St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. offers seven week-long summer camps - swimming, diving, chess, engineering & physics, music, piano and theatre - all set on the beautiful St. Olaf hilltop.
St. Olaf Swim Camps -- Stroke Technique and High Performance -- are designed for swimmers who have been swimming competitively in associations or school programs. Pool time and other training activities are balanced with recreational activities supervised by camp coaches and counselors.
St. Olaf Diving Camp is designed for boys and girls ages 13-17 who have been diving competitively in an association or school program for at least one season. The camp's comprehensive approach utilizes pool time, dry-land and weight training, dry-board practice, video review and classroom sessions to improve all aspects of your diving.
OleChess offers a challenging week of instruction featuring some of the premier players and teachers in the world. Instruction is supplemented with activities designed to reinforce the new skills you learn and to provide ample opportunities for play. OleChess is for chess players of all ages, strengths and levels of experience. If you want to improve your game, enjoy the company of fellow chess enthusiasts and learn from the masters, OleChess is perfect for you!
Join us for an exciting theatre experience at the St Olaf Summer Theatre Camp. During this exciting and engaging offering, aspiring thespians experience many facets of theatre taught by creative professionals.
Working with faculty members and students who won the 2009 national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held annually at Purdue University (see a video of the machine by searching "St. Olaf Rube Goldberg" on YouTube), participants at our Engineering and Physics Camp for Girls will learn principles and techniques utilized by engineers and scientists every day as they build their own machines. They will then enter the completed machines in a camp contest and compete against the contraptions built by other campers.
Activities and Features
Academic General Academics
Performing Arts Drama Music
Water Sports Competitive Swimming
Camp Address
Winter Address
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield MN, 55057 United States
507-786-3042 (tel.) 507-786-3690 (fax.)
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN, 55057 United States
507-786-3042 (tel.) 507-786-3690 (fax.)