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Spring Break Camp

March 16-20, 2008

By Jean Brandau, About.com

Spring Break is a mini vacation for the kids, but when Mom & Dad have to work and can't get away for an out-of-town trip, it can become a nightmare. What to do with the kids? Here's some spring break camps to keep the kids entertained and happy while their parents are peacefully at work.

Burritt on the Mountain Camps:
Phone: (256) 536-2882 or 512-0146.
BURRITT RANGERS: Around the World in Five Days, a series of educational programs for children in grades K-5th. Programs run from 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day. The cost is $40.00 per day or $195.00 for the week. The cost for extending the day to 4:30p.m. will be $10.00 per day per child. Students will need to bring their lunch and a beverage with them each day they attend camp. Registration deadline is March 9th.

Southeast Family YMCA
1000 Weatherly Road, Huntsville
For more info: (256) 883-9622
Note: Accepts K-8th grade from 6 am-6:30 pm. $105 for members; $125 for non-members.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Chose between Space Camp or Aviation Challenge. Youth programs ages 9-18; Child/Parent Programs for ages 7-11. Most camps last 5 days beginning on Sunday and run all year-round.

Space Camp is a four, five, or six day program jam-packed with astronaut training for young people. Activities include simulated Space Shuttle missions, IMAX® movies, training simulators (like the 1/6th Gravity Chair), rocket building and launches, scientific experiments, and lectures on the past, present, and future of space exploration.

Aviation Challenge is a four, five, or six day program that teaches the basics of flight dynamics, land and water survival, and team work. Includes simulated missions.
Register Online or Call 1-800-63 SPACE.

Sci-Quest
Phone: For more info on Spring Break Camps, call (256) 837-0606 ext. 227.

Huntsville Botanical Gardens :
info 430-3572
Note: no camp, but open daily with usual hours. Big Bugs exhibit on display.

Huntsville Museum of Art
Phone: 256-535-4350 ext. 222
Note: No spring break camp, but new art classes start the following week.

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