Trackside summer Programs

Open to all Rising 6th through 10th Graders

Weekly Programs run Monday-Thursday Mornings
Special Friday Only Programs also available

Program Durations vary from 1.5 hrs - 3 hours depending on topic.
Programs will occur outdoors whenever possible!!!


Week 1: June 28 - July 1
Week 2: July 5 - July 8
Week 3: July 12 - July 15

Week 4: July 19 - July 22
Week 5: July 26 - July 29
Week 6: Aug 2 - Aug 5

Trackside summer Programs

Open to all Rising 6th through 10th Graders

Weekly Programs run Monday-Thursday (with the exception of Week 1)

Program Durations vary from 1.5-3 hours depending on topic.
We also offer one-day Friday programs.
Programs will occur outdoors whenever possible!!!


Week 1: July 5 - July 8*
Week 2: July 11 - July 14
Week 3: July 18 - July 21

Week 4: July 25- July 28
Week 5: Aug 1 - Aug 4
Week 6: Aug 8 - Aug 11

*Week 1 runs Tuesday through Friday

Warrior Sports Challenge (formerly Teen Sports)
Join our Trackside Teen leaders in a wonderful week of sports! Each week Trackside Athletes will participate in a variety of fun physical outdoor games - nukem, capture the flag, b-ball, street hockey, ultimate frisbee and more!

Kids close out the week by participating in Trackside's legendary "Warrior Challenge". Warriors break into teams and complete physical/mental tasks set up strategically throughout the town center. This athletic scavenger hunt has become a huge hit!

Weeks 1 - 6
Times: 8:45-11:45AM
$200 per session

Jewelry Making with Mia!!!
Here's you chance to join this hugely popular club and learn from the "master". Create beautiful charms that look like you bought them from the store! This class will cover it all! Join Mia to learn how to create a variety of necklaces, rings, a unique bracelet and many earrings. Keep your hand made treasures for yourself or give as gifts to friends and family. We will be using materials such as metals, beads, paper, chain and much much more to build skills including wire and bead work, wrapping stones and creating charms.

Weeks 2, 4, 6
Times: 10:30-12
$125 per session (all materials included)

Open Art Studio
Join our creative Trackside Teen Leaders as they engage in a variety of design and craft projects. Messy creativity is required so whenever possible camp will be held outdoors!!! Learn some old techniques as well as some new; projects such as tie dying, watercolor, rock painting, yarn bombing and much more!

Weeks 2, 4, 6
Times: 8:30-10AM
$160 per session

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CHOPPED OPTIONS NEW
Chopped Sweet and/or Chopped Savory Inspired by our young culinary kiddos!!! Trackside takes its popular cooking/baking club format and generates some healthy competition. Much like the television series "Chopped" aspiring young chefs will be provided with several food-choices (Chopped Savory will cover items from that category while Chopped Sweet will cover the sweet treats) with the help of our WHS Teen Chefs they will make some delicious dishes... hopefully!.

Register for both culinary options and stay the morning or choose the one you like the most!

This is the one time you won’t get in trouble for “playing with your food!”

Weeks 2, 4, 6
Chopped Savory Time 8:30AM-10AM
Chopped Sweet Time 10:30AM-12PM
$160 per session

PrePlay Improv
No need to ask for your lines in this creative theatrical experience… Kids will learn to make up their OWN lines through improvisation! Join our Teen FreePlay HS Leaders as they teach techniques used in the hilarious world of improv! Previous acting experience TOTALLY not required… bring your sense of humor and a willingness to laugh out loud!

Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7
Time: 8:30-10AM
$125 per session

Casino Club
Inspired by kids! "The Godfather" without the guns! Kids come together and learn to play various casino-themed games such as poker, billiards, Texas Hold'em and yes... even the popular kid game "Mafia". The odds of having a good time are better than getting a straight flush... we teach that! The concept is "games without devices". Every week will cover a game of strategy, skill and chance.

Weeks 1, 3. 5
Times: 10:30AM-12PM
$125 per session

I-Stem Options @ the Track
Girls I-STEM Camp
Interested in STEM? Then this is the perfect camp for you! Join the girl's STEM camp as we explore different areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. Campers will get the opportunity to launch bottle rockets, experience coding, compete in STEM-based challenges, and more!
I-STEM Camp for Everyone
Interested in STEM? Then this is the perfect camp for you! Join Trackside’s STEM camp, which is open to all incoming 6th-8th graders, as we explore different areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. Campers will get the opportunity to try chemistry experiments using household materials, experience coding, compete in STEM-based challenges, and more!

Spring Session -
Summer Session Weeks 4, 5, 6
ISTEM for Girls 10:30-12PM
ISTEM for Everyone 8:30-10AM
$125 per session

Running Club
Join our HS teen runners this summer as they share their passion for fitness and running.
Runs will occur on local trails, sidewalks and fields, no further than 1 mile from Trackside.

Weeks 2, 4, 6
Times: 9AM-12PM
$200 per session

Trackside Trail Blazers
Join Dr. Priest and his HS Teen leaders as they explore the Woods of Wilton!
Activities will include:

  • geocaching
  • nature scavenger hunts
  • cairn contests and geo-rock star challenges
  • mapping and orienteering our area
  • visiting speakers from Green Teens, NRVT, Wilton and/or Trout Unlimited
  • Schenk's Island, Bradley Park, Norwalk River Trail...

Weeks 1, 3, 6
Times: 9AM-12PM
$200 per session

Green Teens

Running through the Summer

The Wilton Garden Club and Trackside Teen Center team up to offer the Green Teens program for middle and high school students. The goals of the program are to get more young people involved with creating and maintaining vegetable gardens, to teach youth about the importance of healthy foods, and to give back to the community. All the produce will be donated to the Wilton Food Pantry. Participants can earn service hours during the weekly Summer session by harvesting produce and making fresh flower arrangements for the Senior Center.

Grades 6 - 10
Program Dates: Mondays 8:30-10:30 Through August
Cost: FREE
Group Size: 20

Teen Leader in Training
This program is specifically for Teens who have completed their Freshman or Sophomore year of HS and are interested in gaining experience in order to eventually become a Trackside HS Teen Leader!

Teen Leaders in Training will gain experience assisting with the Summer Programs while also having fun! These teens can identify the programs they wish to assist in and if we can make it work they can work! Choose from art, hiking or sports! Who said work wasn't fun?

 Weeks 1-6
Times: 8AM-12:30PM
$100 per session

FOR THIS PROGRAM PLEASE EMAIL US:
In order to ensure your teen is placed with the most suitable club let's have a conversation and we'll find the right fit!
Tracey@trackside.org OR John@trackside.org

Friday One-off summer programs

Tales and Trails (Fridays)
Follow Dr. Priest and his designated WHS hikers on an outdoor, active adventure! Meeting places will be previously determined and many stories will be told about the history of where you will be hiking! Some kind of spooky and others inspirational! You never know what tales the trails have to tell!!!!!

Dates:
7/8 - Wilton Town Forest
7/22 - Belknap and Gregg Preserve
7/29 - Weir Farm Preserve and Farm

$50 per Session

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Summer E-Sport Gamers (Fridays)
Join your friends for a Friday morning of gaming! Much like Trackside's weekly Gamers Club, this program will allow kids the chance to get together, compete, and GAME together! Only three Fridays available during the Summer Program so hurry up and register!

Dates: 7/15, 8/5, 8/12
Time: 9am - 12pm
$25 per Session FOOD included!

*Please note that while our Summer Program is exempt from requiring a license to operate per the CT Office of Early Childhood requirements, we will be following many of the procedures and protocols detailed for licensed summer camps. As an exempt camp, we ARE required to abide by all of the CoVid-19 Regulations governing Youth Camps. Trackside's summer program will meet or exceed all Covid-19 related requirements.

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Trackside's Code of Conduct will be in full effect for Camp. Additional CoVid-19 specific rules as detailed in the camp guidelines will also apply.