COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Summer Excel List of Youth / High School Classes 2025
It’s slime time as we spend a week with students to create new slime recipes that are only limited to your imagination! Our popular Slime Week teaches students the basics of how to make their own slime, and then shows students some of the most popular and trending slime recipes. Some of the slime is even edible! Our coordinators show students the latest slime tips and tricks and encourage creative thinking and working with friends. Students can customize their own slime by adding colors, scents, and textures. Once the slime is made, students can mold and play with their new creations. Slime Week lets kids get their hands dirty and have fun, but leaves the mess in the classroom and out of the car and home!
Dates: July 14 - 17, 2025
Days: Monday - Thursday
Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: Middle School Cafe
Cost: $180
To Register: Click Here
Chess Wizards has been teaching the game of chess since 2002. Join us this summer for tons of challenging chess lessons, exciting games, and cool prizes. You'll improve your chess skills, meet new friends, and work out your most powerful muscle - your brain! Our camps include fun team chess games (like Corner Chess), recess time (of course), snacks, tournaments, and puzzles. Each camper receives a T-shirt, trophy, and puzzle folder. We include all the materials necessary for your child to participate. Unleash your brain power and spend part of your vacation with Chess Wizards!
Dates: July 7 - 11, 2025
Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: North Andover High School
Cost: $215
To Register: Click Here
Come join this very cool and fun elementary school summer program! Over the past 30 years, Top Secret Science (www.TopSecretKids.org) has worked hands-on with over 2 million local children. Each day the kids will explore up to 20 weird and wacky hands-on science experiments and will make and take home at least 10 different projects. The scientists are fast paced and funny and your kids will be thoroughly entertained (they’ll even learn some interesting things too). We will explore weird motions and flying things, air and water pressure; crazy chemistry, light and sound, science magic, electricity, magnets, astronomy and more. Be prepared for lots of fun stuff. Each child receives a Free Top Secret Science Tee Shirt! A wonderful 6 hours of science each day. There will be 50% new projects from last summer. Hope to see you there!!
Dates: August 11 - 15, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: North Andover Middle School
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $305
To Register: Click Here
Run! Jump! Throw! Come join us for four days of track and field fun! You will learn the events of track and field and improve your speed and athletic ability. Drop off and pick up at NAHS Track
Dates: August 11 - 14, 2025
Days: Monday - Thursday
Time: 8:30AM - 11:30AM
Location: North Andover High School Track and Field House
Grades: Entering 3rd - 8th Grade
Cost: $125
To Register: Click Here
Join us for fun and games! Each day will include 4 separate modules for the children to participate in. Each day will include all of the following activities: A cooking / food project, Arts and Crafts activity, a messy science experiment and an outdoor / sports game
Dates:
Session 1: July 14 - 18, 2025
Session 2: August 4 - 8, 2025
Days: Mondays - Fridays
Time: 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: Thomson
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $260
To Register: Click Here
Join us as we embark on a new adventure each day. Listed here are a variety of trips that we will rotate throughout each week. Plaster Fun Time, Jay Gees Fun Center, Stachey's Pizza, Chunky's Cinema, Launch Trampoline Park, Golf Country, Fun City, In The Game, Academy Lanes Bowling, In the Game, Slime Time and Chuck E Cheese. Trips subject to change week to week!
Date:
Session 1: June 23 - 27, 2025
Session 2: July 7 - 11, 2025
Session 3: July 21 - 25, 2025
Session 4: July 28 - August 1
Session 5: August 18 - 22, 2025
Days: Mondays - Fridays
Time: 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: Drop off and pick up at Thomson
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $325
To Register: Click Here
Do you want to jump, climb, swing like a ninja? USA Ninja Challenge offers a fun filled clinic incorporating specialized training equipment such as cargo nets, traverse walls, slacklines, ropes, ladders, and warped walls. Every obstacle course is designed to improve children’s strength, flexibility and all-around athleticism while they have a ton of fun and build confidence!
Dates:
One Day Clinics June 18, 2025 and June 19, 2025 $65 per day (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Session 1: July 14 - 18, 2025 (1:30PM - 3:30PM)
Session 2: July 28 - August 1, 2025 (1:30PM - 3:30PM)
Session 3: August 18 - 22, 2025, 2024 (9:00AM - 12:00PM)
Time: Please see above
Cost: Session 1 and 2 ($160) and Session 3 ($230)
Location: USA Ninja Challenge 27 Charles St. North Andover
Grades: Entering 1st - 7th Grade
To Register: Click Here
The goal is to provide children with a sneak-peek at what Kindergarten will be like! The program is led by current K teachers in the district and held in actual Kindergarten classrooms.
Tip-Toe provides children an opportunity to practice saying ‘bye’ and transitioning into a new environment followed by an engaging morning filled with new same-age peers to meet, and a routine filled with activities and experiences similar to those they will encounter in Kindergarten. Children will be expected to bring a small, healthy, PEANUT FREE snack & drink. Registration for this program opens on May 1, 2025!
Dates:
Session 1: July 14 - 17 and July 21 - 24, 2025 Monday – Thursday 8:45AM – 11:45AM
Session 2: July 28 - 31 and August 4 - 7, 2025 Monday – Thursday 8:45AM – 11:45AM
Days: Mondays - Thursdays
Time: 8:45AM - 11:45AM
Location: ABECC
Grades: Entering Kindergarten
Cost: $265 per session
To Register: Click Here
Help your child “leap” into First Grade this summer by increasing his/her self-confidence and academic skills. This class is run in the same format of a typical Kindergarten/1st grade day so that students can continue with their known routines. Teachers will use various teaching methods, including whole group, small group, and individual instruction to work with each child on his/her level. Experienced teachers will reinforce and expand the knowledge and skills your child gained this year in a low child/teacher ratio environment. Students will review basic Reading, Writing, and Math skills through various themes, which will also incorporate Art, Music, and Movement activities. Students will be given previews of 1st grade vocabulary, routines and activities that will help them with the transition in the fall. All students will have many opportunities to strengthen social skills as well.
Dates:
Session 1: July 14 - 17, 2025
Session 2: July 21 - 24, 2025
Session 3: July 28 - July 31, 2025
Session 4: August 4 - August 7, 2025
Days: Mondays - Thursdays
Time: 8:30AM - 11:30AM
Location: Franklin and Sargent
Grades: Students Entering 1st Grade
Cost: $130 per session
To Register: Click Here
The mission of One Up Lacrosse is to provide the highest quality of lacrosse instruction in a safe and fun-filled environment through a variety of lacrosse activities designed to develop the technical, tactical, physical, and psychological aspects of female players at all levels. Our knowledgeable and friendly coaches are devoted to providing a competitive, but positive learning experience that encourages life lessons and values such as character, teamwork, discipline, respect, and sportsmanship. At One Up Lacrosse, we strive to meet the individual needs of each camper and instill a love for the game. We are passionate about lacrosse and look forward to seeing you on the field!
Dates: July 21 - 24, 2025
Days: Monday - Thursday
Time: 1:30PM - 5:00PM
Location: North Andover Walsh Stadium
Grades: Entering 1st - 9th Grade female athletes
Cost: $190.00
To Register: Click Here
Come join the North Andover Girls and Boys basketball programs for a fun filled week of hoops. This camp is geared around teaching the basic fundamentals of basketball and how to play the game. We want to provide an atmosphere where young kids can realize the importance of teamwork, good sportsmanship and character. The purpose of this camp is to ensure that every player that attends the North Andover Hoop Camp will have the most enjoyable experience possible. The camp is designed so that each individual camper will leave as a more complete player. There will be a boys division and a girls division. Those groups will be broken up by grade level.
Dates:
Session 1: July 7 - 11, 2025 (Clinic - 2:00PM - 6:00PM)
Session 2: August 4 - 8, 2025 (Clinic - 9:00AM - 1:00PM)
Location: North Andover High School Gym
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $300 per session
To Register: Click Here
Come join North Andover Boys Coach Paul Tanglis and his players for a week of skill development and games. This camp is designed to teach kids how to play the game. We will start with small sided games and work our way up to 5 on 5. We will break down proper shooting techniques and work with each camper on ways they can improve their shot. We will also focus on becoming a better ball handler and different ways to attack the basket off the dribble.
Dates: July 14 - 18, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 9:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: North Andover High School Gym
Grades: Entering 5th - 9th Grade Boys
Cost: $200
To Register: Click Here
Players will be in coed age appropriate groups, working to improve their soccer skills. Our high school coaches and players are excited to work with our youth players and show them their love of the game. Players: Bring shin guards, cleats/turfs, a ball, water and a nut free snack.
Dates: July 14 - 18. 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 2:00PM - 5:00PM
Location: North Andover High School Walsh Stadium
Grades: Boys and Girls Entering 1st - 9th Grade
Cost: $225.00
To Register: Click Here
Come join the North Andover Girls and Boys varsity coaches and players for 3 days of open gym. What is an open gym? Open gym lets each player have an option to work on their game in a variety of ways. They can do skill work with varsity players, play games with friends, just shoot around, or play old school pick up games. These 3 days will give players the options to do different basketball related activities each day. Most important, having fun and hanging out with friends.
Dates: June 17th, 18th, and 20th (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
Who: Girls and Boys entering grades 3 - 9
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: North Andover High School Gym
Cost: $150
To Register: Click Here
The primary focus of these sessions will be to develop the athlete’s overall fitness, improve athletic movement, and develop overall core strength. Workouts will be designed to meet the needs and levels of all athletes (one size does not fit all). Athletes will work with NAMS Cross Country and NAHS track coaches DJ Sturtevant and Danny O’Connell, as well as NAHS XC and Track and Field alum Lucy DePolito over the summer. Boys and girls cross country runners will have the opportunity to work out with members of their own team in a low key atmosphere as they develop their endurance through running and their total body strength through bodyweight and plyometric exercises.
Dates: July 8 - August 15, 2025
Days: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Time: 6:15AM - 7:45AM
Location: North Andover High School Track
Grades: Entering 8th - 12th Grade
Cost: $110.00
To Register: Click Here
Join us for your first time as a sewer or as a returning student as we create and sew our own menagerie of mini felt animals! During these hands-on fun lessons you will learn how to trace patterns, cut, sew, stuff and add buttons and other various items to your collection of stuffed animals. You will be completing at least one animal each class to bring home!
Dates: June 24, 25 and 26
Days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Time: 9:30AM - 12:30PM
Location: Kittredge
Grades: Entering 1st - 5th Grade
Cost: $150
To Register: Click Here
Come down to Weir Hill for Nature Camp! A typical day includes a hike, a craft, an activity and a teaching moment. Campers will learn about local plants and wild life while trekking through each trail throughout the week. NEW trails to explore!! Solar S’mores, clay friends, mouse houses, stick boats and many more activities to enjoy while appreciating the outdoors.
Dates:
Session 1: July 21 - 24, 2025
Session 2: July 28 - July 31, 2025
Days: Mondays - Thursdays
Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Weir Hill Osgood St. / Stevens St. North Andover, Ma
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $150
To Register: Click Here
Calling all smarty-pants! In this camp you’ll create your own pinball machine, a creative Venus flytrap, a colorful kaleidoscope and more! Kidcreate Studio!
Dates: July 28 - August 1, 2025
Time: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Location: North Andover High School
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $205
To Register: Click Here
Do you like to get messy? Make things erupt? Come join us at Messy with Science. We will make things erupt, blast off and inflate. Be sure to not wear your favorite clothes, as we will be getting messy!
Dates:
Session 1: July 7 - 11, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 1A: July 7 - 11, 2025 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Session 2: July 21 - 25, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 2A: July 21 - 25, 2025 12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8:00AM - 11:00AM or 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: North Andover Middle School
Cost: $155 per session
To Register: Click Here
Calling all chefs! Do you like cooking? Want to learn some new recipes while learning safety in the kitchen? Then this program is for you! Everyone will be learning how to safely use the stove / oven, do a craft, and take home the recipes and food that we make. (assuming the chefs haven’t eaten them 🙂) Come and join us for some yummy creations!
Dates:
Session 1: July 14 - 18, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 1A: July 14 - 18, 2025 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Session 2: August 4 - 8, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 2A: August 4 - 8, 2025 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8:00AM - 11:00AM or 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: North Andover Middle School
Cost: $155 per session
To Register: Click Here
Want to expand your creative side? Join our crafts summer club! Each day we will make a fun summer craft, all while having a great time!
Dates:
Session 1: June 23 - 27, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 1A: June 23 - 27, 2025 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Session 2: July 28 - August 1, 2025 (8:00AM - 11:00AM)
Session 2A: July 28 - August 1, 2025 (12:00PM - 3:00PM)
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8:00AM - 11:00AM or 12:00PM - 3:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st- 6th Grade
Location: High School June 23 - 27 and Kittredge School July 28 - August 1
Cost: $155 per session
To Register: Click Here
Do you want to spend your summer learning about marine creatures and their habitats, while making new friends and having fun? Then join us for our Marine Biology Summer Camp! Join us this summer for an unforgettable experience as we take a deep dive into our world's oceans! Our camp is designed for young marine enthusiasts who want to learn more about the fascinating world beneath the waves. Led by a marine biology student and other educators, our program offers a variety of exciting activities and educational opportunities for campers of all ages and skill levels. During marine biology camp, you'll have the chance to explore a variety of marine environments, including tidal pools, rocky shores, and sandy beaches at our mid week class field trip to the intertidal zones of Rye New Hampshire and a trip to the New England Aquarium! You'll learn about marine ecosystems, marine animal behavior, and the many threats facing our oceans today. You'll also have the opportunity to interact with live marine animals and observe their behavior up close in our classroom! Join us this summer for an unforgettable marine biology adventure!
Dates: August 18 - 22, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8:00AM - 3:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: North Andover Middle School
Cost: $325
To Register: Click Here
Calling all comedians, actors, and creative performers! In this program, kids will collaborate on short skits, explore face painting, and let their imaginations run wild. Whether they’re performing or behind the scenes, everyone gets a chance to shine in this playful introduction to performing arts!
Dates: August 11 - 14, 2025
Days: Monday - Thursday
Time: 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: Kittredge School
Cost: $180 per session
To Register: Click Here
1st and 2nd graders will unwrap a different picture book each day, learn about a new author, and do an activity-craft to go with it. 3rd - 4th Graders will enjoy reading a good book together, talking about it, and sharing a love of literature. 5th Graders will do a math review with multiplication facts/skill's and a bit of reading too.
Dates: August 4 - 8, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time:
1st/2nd Graders (9:30AM - 10:30AM)
3rd/4th Graders (11:00AM - 12:00PM)
5th Graders (1:00PM - 2:00PM)
Grades: Entering 1st- 5th Grade
Location: Sargent
Cost: $55 Per Session
To Register: Click Here
Sculpt, slab, coil, and carve… roll up your sleeves, because this camp is all clay, all the time! We’ll sculpt silly puppies, fuzzy hedgehogs, delicious chocolate cake and more. It’s a claylicious way to spend a Summer's day!
Dates: August 11 - 15, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: Kittredge School
Cost: $205
To Register: Click Here
On a mission to get eaters of all ages and abilities, cooking tasting, and thinking about healthy ingredients! We present kids the opportunity to explore new or familiar foods in their raw, unmanipulated state. Then, working as a team, they’ll slice, dice, peel, measure, and cook until they’ve prepared the finished dish. Class closes with an opportunity to taste the result of their hard work. Students receive a printed recipe card and the focal ingredient - or a sample of the finished dish - so they can show off what they learned!
Dates: August 18 - 21
Day: Monday - Thursday
Time: 9:00AM - 11:30AM
Location: Kittredge
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Cost: $215
To Register: Click Here
Students in this class will learn the ancient art of glass fusing! This class requires no prior experience and is ideal for students who are curious about art and love working with their hands. Students will be taught through demonstrations. They’ll learn about color, composition and other art terms to further their understanding and hands-on instruction about different methods for cutting, working with and arranging glass work. All students will be taught the basic building blocks of working with glass through specific small projects including pendants, coasters, and sandblasted cups.
Dates: July 14 - 18, 2025
Days: Monday - Friday
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Grades: Entering 1st - 6th Grade
Location: Kittredge School
Cost: $200
To Register: Click Here