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 2023

Standards of Care for Youth Recreation Programs Summary

 

Summer Camps

Camp Fees, Payments, and Registration/Withdrawal Information

Registration for summer camps opens at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 18 for Georgetown residents and 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 19 for nonresidents.

Register for Summer Camps

 

Adaptive Camps

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

Adaptive Camp

In cooperation with the Exceptional Georgetown Alliance, Georgetown Parks and Recreation is offering Adaptive Summer Camp sessions for Georgetown ISD students. Experienced and trained staff will continue to provide this opportunity to the Georgetown community. These Camps are not designed to work on severe aggressive behavior, but focus on providing a safe, social environment productive of building social and communication skills for all campers.

Our camps focus on social and communication development for campers with Autism Spectrum disorders and other cognitive and
developmental disabilities. Themes address basic concepts like feelings, using manners, being part of a group, as well as self-esteem and cooperation. The opportunity for developmental growth of each camper will be provided through a wide range of activities which may include arts and crafts, swimming, field trips, cooperative games, music, daily exercise, and outdoor play. Let’s Make Friends camp will serve all campers ages 5 (completed Kindergarten) through 22 (Bridges).

FOCUS: Cognitive and Developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum
REQUIREMENTS: Georgetown ISD ONLY. Must be able to coexist in a small group setting.

Tuition assistance for Georgetown ISD students is made available through the Exceptional Georgetown Alliance.  Applications for tuition assistance will be accepted Feb. 5-23. Certain criteria apply and a limited number of scholarships are available.

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Ages: 5 (completed Kindergarten)-22 (Bridges)

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
June 17-20
June 24-27
July 8-11
July 15-18

Hours: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $165 Resident / $210 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

Experience our Texas Hill country like never before. We’ll take day trips that include the Georgetown Challenge Course, rock climbing at Reimers Ranch, wild caving at Whirlpool Cave, low impact paintball at Texas Paintball, and Schlitterbahn Water Park.

Both sessions offer the same programming.

Ages: 11-13

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 3-7 Session 1
June 10-14 Session 2

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $295 Resident / $370 Nonresident

Welcome to H2O Adventure Camp

Come join us for a day camp full of water adventures! We’ll take day trips that include the Georgetown Challenge Course, whitewater kayaking, snorkeling at Barton Springs Pool, fishing at Garey Park, rappelling at Pace Bend Park, and Kalahari Indoor Waterpark.

Both sessions offer the same programming.

Ages: 11-13

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 17-21 Session 3
June 24-28 Session 4

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $295 Resident / $370 Nonresident

X-Stream H2O Sports Camp

Come join us for some X-Stream water adventures! We’ll take day trips that include the Georgetown Challenge Course, sailing on the Brazos River, whitewater kayaking, wakeboarding on a cable lake, and snorkeling on the San Marcos River.

Both sessions offer the same programming.

Ages: 12-14

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
July 8-12 Session 5
July 15-19 Session 6

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $315 Resident / $395 Nonresident

North Padre Campout

Join us for this adventure camp, which includes day camp adventures plus a 3 day 2 night overnight adventure to the Padre Island National Seashore. We’ll take day trips that includes ziplining at the Georgetown Challenge Course, kayaking on Lake Belton, and indoor rock climbing at the Crux Climbing Center. Finally, we’ll head over to Padre Island National Seashore for some camping, fishing, crabbing, windsurfing, and beach play.

Ages: 12-15

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
July 22-26 Session 7

Weekly Fee: $450 Resident / $565 Nonresident

Day Camps

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

Camp Goodwater

Camp Goodwater offers a variety of traditional and non-traditional day camp activities, including swimming at the Georgetown Recreation Center, playing in the park, weekly special events and trips. Curriculum is designed for elementary-aged children.

Ages:
Level A – 5 (completed Kindergarten)-7
Level B – 8-11

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 3-7
June 10-14
June 17-21 (no camp June 19)
June 24-28
July 1-5 (no camp July 4)
July 8-12
July 15-19
July 22-26
July 29-Aug. 2
Aug. 5-9

Hours: 7 a.m.-6 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $165 Resident / $206 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

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.

Cheer, Dance and Twirl Camp

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

Batons will be provided for use during camp. Custom-fitted batons to keep may be purchased from the instructor.

Ages: 7-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
June 3-6
July 8-11

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $125 Resident / $155 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Art Camp

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. Curriculum is designed for 6-9 year olds.

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-mâché, paint, fiber or cloth, and more.

Ages: 6-9

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 10-14
July 8-12

Hours: 1:15-4:15 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $185 Resident / $231 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Sticky Fingers: Kids Cooking Showdown Camp

Do your young chefs love watching cooking shows on TV? In this hands-on camp, young chefs will work together in cooking challenges inspired by favorite cooking TV shows such as Street Food, Nailed It!, and more! We will learn how to use different cooking equipment and techniques, explore flavor pairings, and create tasty mouthwatering recipes from scratch each day. Young chefs will get their creative juices flowing in this awesomely fun and exciting cooking adventure!

Ages: 6-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
June 10-13

Hours: 9 a.m.- noon

Weekly Fee: $245 Resident / $300 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Community Center

Sticky Fingers: Baking Bootcamp

Curious how to make your own tasty pastries from scratch? Aspiring bakers who love to get their hands sticky in the kitchen will love this camp! Young chefs will focus on a main ingredient each day and learn the basics of scratch baking – from cornbread muffins to pot pies, and more! In camp, we use all portable baking equipment and tools, and each recipe can be recreated at home in your oven for more baking fun! Young chefs will love creating sweet AND savory baked goods in this tasty, engaging, and imaginative camp!

Ages: 6-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
June 24-27

Hours: 9 a.m.- noon

Weekly Fee: $245 Resident / $300 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Community Center

Sticky Fingers: Global Taste Buds

Cook your way around the world in our globally inspired cooking camp! What better way to explore another culture than through its food? In this delicious camp, young chefs will cook recipes from countries all around the world and explore food history, customs, geography, and languages associated with each recipe. Young chefs will cook and gobble up tasty, healthy cuisine from 10 different countries!

Ages: 6-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
July 8-11

Hours: 9 a.m.- noon

Weekly Fee: $245 Resident / $300 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Community Center

Sticky Fingers: Farm to Table Cooking

Curious where your food comes from? Come explore the bounty of summer-fresh, local, colorful ingredients and explore how those foods got from the ground to our plates. You might already know that carrots can improve your eyesight, but did you know that cherries can help improve your memory? Young chefs will also learn what makes certain ingredients so super for the body and how delicious they can taste, while practicing basic cooking skills and techniques on their way to becoming super chefs!

Ages: 6-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
July 29-Aug. 1

Hours: 9 a.m.- noon

Weekly Fee: $245 Resident / $300 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Community Center

Extreme LEGO® Maker

A little bit of EVERYTHING, this camp includes material from multiple LEGO® educational programs: Coding Challenges, LEGO® Master Builders, Simple Machines, Movie Making, LEGO® Mosaic art, LEGO® NXT, and WeDo Robotics. Campers from every skill level, from beginner to super-geek, will need to fire up their brains and prepare to work in cooperative engineering teams.

Presented by:

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Ages: 5-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 10-14

Hours: 1-4 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $225 Resident / Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office

Register here
LEGO® Battle Bots

Campers will learn how to design, build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms robot to compete in the BattleBot championship! Using principles of both simple and complex machines, gearing, mechanical lifts, drills, ramps and mechanical advantages, students will try to flip, push, disable or smash their opponent’s battle robot. The robots will battle “to the death”, and the designers of the “last robot standing” for each round will be the winners.

Presented by:

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Ages: 8-14

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 17-21
July 15-19

Hours: 1-4 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $225 Resident / Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office

Register for June 17-21

 

Register for July 15-19
LEGO® Spybotics

In this thrill-seeking camp, campers become spies-in-training and join an elite group of engineers to complete increasingly challenging missions! Over the course of the week, our junior agents will receive rigorous training in a range of Spybotics techniques: using LEGO® bricks for robotics, how to make & break codes, essential programming skills, surveillance techniques, critical thinking, and how to solve logic puzzles. Each camp has new missions – are you up for the challenge?

Presented by:

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Ages: 8-14

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 24-28

Hours: 1-4 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $225 Resident / Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office

Register here
U-Tubers - Makers Unite

Campers will spend this week filming run-and-gun style to capture footage of the events, activities, and people around them. Then our young filmmakers will work together to edit and deliver the material in an exciting, captivating format. Any up and coming Youtuber will love this crash course in content creation! Final projects will be available for screening via YouTube Channel.

Presented by:

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Ages: 8-15

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
July 8-12

Hours: 1-4 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $225 Resident / Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office

Register here
LEGO© Movie Making

Campers will 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. Campers will choose from themed LEGO© kits (such as Minecraft or Superheroes) to create their very own movie complete with sound effects and music! A copy of all projects will be provided via a screening link from the 4Reelz YouTube page for screening purposes.

Presented by:

ESTEAM Learning Labs Logo

Ages: 6-14

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
July 22-26

Hours: 1-4 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $225 Resident / Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Parks & Recreation Administration Office

Register here

Sports Camps

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

Beginner Volleyball Skills Camp

Beginner Volleyball Skills Camp is designed for those with no
volleyball experience or those who have played in the Georgetown Recreation Center volleyball league for two seasons or less. Participants will learn and practice basic skills and play games that will improve the understanding and flow of the game.

Ages: 8-12

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 3-7

Hours: 9 a.m.- noon

Weekly Fee: $125 Resident / $155 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Intermediate Volleyball Skills Camp

For this camp you should have some experience having attended camps, clinics, or played at least three seasons in the Georgetown Recreation 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

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Friday:
June 24-28

Hours: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $75 Resident / $95 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Sports Discovery Camp

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

Weekly Sessions, Monday-Thursday:
June 3-6
July 8-11
July 22-25

Hours: 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $125 Resident / $155 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Track and Field Camp

Turn-Fit Academy’s Track & Field programs combine technical
development, proper running mechanics, form and techniques, with safety as our major focus. Campers will have fun while learning the art of track and field, long-distance running, along with race walking! Using special equipment, athletes learn the fundamentals of body positioning, stride, stretching and 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!

Ages:
6-12 – Beginner/Intermediate
10-18 – Advanced

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
June 24-28

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $140 Resident / $170 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Athletic Training Camp

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

Ages:
6-12 – Beginner
10-18 – Intermediate/Advanced

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
July 15-19

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $140 Resident / $170 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Football Skills Camp

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!

Ages:
6-12 – Beginner
10-18 – Intermediate/Advanced

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
July 22-26

Hours: 9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $140 Resident / $170 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Basketball Camp

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

Ages:
6-12 – Beginner
10-18 – Intermediate/Advanced

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
July 29-Aug. 2

Hours:
9 a.m.-noon (Beginner)
1-4 p.m. (Intermediate/Advanced)

Weekly Fee: $140 Resident / $170 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Brandy Perryman Basketball Shooting Camp

BPSC is a 4-day shooting intense basketball camp that includes 32 hours of instruction, which is approximately the same amount of time as a month of practice in Middle School, or a full season of a youth league. We strive to provide a positive upbeat experience that provides competition while promoting self-esteem, repetition, team concepts, self-discipline, and most importantly Fun. Daily team competitions are the highlight of the week, allowing kids to be a part of a team with no pressure and to have fun. An average camper shoots over 1,000 shots over 4 days at BPSC.

Register at bperrymanshootingcamp.com.

Ages: 7-16

Weekly Session, Monday-Thursday:
June 10-13

Hours:
8:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Weekly Fee:
$260 Resident/Nonresident (through May 31)
$285 Resident/Nonresident (starting June 1)

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Soccer Camp

Turn-Fit Academy’s Soccer programs combine technical development, athletic performance, footwork, agility, and 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 soccer. Our emphasis will be more on functional training, passing, shooting, off ball movement, with overall development of the sport. Using resistance equipment, athletes learn the fundamentals to help them develop, establish, and enhance their overall game of soccer 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!

Ages:
6-12 – Beginner
10-18 – Intermediate/Advanced

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
July 8-12

Hours:
9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $140 Resident / $170 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Manchester School of Soccer Soccer Camp

Join us for our action-packed soccer camp led by Manchester School of Soccer. Learn new skills daily, score goals and have some soccer fun with our highly qualified coaches!

Ages:
6-14

Weekly Session, Monday-Thursday:
June 10-13

Hours:
9 a.m.-noon

Weekly Fee: $240 Resident/Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Recreation Center

Register at manchester-soccer.com/upcoming-camps.

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

Led by Head Tennis Pro Pete Polkinghorn, morning tennis camp activities will focus on fundamentals of tennis, proper technique, stroke production, match play, and shot selection through a variety of tennis drills and games. Afternoon programming will continue with tennis instruction, additional camp programming, arts & crafts, and fun games.

Camp program time will be 8:30 am-3:30 pm. Early drop off is offered beginning at 7:30 am and late pickup is offered until 5:30 pm. Supervised quiet games will be offered before and after camp program time.

Ages: 7-12

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
June 3-7
June 10-14
June 17-21 (no camp June 19)
June 24-28
July 1-5 (no camp July 4)
July 8-12
July 15-19
July 22-26
July 29-Aug. 2
Aug. 5-9

Hours:
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $165 Resident / $206 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Tennis Center

Junior Tennis Academy Camp

Junior Tennis Academy is designed for the more advanced, competitive player. Sessions will focus on stroke production, conditioning, footwork, tactics, strategy, and match play
scenarios.

Ages: 12-17

Weekly Session, Monday-Friday:
June 3-7
June 10-14
June 17-21 (no camp June 19)
June 24-28
July 1-5 (no camp July 4)
July 8-12
July 15-19
July 22-26
July 29-Aug. 2
Aug. 5-9

Hours:
1-3 p.m.

Weekly Fee: $100 Resident / $125 Nonresident

Location: Georgetown Tennis Center