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Summer Camp Offerings In Balboa Park (cont.)
Park institutions offer a wide variety of interests for your kids this summer.

By Inigo Figuracion, About.com

Full-Day Camps

Centro Cultural de la Raza
Contact 619-235-6135
Programs include mask-making, Mexican folklorico dance, indigenous drumming and more. For grades 2-6

San Diego Civic Youth Ballet
Contact Mary Sullivan at 619-233-3060 for brochure.
Four-week intensive ballet workshops for intermediate/advanced dancers. Audition required. Includes ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, musicality, guest artists, field trips and performances. July 5 through 29.

San Diego Civic Dance/San Diego Park & Recreation Dept.
Contact Camp Coordinator at 619-525-8258
Beginning to advanced level full-day classes in tap, jazz and ballet. Specialty classes include modern, Hawaiian, folklorico, musical theater, cheer and hip-hop.

San Diego Junior Theatre
Contact Education Department at 619-239-1311
Develop acting, dance and music skills for beginning through advanced students. Campers age 8 and up are eligible to participate as cast or crew in summer mainstage production. Creative play camps for preschoolers.

San Diego Museum of Art
Contact Education Department at 619-231-1996
Spend a week at the San Diego Museum of Art drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking, and more in full-day, weeklong summer camps for ages 6–18. July 11 through the week of August 22.

San Diego Zoo
Contact Education Department at 619-236-0163 for a brochure
Half-and full-day programs for grade K-7. Up-close animal encounters, behind-the-scenes experiences, crafts and games.

The Old Globe
Contact Education Department at 619-231-1941 ext. 2144 Dynamic, interactive summer experience designed to immerse beginning and advanced students ages 12–18 in the theatrical experience as well as the life of William Shakespeare, with classes taught by the Globe’s professional artists and technicians, culminating in a showcase performance. Scholarships available. July 11 through August 5.

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