- Selwyn School
2270 Copper Canyon Road
Argyle, Texas, 76226 - 940-382-6771
[email protected] - Administration Hours
Monday – Friday
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Closed Weekends
We are looking forward to a fantastic summer with a broad range of fun and engaging camps, academic, and enrichment classes. If you have any questions, please call our office at 940-382-6771. Registration for Summer at Selwyn 2023 is now open until Friday, May 19.
Any student, regardless of their enrollment status at Selwyn is eligible to attend Summer at Selwyn. Every minicamp is one week long: from Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. until noon. All camps, unless noted otherwise, are limited to twelve students to ensure individual attention and the optimum camp experience. Camps cost just $150 per session per student. We look forward to having your children join us this summer!
Grade levels for each course refer to the grade a child will be entering in Fall 2023. Check out our exciting list of classes for each summer session below! Find answers to our most frequently asked questions at the bottom of this page.
Register now for Summer at Selwyn
Session 1: June 12–June 16
STEAM Camp | Grades 1-2 | Mrs. Livas
Calling all engineers! Students exploring STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) concepts will set out to investigate how things work. As students learn, they will create model versions of objects and create art along the way. Experiments, hands-on experiences, and art are all in store for campers!
Junior Chef | Grades 1-4 | Mrs. Bessie
Learn the art of cooking! In this course, campers will focus on the craft of cooking and creating delicious meals from around the world. Students will learn how to make many different appetizers, entrees, and desserts–including pizza, sushi rolls, pastries, and so much more!
Jewelry & Sculpture | Grades 3-9 | Ms. Mallett
During this art camp, students will learn basic techniques and tool safety in order to create beaded, woven embroidery thread, jump ring and wire sculptures, and jewelry. Students will create paper and kiln-fired clay beads. Each student will complete several wearable art pieces and displayable sculptures.
Dungeons and Dragons–Game On! | Grades 5-8 | Mrs. Clark
FULLY ENROLLED | Dungeons and Dragons is a game utilizing imagination, creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration. Participants in this camp will create characters, paint a figurine, and play a one-shot adventure campaign. If you would like to be added to the waitlist for this course, email [email protected].
Camp Kitchen: Outdoor Cooking Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
Learn how to cook safely in the outdoors! Students will receive instruction from a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-certified instructor. Prepare meals on a camp stove, in a Dutch oven, and on trail stoves—and taste delicious meals along the way!
Session 2: June 19-23
Jewelry & Crafts | Grades 1-3 | Mrs. Bessie
Use your imagination and creativity while putting your fine motor skills to work in this exciting craft camp! Campers will create unique and beautiful jewelry and make many other fun summer crafts! At the end of the week, take home your beautiful handmade treasures.
Digital Art | Grades 1-8 | Ms. Mallett
These artists will create a variety of digital images on iPads using Sketches School, ProCreate, and Keynote. Students will then learn to use a Cricut to create paper and vinyl projects, as well as screen-printed images. Come create with us!
Maker Camp | Grades 4-7 | Ms. Murphey
Come see what Selwyn’s Makerspace has to offer in this tinkering camp! Campers will learn about the Maker Mindset and explore 3D printing, sewing, Makey-Makeys, Little Bits, Keva Planks, LEGO, and many different types of crafting.
Leather-Working & Wood-Carving Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
Develop a new skill–or improve on an old one–in this creative, hands-on course. Students will learn the basics of leatherwork and wood carving, and will receive guidance on the safe use of hand tools. At the end of the week, students will have the skills to take home their very own pieces of wood- and leather-work.
SAT Prep: Writing and Language | Grades 8-12 | Mr. Eddington
In this preparation course for the verbal portions of the College Board’s Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), students will familiarize themselves with the test’s expectations while practicing key vocabulary and language skills. Rooted in evidence-based reading and writing lessons, this mini-camp will help students develop the skills needed to ace the “Reading” and “Writing and Language” portions of the SAT.
Session 3: June 26-30
Drawing & Painting | Grades 1-3 | Ms. Mallett
This camp teaches basic drawing and painting techniques to younger students. Campers will learn how to paint people, landscapes, and animals with watercolor and acrylic paints. This camp will culminate in a final “Paint Your Pet” project for students to take home and display.
Chess Camp | Grades 1-4 | Mrs. Bessie
In this interactive camp, students will learn the rules of chess, piece movements, and basic tactics. Strategizing as they go, these budding chess masters will play with their friends and enjoy thinking critically.
Mystery Madness Super Sleuths | Grades 4-7 | Mrs. Clark
Don your detective hat to solve a school mystery “crime scene” in this compelling camp. The super sleuths enrolled in this camp will use their wits and their investigative skills to find the culprit behind a crime. Campers will practice observation, handwriting analysis, fingerprinting, and more, and they will come away with an understanding of basic investigative practices.
Archery Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
Bullseye! Campers in the Archery Academy will hear these words often after learning how to use safely a compound bow and slingshot. Learning from a National Archery in the Schools (NASP) program-certified instructor, students will end their week by competing in an intramural archery tournament for prizes.
Session 4: July 10-July 14
Math Olympics! | Grades 1-2 | Mrs. Bessie
Let’s get moving! Students participating in the Math Olympics camps will get their bodies moving in amazing, math-themed Olympic races, including running, beanbag throwing, egg spoon races, ring toss, and so much more. We will use our math skills to solve problems as we compete for an Olympic medal!
Ukulele, Bucket Drumming, and Musical Fun! | Grades 3-6 | Mr. Knapp
Aloha! Let’s get musical in this fun, summery mini-camp. Student musicians in this camp will learn to play basic chords and songs on the ukulele and stick techniques on bucket drums. Students in this engaging music camp will sing and play popular songs, culminating in a final concert at week’s end.
Cardboard Kingdom | Grades 4-7 | Ms. Murphey
Do you like making things? Creating new inventions? Finding new uses for things found in your recycling? Come to Cardboard Camp, where you’ll spend a week making your own cardboard creations. Campers will use design-thinking skills to bring their cardboard creations to life using hot glue, cardboard connectors, and tape. Campers will use their imaginations to build a cardboard kingdom for all of their creations.
Angler Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
Campers in the Angler Academy will learn how to use closed- and open-face rods and reels, and how to use different lures. Learning from a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-certified instructor, campers will have the opportunity to catch fish and compete in an end-of-week tournament for prizes.
Session 5: July 17-21
Chess Camp | Grades 1-4 | Mrs. Bessie
In this interactive camp, students will learn the rules of chess, piece movements, and basic tactics. Strategizing as they go, these budding chess masters will play with their friends and enjoy thinking critically.
Printmaking | Grades 1-7 | Ms. Mallett
In this printmaking camp, students will practice a variety of artistic techniques, including collagraph, relief, linocut, and monoprint printing. Each student will bring home a framed artwork to show off the skills they developed in this fun and exciting arts camp.
Wonderful Wizards | Grades 3-4 | Mrs. Clark
Spend a week in an imaginary world of magic! This camp for wonderful wizards will be centered around a Hogwarts-styled curriculum, including classes on Potions, Herbology, Divination, Fantastic Beasts, and Wizard History. Students will come away from this camp with a real world understanding of Venus fly traps and other carnivorous plants, acids and bases, Harry Houdini, and the Narwhal and other natural wonders.
Outdoor Survival Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
Learn how to survive in the wilderness! Using the STOP (Stop. Think. Observe. Plan.) Method for outdoor survival, students will learn to navigate the outdoors. Learning the basics in orienteering, map and compass training, and in creating small fires, shelters, and water filters, students will learn the basics of wilderness survival in this engaging, outdoor camp.
Session 6: July 24-28
Junior Chef | Grades 1-4 | Mrs. Bessie
Learn the art of cooking! In this course, campers will focus on the craft of cooking and creating delicious meals from around the world. Students will learn how to make many different appetizers, entrees, and desserts–including pizza, sushi rolls, pastries, and so much more!
Crochet, Weaving & Fiber Arts | Grades 1-7 | Ms. Mallett
Let’s create! Students in this arts camp will learn basics to a variety of fiber arts, including crochet, weaving, and hand sewing. In addition, students will learn to make woven bracelets as well as batik and shibori fabric-dying methods.
STEAM Camp | Grades 4-6 | Mrs. Kinder
Each day of STEAM Camp will focus on a different aspect of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math—as students engage in creating hands-on projects that promote creativity and scientific thinking.
Rocket Academy | Grades 4-12 | Mr. Kitchen
No problems here, Houston! Campers in the Rocket Academy will learn the basics of rocketry and Newton’s laws of motion. Each student will create water rockets and engine rockets during this week of discovery and will take home two completed rocketry kits by the end of the week.
Session 7: July 31-August 4
STEAM Camp | Grades 1-3 | Mrs. Kinder
Each day of STEAM Camp will focus on a different aspect of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math—as students engage in creating hands-on projects that promote creativity and scientific thinking.
Drawing & Painting | Grades 4-9 | Ms. Mallett
Students will learn about and practice mixing colors using various media and showing value in their drawings and paintings. Campers in the Drawing & Painting camp will learn to create art using media including charcoal, oil pastels, Prismacolor, watercolor, and acrylic paint. This camp will culminate in a final “Paint Your Pet” project for students to take home and display.
Video Production Camp | Grades 5-9 | Ms. Murphey
Explore different methods of video production and editing techniques, including filming with a greenscreen, and using stop-motion animation to create unique videos. Students will spend the week creating a three-to-five-minute video to present on the last day of camp.
Answers to Some of Our Most Frequently Asked Questions:
Payment Terms
Tuition balances are due no later than May 19. Please submit any cancellation or change request to [email protected]. Fifty dollars of every course registration is nonrefundable.
Snacks
All students attending camps will have a break in the morning. Students are welcome to bring a snack and are encouraged to bring a water bottle.
What to Bring
Selwyn campers should bring a water bottle, snack. All students are encouraged to wear sunscreen.
Attire
Students may wear comfortable t-shirts and pants, shorts, or skirts of appropriate length. Closed toe or tennis shoes are preferred.
Aftercare
Summer camp sessions end at noon for all rising 1st through 12th grade students. Please arrange to have your children picked up at noon.
Pick-Up Authorization
On the registration form, please provide the name and phone number of each adult authorized to pick up your child, including parents.
Public Health Protocols
Selwyn School has policies to help protect against the transmission of Covid-19. Students and faculty are encouraged to wash their hands regularly. Hard surfaces are routinely disinfected, and hand sanitizer dispensers are available at many stations across our campus. Masks or other face coverings are optional, but any student or faculty member who prefers to wear one may do so.
