KCD | Week 7: July 21-25, 2025

Bearcat Baseball Camp (Grades K-8th)

Calling all Baseball players! Are you looking to broaden your knowledge and skills to become a great baseball player? This is the camp for you! Join the KCD Baseball coaching staff and a few players for our second consecutive year of Bearcat Baseball Camp on the baseball diamond. Please bring cleats, tennis shoes, a snack, and a water bottle.

Instructor: Cam Sample
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Thurs. [with Friday rain option day])
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering K-8th
Tuition: $180
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MS Prep & Tech Bootcamp (Entering KCD 5th & New 6th)

Come to MS Prep & Tech Bootcamp to learn all the tips and tricks for the transition to middle school. In this camp, we will develop Chromebook and Google tools used in the middle school, review summer reading and math skills, practice organizing binders, planners, and lockers, and getting to know the school by taking tours, following our schedules, and making new friends! Join Ms. Grogan (5th grade Math teacher) and Ms. Grant (MS Chromebook Coordinator) for a week of prep and fun before the school year begins!

Instructors: Mary Grant, Kristen Grogan
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering KCD 5th & New to KCD 6th
Tuition: $200
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Kindergarten Kickoff with Mr. Wilkinson and Ms. Falconburg (Entering KCD Kindergarten)

Get ready for a fun-filled sneak peek into your Kindergarten adventure with teachers Adam Wilkinson and Susan Falconburg! This camp is the perfect way to meet new friends and explore the amazing KCD campus before the school year begins. Each day, we'll embark on exciting indoor and outdoor explorations, discover new places on campus, and enjoy tons of fun activities, games, and movement that will get everyone laughing and learning. You’ll get to know your new classmates, stretch your creativity, and build excitement for your big Kindergarten year!

Don’t forget to bring a change of clothes, a snack, a water bottle, and wear your sneakers—because we’ll be moving, playing, and having fun the whole time! The camp fee includes all supplies, so just bring your energy and enthusiasm! We can't wait to kick off the school year together!

Instructor: Adam Wilkinson, Susan Falconburg
Dates: July 22-24 (Tues.-Thurs.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering KCD Kindergarten
Tuition: $160
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Symphony of the Senses Camp (Grades JK-2nd)

This camp will be a fun and engaging exploration of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) through interactive activities, games, snacks, art, music, and play. Each day will focus on one or two senses, with multi-sensory experiences that encourage curiosity and learning. By the end of the week, children will have explored all five senses and will have developed a deeper understanding of how they help us connect with the world around us.

Instructor: Tiffany Bright
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering JK-2nd
Tuition: $165
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Nature Camp (Grades JK-4th)

Do you enjoy exploring the outdoors? Are bugs and creatures your friends? Enjoy Katrina Binda as she goes outside to see what we can find living on our own KCD campus. You'll take walks on the nature trail sharing binoculars and magnifying glasses as you explore the outside world. You'll use some of your findings to make nature crafts such as stick people, bird feeders and leaf collages. Come join in on the fun!

Instructor: Katrina Binda
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering JK-4th

Tuition: $150
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Fabulous First Grade (Entering KCD 1st Grade)

Welcome to Fabulous First Grade Camp! Rising First Graders are encouraged to participate in this fun and engaging camp to get a hands on experience of what first grade is like. The camp will be designed like a summer camp but will be structured to mirror parts of a school day. Campers will have a tour of the first grade classrooms, the school, and meet some teachers. It will be a fun way to help prepare them for the start of the school year and help ease any anxiety they may be feeling. Ms. Purdie will provide a warm welcome to these excited young learners!

Instructors: Kathie Purdie
Date: July 22-24 (Tues.-Thurs.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering KCD 1st Grade
Tuition: $160
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Peek into JK (Entering KCD Junior Kindergarten)

This camp allows your JKer to catch a glimpse of a day in JK! You will have the opportunity to meet JK teachers, and other incoming JK students. We will tour the classrooms and different spaces throughout the building, but will be outside exploring the outdoors and all of the play spaces that we have to offer. This is a great way to ease some of the anxiety that goes with starting a new school, making new friends and having new teachers. Being in the space and gaining some familiarity, will hopefully make the transition and starting off the school year a little easier. Please remember to bring a change of clothes, a snack, a water bottle, and wear your tennis shoes, because we’ll be moving, playing, and having fun the entire time. We can't wait to meet all of the 2025-26 JKers!

Instructor: Niki Studesville Collins
Date: July 22-25 (Tues.-Thurs.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering KCD JK
Tuition: $160
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Summer Reading Bootcamp (Grades 9th-12th)

Tired of struggling to encourage your student to complete (or start) their summer reading? Wouldn't you love to see your child engaged and excited about reading for the new school year? Let us help. This camp supports students to read and be prepared on day one to discuss their assigned summer reading book. Dr. Salerno and Ms. Sallaberry will provide a set reading schedule and assist students to process and recall information from their texts. Each student will be able to write critically and thoughtfully about their summer reading by the end of the week. Students will need to bring a copy of the book, a notebook, and their computer each day.

Instructors: Michelle Salerno, Rachel Sallaberry
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 9 am – Noon
Grades: Entering KCD 9th-12th
Tuition: $180
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Day Trippers: Session II (Grades 3rd-8th)

Tired of the same ole, same ole? Wanna get out and do something really fun this summer? If so, join KCD’s Day Trippers Camp. In this camp, each afternoon you will go somewhere super, awesome and amazing! For session II, we will be going to: Main Event, Champs Rollerdome, Kart Kountry, Activate Louisville, and Kentucky Kingdom. Admission fees, lunch and snacks are provided in the camp fee. If you are active, like to have fun and enjoy getting out of the house...this is the camp for you. Any questions about this camp can be sent to: jason.floyd@kcd.org. NOTE: This class has a minimum enrollment of 15 and has a maximum of 40 due to bussing requirements. Trips are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Instructor: Jason Floyd
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: Noon – 4 pm
Grades: Entering 3rd-8th
Tuition: $425

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Science & Art Camp (Grades 2nd-5th)

This camp will be all about exploring the relationship between art and science. Each day, campers will do a hands-on science experiment followed by an art project related to a specific topic. One example includes making microscope slides to see plant stomata in leaves, then crafting a Henri Matisse scissor painting of leaves. Activities involving stars, telescopes, chemistry, electricity, etc. will be featured. Camp fee includes all art and science experiment supplies.

Instructor: Lillian Apple
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 1 – 4 pm
Grades: Entering 2nd-5th
Tuition: $225

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Level Up Camp (Grades 4th-6th)

Review math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills through games! Campers will practice math facts including place value and operations, solve complex word problems, analyze reading passages, study parts of speech and grammar rules, and quiz themselves on roots, prefixes, and suffixes with a variety of games. Along with academic, campers will develop collaborative skills, critical thinking, and resilience. Join Ms. Grogan (5th grade math) and Ms. B-C (4th grade) to study the fun way: with games!

Instructors: Sara Byron-Corne, Kristen Grogan
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 1 – 4 pm
Grades: Entering 4th-6th
Tuition: $200

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Space Camp (Grades JK-5th)

Are you ready for a cosmic adventure? Join Ms. Sallaberry on an exciting journey through the universe! Throughout the week, campers will build and launch their own rockets, design glowing constellations, and learn about space travel through hands-on experiments. We will enjoy daily snacks fit for aliens, and have messy fun with moon dough. This camp is perfect for young astronauts eager to explore the mysteries of space!

Instructor: Rachel Sallaberry
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 1 – 4 pm
Grades: Entering JK-5th
Tuition: $200

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Dr. Dodgeball, Battleball & More (Grades 1st-6th)

Get those competitive juices flowing. Campers will participate in classic "dodge" games with safe and age appropriate equipment. The more merrier!

Instructor: Arron Davis
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 1 – 4 pm
Grades: Entering 1st-6th
Tuition: $165

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KCD Orchestra Summer Strings (Grades 3rd-8th)

KCD Summer Strings is an exciting, full-day camp for rising 3rd–8th grade students with at least one year of experience on the violin, viola, cello, or double bass. Students will have the opportunity to play a wide variety of songs in large ensembles, instrument sectionals, and chamber groups, with groupings based on both age and experience level. In addition to making music together, campers will enjoy professional performances on string instruments, learn from guest clinicians, and engage in special music workshops on exciting topics. Students can look forward to fun activities and games such as the First Annual "Battle of the Clefs" competition and daily "snack-tivities." The camp fee includes guest performers and clinicians, daily snacks, and a camp t-shirt.

All participants must provide their own instrument. Lunch is not provided; campers must bring lunch with them each day.

Instructor: Katherine Mathis
Date: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Grades: Entering 3rd-8th
Tuition: $475

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Exponential Expansion of Advanced (ACT/SAT/ERB) Vocabulary: ROCK THE TESTS!: Session II (Grades 6th-9th)

Included: FUN BOOK FOR 2025! Vocabulary Cartoons, by the Princeton Review, and ROCK THE SAT, a CD of songs that incorporate the hot 200 SAT/ACT words into catchy, easy-to-remember pop/rock songs (all materials provided by the instructor)

This course will involve nothing less than an assault on several professional study guides for ACT/SAT/ERB vocabulary. We will engage in a myriad of creative games and exercises that will aid in burning these words indelibly into our minds. The books we use offer excellent visual mnemonic devices, making learning difficult words much less painful than a standard vocabulary text.

Again this year we will be using the very popular rock music component! Rock The SAT makes learning high-stakes testing vocabulary as easy as listening to your mobile device. I will provide the songs, and students will be able to import them into their iTunes for listening well beyond the week of class! Believe it or not, this class is actually FUN.

Please Note: Should you wish to enroll your child in both this course and the accompanying afternoon course(s) I offer, I will gladly supervise the lunch hour here at school. Students will need to bring their own lunches each morning. Refrigeration is available.

Instructor: Clark Pollitt
Dates: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)

Time: 9 – 11 am

Grades: Entering 6th-9th
Tuition: $265
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Polished Essay Composition in the Digital Age: Session II (Grades 6th-9th)

Additional Supplies Needed: all supplies provided (STUDENTS SHOULD BRING THEIR CHROMEBOOKS OR LAPTOPS TO CLASS ALL WEEK!)

Using the tremendous technological tools now at our disposal, we will immerse ourselves fully in the writing process, learning the fundamentals of excellence in essay writing. We will pay special attention to the art of self-editing and revision, which will require students to begin to understand writing as a process, rather than a product. Students will produce at least one and possibly two complete essays within our week of work. No homework will be required, but I will offer p.m. digital assistance for any motivated students who want to work and night to go the extra mile!

Please Note: Should you wish to enroll your child in both this course and the accompanying morning course(s) I offer, I will gladly supervise the lunch hour here at school. Students will need to bring their own lunches each morning. Refrigeration is available. Please also look at the full-day English camp option to save money.

Instructor: Clark Pollitt
Dates: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)

Time: Noon – 2 pm

Grades: Entering 6th-9th
Tuition: $245
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English Reading Comprehension and Grammar: Session II (Grades 6th-9th)

We will divide the class evenly, working on honing both our reading comprehension and essential English grammar skills. Students will learn and practice strategies for discerning and retaining key information when reading academic texts, and we will review the fundamental grammar knowledge middle school students need to be strong technical writers and to succeed on standardized tests like the ERB, ACT, and SAT

Instructor: Clark Pollitt
Dates: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)

Time: 2:15 – 3:30 pm

Grades: Entering 6th-9th
Tuition: $215
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English Immersion Week: Session II (Grades 6th-9th)

This full set of classes is the most popular option for the motivated English student. Classes fill each year, and students love the full-day experience. Some call it English Camp, and many come back for multiple years of learning and fun. Including all-day/lunch supervision and Friday trip to The Paddock Shops for a celebratory lunch. Please email me (clark.pollitt@kcd.org) with any questions and register early to ensure a spot.

Instructor: Clark Pollitt
Dates: July 21-25 (Mon.-Fri.)

Time: 9 am – 3:30 pm

Grades: Entering 6th-9th
Tuition: $595
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