2008 Youth Summer Camps at UML
ATHLETICS
BAND CAMP
DESIGNCAMP
TSONGAS INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CENTER
ATHLETICS
BOY’S BASKETBALL
Ken Barer Skill Builder Hoop Clinic
The clinic focuses on every aspect of improving skills, from high octane 5 on 5 games, to free throw competitions, to guest lectures.
GIRL’S BASKETBALL
The FUN-damental Basketball Clinic at UMass Lowell
Campers will learn skills, such as passing, catching, ball handling, rebounding and shooting, which will be reinforced in daily drill station instruction and video analysis.
BASEBALL
Greater Lowell Baseball Clinic
UMass Lowell offers three separate weeks of River Hawk Baseball Camp, stressing hard work, individual and team play.
SOFTBALL ACADEMY
The softball clinic places strong emphasis on positional defensive play for all positions, as well as hitting, bunting and base running.
ICE HOCKEY
Blaise MacDonald’s River Hawk Hockey School
“On Ice” sessions are devoted to improving the camper’s skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, checking and team play skills. “Off Ice” time will introduce campers to basic conditioning exercises and will include video analysis of skating sessions.
FIELD HOCKEY
River Hawk Field Hockey Clinics and Summer League
Improve individual stick skill, passing techniques, shooting and defensive tactics. The Summer League session will include plyometrics, sprinting, field hockey drills, and scrimmaging.
SOCCER
River Hawk Soccer Camp for Boys & Girls
An experienced staff, including professional soccer players, collegiate coaches and members of the UML soccer team, will provide instruction on all aspects of the game.
VOLLEYBALL
River Hawk Volleyball
Daily instruction includes skill development through progressive combination drills, as well as tactics and strategy in team offensive and defensive systems.
For more information, check out the UML Athletics Department website.
SUMMER BAND CAMP
This is a musically intense program for students interested in classes such as conducting, midi, the history of rock and roll, score analysis, and music theory. The camp includes ensembles such as concert band and flute and clarinet choirs.
For more information, check out the Summer Band Camp website.
DESIGNCAMP
UMass Lowell's DESIGNCAMP is a summer science and engineering enrichment program that offers a wide range of project-based workshops for students in grades 5 - 11.
If you like to invent, do experiments, build things, and figure out how things work, then this is the place for you!
For more information, check out the UML Designcamp website.
TSONGAS INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CENTER
National Parks Adventures
Visit four National Parks in Massachusetts and explore America’s story. Meet a Revolutionary War soldier at Minute Man National Historical Park, ferry to Boston Harbor Islands, explore the Arnold Arboretum, and navigate Lowell’s canal system at Lowell National Historical Park.
Boott Camp
Come build and test your own canal system, weave cloth on a four-harness loom, explore the historic Boott Mills, visit an operating factory weave room, ride a trolley, take a boat trip on the Merrimack River. Explore the roots of the American Industrial Revolution!
Wonders of Water
Come to explore the properties of water and water chemistry. Build a canal system, become an inventor, take a boat trip on the Merrimack River onboard a National Park Service boat and see how the river was used for fishing, transportation and power.
World Wide Water Web
The theme is environmental science but the focus is on fun! Explore water pollution and its effects on the web of life. Expect lots of “up-to-your-elbows” activities, projects and general messing around with water. And don‘t forget the fish!!! It’s science with a touch of “pizzazz!”
For more information, check out the Tsongas Industrial History Center website.
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