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EACC Summer Camps

Hands-on summer experiences designed to help younger students explore careers, build skills, and discover future possibilities. Whether students enjoy engineering, healthcare, animals, robotics, design, or working with their hands, EACC summer camps provide exciting opportunities to learn through real-world activities and exploration.

Camps available for students entering Grades 5–9.

 

 

Camp Innovation: Engineer Your Future

Two boys in blue shirts are working with a robotic arm to stack colorful blocks on a table, with other robotic equipment visible in the background.
A man points to a complex machine in the foreground while four young people watch intently, with a workshop environment visible in the background.
Three young people work on a robotics project in a workshop, with a laptop displaying code in the foreground and shelves of equipment in the background.
A group of students watches a woman demonstrate a robotic arm in a workshop with shelves of supplies in the background.

Camp Innovation is EACC’s signature engineering and innovation summer experience for students entering Grades 8–9 in Fall 2026. Students work alongside EACC instructors, industry professionals, and partners from Lozier to tackle hands-on challenges that introduce engineering, design, and advanced technology concepts.

Campers use tools and technologies such as robotics, 3D printing, pneumatics, electrical circuits, and problem-solving activities while exploring how products move from idea to reality.

Camp Highlights
  • Hands-on engineering challenges
  • Team projects and presentations
  • Industry tours and career exploration
  • Robotics, design, and innovation activities
  • Work alongside local industry professionals
Details
  • June 15–25, 2026
  • Elkhart Area Career Center
  • Students entering Grades 8–9 (Fall 2026)
  • Limited to 30 students

Register Below!

Register for Camp Innovation

 

 

Summer Explorers: Adventures in Career Exploration

A smiling hairdresser in the foreground holds a hairdryer, while a client sits in the blurred background of a salon.
A group of young children are happily engaged in an art activity at a table, with colorful art supplies scattered around them and a bright, blurred classroom in the background.
A smiling nurse in blue scrubs uses a stethoscope on a young girl in a yellow shirt, with a blurred background.
A young boy with glasses gently nuzzles a brown goat in front of a blurred green background with a wooden fence.
In the foreground, two children and an adult observe a 3D printer, while the background reveals a library setting with bookshelves.
Explore Your Future

The Elkhart Area Career Center partners with the Tolson Center to offer Summer Explorers: Adventures in Career Exploration. This one-week camp introduces younger students to a variety of exciting career fields through hands-on activities led by EACC staff.

Campers explore career pathways such as healthcare, veterinary science, early childhood education, cosmetology, robotics, and more while discovering talents and interests they may want to pursue in the future.

Camp Highlights
  • Hands-on activities
  • Career exploration experiences
  • Led by EACC instructors
  • Explore multiple career fields
  • Learn through interactive projects
Camp Highlights
  • Incoming Grades 5–8 (Fall 2026)
  • Tolson Center
  • 9:00–12:00
Camp Highlights
  • Session 1: June 1–5, 2026
  • Session 2: July 7–10, 2026
Registration