Camp Explore: Arts Academy Middle School @ Crenshaw

Camp Expore: Arts Academy middle school is a building-transition summer camp adventure that helps students feel excited, prepared, and less nervous about starting middle school.

We all remember the anxiety, fear, and uneasiness of starting middle school. Welp - The experienced team of TomTod, along with an 8th-grade student leader from Arts Academy, has created a week-long summer adventure to make starting middle school FUN, EASY, and EMPOWERING! 

The goal of Explore: Arts Academy Middle School is to empower middle schoolers to investigate and discover answers to the questions, concerns, and curiosities they have about transitioning to middle school. Students build connections and relationships with their future middle school buildings, teachers, principals, and peers, as well as envision their future education pathway through immersive college and career field trips.

Visit our website to learn more about the outcomes Camp Explore.

• Who? Students transitioning to middle school at the Arts Academy Middle School at Crenshaw. CCSD current 6th graders who are transitioning to 7th grade in the fall
• When? Monday-Thursday, June 8-11, 9:00am-3:00pm
• Where? Timken Career Campus - 521 Tuscarawas St W, Canton, OH 44702
  • Plus, field trips to your middle school throughout the week!

Camp Explore: Arts Academy is free to middle schoolers and their parents thanks to the generous support and funding from the City of Canton and Canton City School District.

At the end of this registration form is a medical form. Please have ready:

• Current medications and doses your camper receives
• Insurance information
• Family doctor and dentist contact info

TOMTOD IDEAS' WAIVER & RELEASE FORM

This program is a function of the nonprofit organization TomTod Ideas, the City of Canton, and Canton City School District. In the following statements, program staff refers to all full-time, part-time, and seasonal TomTod staff.

• I give permission for my child to participate in TomTod programming.
• I give permission for program leadership to photograph/video/record my child and/or myself and to use those images/likeness/stories in promotional materials, including future materials for TomTod Ideas.
• I give permission for program staff to transport my child during these activities.
• I give permission for program staff to make necessary decisions in any medical emergency involving my child.
• Program staff may employ outside evaluators to observe various activities throughout programs to provide input and/or create reports on programmatic efficacy.
• I give permission for program staff to dispense medicaions as directed in the Medical Release Form.
• I release TomTod Ideas, its staff members, and its partners from any liability for any injury to my child from participation in program activities.
• My child agrees to respect all guidelines given by program staff related to behavior throughout TomTod programming.
• Any behavioral problems that arise are subject to removal of my child from the event or appropriate disciplinary action.

The Canton City bus will pick up campers between 8:15 and 8:45 daily, and drop off between 3:14 and 3:45 daily. Specific busing details will be shared by the Canton City Bus Garage, 2 weeks before camp.