Registration Open for 2023 Summer Camps at NDMU

By: Erik Pedersen, Senior Communications Manager

BALTIMORE – Notre Dame of Maryland University is offering a wide variety of youth programming on campus in summer 2023, including a new Arts and Activism Immersion experience scheduled for late June.

Registration for each of the six camps listed below is now available. Spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis with the exception of the Arts and Activism Immersion experience, which will interview applicants during the spring.


NEW: Arts and Activism Summer Immersion
June 26-30, Orientation on June 23, Move-in to dorm on June 25
Rising high school seniors

Presented by NDMU and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), this experience is open to all rising high school seniors (2024 senior class) in good standing. Arts and Activism Immersion students will participate in a week-long immersion experience which includes a variety of activities, including field trips to New York City and Philadelphia, panel discussions, seminars, and experiential workshops in art, teamwork and leadership.

Each student invited to participate in the Arts and Activism Immersion experience will be provided with a scholarship which covers all room and board as well as field trip and art supply costs. Applications are due by April 14, with interviews to take place in late April.


A Child’s Place Summer Camp
Five two-week sessions beginning June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24 and August 7
Ages 2 to 6
Camp Day: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Before Camp Care: 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. (no additional cost)
After Camp Care: 3 to 5:30 p.m. (no additional cost)

Staffed by experienced preschool teachers, A Child’s Place offers an extended summer of fun-filled theme-oriented camp sessions to excite young campers. Sessions offer an entertaining and age-appropriate educational and play-based experience for children ages 2 to 6 (those entering first grade in the fall). The camps will provide opportunities to stimulate curiosity, creativity, and imagination through water play, daily indoor and outdoor play, STEAM activities, cooking, play-based learning, daily exploration and investigation, and more.


Camp Notre Dame
Four two-week sessions beginning June 20, July 5, July 17 and July 31
Ages 5 to 11
Drop-off: 8 a.m.
Camp Activities: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pick-Up: 4 to 5 p.m.

With rotating sessions throughout the day, campers will have the opportunity to participate in explorations, arts & crafts, sports & games and a mix of instructional and recreational swimming. Camp Notre Dame is staffed by experienced leaders who are committed to providing children with a meaningful and rewarding summer experience. Each group is supervised by a Senior Leader, Junior Leader, and, for the younger and/or larger groups, a Leader-in-Training. Children are placed into groups of 9 to 13 campers of the same general age and grade in school.


Cooking with SAGE Summer Camp
August 14-18
Ages 5 to 11
1 to 4 p.m.

Cooking with SAGE is a fun opportunity for campers to come together and learn new recipes and cooking techniques with a SAGE chef! Each day, campers will learn about the cooking topic and recipe or how and why each step in the recipe is important. At the end of the week, recipes will be assembled for a final product and campers will have the opportunity to share their creations and explain why they chose their favorite ingredients. Daily themes include pizza making, cake decorating, sushi making, dumplings and truffles.


Pharmacy Summer Camp
June 26-30
Grades 9-12
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pharmacy Camp is designed to help high school students entering grades 9-12 discover exciting topics and career paths in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences from the School of Pharmacy faculty at NDMU. Campers will explore precision medicine and the pharmacists role in research and patient care, learn about medication therapy management, and discover which pharmacy career best fits them. They will also make medications in the School of Pharmacy’s lab and get tips for applying to pharmacy school.


STEM Camp
Adventures in Agriculture: July 17-21
Grades K-10
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Notre Dame’s STEM summer camp is designed to inspire elementary, middle, and high school students to discover how exciting STEM exploration can be. For this year’s agriculture theme, campers will investigate different methods of growing plants, and they will learn about and interact with various farm animals. They will be engaged in a variety of age-appropriate hands-on activities to help them build their knowledge and skills of agricultural education. Each day, campers will be introduced to a new STEM concept as they participate in hands-on learning with instructors from the NDMU STEM Leadership program. But it’s not all science—there is also time for swimming, team building, crafts and lunch!

Established in 1895, Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) is a private, Catholic institution in Baltimore, Maryland, with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. Notre Dame has been named one of the best "Regional Universities North" by U.S. News & World Report.