Georgetown Parks & Recreation

Camps

Four girls wearing purple Camp Goodwater shirts

Standards of Care
Youth recreation programs (including all day camps) operated by the City of Georgetown Parks and Recreation Department are recreational in nature and are not state-licensed child care programs. These programs are governed by the City of Georgetown, as required by the Texas Human Resources Code, Section 42.041 (b) (14).

Signed Standards of Care Ordinance

Standards of Care for Youth Recreation Programs Summary

Day Camps

Camp Fees, Payments, and Registration/Withdrawal Information

Register for Day Camps

 

Volleyball Camps

Girls playing volleyball

This camp will cover the basic skills such as forearm passing, setting, serving, and spiking. This is especially for those who are signed up to play in the Rec Center Volleyball League. This is perfect for beginners, but even those with league experience are welcome!

Ages: 7-15
Dates: April 29
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Fee: $45 Resident/$55 Nonresident
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

 

Summer Camps

Camp Fees, Payments, and Registration/Withdrawal Information

Register for Summer Camps

 

Summer camp registration opens on Monday, March 20 for Georgetown residents and Tuesday, March 21 for nonresidents.

Adaptive Camps

This summer, Let’s Make Friends camp will serve all campers in Georgetown ISD schools.

Adaptive Camp

Adaptive Camps logo

Let’s Make Friends

Offered in partnership with the Exceptional Georgetown Alliance and led by experienced staff, our Let’s Make Friends Adaptive Camp is designed for those with cognitive and developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. Focus will be on providing a safe, social environment productive of building social and communication skills for campers. Campers must attend Georgetown ISD schools to register.

Scholarships available! Learn more and apply at the Exceptional Georgetown Alliance website.

Ages: 5 (completed Kindergarten)-22 (Bridges)
Dates: June 19-22, June 26-29, July 10-13, July 17-20
Hours: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Fee: $155 Resident / $195 Nonresident
Location: TBD

Adventure Camps

Adventure Camp is a unique opportunity for youth to be exposed to outdoor adventure activities and challenges in a safe and fun environment. Each session offers opportunities to learn lifelong skills and promote the positive use of free time. Our camp program will provide outdoor experiences that will help youth to gain self-confidence, responsibility, self-awareness, problem-solving and decision making skills.

Welcome to Adventure Camp

Kid in a cave covered in mud wearing a yellow helmet with a headlamp

Experience our Texas Hill country like never before. We’ll take day trips that include the Challenge Course, rock climbing at Reimers Ranch, wild caving at Whirlpool Cave, paintball, and horseback riding. Please note that our adventure camps are physically and mentally demanding. Please assess your child’s ability before signing them up. Please also be aware that both sessions offer identical programming.

Orientation meetings
Mandatory orientation meetings are required for these camps. Meetings will be held at the Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office, 1101 N. College St. from 7 to 8 p.m. on either May 23 or May 30.

Ages: 11-13
Dates:  June 5-9, June 12-16
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fee: $295 Resident / $370 Nonresident
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Welcome to H2O Adventure Camp

Woman wearing a yellow helmet repels down a rock while holding a rope

Come join us for a day camp full of water adventures! We’ll take day trips that include the Challenge Course, whitewater kayaking, paddleboarding, fishing, rappelling on Lake Georgetown, and Schlitterbahn waterpark. Please note that our adventure camps are physically and mentally demanding. Please assess your child’s ability before signing them up.  Please also be aware that both sessions offer identical programming.

Orientation meetings
Mandatory orientation meetings are required for these camps. Meetings will be held at the Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office, 1101 N. College St. from 7 to 8 p.m., on either May 23 or May 30.

Ages: 11-13
Dates:  June 19-23, July 10-14
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fee: $295 Resident / $370 Nonresident
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Arkansas Travel Camp

Group of kids kayaking at Adventure Camp in Georgetown, TX

Join us as we travel to Arkansas for 6 days of fun filled adventure! We will spend 3 days and 2 nights canoeing and remote island camping on the clear waters of Lake Ouachita. Other adventures will include snorkeling at Cossatot River State Park and taking on the giant floating water park in Lone Star, Texas. Please note that this camp involves tent camping in remote locations. Our adventure camps are physically and mentally demanding. Please assess your child’s ability before signing them up.

Orientation meetings
Mandatory orientation meetings are required for these camps. Meetings will be held at the Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office, 1101 N. College St. from 7 to 8 p.m., on either May 23 or May 30.

Ages: 12-16
Dates:  June 26-July 1
Fee: $475 Resident / $595 Nonresident

X-Stream H2O Sports Camp

Georgetown Challenge Course

Come join us for some X-Stream water adventures!  We’ll take day trips that include the Challenge Course, sailing on the Brazos River, whitewater kayaking, wakeboarding on a cable lake, and snorkeling on the San Marcos River. Please note that our adventure camps are physically and mentally demanding.  Please assess your child’s ability before signing them up.  Please also be aware that both sessions offer identical programming.

Orientation meetings
Mandatory orientation meetings are required for these camps. Meetings will be held at the Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office, 1101 N. College St. from 7 to 8 p.m., on either May 23 or May 30.

Ages: 12-14
Dates:  July 17-21, July 24-28
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fee: $315 Resident / $395 Nonresident
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Galveston Island Travel Camp

Join us as we travel to Galveston Island for 4 days of saltwater adventure! We will spend our evenings in an air conditioned bunkhouse on the island. Our adventures will include crabbing, fishing, kayaking, paddleboard surfing, and beach play. Please note that our adventure camps are physically and mentally demanding. Please assess your child’s ability before signing them up.

Orientation meetings
Mandatory orientation meetings are required for these camps. Meetings will be held at the Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office, 1101 N. College St. from 7 to 8 p.m., on either May 23 or May 30.

Ages: 12-16
Dates:  August 1-4
Fee: $475 Resident / $595 Nonresident

Day Camps

Looking for a traditional summer camp experience? Camp Goodwater is for you!

Camp Goodwater

Three young girl pose in Camp Goodwater shirts during Camp Goodwater Camp in Georgetown, TX

Camp Goodwater offers a variety of day camp activities, including swimming at the Georgetown Recreation Center, playing in the park, weekly special events and trips.

Ages: 5-7 (Group A) / 8-11 (Group B)
Dates: Weekly sessions, June 5-August 11
*no camp June 19 or July 4
Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$160 Resident / $200 Nonresident 

For Level B Campers: Save looking for change at drop off on Tuesday mornings and add Popcorn & drink for City Lights weekly movie to each week as an EXTRA FEE ($4) when you register for camp! This will also allow us to preorder and avoid a line at the concession stand. Goodwater staff will not hold or be responsible for campers’ money if you choose to send cash.

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

What to bring daily? 
Clearly mark all items with your child’s name.
• Bag/backpack
• Lunch
• Water bottle
• Sunscreen/hat
• Sneakers or enclosed sandals (no flip flops, please!)

Field Trips
Field trips are subject to change. Group A field trips are on Wednesdays and Group B field trips are on Thursdays.

Week Theme Group A Field Trip Group B Field Trip
June 5-9 Animal Planet Cameron Park Zoo Cameron Park Zoo
June 12-16 This Amazing Earth Garey Park Garey Park
June 20-23 (no camp June 19) People Movers Epic Fun Epic Fun
June 26-30 Small Worlds Cen-Tex Mini Golf Cen-Tex Mini Golf
July 3-7 (no camp July 4) Party in the USA Trampoline Park (TBD) Trampoline Park (TBD)
July 10-14 Wild Wild West Dart ‘Em Up Dart ‘Em Up
July 17-21 Beach Blast Splash Shack Typhoon Texas or Summer Fun
July 24-28 Oceans of Fun Uncle Buck’s Fish Bowl Uncle Buck’s Fish Bowl
July 31-Aug. 4 Futuristic Fun Thinkery Science Mill
Aug. 7-11 Creative Campers Sweet Eats Farm Sweet Eats Farm

Enrichment Camps

Enrichment camps offer children the opportunity to learn a new skill during their summer break! From STEAM to culinary arts to cheer and dance, our enrichment camps inspire children to be creative.

NERDY Cooks Camp

The goal of NERDY Cooks is to increase a student’s readiness to explore and engage in core food and science concepts.  Activities are designed to be fun, which helps students to become more engaged in their learning and retain more information! Our program promotes critical thinking and problem-solving skills, improves students’ ability to concentrate, and makes learning more meaningful, valuable, and rewarding.

Do your kids love watching their favorite YouTubers cook full recipes or do experiments? Let them come test things out in our Kitchen with us! We’ll try out all of the latest trending videos to see what works and what flops and we’ll record our favorites to share with you.

Ages: 12-14
Dates: July 17-20
Hours: 8-11 a.m.
Weekly Fee:
$195 Resident / $245 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Community Center

Twirling Camp

Honeybees Twirling Camp is perfect for those looking to learn the foundation of baton twirling in a short amount of time! We will spend our week learning the basics of twirling, baton safety, and routine creation. You’ll come out of camp ready to wow your friends and family with one of the coolest skills youth sports has to offer!

Batons will be available for use during classes. Participants are also welcome to purchase a custom-fit baton through Texas Honeybees Baton Twirling.

Ages: 8-12
Dates: June 5-9
Hours: 8-11 a.m.
Weekly Fee:
$125 Resident / $155 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Sticky Fingers Cooking Camp

Sticky Fingers Cooking logo

Let your children release their inner master chefs! In this delicious camp, young chefs will create tasty, healthy cuisine from countries all around the world and learn about the customs, geography, and languages associated with each. Our professional chef instructors will provide safe, entertaining, hands-on learning so your child can do the prepping and cooking/baking to make authentic foods from South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia!

Ages: 6-12
Dates: June 12-15 (Global Taste Buds Camp), June 26-29 (Kids Cooking Network Camp), July 10-13 (Baking Boot Camp)
Hours: 8-11 a.m.
Weekly Fee:
$195 Resident / $245 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Community Center

Art Camp

Child wearing a pink bracelet coloring a picture of a playscape blue in a coloring book

Art Camps inspire children to reach beyond and create art that is unique to them. By doing so, kids feel empowered to be creative and expressive. It’s amazing to see just what your child can design when given the freedom to express him/herself creatively. Come spend the week exploring different cultures, artists, styles and techniques – both contemporary and historical! Participants will create original artworks using several kinds of media, such as model magic or papier-mache, paint, fiber or cloth, and more.

Ages: 5-8
Dates: June 12-16, June 26-30
Hours: 1:15-4:15 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$185 Resident / $231 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Cheer and Dance Camp

Add some pep to your summer with this entry to cheerleading and team dance!  This noncompetitive, beginner-level program teaches the basics: body movement, hand and arm positions, balance, and coordination through classic and catchy cheers everyone will remember for years to come! If your child has expressed an interest in cheerleading and dance, you’re looking for a stepping stone to competitive cheer, or you are prepping for football season, we have you covered!

Ages: 7-12
Dates: July 10-14
Hours: 8-11 a.m.
Weekly Fee:
$125 Resident / $155 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

LEGO Movie Making Camp

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Kids work in pairs to create a short story, draw it out, and build it with LEGO© Bricks, and then they bring it to life on film. Each session students will choose from THEMED LEGO© KITS from MINECRAFT to SUPERHEROS (and more) and using those kits, create their very own movie, complete with sound effects & even music.

Camp presented by ESTEAM Learning Labs. Register here.

Ages: 6-14
Dates: June 5-9, July 24-28
Hours: 1-4 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$225 Resident / Nonresident 
Location: Parks & Recreation Community Room

Extreme LEGO Maker Camp

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Student participants will experience several exciting activities over the course of the week-long sessions. Every skill level, ranging from beginner to super geek, will need to fire up their brains and prepare to work in cooperative engineering teams.

The Maker camp includes the following: Coding Challenges, LEGO© Master Builders, Simple Machines, Movie Making, LEGO© Mosaic art, LEGO© Ev3, NXT and WeDo Robotics systems.

Camp presented by ESTEAM Learning Labs. Register here.

Ages: 6-14
Dates: June 12-16, July 10-14 (offering full day option)
Hours: 1-4 p.m., 9 a.m.-noon & 1-4 p.m. (July 10-14 only)
Weekly Fee:
$225 Resident / Nonresident 
Location: Parks & Recreation Community Room

Battle Bots Camp

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

This camp encourages creative problem solving as students learn engineering and programming skills in a fun and engaging environment. Campers learn to design and build their own motorized battle robots. Using principles of simple and complex machines, gearing, and mechanical advantage, students will try to flip, push, or smash their opponent’s battle robot. Students learn the use of mechanical lifts, drills, ramps and more to disable or overcome other bots. Students will build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms robots to compete in the BattleBot championship!

Camp presented by ESTEAM Learning Labs. Register here.

Ages: 9-14
Dates: June 19-23, July 17-21
Hours: 1-4 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$225 Resident / Nonresident 
Location: Parks & Recreation Community Room

Spybotics Camp

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Join the elite group of recruits to become a spy-in-training. Agents-in-training will learn how to break or make codes, learn coding, surveillance techniques, critical thinking and solve logic puzzles. Additional training such as obstacle courses, robot recon and rescue, and build & code the ultimate spy bot are part of the new skills they will learn. Agents-in-training will receive their super-secret mission during each camp. Each camp has new missions!

Camp presented by ESTEAM Learning Labs. Register here.

Ages: 9-14
Dates: June 26-30
Hours: 1-4 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$225 Resident / Nonresident 
Location: Parks & Recreation Community Room

Sports Camps

Our half-day camps focus on different sports and develops your child's athletic abilities!

Beginner Volleyball Camp

Four girls practice volleyball drills. One girl is kneeling on the floor and bumping the ball to another.

This clinic is designed for those with no volleyball experience or those who have played in the Rec Center volleyball league for 2 seasons or less. If you have only participated in a camp or a few clinics this will also be the camp for you.  You will learn and practice all of the basic skills – passing, setting, serving, and hitting –  and play games that will help you understand the flow of a game.

Ages: 8-12
Dates: June 5-9
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Weekly Fee:
$125 Resident / $155 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Intermediate Volleyball Camp

Girls playing volleyball

For this camp you should have some experience having attended camps, clinics, or played at least 3 seasons in the Rec Center league or some other league. If you have played one year of middle school this camp is for you too!  This is a skills camp and you will learn and refine basic skills such as forearm passing, setting, serving, and attacking in addition to defense and serve receive.

Ages: 11-14
Dates: July 10-14
Hours: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$75 Resident / $95 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Sports Discovery Camp

Amazing Athletes Logo

Amazing Athletes Sports Discovery Camp is a sports-based camp designed to keep children active and engaged through fun games and interactive sports lessons. The sports we focus on are: soccer, baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse, and hockey. In addition to sports skills, we have fun with activities that help gain speed, agility, flexibility, muscle tone, cardiovascular fitness, hand-eye coordination, balance and more! All of the sports activities are skill based rather than competition based. The Sports Discovery Camp is designed to allow children of all athletic levels and abilities to participate. Many of the activities are partner based or team based to allow for maximum opportunities to develop pro-social behaviors and positive movement experiences.

Ages: 4-7
Dates: June 20-23
Hours: 9-11 a.m.
Weekly Fee:
$125 Resident / $155 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Track and Field Camp

TurnFit Academy Logo

Turn-Fit Academy’s Track & Field programs combine technical development, proper running mechanics, form and techniques, with safety as our major focus. As we still want each and every athlete to go out there and have fun while learning the art of track and field, long-distance running, along with race walking! Our emphasis will be more on Track events, (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, Mile run and all of the relay races), With minimal time and emphasis on field events such as; long jump, high jump and shot put. Using special equipment, athletes learn the fundamentals of body positioning, stride, stretching & cool-down. As we say here at Turn-Fit Academy, it’s not solely about how well you start, but rather, more about how strong you finish!

Choose from beginner (ages 6-14) or advanced (ages 10-16) camp.

Ages: 6-16
Dates: June 26-30
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Weekly Fee:
$140 Resident / $170 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Turn-Fit Academy Athletic Training Camp

TurnFit Academy Logo

This camp will be athletic-based consisting of developing life skills, such as competition, teamwork (socialization), work ethic, and; confidence. The athletic components will encompass speed, mobility, explosion, footwork/coordination, balance, and overall functional strength.

Choose from beginner (ages 6-14) or advanced (ages 10-16) camp.

Ages: 6-16
Dates: July 17-21
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Weekly Fee:
$140 Resident / $170 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Turn-Fit Academy Football Skills Camp

TurnFit Academy Logo

Turn-Fit Academy’s Football programs combine technical development, athletic performance, hand eye coordination, agility, speed along with form and techniques, with safety as our major focus. As we still want each and every athlete to go out there and have fun while learning the art of American Football, we will work solely with; WR’s, DB’s, RB’s, TE’s, And LB’s (7 on 7 athletes) giving them our divided and undivided attention. Our emphasis will be more on functional training, catching, route running/recognition, alignments and assignments  with overall development of the sport. Using resistance equipment, athletes learn the fundamentals to help them develop, establish, and enhance their overall game of football on and off the field. As we say here at Turn-Fit Academy, it’s not solely about how well you start, but rather, more about how strong you finish!

Choose from beginner (ages 6-14) or advanced (ages 10-16) camp.

Ages: 6-16
Dates: July 24-28
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Weekly Fee:
$140 Resident / $170 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Turn-Fit Academy Football Skills Camp

TurnFit Academy Logo

Turn-Fit Academy’s Football programs combine technical development, athletic performance, hand eye coordination, agility, speed along with form and techniques, with safety as our major focus. As we still want each and every athlete to go out there and have fun while learning the art of American Football, we will work solely with; WR’s, DB’s, RB’s, TE’s, And LB’s (7 on 7 athletes) giving them our divided and undivided attention. Our emphasis will be more on functional training, catching, route running/recognition, alignments and assignments  with overall development of the sport. Using resistance equipment, athletes learn the fundamentals to help them develop, establish, and enhance their overall game of football on and off the field. As we say here at Turn-Fit Academy, it’s not solely about how well you start, but rather, more about how strong you finish!

Choose from beginner (ages 6-14) or advanced (ages 10-16) camp.

Ages: 6-16
Dates: July 24-28
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Weekly Fee:
$140 Resident / $170 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Turn-Fit Basketball Camp

TurnFit Academy Logo

The Turn-Fit Academy Basketball Camp will offer participants the opportunity to improve ball handling, shooting, footwork, defense techniques, and other game-related training.

Choose from beginner (ages 6-14) or advanced (ages 10-16) camp.

Ages: 6-16
Dates: July 31-Aug. 4
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon (beginner/intermediate); 1-4 p.m. (advanced)
Weekly Fee:
$140 Resident / $170 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Tennis Camp

Led by Head Pro Pete Polkinghorn, Tennis Camps focus on the fundamentals of tennis, proper technique, stroke production, match play, and shot selection through a variety of drills and games.

Tennis Camp

Two girls smile while sitting with their tennis racquets in front of them

Join us on the courts this summer at GTC! Morning tennis camp activities will focus on fundamentals of tennis, proper technique, and stroke production through a variety of tennis drills and games.

Afternoon programming will continue with tennis instruction, additional camp programming, arts & crafts, and fun games.

Mid-morning and afternoon snacks will be provided. Please send your child with a sack lunch, a water bottle, and sunscreen.

Tennis camp programming will be held from 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Early drop off is offered beginning at 7:30 a.m. and late pickup is offered until 5:30 p.m.

Ages: 7-12
Dates: Weekly sessions, June 5-August 11
*no camp June 19 or July 4
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Weekly Fee:
$160 Resident / $200 Nonresident 
Location: Georgetown Tennis Center

What to bring daily? 
Clearly mark all items with your child’s name.

  • Bag/backpack
  • Lunch
  • Water bottle
  • Sunscreen/hat
  • Non-marking athletic shoes
  • Athletic shorts (pockets recommended)