Over 50 classes were offered overall this summer. The High School Institute recruits students by sending out counselors to Chicago area high schools, as well as through newspapers and radio ads. Meanwhile, Columbia's Summer Day Camp for Children has also grown as far as student enrollment, according to Amy Braswell, assistant director of the camp. The camp this year hosted about 180 students, she said, up from 125 a few years ago. There are two camp sessions, one from June 12 until July 7 and one from July 10 until August 4.
Parents can enroll their children in both sessions.
There, children are introduced to the arts. Throughout the day, camp classes are broken up into visual arts, media arts, and performing arts. With visual arts, children have the opportunity to experience their artistic side through painting, drawing, and paper art. Guest artists also visit on various days throughout the week. Media arts deal with video, black and white film, as well as computer graphics.