NOTE: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ulster County Department of Health and Mental Health (DOH) will not be issuing permits for summer camps until further notice. While camps administrated through SUNY New Paltz do not require permits to operate, the College intends to follow the DOH guidance. At this time, registration for summer camps is suspedend, pending further guidance from the DOH.
Please check back for updates throughout the spring and summer.
SUNY New Paltz offers camps, clinics and workshops for children of all ages and ability levels in many different areas of interest, including the arts, STEM, writing, and athletics. Join the hundreds of families who have already discovered the fantastic opportunities for learning, growth and play on campus this summer!
SUNY New Paltz adheres to Child Protection Policy Standards when children under the age of 17 are in the care and custody of SUNY New Paltz faculty, staff and students. You may review the policy here.
For children who are in need of remedial literacy support.
The Literacy Tutoring Program provides individual and small group help to children needing improvement with these skills.
Dates are as follows:
7/6 to 7/9; 7/13 to 7/16; 7/20 to 7/23; 7/27 & 7/28
Times**
There is an AM session from 8:45 AM to 10:45 AM.
There is a PM session from 1:45 PM to 3:45 PM.
Children attend either the AM or PM session, not both.
For more information, please contact:
Sam Slotnick • slotnics@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2809
All levels are welcome.
The Summer Theatre Workshop provides participants with an immersive experience in the theatre arts. Each day is spent on acting, singing and dancing/movement, improv and musical theatre performance. Professional Industry Guests from NYC will visit throughout the week to lend their experiences and talent to the program. The high school group will work at an even higher level and spend time focusing on audition technique as well as college program prep.
For more information, please contact:
John Summerford • BroadwayArtsCollective@gmail.com • 845-257-3865
Previous experienced needed
The SUNY New Paltz Girl’s Volleyball Camp is designed to improve individual volleyball skills and game strategies while promoting a fun, healthy environment.
For more information, please contact:
Matt Guifre • guifrem@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3919
Beginners to experienced
New Paltz soccer is hosting a youth day camp that will feature small sided games, lunch, competitions, and skill work.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Eckberg • eckbergm@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3918
Beginner to Experienced
SUNY New Paltz Men's and Women's Basketball is hosting a youth basketball camp for players to work on specific skills, game play, and learn strategies and techniques.
For more information, please contact:
Keith Kenney • kenneyk@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-6956
http://nphawks.com/camps
SUNY New Paltz Men's and Women's Basketball is hosting a youth basketball camp for players to work on specific skills, game play, and learn strategies and techniques.
For more information, please contact:
Keith Kenney • kenneyk@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-6956
All levels- from beginner to experienced.
Your child will enjoy a fun-filled summer of friends, skill building, and art making in Smiley Art’s Building on the SUNY New Paltz campus! Campers will be instructed by professional artists who will take them on a unique creative journey.
Week 1: August 3rd-7th
Week 2: August 10th-14th 9am-4:30pm
Half Days available for 4 &5 year old’s
Early Drop off (8-8:30am) and Late Pickup (4:45-5:15pm) available.
For more information, please contact:
Angela Beltrani • angela@feelthearteffect.org • 845-471-7477
Age dependent
Our imaginations will soar as we play together, make new friends, and tell our stories through drawing, writing, painting, clay, movement, and make believe.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
We will write and explore the power of history to inform the future as we hike beautiful parklands, visit FDR's Presidential Library, his family home, the Vanderbilt estate, and Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-kill.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Who doesn't love a story with pictures? We will explore comics, graphic novels, and more as we develop our own characters, write dialogue, and illustrate our original stories to create exciting new texts.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Join us as we explore pond, stream, forest and meadow habitats and write in and about nature. We’ll learn about local plants and animals and how we can create environments that support the needs of all living things.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
In this playwriting workshop, we will take our writing from the page to the stage! Working together, we'll craft characters, produce exciting scenes, and bring our words to life in our very own production.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
This world-famous sculpture park is the perfect setting to write, learn about and make art, while exploring the park's rolling hills, fields, meadows, and woodlands.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Do you want to advocate for a better world? Working together, we will explore issues of social justice that are important to us and learn about ways to write and speak as agents of change.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
At this unique open-air museum, we will learn about 19th century engineering and crafts - woodworking, candle making, blacksmithing, weaving - using hands-on games and activities to inspire our drawing and writing.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Working in a creative workshop setting, we will tell our stories through personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We'll share ideas and respond to each other's work as we polish our writing.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Working in a creative workshop setting, we will tell our stories through personal essays, fiction, and poetry. We'll share ideas and respond to each other's work as we polish our writing.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Curiosity is the best inspiration for writing! Together, we will explore all sorts of questions as we write, make art, and discover our favorite places on the college campus.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Together we will create characters and write mythic stories, replete with magic and monsters, heroes and villains, then role the D&D dice and let the adventures (and the battling) begin!
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Discover your creativity and your voice as a writer as we travel between the past and the present, exploring colonial-era stone houses and artifacts, a working community farm, and a magical wildlife sanctuary.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Exciting writing prompts, art activities, and inspiring visits to the campus art museum and planetarium will spark our creativity as we learn about and practice the craft of writing.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
Age dependent
Immerse yourself in a world of your own creation! Let your imagination loose and create a world in writing and art by developing characters, mapping out the places they live, and dreaming up an adventurous plot.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
For rising Juniors and Seniors
A good college essay communicates who you are and what you believe. Together we will study essays that work, brainstorm topics, and learn how to organize our ideas as we write in a relaxed, supportive setting. For rising juniors and seniors.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
For rising Juniors & Seniors
Age dependent
A good college essay communicates who you are and what you believe. Together we will study essays that work, brainstorm topics, and learn how to organize our ideas as we write in a relaxed, supportive setting. For rising juniors and seniors.
For more information visit the Young Writers Program Summer Page.
For more information, please contact:
Bradley Diuguid • hvwp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-2836
No previous experience with Science or Engineering needed.
The camp is catered to female students between the ages of 12 and 17. They work on a large scale project with three elements of engineering integrated into it: electrical, computer and mechanical. It is a 5-day camp that includes tours of three different companies, a Women In Engineering panel and a banquet at the end of the camp session.
For more information, please contact:
Wise Camp • wisecamp@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3881
Requirements Vary
SUNY New Paltz hosts a variety of athletic camps for all ages during the summer. We are still finalizing the line up of summer camps for Summer 2020. A comprehensive list of the Spring camps we currently offer can be found here: Camps and Clinics.
Once scheduled, the Camps and Clinics page, as well as the Kids On Campus page, will be updated to reflect Summer 2020 Camp offerings.
For more information, please contact:
Athletics Department • • 845-257-3190
No skill requirements
SUNY New Paltz is hosting a day camp for kids to learn and play a multitude of sports and recreational activities.
For more information, please contact:
Sara Knickerbocker • knickerbockers@newpaltz.edu • 845-256-8592
Requirements vary depending on course.
iD Tech offers day & overnight camps for aspiring programmers, app developers, video game designers, engineers, filmmakers, and more. iD Tech has specific programs led by tech-savvy, adult-only staff in a fun, energetic and experiential environment. Dates and age requirements vary. For a full listing on the courses offered during summer 2020, please visit iD Tech.
For more information, please contact:
Camp Specialist • hello@idtech.com • 408-871-3700
Runner with previous running experience
SUNY New Paltz will be hosting a Cross Country day camp.
For more information, please contact:
Aislinn Ryan • ryana@newpaltz.edu • 845-257-3922
