MINE ISLAND STEM CAMP™

Grab your pickaxe and dig into the most exciting summer camp on the block!  We’ll swap computers for creativity and keyboards for ingenuity and imagination as our STEAM-sational island teams teleport into action-packed Mine Island Mania™ hotspots.  In this 100% SCREEN-FREE CAMP, we'll craft STEAM builds minecraft-style, but in real life!  In addition, we’ll learn about life within the Children's Garden.  It’s no wonder our massively popular Mine Island Mania Camp™ is a Challenge Island® kids’ choice favorite!  

Challenge Island Camps ARE BEING HELD IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THE SUMMER 2026! 

Be sure to check where your camps will be held.  

🧬 ⚙️ 🏗️ 🎨 🧮 This Camp will be held Outdoors at Eastern Elementary in Traverse City.  

CAMP FEE INCLUDES:

·       Our one-of-a-kind, award-winning S.T.E.A.M. curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math).

·       Opportunity for your child to develop their Socio-Emotional Skills and Life Skills in communication, collaboration, critical and creative thinking, flexibility, sociability, teamwork, initiative, leadership, grit, and perseverance. 

·       Hands-on STEAM Activities & Challenges EVERY day to grow and stretch our minds (fighting the summer slide).

·       Most of the challenges during camp will be team builds.  Some of the challenges will be individual builds that campers can then take home.  

·       Games, Songs, & Open Play EVERY day

·       Campers bring a water bottle and snacks/lunch.

·       A Challenge Island T-Shirt.

·       A Challenge Island Drawstring Bag – During the week, campers use their bag to bring needed items back and forth to camp and keep the bag at the end of the week.

 GENERAL INFORMATION:

- Camp is open to kids who have COMPLETED Kindergarten - 5th grade at the time they attend camp in the summer. 

REGISTER your camper BY the GRADE THEY WILL BE IN THIS FALL (2026-27 school year). Campers are placed in same/similar grade groups.  

- Camp will be held Outdoors at Eastern Elementary.   We will have a bathroom facility and protection should we have inclement weather.  

- Sign-In/Drop-off CAR LINE will take place from 9:00 am - 9:15 am.  That’s right! You can check-In your camper(s) from the comfort of your car!  Check in will start at 9 am.  We cannot check anyone in earlier than 9 am. 

- Sign-Out/Pick-up is between 12:45-1:00 pm either at car line or park & come see what your camper built that day.  More information on Drop-Off and Pick-Up will be provided in the Camp Welcome Email.  

- Experienced Teachers who are First Aid/CPR/AED certified, background checked and are Challenge Island Trained & Experienced will be leading the camps. 

- If your child is a Girl Scout or Boy Scout, indicate this and scout level (Brownie, Junior, Bear, Wolf, etc.) on the registration.  We will share a list of what badges will be completed at camp. 

- A Camp Welcome email will be sent out 2 weeks prior to the start of camp with camp details.  If you have questions prior to receiving it, contact Renee Allen at rallen@challenge-island.com or 231-633-4955. 

- TO REGISTER, a $50 non-refundable deposit is required for each week of camp.  Deposits are part of the total cost of camp.  Payment in full is due no later than 4 weeks before the start date of camp.  If full payment is not made prior to 4 weeks from the start of camp, you could lose your spot in camp. 

- Cancellation Policy:  For cancellations made earlier than 4 weeks before the start of camp, a full refund minus the deposit will be given.  For cancellations made, within 4 weeks of the start of camp, a 50% refund will be given.  No refund will be given for failing to make full payment by the 4 weeks prior to the start of camp.

If you have questions,

contact Renee Allen at rallen@challenge-island.com or 231-633-4955.