Enjoy fun and learning all summer long.

Each summer, as part of our mission to serve as a community resource, North Cross School hosts a variety of summer programs for hundreds of children from across the Roanoke Valley and beyond.  

The program, not just for North Cross students, is designed to provide students of all ages with safe activities that are interesting, challenging, and fun. There are a number of athletic-based camps, as well as enrichment programs to keep your curious child busy and engaged all summer long.
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NEW OFFERINGS FOR 2018: include two age groups of "RealGirls" camp, a fun way for girls to build healthy relationships and self esteem, a learn-to-knit camp, cartooning, and a Bricks 4 Kidz stop-motion animation camp! Programs run June through mid-August.
Faculty & Staff
The Summer Programs staff is comprised primarily of teachers and coaches from North Cross School.  In addition, other area schools, college students, North Cross School alumni, and qualified counselors take part during the summer.

Camp Participants
North Cross School students, as well as students from dozens of other local schools, participate and are strongly encouraged to apply. Please be reminded that participants are admitted on a first-come basis. In an average year, over one-half of all participants come from schools other than North Cross School and range from three to 17 years old. Applicants are accepted without regard to race, creed, ethnicity, or national origin.  Through the donation of local organizations scholarships are available.  Please contact, Stephen Belderes, Director of Summer Programs, at sbelderes@northcross.org for more details.  ​
Enrichment Programs
Our Enrichment Programs provide a structured setting for students age 3 through ninth grade.
  • June Jamboree is a combination of structured activities and supervised, self-directed time for students age three through rising 7th graders. Enjoy crafts and age-appropriate games, stories, a daily swim (swimming vest required) in the Carter Athletic Center pool, and more.
  • Discovery Camp is for rising first to fifth grades and provides a great mix of activities that will challenge the mind and body. Each day campers will spend part of their time in a classroom doing art projects, fun science experiments, and reading stories. Mixed in with classroom time, campers will have a chance to learn cooking skills or swimming strokes.
  • Discover Camp Jr. Edition is a full week of fun for our three, four, and five-year-old campers. You must be three (and toilet trained) before your scheduled week of camp.
  • Awesome August is for students age three through 10. Enjoy crafts and age appropriate games, stories, and field trips. A daily swim in the Carter Athletic Center pool (swimming vest required) is a must!
  • NEW! RealGirls Camp is designed for girls to increase self esteem and foster positive communication among friends with the goals of exploring what it means to be brave and discovering what it means to be their 'real' (authentic) selves. Each day contains a special theme and a creative project. Girls are encouraged to bring their creativity, compassion, and enthusiasm to camp! 
  • NEW! Knitting Camp Want to learn a hobby you can take anywhere? Already know a little but want to get better? Come learn the ins and outs of knitting in this one-week session. Participants can choose from a two project patterns that they'll be able to complete by the end of the week (washcloth or fingerless mitts.) We'll also cover different types of yarn, knitting terms, needle sizes and reading patterns. Supplies included: pair of knitting needles, yarn and chosen pattern.
  • NEW! Drawing Camp Explore the techniques of good drawing and cartooning from Mr. Lamas! We will learn how to create characters and draw all sorts of things by using basic shapes and proportions to create cool-looking animals, creatures, people, and superheroes. Drawing materials will be provided.
  • NEW! Bricks 4 Kidz stop-motion animation uses LEGO bricks to tell a story, complete with music, special effects and all of their favorite mini-figure characters! In this unique and creative camp, students will plan, script, stage, shoot, and produce their own mini-movie using Stop Motion Animation. Teams will use movie-making software to add special effects, titles, credits and more. Ages 9 - 15.
  • Bricks 4 Kidz STEM Camp allows students age 4-13 to use LEGO® bricks and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) principles to build amazing worlds of fun in a variety of different themes each day.  
  • Bricks 4 Kidz Robotic Camp  offers students age 9-15 the fun of building with LEGO® Bricks, plus the challenge of computer programming!
  • Ready, Set, Play! is a week-long theater workshop. Students learn the process of putting on a production from the first audition to opening night. Each day focuses on a different element of the process. The last day will pull all elements together for a final performance. Rising 3rd through 5th grades.
Sports Camps
  • Baseball Camps
  • Lacrosse Camps (beginners and intermediate)
  • Soccer Camps
  • Girls’ All-Sports Camp​
  • Volleyball
  • Tennis

Academic Classes​
  • More Spanish, Please: Each day will have the objective of building up vocabulary and conversation through games and interactive sessions. Students will begin with an introductory lesson and will work towards gradually adding new elements to the topic of the day. This camp is open to rising third to fifth graders.
  • CrossWalk Reading Tutoring: Available for rising Kindergarten–ninth graders, OrtonGillingham instruction is a multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling skills that is tailored to the individual needs of each student.  Tutoring is diagnostic, prescriptive, sequential, and structured; it is designed to directly teach and expand a student's knowledge of the English language.