary in 2026! We are grateful to everyone for your continued support. To mark this milestone, we are fundraising for new coaching boats. You’ve probably seen our red Defender inflatable boats keeping our students safe at Clinton Town Beach. 

Daily Programs

Programs are held daily Tuesday through Sunday.

At Deer Lake Day Camp, all are encouraged to partake in games, songs, and hands on activities, allowing each individual to gain knowledge of nature and the environment while having fun in the great outdoors. The importance of sharing leadership and effectively communicating and building friendships as one works with others is a key element often overlooked with today’s fast-paced lifestyle. Staff at Deer Lake will bring that back into focus with age appropriate activities, helping youth develop teamwork and leadership through non-competitive games and problem solving events. Fun in the outdoors is a large part of the experience, where lifetime friendships are formed.

GRSC Day Camp is located at 420 Church Street in Guilford, on the grounds of Guilford Racquet & Swim Club, across from the arts center and next to the police station. The property has an outdoor, solar-heated swimming pool, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, courts for both pickleball and paddle, a brand new playground, basketball and four square courts, an arts tent and a brand new Courtside Cottage.

Weekly tennis & swim programs are offered from June through August at MRSC with morning and afternoon sessions for kids looking for a fun and active summer. MRSC is also proud to work with The Country School hosting TCS Sports Camp at their extensive new sports complex. 

Red Barn Children’s Center offers a recreational program which allows for freedom of choice and expression of individuality, as well as opportunity to participate in group activities with children of similar age.  With indoor and outdoor play, busy and quiet times, individual and group games; with learning to take turns, to play by the rules, to win or to lose, their program is designed to give the children a sociable, enjoyable, learning experience, to balance the academic experiences of the school year.   Program runs for 9 weeks starting in late June and extending until mid August.  

CLINTON July 20 to July 24 Ages 5 to 15

YMCA Camp Shore is a wonderful place for campers to grow physically, mentally, and emotionally. Our staff are carefully screened and selected to ensure your camper will build self-esteem, character, and leadership qualities through fun activities. It’s about developing new skills, healthy habits, reaching goals, and building relationships. Activities include swimming, archery, field games, crafts, specialty camps, and countless social activities.

The Academy started as Kidz Konnection, a youth theater company in 2006. We have dedicated to educating youth in the performing arts to cultivate self-empowerment and leadership skills that will develop strong community-serving leaders of the future. In 2017 the company moved to the historic Academy building in Clinton and is now a full performing arts academy. Offering performing arts and class opportunities to students as young as 5 up to Adults. Kidz Konnection, now Shoreline Theater Academy, was founded in 2006 by NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate, Laura Attanasio, as an inclusive place for students to build community, explore classic literature, and express their creativity after school. From humble beginnings of less than ten students performing one show every few months, The Academy is now The Shoreline’s Best Arts Academy.

Summer Classes and Productions 2026

Get a taste of collegiate life this summer at Wesleyan University! Our Middletown camps strike the perfect balance between STEM skill development and summer fun, allowing kids and teens to experience a week at one of the nation's top liberal arts colleges. Your child will work alongside new friends and learn from expert tech mentors - in coding, game dev, robotics, 3D printing, and more - while taking breaks in between to enjoy Wesleyan's outdoor playing fields for ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, kickball, board games, and other activities!

July 6 - August 7