By Teri Carnicelli

    The city of Phoenix budget crisis has caused the elimination of all city-funded Summer PAC Programs, forcing many families that relied on those low-cost options to seek alternatives for placing their children in a safe environment during the regular work week, while no supervising adult is at home.
    The North Central News has compiled a list of summer youth programs available in the area, many of which require enrollment by April. Note: look for what summer youth programs will be available at city Recreation Centers and local youth clubs in next month’s issue of North Central News.

All Saints’ Summer Program
All Saints’ Episcopal Day School
6300 N. Central Ave.
602-274-4866, Cathy or Carla
www.aseds.org
    Each June All Saints' offers a four-week summer program with a wide variety of classes, some offered for enrichment opportunities and others designed to reinforce academic skills. Enrollment at All Saints' is not necessary in order to attend summer school. Each class is one week in length, although parents may register their child for the same class, or different ones, for all four weeks (June 1-25). Parents also have the option of building a partial-day or full-day schedule (8 a.m.-5 p.m.). Students who stay for a full day can bring a sack lunch and eat together in a supervised area. Snacks are provided in all four-hour classes. Costs vary per class. View the schedule online.

Arizona Sunrays Camp Gymnastics
3110 E. Thunderbird Road
602-992-5790
www.arizonasunrays.com
For boys and girls ages 3-12. Activities include gymnastics, dance, karate, bounce house, soccer skills, volleyball, crafts, water fun and more. Camp runs 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, May 24-Aug. 13, in 12 sessions. Half day (8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.) is $148 per week, full day (8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.) is $212.50 per week; $10 registration fee for non-Sunrays members. Lunch and snacks provided for all sessions. Extended care prices are $3 per half hour; evening pick up ends at 5 p.m.

Arizona Sunrays Camp Celebrity
3110 E. Thunderbird Road
602-992-5790
www.arizonasunrays.com
For ages 6-16. Activities include dance, tumbling, photo shots, commercials, music videos, acting, modeling, fashion design, singing, and more. Camp runs 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday, in five weekly sessions, from June 21 through July 30. Cost is $269 per session, with a 5 percent discount for siblings. There is a $10 registration fee for non-Sunrays members. Before and after care available for additional fees.

AZ Kicks Super Summer Karate Camp
AZ Kicks Martial Arts & Fitness Studio
531 E. Bethany Home Road
602-264-2300
www.azkicks.com
Five weekly (M-F) sessions, from July 1-July 2, for ages 4 to 12. Sessions include Smart “Kid Kick” Fitness, food and nutrition awareness, self-defense “Bully Buster,” motor skills drills, respect and self-esteem building, tumbling, and more. Half days, from 8 a.m.-12 p.m., are $150 per session (snack provided); full day, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., are $225 per session (snack and lunch provided).

Brophy Summer Enrichment
Brophy College Prep
4701 N. Central Ave.
602-264-5291, ext. 6444
www.brophyprep.org
    Offering an academic session for girls and boys entering sixth through eighth grades, and athletic sessions for boys and girls entering third through eighth grades. The Brophy campus opens at 7:30 a.m.; classes run from 8:15 a.m. through 2:15 p.m. Each academic course runs four weeks. Cost is $200 for one course, $350 for two courses, $500 for three courses, $650 for four courses and $775 for five courses. Register by April 23 to receive a discounted rate. Textbooks are not included in tuition. Athletic camps—basketball, baseball, football, soccer and lacrosse—run for two hours a day, for two weeks at a time. Cost is $200 for one athletic session, $350 for two sessions, and $650 for four sessions (two sports per day for two, two-week camps).

Hubbard Sports Camps
*Sunnyslope High School,
35 W. Dunlap Ave.
*Phoenix Swim Club,
2902 E. Campbell Ave.
* Paradise Valley Campus,
2401 E. Cactus Road
602-971-4044
www.hubbardsports.com
    Camps include volleyball, archery, baseball, soccer, swimming, basketball, and field sports, for ages 4 ½ to 13 (campers must turn 5 by Dec. 31, 2010). One-week sessions run from June 1 to Aug. 6. Half day (8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.) is $155 for first camper, $10 discount on additional siblings. Full day (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) is $205 first camper, $10 discount for siblings. Extended stay is available from 7:30 to 8 a.m., from 3:45 to 5 p.m., and from 5 to 6 p.m. for additional fees. Water and snacks provided; lunch provided for full day only. OPEN HOUSES will take place on site 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 11 and again on Sunday, May 16.

Imagine That! Summer Camp 2010
Paradise Valley United Methodist Church
4455 E. Lincoln Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ
602-570-5234
www.imaginethatsummercamp.com
    Serving children in preschool through eighth grade in two sessions, from Monday through Thursday. Session I runs June 1-17, Session II runs June 21-July 8. A.M. Care, from 7:30- 9 a.m., is $50 per session; Morning Camps, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., are $225 per session; Lunchbunch, from 12-1, is $44 per session (note: no lunch is provided, children must bring a sack lunch); and Afternoon Camps, from 1-3, are $170 per session (note: Afternoon camps for children in grades Pre-K through sixth only). So a full day, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., is $489 per three-week session.

Life’s A Stage
Shepherd of the Valley Church
1500 W. Maryland Ave.
602-717-7080
    This independent acting studio begins offering weekly classes this month in age groups for children 6-11, 12-17, and 17 and older. These 1.5-hour classes are informative, fun, entertaining and energetic. Students learn acting through improvisation, sensory exercises, monologues, musical theater, on-camera acting and more. Classes begin April 6 and are held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. An Actor’s Boot Camp, for children ages 7-15, also takes place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14-18 and/or June 21-25. Cost is $150 per session. For a list of all classes, and for registration information, visit www.LASActing.com.

Longview Child Care Center
Longview Community Church
1301 E. Whitton Ave.
602-424-1656
Longview Child Care Center has been in operation for three years and is licensed. For the summertime, Longview Child Care will offer a 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekly program beginning the first Monday in June, and lasting for approximately 10 weeks. The program is for preschool and school-aged children, up to age 12. Cost is $135 per week, or $30 per day with a minimum of three days.

Magis Summer Program
St. Francis Xavier
4715 N. Central Ave.
602-266-5364
www.sfxphx.org/st_francis/programs/summer.html
The program runs 8 a.m.-2:20 p.m. June 7-25 for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Each weekday is divided into six blocks, each block runs 50 minutes. Class selections include robotics, musical theater, math, grammar, leadership, digital storytelling, art, science sleuths, Spanish immersion, and more. For incoming kindergarten-aged children, there is an Imaginarium course that requires two blocks, from 8-9:50 a.m. Cost is $10 per block, per day. After care available for an additional cost.

Phoenix Country Day School
3901 E. Stanford Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ
602-955-8200
www.pcds.org
Programs available for children in kindergarten through high school. Classes range from academic, enrichment, theater, art, and technology to athletics. Three, two-week sessions running Monday-Thursday, will all-day electives on Fridays. Students entering grades K-8 have the choice of either half day (8 a.m.-12 p.m.) or full day (8 a.m.-3 p.m.) First session is June 7-June 18, second session is June 21-July 2, third session is July 5-July 16. Cost is $400 for Mon.-Thurs. morning, or $450 for Mon.-Fri. morning. Afternoon sessions are $450 Mon.-Thurs., $500 Mon.-Fri. Extended day services available for $75 per session. High school students sign up and attend on a class-by-class basis. Lunch is available, per session, for all age groups for $40.

Rancho Solano Private Schools
240 W. Missouri Ave.
602-274-4124
www.ranchosolano.com
    Serving Pre-K through eighth grades. Summer programs available June 7-July 16, either in two-week sessions or as a whole block. Cost is $430 for half-day or $530 full day per two-week session, or $1,075 half day, $1,350 full day for the entire summer block. There is a 15 percent discount for siblings, tuition only. Camps also available for: first grade (8:15 a.m.-3 p.m., $585 session/$1,450 whole block); second-fourth grades (8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., same cost); and fifth through eighth grades (8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $600 session/$1,525 whole block). Extended day, until 6 p.m., is available for an additional $150 per session, $350 whole block.

Summer Studio 2010
Art Institute of Phoenix
2233 W. Dunlap Ave.
Phoenix, AZ
800-474-2479
www.summerstudio.com/phoenix
    Studio workshops available for sophomore through senior high school students in the areas of advertising and graphic design, audio production, culinary arts, digital photography, digital filmmaking and web design, fashion marketing, game art and design, media arts and animation, and more. The studios run Wed., June 23 through Sat., June 26. Tuition is $299 per person, including lunch and all supplies.

Tesseract Summer Programs
Shea Campus
3939 E. Shea Blvd.
480-991-1770
www.tesseractschool.org
Summer learning adventures for grades 1-12. Programs include a writer’s workshop (grades 5-10), beginning guitar and songwriting (grades 8-12), and several sports academies for grades 4-12 including basketball, soccer and volleyball. There also is a sports camp for grades 1-5. Most camps/classes run weekly. Costs vary. Before and after care available.