College for Kids
Southwestern Illinois College, 2500 Carlyle Ave., Belleville, IL 62221
About
College for Kids offers a wide range of activities, including hip hop dance classes, Camp Connection: Soothing Souls, the Yellow Belt Kids’ Karate Workshop, American Classics With Chef Scooter, Beginner’s Piano with Dr. Phillip Graves, and several LEGO®-based camps such as Mining and Crafting World with LEGO®, Exploring Galaxies Far Far Away, and Master Challenge LEGO® Style. The program also includes Beginner’s Keys, StellarXplorers Summer Camp, SWIC Aviation Summer Camp, and cooking sessions where kids make burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, golden fries, apple pie, and salads, as well as building motorized LEGO® models using technic bricks, axles, and gears.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Sessions run on specific dates and times between June 2 and July 19, with options such as weekday morning and afternoon camps, single-hour weekly workshops, and four-day camps; each camp session is scheduled to run 4 days per week, morning and afternoon, beginning June 10.
Established in 1946, Southwestern Illinois College serves more than 300,000 residents of Community College District 522 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The College for Kids program is an educational enrichment program for children in the community, with courses that provide educational, cultural, and recreational activities that are different in form and content from regular classroom activities. Camp Connection is led by licensed clinical social worker Stephanie Kippenberger of Soothing Souls Therapeutic Services, LLC, American Classics is taught by Chef Scooter, and Beginner’s Piano is taught by Dr. Phillip Graves, a classically trained pianist with over 30 years of teaching experience who has traveled and performed widely. Metro East Bricks camps in College for Kids use LEGO® Bricks to build specially designed models, play LEGO® games, and explore engineering, architecture, and animated movie-making, and StellarXplorers Summer Camp is a STEM program by the Air & Space Forces Association that focuses on space and other critical STEM fields. If a child is registered for both a morning and an afternoon camp during the same week, lunch and childcare are provided at no cost.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Sessions run on specific dates and times between June 2 and July 19, with options such as weekday morning and afternoon camps, single-hour weekly workshops, and four-day camps; each camp session is scheduled to run 4 days per week, morning and afternoon, beginning June 10.
Established in 1946, Southwestern Illinois College serves more than 300,000 residents of Community College District 522 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The College for Kids program is an educational enrichment program for children in the community, with courses that provide educational, cultural, and recreational activities that are different in form and content from regular classroom activities. Camp Connection is led by licensed clinical social worker Stephanie Kippenberger of Soothing Souls Therapeutic Services, LLC, American Classics is taught by Chef Scooter, and Beginner’s Piano is taught by Dr. Phillip Graves, a classically trained pianist with over 30 years of teaching experience who has traveled and performed widely. Metro East Bricks camps in College for Kids use LEGO® Bricks to build specially designed models, play LEGO® games, and explore engineering, architecture, and animated movie-making, and StellarXplorers Summer Camp is a STEM program by the Air & Space Forces Association that focuses on space and other critical STEM fields. If a child is registered for both a morning and an afternoon camp during the same week, lunch and childcare are provided at no cost.
Last updated January 9, 2026.
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