CHARLOTTE – High school juniors and seniors can spend five days this summer in workshops for design, media arts, fashion marketing and culinary arts at the Art Institute of Charlotte’s Summer Studio. The studio runs June 17 to 21 at the institute, 2110 Water Ridge Parkway.

For more information or to enroll, visit www.summerstudio.com/Charlotte or contact Debbie Herndon at 704-357-5901 or dherndon@aii.edu.

Ritz hosts cocoa cooking camps

CHARLOTTE – Cocoa Lab, the cooking-class kitchen for Bar Cocoa at the Ritz-Carlton Charlotte, 201 E. Trade St., will offer Camp Cocoa for ages 15 to 18. Sessions will be July 9-13 and 16-20 and Aug. 6-10 and 13-17, daily from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Campers will learn the art of sweet dessert from equipment, safety and sanitation to the basic building blocks of pie dough, cupcake batter, icings, breakfasts and cookies. Each session costs $550, including daily lunch and a chef’s apron.

For more information or to register, call 704-547-2244.

Davidson Day camps develop athletes

DAVIDSON – Davidson Day Sports Camps help young athletes improve skills and compete at higher levels.

Sport-specific offerings include fundamentals of running, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer and football camps.

For more information and to register, visit www.DavidsonDay.org/camps or call athletics director Matt Neville at 704-237-5230.

Day School offers theme camps

DAVIDSON – Davidson Day School offers day camps for ages 3-12, daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 4 – July 27. One-week sessions cost $224, four sessions cost $800, and the full summer costs $1,500. Camp themes are Get Outside!; Game Show Mania; Camp Decades; The Mighty Jungle; Summer Holidaze; Into the Blue; Camp Survivor; and The Giggle Games. For more information or to register, visit www.DavidsonDay.org/camps or call camp Director Nathan Deering at 704-237-5281.

Davidson camps serve all ages

DAVIDSON -– The Davidson Parks and Recreation department offers camps in June, July and August ranging from American Girl fashion for ages 6 to 10 to boot camp for high school students. Camps include cooking, arts and crafts, sports and circus themes.

For more information or to register, visit www.d-Recs.org or call 704-892-3349.

Kids discover at Huntersville camp

HUNTERSVILLE – Discovery Place KIDS, 105 Gilead Road, offers camps for ages 2-8 with one-week sessions June through August. The camp theme changes each week, from art to animals, math and science.

Discovery Place will also hold camps at Lake Norman Charter School, 12435 Old Statesville Road, for grades three to five.

For more information, rates and registration, visit www.discoveryplacekids.org or www.discoveryplace.org.

Countryside Montessori hosts Camp

CHARLOTTE – Countryside Montessori School will hold Camp A-don-doe at 9026 Mallard Creek Road. Camp activities include arts and crafts, archery, swimming, hiking, bead ceremonies and field trips. One-week sessions run from June 11 through Aug. 10, daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each session costs $280 to $310.

For more information or to register, contact Lindsay Nichols at lindsaynichols@countrysidemontessorischools.org or 704-549-4253, ext. 14.

Cornelius PARC offers camps

CORNELIUS – The Parks, Arts, Recreation and Culture department offers summer sports, arts, recreation, special needs and full day camps June 18 through Aug. 17, with no camp July 2-6.

For more information and to register, visit www.cornelius.org/parc.

Aquatic Center splash into summer

HUNTERSVILLE – Campers 3 years old through sixth grade have options at Huntersville Family Fitness and Aquatics, 11725 Verhoeff Drive. Camp themes include Mad Science, Back2Basix Basketball, Kids Tri and soccer and swimming.

For more information, schedules, pricing or registration, go to www.hffa.com/camp or contact Becky Taylor at 704-766-2222 or camp@hffa.com.

Raptor Center camp deadline approaching

HUNTERSVILLE – Carolina Raptor Center, 6000 Sample Road, offers Kids for Conservation Summer Camps. Nature Scene Investigators meets June 18-22 and 25-29; Hawkwarts meets July 9-13 and 16-20; and Young Vet’s Camp meets July 23-27 and July 30 – Aug. 3.

Registration, available online at carolinaraptorcenter.org, is due May 1. For more information, call 704-875-6521.