ASCEND's camps are designed to grow strong minds and bodies in our region's youth. Caring, experienced ASCEND counselors will guide children through fun and developmentally appropriate activities, such as bouldering, top-rope climbing, yoga, slacklining, and more! 

AGES 6-16

With 350 basketball camps in nearly every state nationwide, Breakthrough Basketball coaches firmly believe that they have a very important responsibility and an amazing opportunity to have a positive impact on their players' lives.  

Score big in 2025 - at a Breakthrough Basketball Camp!

Locations Nationwide

Every summer, a magical experience takes place as old friends and new come together to form the Camp Hidden Meadows community in Bartow, WV. Hidden Meadows' four core values of Community, Confidence, Adventure and Respect create the perfect conditions for a summer filled with new friends and new adventures.

Bartow, West Virginia

At Camp Onas, campers age 7-13 live and play in a joyful and caring community where they choose their own activities from a daily schedule that includes visual and performing arts, sports, outdoor skills, adventure challenge, aquatics, and more. Campers sleep in large platform tents and pavilions where 6-8 campers, placed by age, live with 2-4 counselors in a "home without walls". Our entire program is based on cooperation, self-exploration, understanding, creativity, justice, and most essential of all - fun!

For more than 65 years, Camp Soles has provided high quality and affordable overnight, family camp, and retreat programs. Located in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, our 200+ acre facility is recognized by many as one of the most beautiful camps in North America.

With nearly 200 acres in the cool Allegheny Mountains near the border of Virginia and West Virginia, Camp Twin Creeks welcomes your camper to join its lifelong community of summer campers.

From arts and sports to water and adventure, Camp Twin Creeks is where friendships flourish, childhood thrives and independence grows! By unplugging from technology and the distractions of everyday life, campers are able to connect with new friends and mentors, try new things, and develop confidence and independence.

Echo Hill Camp on the Chesapeake Bay offers a unique free-choice program where children chart their own adventure, and every day brings new possibilities. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Chesapeake Bay, campers master favorites like sailing and water skiing and build essential life skills while being guided by exceptional counselors who truly understand today's youth. 

Widely recognized across the Midwest as Ohio’s premier summer camp, Falcon is an excellent opportunity for young people to gain a strong camping experience---and have a great time!  

Falcon offers a beautiful lakefront setting, a talented mature staff, and a wide variety of activities. Our 1:4 staff/camper ratio enables us to give each Falcon camper the individual attention necessary to ensure a summer of fun and learning. Falcon counselors average five years of “Falcon experience” as campers and staff. Falcon is accredited by the American Camp Association under a set of over 300 standards emphasizing health, safety, and program quality.

Carrollton, Ohio

Register today at the top-rated tech camp for 25 years and counting! iD Tech is the very best experience built around your child—their interests, their skill level, their goals for the future. Trusted by the world’s top universities and over 1,000,000 parents, iD Tech is where kids and teens learn from the best—coding camps, game dev, robotics, and more.

Label Daddy provides premium, peel and stick, customized, and washable labels to keep personal items organized and out of the Lost and Found — perfect for summer camp and beyond.

In Masterpiece Makers^™ by RAS one-week camp, your kid will build artistic skills in a variety of mediums, create unique take-home masterpieces, and discover hidden talents! Every moment is designed to inspire creativity, build skills, and make memories. Bundle Masterpiece Makers with afternoon Summer Camp for a full day of FUN and learning!

Model United Nations Institute Summer Camp - Step into the shoes of global leaders, tackle pressing issues, enhance your public speaking and debate skills, get daily personalized feedback from champion mentors, gain confidence, and make like-minded friends!

Multiple Locations

Interested in rowing this summer? SCRC has a program to fit your schedule and ability!

Join the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth this summer for rigorous, fresh, and fun in-person academic programs held at 10 locations in California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. CTY's three-week day and residential programs for advanced learners in grades 2-12 offer 70+ courses in math, science, writing, and the humanities, plus social activities like talent shows and dances. CTY challenges students and connects them with an engaged community of learners from around the world. Residential students in grades 5-12 experience learning and living on a college campus. Before and after care is available for day students in grades 2-6 and lunch is included. Online programs in dynamic virtual classrooms are also enrolling.

Be sure your kids spend time outdoors this summer. Venture Outdoors summer camps are now open for registration in North Park, South Park, and Millvale.

Creative Camp provides youth with 60 hours of intense artistic programming Monday -Thursday 8:30am – 5pm.  Youth participate in programs such as dance, music, and theater, visual art as well as field trips and swimming everyday weather permits.

Children attending the Campus Laboratory School (CLS) have access to excellent athletic instruction, and the opportunity to participate in various organized sports teams. CLS students compete in the Diocese of Pittsburgh sports leagues for cross country in early fall, basketball in late fall and winter, and soccer in the spring. They can also receive tennis lessons and participate in the Kids of Steel running club for younger students.

The Dragon’s Den is excited to offer a wide array of summer camp options! All of our camps will incorporate our indoor challenge course and beautiful setting in historic St. Mary Magdalene’s, a unique summer camp experience in the Pittsburgh area! Every camp will also involve an outdoor adventure courtesy of Venture Outdoors, and we will spend plenty of time enjoying the sunshine in our courtyard and the beautiful park across the street.

Explore over 75 camp sessions for girls entering grades K-12, including day camps, 3-night camps, 5-night camps, and travel camps. 

In our summer camp, the youth are exposed to a variety of activities throughout the day in a healthy, safe, enjoyable and structured environment led by our caring and nurturing mentors.

Get a taste of collegiate life this summer at Carnegie Mellon University! Our Pittsburgh camps strike the perfect balance between STEM skill development and summer fun, allowing kids and teens to experience a week at one of the leading universities in the entire country.

Join us in Frick Park for our weekly Grade School Summer Camp program focused on nature, Spanish and STEM! 3 or 5 day weeks available.

Luminari offers four innovative and progressive summer camps that are designed for rising 8th to 12th graders. We’re registering students NOW for all 4 teen summer camps, but SPACES are limited! FINANCIAL AID is available. To learn more about Luminari and all of its teen summer camps, call 412–877–1888 or visit www.luminari.org to register today.

Summer is just around the corner! We offer STEM camp experiences that are sure to entertain and delight. Our interactive, engaging camp programs allow kids to explore the different fields of science in a hands-on, fun way. Join us at any of our 20+ locations this camp season!

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School offers a variety of Student Division programs for students during the summer session. Each class is designed with age and skill level in mind.

Summer doesn’t have to mean their learning is over! Budding artists can learn something new or explore their favorite art forms during Trust Arts Education Camps for Creatives.

Whether your child is a budding performer or curious about the world of theater, our dynamic summer sessions offer creative opportunities for all. 

Creative kids and nature lovers alike can attend a variety of week-long camps at Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History. We invite all artists and explorers to wander among real dinosaurs, play with clay, design a city for the future, become fashion designers—and more!

Half Day Camps: Ages 4 - 5
Full Day Camps: Ages 5 - teen

Summer Programs at The Ellis School provide experiences that enable campers to make connections through collaboration, friendship, and community. Campers will cultivate creative thinking as they engage in hands-on activities packed full of summer FUN!

Almost Authors is a 5-day creative writing camp for students entering 3rd-12th grades. Students write fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in a supportive and relaxed atmosphere. We welcome writers of all abilities and interests — it's fun for everyone!

Summer is an incredible time to row in Pittsburgh.  Our rivers allow us the opportunity to work in small boats and pursue individualized training in a way that is not often possible during the school year.  Three Rivers Rowing Association offers several programs to allow rowers to experience summer rowing in Pittsburgh. No experience is necessary, and rowing is open to everyone!

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