Summer Camps

The average school-aged student spends over 5 hours every day looking at a monitor.  Summer is a time for children to spend time outdoors.  Our camps are designed to connect children with the natural world through play, adventure and fun.  Scholarships are available!

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Nature Day Camps

Ages 5-7, and Ages 8-9

Our Nature Day Camps are designed to connect children with the natural world through play, adventure and fun – all of which takes place in the natural world at McKeever, it’s trails, forests, streams and the many plants and animals that live there.  Throughout the camp, we instill a sense of wonder while children explore the natural world around them.

Our Nature Day Camps run 9 AM – 3 PM Monday through Friday.

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Earthkeepers Summer Camp

Ages 10-11

This summer experience involves students going through the Earthkeepers program, a three-day experience where children earn a set of keys and become an Earthkeeper.  A mysterious, unseen character known as E.M. permeates the Earthkeepers program.  As the keeper of the keys, E.M. is everyone’s dream of the wizard of the woods.

This is a three-day, two-night overnight camp.

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Outdoor Adventure Camp

Ages 12-14

This three-day overnight camp is for children ages 12-14. Outdoor skills and adventures await, as participants will have an opportunity to hike, canoe and cycle.  While honing these skills, we’ll begin working on developing a personal relationship with the natural world.  Mornings include sessions on wildlife, ecology, leave no trace and orienteering.

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Richard Freni Memorial Scholarships

The McKeever Environmental Learning Center is proud to offer scholarships through the Richard Freni Memorial Scholarship Camp Fund.  Scholarships cover full or partial tuition for McKeever’s Summer Camps.  Recipients must reside in the Lakeview School District.  Scholarships are awarded based on need for outdoor experience, desire for educational enrichment, and/or financial need.  To apply, complete and submit the pdf form linked below to the McKeever Center.  You will be notified if the scholarship is awarded as well as the amount of the scholarship.  Scholarships will be awarded at the sole discretion of the McKeever Center.

Click here for the Richard Freni Memorial Scholarship application form.

Sandy Creek Conservancy Scholarships

The McKeever Environmental Learning Center is proud to offer scholarships through the Sandy Creek Conservancy, the founding organization of the McKeever Center.  Scholarships cover full or partial tuition for McKeever’s Summer Camps.  Scholarships are awarded based on need for outdoor experience, desire for educational enrichment, and/or financial need. To apply, complete and submit the pdf form linked below to the McKeever Center.  You will be notified if the scholarship is awarded as well as the amount of the scholarship.  Scholarships will be awarded at the sole discretion of the McKeever Center.

Click here for the Sandy Creek Conservancy Scholarship application form.