Montgomery Parks Summer Camps

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Spring Break
April 18-25, 2011
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All aboard the
Easter Bunny Express

Hop on board the Cabin John and Wheaton Miniature Trains on Easter
weekend! The guest of honor will be the Easter Bunny, who will have
special treats in his basket for all the kids. Don’t forget your camera!
Meet the Easter Bunny at...
CABIN JOHN MINIATURE TRAIN: Saturday, April 23, Noon-5pm
WHEATON MINIATURE TRAIN: Sunday, April 24, Noon-5pm
Both the Cabin John and Wheaton

PLUS! Miniature Trains will run weekends in
April and throughout Spring Break,
April 18-22, 10am-5:30pm
Please visit WheatonTrainandCarousel.com and CabinJohnTrain.com,
or each train’s Facebook page, for weather-related updates or cancellations.
No school? No problem! On many of the days Montgomery County

Public Schools are off (teacher training days, etc.), Park Play Days are on.
Bring your kids (ages 6-12) for a Park Play Day full of activities, including
ice skating and tennis lessons (weather permitting), arts & crafts, and fun
team games and sports. Extended care is available for a small fee; see page 13 for all the details.
CABIN JOHN ICE RINK 6-12yRS MON. APRIl 18 - FRI. APRIl 22 9AM- 5PM $40/DAy ParkPASS#130613-130617
WHEATON ICE ARENA 6-12yRS MONDAy, APRIl 25 9AM- 5PM $40/DAy ParkPASS#129650
Spring Weekin thePark

It’s time for spring fun and games at Week in the Park! Kids will enjoy
professional tennis and ice skating lessons, do arts and crafts, take nature
walks, visit the Wheaton Miniature Train and Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel, and
much more. Be sure to wear your walking shoes! Meet at Wheaton Ice Arena.
6-12yRS 5 ClASSES APRIl 18-APRIl 22 M-F 9AM- 5PM $245 ParkPASS#129649
Register today at ParkPASS.org

Questions? Call 301-495-2580
(M-F 10am-2pm)
Montgomery Parks
2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
5-Day Camps & Clinics: Page No. HELPFUL INFORMATION
Ice Skating................................................................... 5
Nature & Science .................................................... 6-8 • Camps and programs are organized in this
Outdoor Fun ........................................................ 8 & 9 brochure first by their DURATION or
Tennis ................................................................... 9 & 10 LENGTH (i.e. 5-day, then 4-day or less).
Both full-day and partial-day camps are
4-Day Camps: grouped together, and arranged chrono-
Ice Skating................................................................... 11 logically by start date.
Nature & Science ...................................................... 11
Outdoor Fun ..................................................... 12 & 13 • Camps and programs are then organized
by their TYPE or SUBJECT/CONTENT:
Spring Break Programs ......................................................... 13 e.g. Ice Skating, Nature & Science,
Scouting Programs ................................................................. 13 Outdoor Fun, and Tennis.
Indexes: • Within the camp TYPE sections, camps

Camps by DATE .......................................................... 14 and programs are then organized in
Camps by AGE ...................................................... 15, 16 chronological order by their START DATE,
Camps by LOCATION ................................................. 17 and then by their AGE group (youngest to
oldest).
Registration & Refund Information ............................. 18
• Montgomery Parks encourages and
supports the participation of individuals
Montgomery Parks 2011 Summer Camp
with disabilities. In order to make
Registration Form ......................................................... 19
reasonable accommodations based on
individuals’ needs and abilities, please
register at least two weeks in advance
Get a “Sneak Peek” at our Summer Camps of the program start date, and request
January 1, 2011 at ParkPASS.org accommodation at that time.
Registration opens January 9, 2011

for Montgomery County residents
and January 10, 2011 for all
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Train Station
No matter what the season, the
Party Rooms at Cabin John and
Party Rooms OPen Wheaton miniature train stations

are ready for fun!
all year long! Winter Season Savings
(November 1–April 1)
Trains and carousel do not
run, and Party Room rates are
discounted ($125 for 2 hours,
$250 for 6 hours)
Regular Season Rentals

(April 2–September 30)
All Party Room rental packages include
tickets for train and/or carousel rides.
See web for details.
Reservations accepted for the winter

season through February 14, and for the
regular season beginning February 15.
For rates, room capacities, hours and

more, and to download Party Room
brochures (pdf), please visit our websites.
Cabin John Tra

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Wheaton Train Station Party Room

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MontgomeryParks.org
www.CabinJohnTrain.com or www.WheatonTrainandCarousel.com
To book a Train Station Party Room, please call 301-650-2880 (Mon.-Fri.).
ICE SKATING CAMPS: 5 DAYS MontgomeryParks.org
ICE SKATING CAMPS & CLINICS Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (cont.)
129263 6-12yrs 5 Classes $300 7/25-7/29 M-F 9am- 5pm
Ice Hockey Camp 129264 6-12yrs 5 Classes $300 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 5pm
This hockey camp will focus on skating, stick handling and 129265 6-12yrs 5 Classes $300 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am- 5pm
off-ice fitness. Players will be assigned to groups according 129266 6-12yrs 5 Classes $300 8/15-8/19 M-F 9am- 5pm
to skill level. Elements of power skating, passing and shoot- 129399 6-12yrs 5 Classes $300 8/22-8/26 M-F 9am- 5pm
Please print your ParkPASS registration receipt for important camp
ing, and various games will also be incorporated to make information. Also, please be sure to complete a Participant Profile
this a fun-filled week! This camp is designed for players ages form (available at ParkPASS.org) and bring or fax it to the rink
6-12 at a Beginner Plus (learning forward crossovers) to before camp begins. Extended care available; see below.
Intermediate level (passed Mitey Mites 2 or Hockey 2 and
above). Full gear required. Please bring sneakers and work- Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp: Half-Day
out attire for off-ice conditioning, and a snack each day. This half-day version of the Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp
Cabin John Ice Rink includes open skating and games on the ice, a 30-minute
130623 6-12yrs 5 Classes $250 6/20-6/24 M-F 9am- Noon lesson with a pro skating coach, and arts & craft project or
129299 6-12yrs 5 Classes $250 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- Noon other fun (non-skating) activity each day. Skates and/or ten-
129300 6-12yrs 5 Classes $250 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- Noon nis racquets provided if needed.
Wheaton Ice Arena Cabin John Ice Rink
130599 6-12yrs 5 Classes $200 7/18-7/22 M-F 9:15am-12:15pm 129250 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 6/27-7/1 M-F 9am- 2pm
129251 6-12yrs 4 Classes $155 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 2pm
Figure Skating Camp 129252 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 2pm
This week of skating fun for intermediate skaters (Alpha 129253 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 2pm
through Freestyle 1 levels) includes music interpretation, 129254 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 7/25-7/29 M-F 9am- 2pm
Five-Day Camps
strength building, on-ice and off-ice workouts, and a mini- 129255 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 2pm
show at the end of each camp week. 129256 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am- 2pm
Wheaton Ice Arena 129257 6-12yrs 5 Classes $195 8/15-8/19 M-F 9am- 2pm
130600 7 & up 5 Classes $225 6/20-6/24 M-F 8:15am-12:15pm Please print your ParkPASS registration receipt for important info.
130601 7 & up 5 Classes $225 8/8-8/12 M-F 8:15am-12:15pm
Cabin John Ice Rink Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp-Extended Care
129301 7 & up 5 Classes $260 7/25-7/29 M-F 8am- Noon Individual days ($7) can be paid for and scheduled in per-
son at the facility. Fee for late pickup is $1 per minute.
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp Cabin John Ice Rink
Master the fundamentals of two great sports in one week! 129201 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 6/27-7/1 M-F 8am- 9am
We’ll learn the rules, scoring, etiquette, terminology and 129203 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 6/27-7/1 M-F 5pm- 6pm
techniques of tennis on outdoor courts in the morning, then 129202 6-12yrs 4 Classes $30 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8am- 9am
move inside to learn basic ice skating techniques—falling 129204 6-12yrs 4 Classes $30 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 5pm- 6pm
down and getting up, marching, swizzles, snowplow stops 129205 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/11-7/15 M-F 8am- 9am
and more—with open skating sessions and a professional 129206 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/11-7/15 M-F 5pm- 6pm
skating lesson each day. 129207 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/18-7/22 M-F 8am- 9am
Cabin John Regional Park 129209 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/18-7/22 M-F 5pm- 6pm
129550 8-13yrs 5 Classes $250 6/20-6/24 M-F 9am- 3pm 129208 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/25-7/29 M-F 8am- 9am
129549 8-13yrs 4 Classes $200 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3pm 129210 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 7/25-7/29 M-F 5pm- 6pm
129551 8-13yrs 5 Classes $250 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 3pm 129211 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/1-8/5 M-F 8am- 9am
129552 8-13yrs 5 Classes $250 8/15-8/19 M-F 9am- 3pm 129212 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/1-8/5 M-F 5pm- 6pm
Meet at outdoor courts B-2 & B-3, just across from Cabin John Ice Rink. 129213 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/8-8/12 M-F 8am- 9am
129215 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/8-8/12 M-F 5pm- 6pm
Freestyle Camp Prerequisite: Intro to Freestyle 129214 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/15-8/19 M-F 8am- 9am
Designed for the advanced skater, this camp will feature on- 129216 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/15-8/19 M-F 5pm- 6pm
ice training, off-ice workouts, specific jump and spin instruc- 129449 6-12yrs 5 Classes $35 8/22-8/26 M-F 8am- 9am
tion, and power skating drills.
Cabin John Ice Rink Synchronized Skating Clinic Prerequisite: Beta level
129499 6 & up 5 Classes $260 6/27-7/1 M-F 8am- 11:30am Come learn the fundamentals of this fast-growing, really
fun team sport! Figure skaters will learn the five basic ele-
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp: Full-Day ments of synchronized skating: circles, blocks, lines, wheels
Join us at the coolest camp around! This full-day camp and intersections while skating connected. All skaters may
includes a 30-minute ice skating lesson with a professional perform in a mini-exhibition the last day of the clinic.
skating coach, open skating time to practice your new skills, Cabin John Ice Rink
arts & crafts activities, outdoor games, a tennis lesson or 129349 5 & up 5 Classes $195 8/22-8/26 M-F 9am- 11:30am
two (weather permitting), and a nature program. Skaters are Wheaton Ice Arena
grouped according to age and ability; beginning to advanced 130612 6 & up 5 Classes $195 8/15-8/19 M-F 9:30am- Noon
(Freestyle 4) skaters are welcome. Rental skates and/
or tennis racquets will be provided if needed.
Cabin John Ice Rink
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NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS: 5 DAYS
NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS Archaeology Camp for Kids

Get a hands-on introduction to archaeology! Work side-by-
Babes in the Park Camp side with Park Archaeologists on a real-live archaeological
A week-long nature camp for young children (ages 2 ½-5) site, and do what archaeologists do. You’ll dig it. Call 301-
with their parent. We’ll learn about the natural world 840-5848 for more information.
through crafts, stories, and hikes. You and your child will go Needwood Mansion
fishing, enjoy a pontoon boat ride, hike in the woods, and 132249 9-13yrs 5 Classes $230 6/27-7/1 M-F 9am- 3pm
use nets in our meadow to catch butterflies and insects. 132250 9-13yrs 4 Classes $184 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3pm
Please bring a lunch each day, and register the child only; no 132251 9-13yrs 5 Classes $230 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 3pm
fee for accompanying adult. FOBH $120 132252 9-13yrs 5 Classes $230 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 3pm
Black Hill Visitor Center 132253 9-13yrs 5 Classes $230 7/25-7/29 M-F 9am- 3pm
129749 2 ½ - 5yrs 5 Classes $125 6/6-6/10 M-F 9:30am- 1pm
Archaeology Camp - Extended Care
Kids can practice their atlatl skills (a prehistoric hunting
Parent & Child Nature Camp weapon), go on a scavenger hunt, take a paddleboat ride,
Have fun with your child as you explore nature together!
play board games and more in this supervised free time.
Visit the woods, stream and forest edge, and find out about
wonderful plants and animals. Make a project or artwork
132255 9-13yrs 4 Classes $44 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 3pm- 5pm
every day that you can take home and treasure. The Friday
field trip to hunt for fossils at the Bay meets from 11am-2
pm; you provide your own transportation. Please register
the child only; no fee for adult. Meet at Wheaton-Claridge
Community Building (11901 Claridge Rd., Wheaton 20902).
Brookside Nature Center
Nature Tykes
Five-Day Camps
This half-day camp is just right for preschool explorers! We’ll

128557 3-5yrs 5 Classes $110 6/20-6/24 M-F 10am- 12:30pm
discover the life story of trees, follow water to see where it
goes, dig into soil to see what worms are up to, survey some
Garden Impressionists Camp I amazing bugs, and seek out our wild neighbors’ secrets.
Under the guidance of professional artist Ivette Burgess, Locust Grove Nature Center
campers will explore beautiful landscaped gardens, learn 131149 4-5yrs 4 Classes $120 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- Noon
how to train their eyes, and seek out natural patterns, 131150 4-5yrs 5 Classes $150 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- Noon
shapes, and color. Through short daily lessons and inspira-
tion from the gardens, children will be encouraged to utilize Wild About Wildlife
different artistic techniques and media to create their own Have fun learning about local reptiles, amphibians, mam-
works of art depicting nature’s beauty. Two age groups. mals, birds and insects through games, crafts and outdoor
Brookside Gardens exploration.
130949 5-7yrs 5 Classes $80 6/20-6/24 M-F 10am- 11:30am Brookside Nature Center
130999 8-10yrs 5 Classes $90 6/20-6/24 M-F 1pm- 3pm 128561 6-8yrs 5 Classes $105 7/11-7/15 M-F 9:30am- Noon
Bug Camp It’s Fun-damental!

Five days of bug bliss, with outdoor activities exploring We’ll be naturally inspired as we create and experiment with
insects that swim, fly, hop and live underground and a field the four elements: fire, earth, air and water. We’ll cool off
trip to the “Wings of Fancy” Live Butterfly Exhibit. with a stream splash, use solar power to lift a balloon, fash-
Brookside Nature Center ion kites, collect plants to brew natural dyes, create a dish
128559 6-8yrs 5 Classes $105 6/20-6/24 M-F 9:30am-Noon garden, and make a Cartesian diver! All this and more, as we
explore our 500-acre park to learn about these important,
Archaeology Leader Training non-living components of our ecosystem.
Workshop for Teens Locust Grove Nature Center
Learn how to become an awesome camp counselor and 131050 6-10yrs 5 Classes $250 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 3:30pm
leader in this five-day camp. Participants will receive CPR It’s Fun-damental! – Extended Care
training, learn the basics of archaeological methods, and 132856 6-10yrs 5 Classes $35 7/11-7/15 M-F 8am- 9am
practice creating and planning camp activities. 132855 6-10yrs 5 Classes $50 7/11-7/15 M-F 3:30pm- 5:30pm
Needwood Mansion
132259 14 & up 5 Classes $220 6/20-6/24 M-F 9am- 3pm Nature & Science Camp
Explore nature and science through
Garden Impressionists Camp II hands-on experiments, field trips,
The artistic journey continues for your budding artist with and other fun activities. We’ll experiment
help from professional artist Debbie Vanegas. Campers will with things that bang, pop, and fizz, examine
use a broad palette of art technique and mediums, including the glowing science behind bioluminescence,
drawing, collages, and painting. (Projects are different than have an earthquake-resistant building contest,
Garden Impressionists I camp—see above.) Two age groups. find out how opposites attract with magnet
Brookside Gardens fun, and investigate the limits of amusement
131000 5-7yrs 5 Classes $85 6/27-7/1 M-F 10am-11:30am park physics by building our own roller coasters.
131001 8-10yrs 5 Classes $95 6/27-7/1 M-F 1pm- 3pm Meadowside Nature Center
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NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS: 5 DAYS MontgomeryParks.org
NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS Ancient Pathways

Outdoor Rangers Camp Get a hands-on experience of the ways in
Join Naturalist Lynette Lenz for a week of outdoor discovery. which our ancestors used the plants,
We’ll enjoy nature in all its glory by hiking in and around stones, and bones around them for their
the streams, forests and meadows around Black Hill and housing, hardware store, pharmacy, and
Little Bennett Parks. We’ll also go boating and fishing and grocery. Campers will learn how to build
explore Little Seneca Lake. FOBH $225 an emergency shelter as well as more
Black Hill Visitor Center complex variations; make fire by friction
129799 8-11yrs 5 Classes $250 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 3:30pm and then use fire as a tool; and use avail-
able materials to provide not only for needs,
Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! but comforts as well. By the end of the week, you could
Have a week of natural fun as we visit and explore three dif- be living outdoors! FOBH $265
ferent organic farms, each with a different production focus. Black Hill Visitor Center
Find out what a CSA is, take a hayride, plant a container 129899 12-17yrs 5 Classes $270 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 3:30pm
vegetable garden, participate in a cooking class, harvest a
few veggies and flowers, see the countryside, shop a little, Locust Grove Counselor-in-Training
and have a great time. We’ll learn about organic growing Do you have hopes of being a Locust Grove Camp Coun-
methods and food nutrition, and visit the famous Herr’s selor? This camp is designed to prepare you for just such
potato chip factory if time allows. a role! As a Counselor-In-Training (CIT) camper, you’ll
Brookside Gardens shadow Park Naturalists, camp teachers and counselors to
131002 8-11yrs 5 Classes $225 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 3:30pm learn about environmental monitoring, animal tracking,
plant/animal identification, and tried-and-true nature
Little House on the Prairie Camp
Five-Day Camps
crafts. You’ll also practice sharing your new-found knowl-
How did Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family live? What did edge with younger campers, learn about group dynamics,
they eat and how did they spend their days? We’ll explore exercise decision-making skills, and learn to effectively
the life and times of Laura and her family through fun activi- lead a group while having fun at camp. It’s a résumé-
ties and crafts at the Agricultural History Farm Park (18400 building experience that will last a lifetime.
Muncaster Road, Derwood, 20855). Naturalist: Lisa Droubi Locust Grove Nature Center
Agricultural History Farm Park 131099 13-15yrs 5 Classes $275 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 3:30pm
130454 8-13yrs 5 Classes $225 7/11-7/15 M-F 9:30am- 3pm
Ponds, Puddles & Pools Nature Camp en Español

A nature camp in Spanish? ¡Qué maravilloso! Campers will
Can’t resist getting wet on a hot summer day? Join us in enjoy nature adventures in a bilingual environment as we
water play and explorations! We’ll learn about and enjoy catch insects in the meadow, splash in the creek, search
different types of water habitats and the many animals that for wild critters in the forest, read stories, play games,
swim, hop, and sneak along the water’s edge. Each day we’ll and much more. Campers will be immersed in fun nature
learn about things wet, wild and wonderful! activities in both Spanish and English. Children with no
Meadowside Nature Center Spanish language background are welcome.
Meadowside Nature Center
Nature Film School Camp
How do nature documentaries get made? Do animals
show up on cue? How does a filmmaker decide what to Wild in the Woods
document, and why? Campers will learn from experts Come to a camp where it’s okay to act
how to design and document natural subjects, and like wild animals! We’ll prowl, growl,
produce a film to screen for friends and family. swim and slither to learn about the lives
Locust Grove Nature Center of our wild neighbors. With a focus
131051 6-10yrs 5 Classes $275 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 3:30pm on native wildlife, we’ll explore why
Nature Film School Camp - Extended Care animals do what they do, and where
132857 6-10yrs 5 Classes $35 7/18-7/22 M-F 8am- 9am in the forest they might be found.
132858 6-10yrs 5 Classes $50 7/18-7/22 M-F 3:30pm- 5pm Locust Grove Nature Center
Botanical Art Camp I Wild in the Woods - Extended Care
Using foods from Brookside’s vegetable plots and exotic 132859 6-10yrs 5 Classes $35 7/25-7/29 M-F 8am- 9am
fruits and vegetables from local markets as “models,” 132860 6-10yrs 5 Classes $50 7/25-7/29 M-F 3:30pm- 5pm
campers will learn to use colored pencils to draw, shade,
color and create botanical art. We’ll enjoy a slide show Rockin’ Geology Camp
of classic fruit and vegetable “portraits,” and weather Experience geology! Conduct experiments and grow your
permitting, wander outside to sketch wild fruits (pods, own crystals. Learn about rocks, minerals and how geology
berries, cones, seeds, etc.). Each student will receive a changes over time. Field trips include hunting fossil shark
sketchbook, and mat a favorite work at camp’s end. In- teeth and whale bones on a Miocene beach and visiting
structor: Doreen Bolnick See p.8 for Botanical Art Camp II. Great Falls, a mica mine, and Crystal Grottoes cave.
Brookside Gardens Brookside Nature Center
136249 8-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- Noon 128571 12-14yrs 5 Classes $240 7/25-7/29 M-F 9am- 3pm
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NATURE & SCIENCE • OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS: 5 Days
NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS Beastly Buddies

Horses! Honeybees! Dogs! Here’s you chance to learn
Nature & Art Camp about the animals that help humans, and the humans who
Campers will explore the wonders of nature, science and help our wild and companion animals. Build mason bee
history through art projects, games and other activities. hives, learn how to monitor and provide habitat for birds,
We’l make our own “dirt paint” to create prehistoric cave butterflies and amphibians, and meet some service animals
art, use wildlife to inspire our kite creations, collect natural and their trainers. It’s the perfect camp for animal lovers!
found objects to make amazing mosaics, and much more. Locust Grove Nature Center
Meadowside Nature Center 131102 6-10yrs 5 Classes $275 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am- 3:30pm
Beastly Buddies - Extended Care
132849 6-10yrs 5 Classes $35 8/8-8/12 M-F 8am- 9am
Cabin John Expedition Force 132850 6-10yrs 5 Classes $50 8/8-8/12 M-F 3:30pm- 5pm
Where are the headwaters of Cabin John Creek, and where
does it empty into the mighty Potomac? Who and what
inhabits this body of water flowing by our Nature Center? Chesapeake Week
Join us and find out! Just like Lewis and Clark, we’ll venture Explore the Chesapeake Bay and the watershed region
forth: exploring the creek from beginning to end, docu- through sailing, camping, canoeing and more! We’ll begin
menting our sightings, preparing our meals in the “wild,” the week by exploring the Bay by boat as we hoist our sails,
and discovering how early explorers used natural resources trawl for fish, and analyze water samples looking for micro-
and simple tools to survive the expedition. Prepare to get scopic life forms. By mid-week, we’ll take a more intimate
wet, prepare to investigate, prepare for adventure! look at the Bay’s waterways through canoeing, camping, and
Locust Grove Nature Center fossil hunting. We will finish the week by examining the lives
Five-Day Camps
131100 6-10yrs 5 Classes $275 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 3:30pm of those who have made the Bay their home, both past and
present, including early colonial life and life in a long house
Cabin John Expedition Force – Extended Care village. Naturalist: Glenn Rice
132851 6-10yrs 5 Classes $35 8/1-8/5 M-F 8am- 9am Meadowside Nature Center
132852 6-10yrs 5 Classes $50 8/1-8/5 M-F 3:30pm- 5pm 129100 12-14yrs 5 Classes $325 8/8-8/12 M-F 8:00am- 5:00pm
Botanical Art Camp II Science Investigators

Botanical art is a superb way of teaching careful Each day we’ll do investigations and experiments in a
observation and respect for nature’s diversity, and to learn different field of science: physics, chemistry, geology, as-
about Maryland’s natural history through its trees and tronomy/space and limnology (the study of fresh water).
wildflowers. Through careful observation and field work Brookside Nature Center
in both our garden areas and the natural forest, campers 128570 9-12yrs 5 Classes $120 8/15-8/19 M-F 9:30am- 12:30pm
will learn how to journal, collect specimens and make a
pressed sample, then sketch/draw/paint what they’ve
found. Students may work in graphite pencil, colored
pencil or watercolor (sketchbooks and media provided),
then choose a favorite work of art to mat and frame.
OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS
Instructor: Rita Pazelli See p. 7 for Botanical Art Camp I.
Brookside Gardens
131003 8-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/1 -8/5 M-F 9am- Noon Summer Skateboard Workshops
Learn or improve your skating skills and have some xtreme
Nature Explorers fun in these great summer clinics. Professional instructors
Campers will enjoy sensory activities and games that will from American Inline Skating will teach beginner through
heighten their awareness and ability to understand and advanced skaters how to push, ride, tack turn olly, kick
appreciate nature. We’ll go off the beaten path and im- flip, grind, stall, drop in and get air in this clinic. Skaters are
merse ourselves in a variety of beautiful natural habitats, grouped by age and ability. Required equipment: Skate-
including forest, lake, stream, mountain and meadow. board, helmet designed for skateboarding, elbow and knee
Learn wildlife-watching techniques, tracking, and how to pads, wrist guards, water and snack. Please print your
camouflage, and enjoy fun outdoor games. FOBH $245 ParkPASS registration confirmation for important details
Black Hill Visitor Center regarding cancellations, etc.
128999 9-12yrs 5 Days $250 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 3:30pm Olney Manor Skate Park
130399 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 6/13-6/17 M-F 8:30am-Noon
130400 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 6/20-6/24 M-F 8:30am-Noon
Parent & Child Nature Art Camp 130401 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 6/27-7/1 M-F 8:30am-Noon
Explore nature through art with your child! Learn about the 130402 6-13yrs 4 Classes $152 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8:30am-Noon
forest and stream and the plants and animals that live there; 130403 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 7/11-7/15 M-F 8:30am-Noon
and make nature artwork and projects every day to take 130404 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 7/18-7/22 M-F 8:30am-Noon
home and treasure. Please register the child only; no fee 130405 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 7/25-7/29 M-F 8:30am-Noon
for adult. Meet at Wheaton-Claridge Community Building 130406 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 8/1-8/5 M-F 8:30am-Noon
(11901 Claridge Rd., Wheaton 20902). 130407 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 8/8-8/12 M-F 8:30am-Noon
Brookside Nature Center 130408 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 8/15-8/19 M-F 8:30am-Noon
128558 5-8yrs 5 Classes $130 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am-Noon 130409 6-13yrs 5 Classes $190 8/22-8/26 M-F 8:30am-Noon
8 Registration opens January 9 for Montgomery County residents and January 10 for all.
OUTDOOR FUN • TENNIS CAMPS: 5 Days MontgomeryParks.org
OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS Junior Naturalist

Outdoor Adventures Camp
Explore unique habitats and see wildlife up close
while playing hard at a variety of great out-
Everyone loves Week in the door adventures. Campers will work with bird
Park—it’s our most popular researchers in the field, hike along the Potomac
camp! This full-day, five-day River, take a trip to a wild cave where we’ll climb, crawl,
camp features indoor tennis and twist through unrivaled cave formations, go geocach-
and ice skating lessons, arts ing and canoeing, and more! Naturalist: Lisa Droubi
and crafts, a field trip to Meadowside Nature Center
South Germantown Splash 130499 10-12yrs 5 Classes $275 7/25-7/29 M-F 8:30am- 5:00pm
Playground and Miniature
Golf, nature walks, miniature train
and carousel rides, and much, much
more! Meet at the Wheaton Ice Arena, and we’ll go TENNIS CAMPS & CLINICS
from there each day. We do a whole mess of walking
and running around in this camp, so wear your most Tennis Clinic: Beginner/Beginner Plus
comfortable walking shoes! Designed for students with minimal playing experience.
Wheaton Regional Park Students will warm up, review their grip and court etiquette
129652 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 6/27-7/1 M-F 9am- 5pm and basic safety rules, and work on the fundamentals of
129653 6-12yrs 4 Classes $196 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 5pm hitting techniques: ground shots, lobs volleys, serves, and
129654 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 7/11-7/15 M-F 9am- 5pm overhead skills.
Five-Day Camps
129655 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 5pm Pauline Betz Addie Tennis / Cabin John
129656 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 7/25-7/29 M-F 9am- 5pm 130703 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/20-6/24 M-F 8am-10am
129658 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am- 5pm 130704 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/27-7/1 M-F 8am-10am
130705 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8am-10am
130711 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 1pm- 3pm
130706 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 8am-10am
Wheaton Indoor Tennis
Outdoor Adventure Camp 131214 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/20-6/24 M-F 1pm- 3pm
Discover the outdoors in this high-adventure day camp!
Activities include tubing, hiking, fishing, canoeing, ropes
course, zip lines, go-carting, laser tag, rock climbing, trap
131207 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8am-10am
& skeet, spelunking and swimming. Activities will vary by
week, and are subject to change depending on the weather. 131216 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 1pm- 3pm
Cabin John Ice Rink 131208 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 8am-10am
130149 9-13yrs 5 Classes $300 6/27-7/1 M-F 9:00am- 3:00pm 131217 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 1pm- 3pm
130150 9-13yrs 5 Classes $300 7/11-7/15 M-F 9:00am- 3:00pm 131209 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 8am-10am
130154 9-13yrs 5 Classes $300 7/25-7/29 M-F 9:00am- 3:00pm 131210 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/25-7/29 M-F 8am-10am
Meet in the Cabin John Ice Rink lobby for daily transport to and 131220 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/1-8/5 M-F 1pm- 3pm
from offsite activities. Please call 301-495-2538 (not the rink) with 131212 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/8-8/12 M-F 8am-10am
questions, and fax your Participant Profile and medical forms to
301-469-6196 marked “Outdoor Adventure Camp.”
See pages 14-17 for camps indexed by date, age and location. 9
TENNIS CAMPS & CLINICS: 5 DAYS
TENNIS CAMPS & CLINICS Tennis & Ice Skating Camp

Master the fundamentals of two great sports in one week!
Tennis Clinic: Intermediate/Advanced We’ll learn the rules, scoring, etiquette, terminology and
Intermediate/Advanced Clinic students should understand techniques of tennis on outdoor courts in the morning, then
how tennis is played, when and where to hit which stroke, move inside to learn basic ice skating techniques—falling
and how to keep score; be able to hit ground strokes, lobs, down and getting up, marching, swizzles, snowplow stops
volleys, serves, service returns and overheads; and rally and more—with open skating sessions and a professional
from the baseline for at least 10 minutes. We’ll work on skating lesson each day.
perfecting your ground strokes, volleys and service tech- Cabin John Regional Park
niques, and focus on strategy, conditions and footwork. 129550 8-13yrs 5 Classes $250 6/20-6/24 M-F 9am- 3pm
Pauline Betz Addie Tennis / Cabin John 129549 8-13yrs 4 Classes $200 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3pm
130735 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/20-6/24 M-F 3pm- 5pm 129552 8-13yrs 5 Classes $250 8/15-8/19 M-F 9am- 3pm
130727 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/27-7/1 M-F 10am- Noon Meet at outdoor courts B-2 & B-3, just across from Cabin John Ice Rink.
130728 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 10am- Noon Tennis & So Much More!
130737 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 3pm- 5pm There’s something for everyone in this camp! For half of
130729 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 10am- Noon each day, we’ll learn tennis basics with pro instructors at
130738 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 3pm- 5pm Wheaton Indoor Tennis. The rest of the day will be chock-
130730 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 10am- Noon full of fun with activities like fishing at Pine Lake, ice skating
130739 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 3pm- 5pm at Wheaton Ice, goofing around at the Splash Playground in
130731 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/25-7/29 M-F 10am- Noon South Germantown, rollerblading, and “so much more.”
Five-Day Camps
130740 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/25-7/29 M-F 3pm- 5pm Wheaton Indoor Tennis
130742 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/8--8/12 M-F 3pm- 5pm 129108 6-12yrs 5 Classes $250 8/8-8/12 M-F 9am- 3pm
130734 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/15-8/19 M-F 10am- Noon Transportation provided to offsite locations; drop off/pick up
130744 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/15-8/19 M-F 3pm- 5pm campers at Wheaton Indoor Tennis. Please bring a non-perishable
130743 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/22-8/26 M-F 10am- Noon lunch each day.
Wheaton Indoor Tennis Tennis & Golf Camp
131226 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/20-6/24 M-F 10am- Noon Get into the swing of things this summer with tennis and
131234 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/20-6/24 M-F 3pm- 5pm golf camp! We’ll spend half the day on the links with a golf
131227 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/27-7/1 M-F 10am- Noon pro, learning basics like how to hold the club, putting, short
131235 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 6/27-7/1 M-F 3pm- 5pm chipping, etiquette and rules. Golf equipment provided, or
131228 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 10am- Noon bring your own. Then we’ll head over to Pauline Betz Addie
131236 7-12yrs 4 Classes $100 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 3pm- 5pm Tennis Center in Cabin John to learn basic tennis strokes,
131229 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 10am- Noon rules and etiquette. Sunscreen and hats are recommended;
131237 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/11-7/15 M-F 3pm- 5pm please bring a non-perishable lunch. Drop off and pick up at
131230 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 10am- Noon the Tennis Center (7801 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda 20817).
131238 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 7/18-7/22 M-F 3pm- 5pm Pauline Betz Addie Tennis / Cabin John
131232 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/1-8/5 M-F 10am- Noon
131240 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/1-8/5 M-F 3pm- 5pm Tennis Boot Camp
131233 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/8-8/12 M-F 10am- Noon Do you have the right stuff to be a tennis champion? Take
131241 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/8-8/12 M-F 3pm- 5pm a week to really focus on the sport in this fun, challenging
131242 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/15-8/19 M-F 3pm- 5pm week-long camp. Using games, personal instruction and
131244 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/15-8/19 M-F 10am- Noon drills, we’ll teach beginning/intermediate level players all
131245 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/22-8/26 M-F 3pm- 5pm the basics: forehand, backhand, and overhead strokes,
131246 7-12yrs 5 Classes $125 8/22-8/26 M-F 10am- Noon serves and volleys, footwork, scorekeeping, names and
meanings of the lines, and more. Add some footwork drills
and cardio exercise, and your inner champion is sure to
emerge! Please bring a non-perishable lunch each day.
Wheaton Indoor Tennis
Visit the Parks booth at the 129111 5-12yrs 4 Classes $200 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3pm
WHITE FLINT MALL 129112 5-12yrs 5 Classes $250 7/18-7/22 M-F 9am- 3pm
CAMP & SUMMER PROGRAM EXPO 129113 5-12yrs 5 Classes $250 8/1-8/5 M-F 9am- 3pm
Saturday & Sunday
January 29 & 30
10 Registration opens January 9 for Montgomery County residents and January 10 for all.
ICE SKATING • NATURE • OUTDOOR FUN: 4 DAYS MontgomeryParks.org
ICE SKATING CLINICS

Ice Dance Clinics Prerequisite: Gamma level & up
Professional ice dancing instruction for intermediate skat- American Girl Camp
ers with a clear grasp of edges, three-turns, and mohawks. Enjoy crafts, games, adventures and food just like the
Learn dance patterns and music interpretation; participate American Girls! Activities include Lanie’s nature study,
in on- and off-ice drills and strength-building exercises. Bring Samantha’s Victorian day, Julie’s pet rock, Kit’s movie
lunch/snack, and sneakers for off-ice training. matinee, and more.
Wheaton Ice Arena Brookside Nature Center
130602 5-17yrs 4 Classes $180 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8:15am- Noon 128564 8-11yrs 4 Classes $125 6/27-6/30 M-Th 9:30am-12:30pm
130603 5-17yrs 1 Class $52 7/5 Tu 8:15am- Noon 128565 8-11yrs 4 Classes $125 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9:30am-12:30pm
130604 5-17yrs 1 Class $52 7/6 W 8:15am- Noon
130605 5-17yrs 1 Class $52 7/7 Th 8:15am- Noon Lunch Bunch
130606 5-17yrs 1 Class $52 7/8 F 8:15am- Noon Going to American Girl Camp in the morning and want
130607 18 & up 4 Classes $180 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8:15am- Noon to stay for American Girl Handicrafts in the afternoon?
130608 18 & up 1 Class $52 7/5 Tu 8:15am- Noon Bring your lunch and eat here with us! Must be signed
130609 18 & up 1 Class $52 7/6 W 8:15am- Noon up for both camps to join the Lunch Bunch.
130610 18 & up 1 Class $52 7/7 Th 8:15am- Noon Brookside Nature Center
130611 18 & up 1 Class $52 7/8 F 8:15am- Noon 128573 8-11yrs 4 Classes $15 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 12:30pm- 1pm
American Girl Handicrafts

Try your hand at creating a variety of hand-crafted pro-
NATURE & SCIENCE CAMPS
Four-Day Camps
jects just like the American Girls! We’ll sew, weave, paint,
and a whole lot more.
Wee Little Farmers Brookside Nature Center
Join us for some down-home fun on the farm! Wee Little
128566 8-11yrs 4 Classes $110 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 1pm- 3:30pm
Farmers is four great days filled with stories, activities,
crafts, and a meet-and-greet with some real farm animals.
Meet at the Agricultural History Farm Park (18400
Muncaster Rd., Derwood, 20855). Parents will need to stay
with their children throughout this camp.
Fire Works Camp
Every time you strike a match or light a candle you’re
Agricultural History Farm Park
receiving a gift from our ancient ancestors—fire! We’ll
129101 3-5yrs 4 Classes $50 6/14-6/17 Tu-F 9:30am-11am
explore the remarkable role this gift has played in shaping
civilization, and how different cultures have used fire to
Wee Little Nature Explorers heat, cook, fight, manufacture, and illuminate their world.
Discover the natural world! Reading stories, meeting live We’ll see who can start a fire quickest without matches,
animals, catching bugs, and hiking are just some of the fun take apart a firecracker, cook our own food over open
adventures in store for you and your child at camp. Parents flames, and bake our own clay pots. As we do these fun
will need to stay with their children throughout this camp. things, we’ll learn what fire actually is. Most importantly,
Meadowside Nature Center we’ll hear from experts on how to keep all fires, safe fires.
Locust Grove Nature Center
131049 6-10yrs 4 Classes $200 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3:30pm
Parent & Child Animal Camp Fire Works Camp - Extended Care
Find out about the wonderful world of wildlife as you 132853 6-10yrs 4 Classes $28 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8am- 9am
and your child explore the places that squirrels, birds and 132854 6-10yrs 4 Classes $40 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 3:30pm- 5pm
fish make their homes. Learn about grown-up animals,
baby animals, very old animals, and fossil animals. Make Fun with Water
a project or animal artwork every day to take home and Do you like getting wet on a hot summer day? Join us as
treasure. Thursday field trip to hunt for fossils at the Bay we explore different water habitats while catching and
meets from Noon-3 pm; you provide your transportation. learning about animals that live in therm. Each day we’ll
Please register the child only; no fee for adult. Meet at Pil- visit a different place where aquatic animals live. Create,
grim Hills Park (1615 E. Randolph Rd., Silver Spring 20904). play, and discover life in water.
Brookside Nature Center Brookside Nature Center
128555 4-6yrs 4 Classes $95 6/27-6/30 M-Th 1pm- 3:30pm 128563 7-10yrs 4 Classes $150 7/19-7/22 Tu-F 9:30am- 2:30pm
Earthkeepers Camp Arthropod Adventures

Calling young nature lovers! Join Naturalist Lynette Lenz More than 80% of the world’s animals are arthropods!
and explore Black Hill Regional Park’s three habitats: for- Get to know insects, spiders, crustaceans, mil-
est, lake, and meadow. Through crafts, games, stories and lipedes and more through daily field trips to local
hands-on activities, we’ll learn how to help take care of parks, and visits to the “Wings of Fancy” Butterfly
Mother Earth. We’ll be outside, so dress for the weather. Exhibit and Invertebrate Exhibit at the National Zoo.
Please bring water and a lunch each day. FOBH: $120.00 Brookside Nature Center
Black Hill Visitor Center 128569 9-12yrs 4 Classes $175 8/2-8/5 Tu-F 9:30am- 2:30pm
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OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS: 4 DAYS
OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS Grandparent-Grandchild Nature Camp

Create great memories with your grandchild as you partici-
Beginning Fishing Camp pate together in fun outdoor activities and field trips like
Join us for four days of fun and adventure! We’ll teach you fishing, catching bugs, hiking, boating, and more. Sign up
how, when and where to catch freshwater fish, and provide for one or all four days--you’ll save 10% with the Camp “4-
expert, hands-on instruction on balanced tackle, live bait, Pack”! Please register and pay for each camper (both the
artificial lure selection, knots, casting, and the latest tech- young, and young-at-heart).
niques. Trips to waters outside of the park will compliment • Grandparent-Grandchild Nature 4-Pack
experience gained on Little Seneca Lake. An itinerary and a Sign up for all four days (Tuesday - Friday) and save 10%!
list of necessary equipment will be sent out prior to camp. Meadowside Nature Center
All participants will receive tackle packs (a $50 value!) filled 135699 6 & up 4 Classes $108 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 9am- 3:30pm
with lures chosen especially for this area, and a free Fish- • Forest Discoveries
ing Resource Notebook packed with valuable fishing tips Learn about trees, explore life under a log, hunt for bugs,
and info. Meet at the Visitor Center each day. FOBH $270 and meet some of Meadowside’s live animals that depend
Already an angler? See below for Advanced Fishing Camp! on the forest habitat. We’ll also play games, make a tree-
Black Hill Visitor Center rific t-shirt, and do other fun activities together to learn
128901 11-17yrs 4 Classes $275 6/21-6/24 Tu-F 8:30am- 5pm what makes the forest such a wonderful place!
Survival: Wheaton Park 130450 6 & up 1 Class $30 7/5 Tu 9am- 3:30pm
Get your hands dirty and learn some useful outdoor living
• Life on the Farm
Four-Day Camps
skills! We’ll learn how to build a fire and basic shelter, read a
map, use a compass, tie knots, cook over a campfire, prepare Experience what life was like on a late
for emergencies, and respect/protect the environment. 1800s farm with a visit to the Agricultural
Brookside Nature Center History Farm Park. We’ll learn about every-
128568 13-16yrs 4 Classes $190 6/21-6/24 Tu-F 9:30am- 3:30pm day chores, see farm animals up close, go on a
128567 9-12yrs 4 Classes $190 7/12-7/15 Tu-F 9:30am- 3:30pm hayride, play pioneer games, make period crafts, and more.
River Adventures Kayak Camp 130451 6 & up 1 Class $30 7/6 W 9am- 3:30pm
Kayaking is even more fun than it looks! Come learn the • Take to the Air: Birds, Butterflies & More
basics of successful kayaking on flat and gentle river waters Lift your eyes to the sky and discover amazing animals in
in our beginners’ Kayaking Camp. We’ll cover equipment, flight. We’ll learn about the remarkable adaptations of
safety, basic strokes, entries and exits (wet and dry), boat Meadowside’s birds of prey, complete an owl pellet dissec-
control, self-rescue, how to read the water, river hazards, tion, visit the “Wings of Fancy” Butterfly Exhibit at Brook-
safe transport of kayaks, knots and hitches, features/uses of side Gardens, play games, and more.
kayaks and kayaking equipment, and more, using American Meadowside Nature Center
Canoe Association-approved instructional manuals and certi- 130452 6 & up 1 Class $30 7/7 Th 9am- 3:30pm
fied kayak instructors. We’ll spend our first day on Little Sen-
eca Lake, learning how to kayak on flatwater, and the other • Water Wonders
three days kayaking on local rivers (Class I moving water). Fee Jump in feet first and discover the wonders of water! Let’s
covers kayak rental, PFDs and all other necessary equip- go fishing and boating at Lake Needwood, hunt for crayfish
ment. You must be able to swim. Wear clothes you don’t and salamanders in the stream at Meadowside, and dis-
mind getting wet, and bring water shoes or strap-on sandals, cover the amazing world both above and under the water.
a brimmed hat, sunglasses with keeper strap and sunscreen. Meadowside Nature Center
Four-day camp; no camp Wednesday. FOBH $270 130453 6 & up 1 Class $30 7/8 F 9am- 3:30pm
Black Hill Visitor Center
128899 12-17yrs 4 Classes $275 Starts Mon. 6/27 8:30am- 5pm
128900 12-17yrs 4 Classes $275 Starts Mon. 7/25 8:30am- 5pm
Be Kind to
Advanced Fishing Camp Animals Camp
If you’ve completed our Beginning Fishing Meet professionals who
Camp (see above), or are comfortable with work with and care for
overhead and sidearm casting, have mastered all different kinds of wild
at least one reliable knot for attaching tackle and domestic animals.
to line, and can rig plastic worms and grubs to This camp is designed for
jig heads, you’re ready for Advanced Fishing kids who love animals and think
Camp! We’ll focus on building the skill and they might want to pursue a
techniques to effectively use a wider variety of career working with them.
artificial lures, and to better understand fish behav- Camp includes a number
ior and fishing strategies. Campers will also learn of behind-the-scenes and
care, maintenance and selection of equipment. Free hands-on field trips.
tackle pack with a variety of lures for all! We’ll fish a wide Brookside Nature Center
variety of waters, both on- and off-site. FOBH $270 128699 12-16yrs 4 Classes
Black Hill Visitor Center $190 8/8-8/11 M-Th
128949 12-17yrs 4 Classes $275 7/5-7/8 Tu-F 8:30am- 5pm 9:30am- 3:30pm
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OUTDOOR FUN • SPRING BREAK • SCOUTING MontgomeryParks.org
OUTDOOR FUN CAMPS (cont.) BOY SCOUT BADGES

Boy Scout Merit Badges at Locust Grove
Pioneer Living Camp Spend time this summer earning your Boy Scout badges at
Spend a weekend living like a pioneer settler in the Locust Grove Nature Center. Some badges require assign-
Maryland “frontier.” Using old-time hand tools like draw ments you can do before or after class time; badge approval
knives and hand drills, you’ll build simple furniture and will be given once all necessary requirements are document-
learn to prepare and cook a hearthside meal. You’ll take ed by the scout and reviewed by the Naturalist. Bring a bag
home your own hand-constructed, simple three-legged lunch and dress for the weather.
stool; learn how to split wood and build a fire for cook-
• Mammals Merit Badge
ing; whittle and carve a simple wooden plate or bowl and
Locust Grove Nature Center
cooking skewer; and cook a simple frontier meal of johnny
Spring Break/Scouting
131201 11-17yrs 1 Class $50 6/21 Tu 9:30am-3:30pm
cakes, roasted chicken and boiled garden vegetables.
Locust Grove Nature Center • Birds Merit Badge
131199 12 & up 2 Classes $125 7/16&17 Sa&Su 10am- 5pm Locust Grove Nature Center
131203 11-17yrs 1 Class $50 6/22 W 9:30am-3:30pm
• Nature Merit Badge
SPRING BREAK PROGRAMS Locust Grove Nature Center
131204 11-17yrs 1 Class $50 6/23 Th 9:30am-3:30pm
Spring Week in the Park • Environmental Science Merit Badge

It’s time for spring fun and games at Week in the Park! Required for all scouts seeking Eagle Scout rank. Work
Kids will enjoy professional tennis and ice skating lessons, before and after attending this session is required.
do arts and crafts, take nature walks, visit the Wheaton Locust Grove Nature Center
Miniature Train and Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel, and much 131224 11-17yrs 1 Class $75 6/24 F 9:30am-3:30pm
more. Be sure to wear your walking shoes!
Wheaton Ice Arena Boy Scout Merit Badges at Meadowside
129649 6-12yrs 5 Classes $245 4/18-4/22 M-F 9am- 5pm Take a day or two out of your summer to have some hands-
on fun and earn your Boy Scout badges at the same time!
Each program is led by an experienced and knowledgeable
Park Naturalist at Meadowside Nature Center. Please bring a
bag lunch, and dress for the weather.
Park Play Days • Environmental Science Merit Badge
No school? No problem! On many of the days Montgomery Join us while we study people’s impact on the
County Public Schools are off (teacher training days, etc.), environment, and what we can do to reduce this impact
Park Play Days are on. Bring your kids (ages 6-12) for a Park as we examine different forms of pollution. Naturalist:
Play Day full of activities, including ice skating and tennis Glenn Rice
lessons (weather permitting), arts & crafts, and fun team Meadowside Nature Center
games and sports. Extended care is available after each Park 129501 10-17yrs 1 Class $40 6/27 M 10am- 2:30pm
Play Day for an additional fee.
Cabin John Ice Rink • Chemistry Merit Badge
130613 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/18 M 9am- 5pm Learn how chemistry is used to improve our lives and the
130614 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/19 Tu 9am- 5pm planet’s health with hands-on experiments.
130615 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/20 W 9am- 5pm Naturalist: Glenn Rice
130616 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/21 Th 9am- 5pm Meadowside Nature Center
130617 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/22 F 9am- 5pm 129500 10-17yrs 1 Class $40 6/28 Tu 10am- 2:30pm
Wheaton Ice Arena • Geology Merit Badge:
129650 6-12yrs 1 Class $40 4/25 M 9am- 5pm
Wild Cave Excursion
Park Play Day - Extended Care Come learn about cave formations, cave life, and cave
Extended care is available after each Park Play Day (5-6 complexities. On day one (Wednesday, June 29, 10am-
pm); cost is $7/hour. Please pick up your child on time; 2pm) of this two-part class, we’ll explore geology in
the after-hours late fee is $1/minute. Extended care is de- the classroom through hands-on activities and experi-
signed for children registered for Park Play Days only (not ments. On day two (Thursday, June 30, 9am-5pm), we’ll
regular ice skating programs). head underground! During our field trip to a wild cave in
Cabin John Ice Rink Shepherdstown, WV, we’ll climb, crawl, and twist through
130618 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/18 M 5pm- 6pm passages that few others venture to see. Please remember
130619 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/19 Tu 5pm- 6pm to bring a bag lunch both days. Naturalist: Glenn Rice
130620 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/20 W 5pm- 6pm Meadowside Nature Center
130621 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/21 Th 5pm- 6pm 129502 10-17yrs 2 Classes $95 W 6/29 10am- 2pm
130622 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/22 F 5pm- 6pm &Th 6/30 9am- 5pm
Wheaton Ice Arena
129651 6-12yrs 1 Class $7 4/25 M 5pm- 6pm
Registration opens January 9 for Montgomery County residents and January 10 for all...visit ParkPASS.org 13
Montgomery Parks Summer Camps & Programs by DATE
Week of... April 18-22, 25 Week of... July 11-15 (cont.) Week of... August 1-5
Spring Break Park Play Days (6-12yrs), p.13 It’s Fun-damental! (6-10yrs), p.6 Arthropod Adventures (9-12yrs), p.11
Spring Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.13 Little House on the Prairie Camp (8-13yrs), p.7 Botanical Art Camp II (8-12yrs), p.8
Nature & Science Camp (7-9yrs), p.6 Cabin John Expedition Force (6-10yrs), p.8
Week of... June 6-10 Outdoor Adventure Camp (9-13yrs), p.6 Ice Hockey Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Babes in the Park (2.5-5yrs), p.6 Outdoor Ranger Camp (8-11yrs), p.7 Nature & Art Camp (6-8yrs), p.8
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5 Nature Explorers (9-12yrs), p.8
Week of... June 13-17 Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Wee Little Farmers (3-5yrs), p.11 Survival: Wheaton Park (9-12yrs), p.12 Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8
Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 Tennis & So Much More! (6-12yrs), p.10 Tennis & Golf Camp (9-13yrs), p.10
Week of... June 20-24 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9 Tennis & Ice Skating Camp (8-13yrs), p. 5, 10
Archaeology Leader Training (14 & up), p.6 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10 Tennis Boot Camp (5-12yrs), p.10
Beginning Fishing Camp (11-17yrs), p.12 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9
Boy Scout Badges at Locust Wild About Wildlife (6-8yrs), p.6 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10
Grove Nature Center (11-17yrs), p.13 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9
July 16 & 17
Bug Camp (6-8yrs), p.6 Pioneer Living Camp (12 & up), p.13 Week of... August 8-12
Figure Skating Camp (7 & up), p.5 Be Kind to Animals Camp (12-16yrs), p.12
Garden Impressionists I (5-7, 8-10yrs), p.6
Index: Camps by DATE
Week of... July 18-22 Beastly Buddies (6-10yrs), p.8

Ice Hockey Camp (6-12yrs), p. 5 Ancient Pathways (12-17yrs), p.7 Chesapeake Week (12-14yrs), p.8
Parent & Child Nature Camp (3-5yrs), p. 6 Archaeology Camp for Kids (9-13yrs), p.6 Figure Skating Camp (7 & up), p.5
Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 Botanical Art Camp I (8-12yrs), p.7 Outdoor Adventure Camp (9-13yrs), p.6
Survival: Wheaton Park (13-16yrs), p.12 Fun with Water (7-10yrs), p.11 Parent & Child Nature Art Camp (5-8yrs), p.8
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp (8-13yrs), p. 5, 10 Ice Hockey Camp (6-12yrs), p.5 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9 Locust Grove Nature Center’s Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8
Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10 Counselor-in-Training (13-15yrs), p.7 Tennis & So Much More! (6-12yrs), p.10
Wee Little Nature Explorers (3-5yrs), p.11 Nature Film School Camp (6-10yrs), p.7 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9
Nature Tykes (4-5yrs), p.6 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10
Week of... June 27-July 1 Outdoor Adventure Camp (9-13yrs), p.6 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9
American Girl Camp (8-11yrs), p.11 Ponds, Puddles & Pools (5-6yrs), p.7
Archaeology Camp for Kids (9-13yrs), p.6 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5 Week of... August 15-19
Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 Science Investigators (9-12yrs), p.8
Nature Center (10-17yrs), p.13 Tennis Boot Camp (5-12yrs), p.10 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp (6 & up), p.5 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9 Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8
Garden Impressionists II (5-7, 8-10yrs), p.6 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10 Synchronized Skating Clinic (6 & up), p.5
Outdoor Adventure Camp (9-13yrs), p.6 Wee Little Farmers (3-5yrs), p.11 Tennis & Ice Skating Camp (8-13yrs), p. 5, 10
Parent & Child Animal Camp (4-6yrs), p.11 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9 Tennis Boot Camp (5-12yrs), p.10
River Adventures Kayak Camp (12-17yrs), p.12 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5 Week of... July 25-29 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10
Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 Archaeology Camp for Kids (9-13yrs), p.6 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9
Tennis & Golf Camp (9-13yrs), p.10 Figure Skating Camp (7 & up), p.5
Tennis & So Much More! (6-12yrs), p.10 Junior Naturalist Outdoor Week of... August 22-26
Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9 Adventure Camp (10-12yrs), p.9 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10 Nature Camp en Español (6-8yrs), p.7 Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8
Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9 Outdoor Adventure Camp (9-13yrs), p.6 Synchronized Skating Clinic (5 & up), p.5
River Adventures Kayak Camp (12-17), p.12 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9
Week of... July 5-8 (no camps on 7/4) Rockin’ Geology Camp (12-14yrs), p.7 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10
Advanced Fishing Camp (12-17yrs), p.12 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
American Girl Camp (8-11yrs), p.11 Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8
American Girl Lunch Bunch (8-11yrs), p.11 Tennis & So Much More! (6-12yrs), p.10
American Girl Handicrafts (8-11yrs), p.11 Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9
Archaeology Camp for Kids (9-13yrs), p.6 Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10
Earthkeepers Camp (5-7yrs), p.11 Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9
Fire Works Camp (6-10yrs), p.11 Wild in the Woods (6-10yrs), p.7
Grandparent-Child Nature Camp (6 & up), p.12
Ice Dance Clinic (5-17yrs), p.11
Nature Tykes (4-5), p.6 Montgomery Parks Summer Camp Notes
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp (6-12yrs), p.5
Summer Skateboard Workshop (6-13yrs), p.8 • Most camps run 4-5 days, anywhere from 1.5 hours (for the youngest set)
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp (8-13yrs), p. 5, 10 to 9 hours each day.
Tennis Boot Camp (5-12yrs), p.10 • No camps will be held on July 4 , so all 5-day camps during the week of July 4 will
Tennis Clinics: Beginner (7-12yrs), p.9 run four days, from July 5-8 (rates are adjusted accordingly).
Tennis Clinics: Int./Adv. (7-12yrs), p.10 • Please remember to print your ParkPASS confirmation receipt when you register
Week in the Park (6-12yrs), p.9 online...it often contains additional information about camp locations, things to
bring to camp, and more.
Week of... July 11-15
Archaeology Camp for Kids (9-13yrs), p.6 • All “Camps” require a “Day Camp Participant Profile” and “Day Camp Medication
Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! (8-11yrs), p.7 Form” to be completed and received at the camp location before camp begins.
Ice Hockey Camp (6-12yrs), p. 5 Both these forms can be found at www.ParkPASS.org, or at the hosting facility.
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Montgomery Parks Summer Camps & Programs by AGE
Two (2 ½) Seven (7) (cont.) Nine (9) (cont.)

Babes in the Park Camp, p.6 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Fire Works Camp, p.11
Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Three (3) It’s Fun-damental! p.6 Fun with Water, p.11
Babes in the Park Camp, p.6 Nature & Art Camp, p.8 Garden Impressionists I, p.6
Parent & Child Nature Camp, p.6 Nature & Science Camp, p.6 Garden Impressionists II, p.6
Wee Little Farmers, p.11 Nature Camp en Español, p.7 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12
Wee Little Nature Explorers, p.11 Nature Film School Camp, p.7 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11
Parent & Child Nature Art Camp, p.8 Ice Hockey Camp, p.5
Four (4)
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5 It’s Fun-damental! p.6
Babes in the Park Camp, p.6
Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7
Nature Tykes, p.6
Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Nature & Science Camp, p.6
Parent & Child Animal Camp, p.11
Tennis & So Much More! p.10 Nature Explorers, p.8
Parent & Child Nature Camp, p.6
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Nature Film School Camp, p.7
Wee Little Farmers, p.11
Wee Little Nature Explorers, p.11 Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9 Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6
Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10 Outdoor Rangers Camp, p.7
Five (5) Week in the Park, p.9 Science Investigators, p.8
Babes in the Park Camp, p.6 Wild About Wildlife, p.6 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5
Earthkeepers Camp, p.11 Wild in the Woods, p.7 Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12
Garden Impressionists I, p.6 Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8
Garden Impressionists II, p.6 Eight (8) Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 American Girl Camp, p.11 Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10
Nature Tykes, p.6 American Girl Lunch Bunch, p.11 Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10
American Girl Handicrafts, p.11
Index: Camps by AGE

Parent & Child Animal Camp, p.11 Tennis & So Much More! p.10
Parent & Child Nature Art Camp, p.8 Beastly Buddies, p.8 Tennis Boot Camp, p.10
Parent & Child Nature Camp, p.6 Botanical Art Camp I, p.7 Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9
Ponds, Puddles & Pools, p.7 Botanical Art Camp II, p.8 Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Bug Camp, p.6 Week in the Park, p.9
Wee Little Farmers, p.11 Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8 Wild in the Woods, p.7
Wee Little Nature Explorers, p.11 Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! p.7
Figure Skating Camp, p.5 Ten (10)
Six (6) Fire Works Camp, p.11 American Girl Camp, p.11
Beastly Buddies, p.8 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 American Girl Lunch Bunch, p.11
Bug Camp, p.6 Fun with Water, p.11 American Girl Handicrafts, p.11
Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8 Garden Impressionists I, p.6 Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6
Earthkeepers Camp, p.11 Garden Impressionists II, p.6 Arthropod Adventures, p.11
Fire Works Camp, p.11 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Beastly Buddies, p.8
Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Botanical Art Camp I, p.7
Garden Impressionists I, p.6 Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 Botanical Art Camp II, p.8
Garden Impressionists II, p.6 It’s Fun-damental! p.6 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13
Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7 Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8
Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Nature & Art Camp, p.8 Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! p.7
Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 Nature & Science Camp, p.6 Figure Skating Camp, p.5
It’s Fun-damental! p.6 Nature Camp en Español, p.7 Fire Works Camp, p.11
Nature & Art Camp, p.8 Nature Film School Camp, p.7 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Nature Camp en Español, p.7 Outdoor Rangers Camp, p.7 Fun with Water, p.11
Nature Film School Camp, p.7 Parent & Child Nature Art Camp, p.8 Garden Impressionists I, p.6
Parent & Child Animal Camp, p.11 Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5 Garden Impressionists II, p.6
Parent & Child Nature Art Camp, p.8 Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12
Ponds, Puddles & Pools, p.7 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5 Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10 Ice Hockey Camp, p.5
Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 Tennis & So Much More! p.10 It’s Fun-damental! p.6
Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Jr. Naturalist Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.9
Tennis & So Much More! p.10 Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9 Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10 Nature Explorers, p.8
Week in the Park, p.9 Week in the Park, p.9 Nature Film School Camp, p.7
Wild About Wildlife, p.6 Wild About Wildlife, p.6 Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6
Wild in the Woods, p.7 Wild in the Woods, p.7 Outdoor Rangers Camp, p.7
Nine (9) Science Investigators, p.8
Seven (7) Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5
Beastly Buddies, p.8 American Girl Camp, p.11
American Girl Lunch Bunch, p.11 Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8
Bug Camp, p.6 Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12
Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8 American Girl Handicrafts, p.11
Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
Earthkeepers Camp, p.11 Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10
Figure Skating Camp, p.5 Arthropod Adventures, p.11
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10
Fire Works Camp, p.11 Beastly Buddies, p.8
Tennis & So Much More! p.10
Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 Botanical Art Camp I, p.7
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10
Fun with Water, p.11 Botanical Art Camp II, p.8
Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8
Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9
Garden Impressionists I, p.6 Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10
Garden Impressionists II, p.6 Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! p.7
Week in the Park, p.9
Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Figure Skating Camp, p.5
Wild in the Woods, p.7
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Montgomery Parks Summer Camps & Programs by AGE (cont.)
Eleven (11) Thirteen (13) Sixteen (16) (cont.)

American Girl Camp, p.11 Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
American Girl Lunch Bunch, p.11 Ancient Pathways, p.7 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12
American Girl Handicrafts, p.11 Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11
Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6 Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12 Pioneer Living Camp, p.13
Arthropod Adventures, p.11 Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12
Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13 Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12
Botanical Art Camp I, p.7 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
Botanical Art Camp II, p.8 Chesapeake Week, p.8
Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13 Figure Skating Camp, p.5 Seventeen (17)
Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12
Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! p.7 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Ancient Pathways, p.7
Figure Skating Camp, p.5 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Archaeology Leader Training for Teens, p.6
Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7 Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12
Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Locust Grove Counselor-in-Training, p.7 Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13
Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13
Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 Pioneer Living Camp, p.13 Figure Skating Camp, p.5
Jr. Naturalist Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.9 River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7 Rockin’ Geology Camp, p.7 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12
Nature Explorers, p.8 Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11
Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6 Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12 Pioneer Living Camp, p.13
Outdoor Rangers Camp, p.7 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12
Science Investigators, p.8 Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
Index: Camps by AGE
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5 Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10 Eighteen (18)
Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 Archaeology Leader Training for Teens, p.6
Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12 Fourteen (14)
Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 Figure Skating Camp, p.5
Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10 Ancient Pathways, p.7
Archaeology Leader Training for Teens, p.6 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11
Tennis & So Much More! p.10 Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12
Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 Pioneer Living Camp, p.13
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9 Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13
Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13
Week in the Park, p.9 Chesapeake Week, p.8
Figure Skating Camp, p.5 Get your ParkPASS account!
Twelve (12) Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 1. Go to www.ParkPASS.org and click on
Ancient Pathways, p.7 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 the “My Account” tab at top right.
Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6 Locust Grove Counselor-in-Training, p.7 2. Click the “Create New Account” button.
Arthropod Adventures, p.11 Pioneer Living Camp, p.13 3. Fill in the requested information for
Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12 River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12 your account’s “Main Contact.” Don’t hit
Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 Rockin’ Geology Camp, p.7 the “Add Family Member” button yet.
Botanical Art Camp I, p.7 Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12 4. Fill out your address, phone and email
Botanical Art Camp II, p.8 Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 first, then go back up and hit the “Add
Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13 Family Member” button to enter the
Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13 Fifteen (15)
Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 names of your children, spouse, etc. so
Chesapeake Week, p.8
Ancient Pathways, p.7 that each member of your family will get
Figure Skating Camp, p.5
Archaeology Leader Training for Teens, p.6 their own ParkPASS Customer Number.
Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5
Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12 5. Important: If you check the “Private”
Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 box on this screen, we can’t send you
Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13 emails about Parks special events, or
Jr. Naturalist Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.9 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13 anything else. We never share, rent or
Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7 Figure Skating Camp, p.5 trade your personal information with
Nature Explorers, p.8 Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 any outside business or agency (other
Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6 Grandparent-Child Nature Camp, p.12 than the Recreation Department, which
Pioneer Living Camp, p.13 Ice Dance Clinic, p.11 mails out the Guide to both Parks and
Locust Grove Counselor-in-Training, p.7 Recreation customers).
River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12
Pioneer Living Camp, p.13
Rockin’ Geology Camp, p.7 6. After you’ve filled in all the blanks, hit
River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12
Science Investigators, p.8 the “Submit” button.
Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12
Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5
Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 7. Within two business days, you’ll get an
Summer Skateboard Workshop, p.8 email from “MCP-ParkPASS Help” with
Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12 Sixteen (16) your Customer Number(s) (one for each
Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 person registered), and one Account PIN
Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10 Ancient Pathways, p.7 for the whole account.
Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10 Archaeology Leader Training for Teens, p.6 8. You’re finished! Now you can use
Tennis & So Much More! p.10 Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12 ParkPASS to register for most Montgomery
Tennis Boot Camp, p.10 Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 Parks classes, camps and programs.
Tennis Clinics: Beginner, p.9 Boy Scout Badges @ Locust Grove, p.13 9. Need help? Call us at 301-495-2580
Tennis Clinics: Inter./Adv., p.10 Boy Scout Badges at Meadowside, p.13 (M-F, 10-2) or email MCP-ParkPassHelp@
Week in the Park, p.9 Figure Skating Camp, p.5 MontgomeryParks.org.
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Montgomery Parks Summer Camps & Programs by LOCATION
Agricultural History Farm Park Cabin John Ice Rink (cont.) Needwood Mansion
18400 Muncaster Rd., Derwood, MD 20855 • Outdoor Adventure Camp, p.6 Rock Creek Regional Park
301-670-4661 • AgHistoryFarm.org Meet in the Cabin John Ice lobby for daily 6700 Needwood Rd,. Derwood, MD 20855
transport to and from offsite activities.
• Little House on the Prairie Camp, p.7 Please call 301-495-2538 (not the rink) with 301-840-5848 • Fax 301-948-3471
• Wee Little Farmers, p.11 questions, and fax your Participant Profile • Archaeology Leader Training
and medical forms to 301-469-6196 marked Workshop for Teens, p.6
Please send correspondence (medical forms, etc.)
“Outdoor Adventure Camp.” • Archaeology Camp for Kids, p.6
to Meadowside Nature Center for these camps.
• Spring Break Park Play Days, p.13
• Summer Fun Ice Skating Camp, p.5
Black Hill Visitor Center • Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5 Olney Manor Skate Park
Black Hill Regional Park Olney Manor Recreational Park
20926 Lake Ridge Dr., Boyds, MD 20841 Cabin John Regional Park 7801 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
301-528-3492 • BlackHillNature.org 301-765-8650 • CabinJohnTennis.com
10610 Westlake Drive, Rockville, MD 20852
• Advanced Fishing Camp, p.12 • Summer Skateboard Workshops, p.8
301-765-8620 • CabinJohnIce.com
• Ancient Pathways, p.7
• Babes in the Park Camp, p.6 • Tennis & Ice Skating Camp, p.5, 10
• Beginning Fishing Camp, p.12 Pauline Betz Addie Tennis Center PP
Meet at Courts B-2 & B-3, just across
• Earthkeepers Camp, p.11 from Cabin John Ice Rink. Send camp Cabin John Regional Park
• Nature Explorers, p.8 correspondence to Cabin John Ice Rink. 7801 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
• Outdoor Rangers Camp, p.7
• River Adventures Kayak Camp, p.12 301-765-8650 • CabinJohnTennis.com
Locust Grove Nature Center PP • Tennis & Golf Camp, p.10
• Tennis Clinic: Beginner/Beginner+, p.9
Brookside Gardens PP Cabin John Regional Park • Tennis Clinic: Intermediate/Advanced, p.10
7777 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
Wheaton Regional Park
301-765-8660 • LocustGroveNature.org
1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 Wheaton Ice Arena PP
301-962-1400 • BrooksideGardens.org • Beastly Buddies, p.8
• Boy Scout Merit Badges, p.13 Wheaton Regional Park
• Botanical Art Camp I, p.7 -Mammals
• Botanical Art Camp II, p.8 11717 Orebaugh Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
-Birds
• Farms, Food, Fun & Sun! p. 7 -Nature 301-905-3000 • WheatonIceArena.com
• Garden Impressionists Camp I, p.6 -Environmental Science • Figure Skating Camp, p.5
• Garden Impressionists Camp II, p.6 • Cabin John Expedition Force, p.8 • Ice Dance Clinics, p.11
• Fire Works Camp, p.11 • Ice Hockey Camp, p.5
• It’s Fun-damental! p.6 • Spring Break Park Play Days, p.13
Brookside Nature Center PP
• Locust Grove Counselor-in-Training, p.7 • Spring Week in the Park, p.13
Wheaton Regional Park • Nature Film School Camp, p.7 • Synchronized Skating Clinic, p.5
• Nature Tykes, p.6 • Week in the Park, p.9
1400 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 • Pioneer Living Camp, p.13
301-962-1480 • BrooksideNature.org • Wild in the Woods, p.7
• American Girl Camp, p.11 Wheaton Indoor Tennis PP
• American Girl Handicrafts, p.11
• American Girl Lunch Bunch, p.11 Meadowside Nature Center PP Wheaton Regional Park
• Arthropod Adventures, p.11 11715 Orebaugh Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
Rock Creek Regional Park 301-905-3030 • WheatonTennis.com
• Be Kind to Animals Camp, p.12
• Bug Camp, p.6 5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20855
301-258-4030 • MeadowsideNature.org • Tennis & So Much More! p.10
• Fun with Water, p.11 • Tennis Boot Camp, p.10
• Parent & Child Animal Camp, p.11 • Boy Scout Merit Badges, p.13 • Tennis Clinic: Beginner/Beginner+, p.9
• Parent & Child Nature Art Camp, p.8 -Environmental Science • Tennis Clinic: Intermediate/Advanced, p.10
• Parent & Child Nature Camp, p.6 -Chemistry
• Rockin’ Geology Camp, p.7 -Geology: Wild Cave Excursion
• Science Investigators, p.8 • Chesapeake Week, p.8
• Survival: Wheaton Park, p.12 • Grandparent-Grandchild
• Wild About Wildlife, p.6 Nature Camp, p.12
-Forest Discoveries
-Life on the Farm
Cabin John Ice Rink PP
-Take to the Air
Cabin John Regional Park -Water Wonders
• Junior Naturalist Outdoor
10610 Westlake Drive, Rockville, MD 20852 Adventure Camp, p.9
301-765-8620 • CabinJohnIce.com • Nature & Art Camp, p.8
• Figure Skating Camp, p.5 • Nature & Science Camp, p.6
• Freestyle (Ice Skating) Camp, p.5 • Nature Camp en Español, p.7
• Ice Hockey Camp, p.5 • Ponds, Puddles & Pools, p.7
• Wee Little Nature Explorers, p.11
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LOCATION = Where camp meets at start time, unless noted otherwise in camp description. PP = ParkPASS registration site 17
How to Register for a Montgomery Parks SUMMER CAMP
1 Set up your ParkPASS account:
• Visit www.ParkPASS.org to set up your account online. See p.16 for step-by-step directions.
Please note: It can take up to two business days to activate a new account.
• If you need help, contact the ParkPASS Help Desk at 301-495-2580 (M-F, 10am-2pm),
or email us at MCP-ParkPASSHelp@MontgomeryParks.org.
• Visit one of our ParkPASS facilities (see the Montgomery Parks Directory in this catalog),
and they can help you set up a ParkPASS account on site.
Registration and Refund Info
2 Register for your camp(s):

• Online: Register 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.ParkPASS.org
• In person: Visit a ParkPASS facility (see the “Index by Location” in this catalog, and look
for the facilities with “PP” next to their name).
• By phone: Use the ParkPASS automated phone registration system at 301-670-6858
(not available for all programs). Have your ParkPASS Login ID/Customer Number and
Account PIN for each person you wish to register on hand.
• By mail: Fill out the registration form on the next page and mail it with payment to the facility
hosting the camp you’d like to attend. *Important: Submitting this form does not guarantee
a space in the requested camp or program. Please call the ParkPASS Help Desk or the facility
offering the camp to make sure there are openings in the camp you want before mailing in
your form. Many camps fill up very quickly—so online registration is your best bet if you’re
concerned about getting into a particular camp.
3 Fill out and submit the necessary forms

• All participants will need to complete a “Day Camp Participant Profile” form (.pdf), available to
download from www.ParkPASS.org, or at the facility offering the camp you want.
• If your child requires any medication to be administered during camp hours, you’ll also
need to fill out a “Day Camp Medication Form.” This form is also available at ParkPASS.org.
• Submit your form/s via mail or in person at the facility offering the camp you want.
Montgomery Parks SUMMER CAMP Refund Policy

If Montgomery Parks has to cancel a Summer Camp, you will be notified and receive a full credit on
your ParkPASS account, or at your request, a full refund (issued in the same form as received).
To withdraw from a Montgomery Parks Summer Camp, please submit a written request to the facil-
ity hosting your camp or program at least two (2) weeks prior to the start of the camp. Most facilities
accept email as a “written request,” but please check with the facility hosting your camp or program.
You may choose to receive a 100% credit to your ParkPASS account for future programs or classes, or
receive a refund (issued in the same form as received), less a 20% administrative fee.
If your written request is received less than two (2) weeks prior to the start of the camp, no credit or
refund will be issued unless your spot can be filled from the waitlist. If your spot is filled, you may
choose to receive a 100% credit to your ParkPASS account for future programs or classes, or receive a
refund (issued in the same form as received), less a 20% administrative fee.
Please allow 3-4 weeks to receive a check refund. Credit card refunds can take 5-7 days to appear on
your credit card account, depending on the policies of your bank/credit card company.
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MONTGOMERY PARKS Summer Camps & Programs Registration Form
Main Contact’s Information Please print clearly Additional Family Members
Last Name Last Name First Name Birthday Gender Grade
First Name MI 1.
Birthday Gender 2.
Street Address 3.
City State ZIP 4.
Home Phone Cell Phone Payer Name
Work Phone Address (if different from info at left) Phone
Email City State ZIP
Save time and trouble! Register online at www.ParkPASS.org

Gender Camp/Program ParkPASS Camp Camp
Participant’s Name Birthday Camp Location Fee
(M/F) Name Number Start Date Start Time
Questions? Call the ParkPASS Help Desk at 301-495-2580, or email MCP-ParkPASSHelp@MontgomeryParks.org Fee Total
Save time and trouble! Register online at ParkPASS.org. If you don’t have Internet access, you may also mail or bring this form to the facility offering the camp or class you want.
See the Montgomery Parks Directory in this catalog for facility addresses and phone numbers.
**IMPORTANT: Submitting this form does not guarantee you a reserved space in the requested camp or program. Please call the ParkPASS Help Desk (M-F, 10am-2pm) or the facility
offering the camp you want to make sure there are openings before mailing in your form. Many camps fill up very quickly, so we strongly recommend online registration.
The participant assumes all risks associated with participation in any Montgomery Parks program. Montgomery Parks and M-NCPPC (the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning
Commission) assumes no liability for injury or damages arising from participation in any program. Due to the strenuous nature of some activities, Montgomery Parks and M-NCPPC
encourages each participant to consult a physician concerning fitness to participate in the program. The participant consents to emergency treatment. The participant also consents to
Montgomery Parks’ and M-NCPPC’s use of any photographs taken or videotapes/DVDs/filming taken of the program. If the participant is a minor, the parent or guardian approves his or
her participation in the program. Neither the instructor nor any of the staff of Montgomery Parks or M-NCPPC is responsible for children before or after the scheduled program, unless
they are registered for a scheduled before- or after-care program.
Please make checks or money orders payable to M-NCPPC, and mail payment to the facility offering the camp/s you want. We cannot accept credit card information in the mail.
Participant or Parent/Guardian Signature Date

Department of Recreation US Postage Paid
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or current resident
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We know some folks prefer the
paper Guide, so we’ll continue
to print it. But in an effort to
save money and the environ-
ment, we’ll print fewer copies.
Print Guides will still be
available at Recreation and
Parks facilities, government
buildings and libraries, while
quantities last.
Mailed to Subscribers
Beginning with the Summer
2011 issue, print Guides will be
mailed to subscribers only. See
the information below on how
to subscribe.
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View Guides online or
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Guide will be mailed to subscribers only. sign up before April 2, 2011. Questions? Call 240-777-6840.
The $5 cost will cover postage for mailing
five Guides for the year (Winter, Spring,
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2 Register for your camp(s):

3 Fill out and submit the necessary forms

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