It’s hard to believe that it is time to start planning our summer schedules! Have you started planning to keep your kids busy and engaged this summer?
Looking for things to do for kids in the summer can be stressful, but we did some of the footwork for you! We’ve got you covered if you are looking for a summer camp or summer program in Oshkosh for kids!
From fun watery mornings at Pollock Pool to STEM camps to sports camps, there is something for everyone this summer.
Looking for other options? Visit the Go Valley Kids Summer Camp Guide for options in the Fox Valley.
Kids Camps at Pollock Community Water Park
Bring an energetic attitude and enjoy a week at the pool! Activities include scavenger hunts, sand castle building, pool time, games, crafts, snacks, and so much more. Arrive in your swimsuit, bring your goggles and towel, and be ready for fun!
- Registration Opens: May 1, 2023
- Under the Sea
- Dates: June 19 – 23, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm
- Ages: 3 – 6 with an adult at the facility
- Fun in the Sun
- Dates: July 17 – 21, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm
- Ages: 7 – 9
- Go for the Gold
- Dates: August 14 – 18, 2023: 10 am – 12 pm
- Ages: 10 – 12
- Cost: $50 per week, per participant
- Includes: water bottle, sunblock, drawstring backpack, a snack, and beverage
- Where: Pollock Community Water Park
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Oshkosh YMCA
Summer Day Camps at the YMCA are full of excitement and fun. Kids become a community as they learn both how to be more independent and how to contribute to a group as they engage in physical, social, and educational activities. YMCA programs promote confidence, character, and self-esteem. Each program offers age-appropriate activities, a learning environment, fun weekly field trips, and more!
Registration is based on the week, so you can choose what works best for your children and family. You can attend one week of camp, two weeks, three weeks (and so on…), or for the whole summer. Scholarships are also available.
- Registration For All Camps Opens:
- Members: February 6, 2023
- Non-members: February 13, 2023
- Preschool Camp – Preschool Camp is a fun and exciting program for preschoolers that have completed 4K. Play-based, age-appropriate activities based on educational themes include swimming, weekly field trips, arts & crafts, fun interest centers, outdoor play, and more. A great way to meet new friends and try new things.
- Ages: 4 – 5
- Dates: June 5 – August 30, 2023
- Location: 20th Ave YMCA
- Summer Fun Club – Summer Fun Club is a School-Age Department of Children and Families (DCF) licensed program offered at the 20th Ave Y. Activities to include weekly field trips, swimming, games, arts and crafts, science and nature, specialty clubs, and much more.
- Ages: 5 – 12
- Dates: June 5 – August 25, 2023
- Location: 20th Ave YMCA
- Camp-Winni-Y-Co – Camp Winni-Y-Co offers campers the traditional outdoor summer Day Camp experience. Located just 3 miles from the 20th Ave Y, our Day Camp is 24 acres of beautiful, wooded land. The property includes two miles of hiking trails, an archery range, a volleyball court, a gaga pit, basketball hoops, two lodges, and a fire pit. Campers participate weekly in activities including environmental education, STEAM, weekly field trips, team building, archery, mountain biking, songs, skits, and so much more.
- Ages: 5 – 12
- Dates: June 5 – August 25, 2023
- Location: Camp Winni-Y-Co
- More Information, including Camp Brochure
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
The Club offers a dynamic learning environment that includes fun and impactful age-appropriate programs, mentoring by caring adult professionals, free, healthy meals, and outstanding facilities. Youth enjoy coming to the Club in the summer and making lifelong friendships, all while learning the appropriate skills to become responsible young adults! Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are served to all Club members daily during the summer.
- Registration Opens: March 1, 2023
- Dates: June 5 – August 18, 2023: 6:30 am – 5:30 pm
- Ages: 5-18 (*Children who will be 5 years old have already completed kindergarten are able to participate in Club programming during the summertime).
- Cost: Membership Fee of $25 and Summer Weekly Fees $90 ($60 for any additional children, weekly fees do not apply to teens.)
- Where:
- Downtown Radford Center, 501 E. Parkway Ave, Oshkosh (ages 5 – 18)
- Peace Lutheran Center, 240 W 9th Ave, Oshkosh (ages 5 – 12)
- More Information: Call 920-233-1414 or visit https://bgcosh.org/summer-program/
UW Oshkosh Sports Camps
Since the early 1980s, UW-Oshkosh has offered camps and clinics for young athletes. Today, UW-Oshkosh hosts nearly 40 camps and clinics annually, with more than 3,000 youth in attendance.
UW-Oshkosh offers camps and clinics in the sports of baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. Each session offers instruction to all skill levels, from introductory to advanced.
UW-Oshkosh is committed to providing a safe, fun, and skill-focused experience. All camps and clinics are held on the beautiful UW-Oshkosh campus. Overnight participants reside in one of the on-campus dormitories and take meals in the school’s dining facilities. Each camp and clinic is directed by one of the UW-Oshkosh head coaches, with assistance from current and former UW-Oshkosh players and area high school coaches.
- More Information:
- Matt Lewis, Sports Camp Director: (504) 390-5597
- Main Sports Camp Office: 920- 424-1034
- UW-Oshkosh, 132 Kolf Sports Center, Oshkosh
Basketball Summer Camps
- COED Overnight Basketball Camp
- Dates:
- July 12 – 14, 2023
- August 6 – 8, 2023
- Grades: 4th -10th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: Resident: $290, Commuter: $265
- Dates:
- COED Basketball Shooting Camp
- Dates: July 17 – 18, 2023: 9 am – 4 pm
- Grades: 2nd – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $160
- COED Basketball Scoring Camp
- Date: July 20, 2023: 9 am – 4 pm
- Grades: 2nd – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $90
- COED Basketball Biddie Ball Camp
- Date: July 20, 2023: 9 am – 12 pm
- Grades: PreK – 1st (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $45
- Boys Elite Basketball Camp
- Date: August 14, 2023: 12:30 – 4:30 pm
- Grades: 10th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $50
Football Summer Camps
- Titan Youth All Position Skill Development
- Dates: June 14 – 15, 2023: 12 pm check-in Day 1
- Grades: 5 – 8th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost:
- $235 overnight
- $190 commuter
- Titan High School All Position Skill Development
- Dates: June 19 – 20, 2023: 12 pm check-in Day 1
- Grades: 8 – College Freshman (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost:
- $235 Overnight
- $190 Commuter
- 7 on 7 State Championship
- Date: June 25, 2023
- Grades: 9 – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $200 per team
Gymnastics Summer Camps
- Girls Gymnastics Camp
- Dates:
- June 14 – 17, 2023
- June 18 – 21, 2023
- Grades: 1st – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $400 commuter, $475 resident
- Dates:
Soccer Summer Camps
- Girls U11-16 Resident/Commuter Camp
- Dates: June 27 – 29, 2023
- Grades: 4th – 10th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $260 commuter, $300 resident
- Girls Summer College ID Clinic
- Date: August 7, 2023: Check-in 8:30 am
- Grades: 9th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $90
Swimming Summer Camps
- Freestyle Clinic
- Date: June 6 – 9, 2023: 2 – 3:30 pm
- Grades: 9 – 16 (Club or High School swimming experience required)
- Cost: $115
- Breaststroke Clinic
- Date: June 13 – 16, 2023: 2 – 3:30 pm
- Grades: 9 – 16 (Club or High School swimming experience required)
- Cost: $115
- Butterfly Clinic
- Date: June 20 – 23, 2023: 2 – 3:30 pm
- Grades: 9 – 16 (Club or High School swimming experience required)
- Cost: $115
- Backstroke Clinic
- Date: June 5 – 8, 2023: 2 – 3:30 pm
- Grades: 9 – 16 (Club or High School swimming experience required)
- Cost: $115
Volleyball Summer Camps
- Girls All Skills Camps
- Dates:
- June 7 – 9, 2023
- June 28 – 30, 2023
- Grades: 4th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $275 commuter, $350 resident
- Dates:
- Girls Competition Camp
- Dates: June 12 – 14, 2023
- Grades: 6th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $275 commuter, $350 resident
- Girls Elite Position / ID Camp
- Dates: July 9 – 11, 2023
- Grades: 7 – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Invitation only.
- Cost: $275 commuter, $350 resident
- Boys Individual & Team Camp
- Dates: July 31 – August 2, 2023
- Grades: 6th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $275 commuter, $350 resident
- Girls Individual & Team Camp
- Dates: August 9 – 12, 2023 (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Grades: 6th – 12th (grades as of Fall 2023)
- Cost: $315 commuter, $395 resident
Oshkosh Summer School
The OASD Summer School program offers more than 70 classes for students entering kindergarten through high school, including athletic camps, music camps, and science camps.
- Registration Opens: March 6, 2023
- Dates:
- Elementary Summer School (students currently in grades 4K – 5th)
- Locations: Jefferson Elementary, Oaklawn Elementary, Carl Traeger Elementary/Middle
- Dates: June 12 – July 13, Monday through Thursday. (No School on July 4th)
- 8:30 – 10 am and 10 – 11:30 am
- Middle School (students currently in grades 6-8)
- Location: North School and Tippler Middle School
- Dates:
- North: June 12 – July 13, 2023, Monday through Thursday.
- Tippler: June 13 – July 7, 2023, Monday- Thursday
- 8:30 – 10 am and 10 – 11:30 am
- High School:
- Session 1: June 6 – June 26, 2023: 8 am – 12:30 pm
- Session 2: June 27 – July 19, 2023: 8 am – 12:30 pm (No School on July 3 – 4)
- High School eAcademy:
- June 6 – July 15, 2023: 8 am – 12:30 pm (No School on July 3 – 4)
- Elementary Summer School (students currently in grades 4K – 5th)
- Grades: K – 12
- Cost: Classes are free unless a class fee is listed (Example: Class Fee – $5.00)
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Camp Invention: Wonder
Give your young innovator an inspiring, action-packed summer adventure! All-new, hands-on challenges will spark their curiosity and build their confidence as they jump into limitless STEM fun with opportunities to imagine, plan, experiment, and create. Camp focuses on problem-solving, creativity, persistence, and entrepreneurship.
Note: Participation is limited to Oshkosh Area School District students.
- Registration Opens: March 6, 2023
- Dates: June 6 – 9, 2023: 8 am – 4 pm
- Grades: K – 5th
- Cost: $45 to cover supplies
- Where: Lakeside Elementry School, 4991 South US HWY 45, Oshkosh
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