This camp is designed for the camper interested in art and the
built world around them. Campers will spend the week
discussing design principles for cities and the urban landscape,
aesthetics and functional form in architecture, the impact that
the built world has on the environment, historical perspective
and social responsibility, as well as the many careers
associated with architecture like interior architecture, urban
design, landscape architecture and community planning.

Each day campers will participate in hands-on exercises and
technical demonstrations dealing with the design and
construction of buildings, bridges and other structures.
Campers will participate in teams to build a balsa wood tower
based on the ideas discussed during the week and compete in
a load bearing competition with their structures on Friday.

Teams will be awarded points based on
the height of their tower and the amount of bricks that it can
hold before crushing under the weight of the bricks stacked on
top of it. In addition to this project, a local architect will spend
a day with campers discussing his career and business,
explaining blueprints and how they become reality and
answering camper’s questions.

This camp is open to
boys and girls, ages 8 to 13.
Space is limited to 12 campers.

Code	Dates	Times	Cost
ARCH1	August 6 - 10	9:30am - 12pm	$155 Non Member
		Mon - Fri
			$140 Member

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Before and After Care Options

Children may be dropped off at Oakland Yard for breakfast as early as 7:30am. Campers will have a choice of several items each morning such as french toast, eggs, pancakes, muffins, cereal, etc. Breakfast Club runs from 7:30am - 9:00am Mon - Fri Costs: $59 for all five days or $15 per day. Sign-up the morning of or in advance Click HERE for more information After camp, your child can enjoy a well-rounded lunch and unlimited cold drinks with the camp staff. Children staying for Lunch Club will be encouraged to participate in daily activities ranging from capture-the-flag, four square, soccer and many others. And of course unlimited access to the largest slip-n-slide in Oakland County Lunch Club runs from 12:00pm to 3:00pm Mon - Fri Costs: $82 for all five days or $20 per day. Click HERE for more information Our "Working Parent" option is for families who need extended care after Lunch Club ends. Parents can either register for this program when they sign up for camps or the day of. Registration must be secured with a credit card. Working Parent runs from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Mon - Fri Costs: $6 per hour of care, accumulated charges will applied to credit card on Friday

What's What at OYA

Oakland Yard Summer Camps is continuing our passport program to ensure that we are a leader in safety by providing a worry free place for parents to leave their children. To accomplish this, we will continue to issue camper passports to all campers. In addition to our passport security measure, we will ask that you park your car and come into our gated-area each day to drop off and pick up your child. How It Works: Campers will use their passport on a daily basis to check in with their counselors. Counselors will use this passport and the information contained therein as a quick reference for attendance and emeregency information. Upon receipt of your child's passport, we request that you fill in the required information with a pencil. Campers passports will be returned to each them at the end of the day when their parent checks them out. There is a one time passport fee of $10 per child. This passport will never expire, it just needs to be updated with your childs current photo each year. Parents who want to pre-purchase ice cream and candy credits for campers can do so for any amount they desire. Why do this? It allows kids to have treat without carrying around cash. Our counselors will keep the passports in a safe place during the day then at noon and a predetermined time during lunch club and working parent the campers can redeem their credits for candy or ice cream. All ice cream and candy costs $1 Oakland Yard is once again offering transportation to and from our off-site camps for a nominal fee. To take advantage of transportation, kids need to be enrolled in either the Breakfast Club or Lunch Club. Click HERE for a transportation cost breakdown As overnight campers, we loved getting care packages from mom and dad. Our day campers can experience the same thrill with our OYA Mail Call. We have our own offical mailbox for you to deposit letters and care packages into when you drop them off in the morning. We will have Mail Call on Wednesday during Lunch Club, if your child is not in Lunch Club we will deliver the package on Thursday morning. In the event of rain, Oaklad Yard campers will participate in an indoor field day inside the dome. Campers may be asked to participate in activities othere than the camp they signed up for. Camps that generally go about their business on rain days: Sports & Games, Arts & Crafts, Soccer, Hip-Hop and Cheerleading. There will be no make-up days offered if a rain day should occure, except where noted.