Parents! - Summer is just around the corner. Wondering what to do with the kids? TSHA has compiled a comprehensive list of all the Oklahoma camps we know of specifically geared to your deaf / hard-of-hearing / CODA / sibling kids:
Loving Hands Ranch Sulphur, OK
CODA (Children of Deaf Adults) Ages 6 - HS Graduation, June 4th to June 8th
Deaf Teens Ages 12 - HS Graduation, June 21st to June 25th
Deaf Children Ages 6 – 11, June 26th to June 30th
Special Needs Deaf (for all ages) July 2nd to July 6th
Cost is $130 a week, and $65 for each additional sibling. For more information on these overnight camps, with traditional “camp” activities, contact Roy Woodall at (866) 630-0611 (video phone) or (580) 618-4116 (voice). You may also e-mail Roy at lovinghandsranch@yahoo.com . Or visit their website at www.lovinghandsranch.com/camp, for registration and volunteer forms. Volunteers needed.
Oklahoma School for the Deaf - Sulphur, OK
High school camp: June 16-21, age limits 12-17.
Elementary camp: June 23-26, age limits 6-11
The theme for camps this year is “2gether We Can!!” The 2013 camp will be filled with exciting and challenging activities. Everyone will work with a partner, but to improve social skills, those partners will change twice each day. We believe it will be a fun time for all.
PARENTS! Applications will be accepted from Feb. 4 - April. 30. Late applications may not be accepted due to limited numbers. Come join the fun! This no-cost, overnight program combines both education and recreation. For more information contact Brent Behrens at 580-622-4949, cell: 580-618-5009 or email at behrens@osd.k12.ok.us. Website: http://www.osd.k12.ok.us/
University of Tulsa Deaf Stem Camp
TU is hosting a Free Camp June 17th to June 21st on campus and is open to Deaf, hard of hearing, CODAs; Level 1: 4th - 6th; Level 2: 7th - 9th (fall 2013).
Are you a student entering 4th through 9th grade in Fall 2013? Are you interested in technologies like GPS’s, making maps, taking pictures, using PowerPoint? Then this academy is for you.
The camp is a DAY camp (8:30 - 4:00 daily). Parents must bring their children to and from the camp.
For more information, email baker@utulsa.edu Website: http://orgs.utulsa.edu/deafstem/
TSHA’s Kids’ Summer Day Camp – Tulsa: “Around the World in 5 Days”
Kids - Plan now to be part of the fun and learning with your peers! Volunteers – put this week on your schedule. You won’t want to miss the fun!
July 15 – 19 – This fun, hands-on, week-long camp is from 9 – 3, for kids ages 7-13 yrs. (14-15 yrs. can be counselors-in-training) Deaf/HoH/siblings/CODAs welcome (though we will keep our hearing enrollment proportional to our deaf/HoH). We will have plenty of interactive activities and field trips related to CULTURES! Of course, we’ll swim, have a parent party, etc. as we always do. Request a camp brochure NOW.
Kids’ Camp cost: $60 for the week ($70 for hearing kids). Scholarships may be available. Contact Diana Higgins at dhiggins@tsha.cc or (918) 832-8742 for more information, or see www.tsha.cc