Summer Programs for Kids and Teens at MCC

Calling all Tortured Poets - Are You Ready for It? Dive into the Life of a Showgirl this Summer. (Ages 12-16)

Taylor Swift is the biggest star in the world right now, and for a very good reason: her lyrics and her music. Whether you're a diehard Swiftie who knows her albums All Too Well [10 Minute Version], a casual music fan, or someone who's just interested in writing in general, join us for a creative writing-based deep dive of Miss Americana's greatest hits and deepest cuts, analyzing the poetry behind just how she's written some Eras-defining classics... and how you can start using some of those same techniques in your own writing! A notebook with plenty of Blank Space will be provided and we will listen to songs, watch her movies and music videos, and maybe even make some friendship bracelets along the way. This is a week you'll remember for evermore! This course will incorporate videos and documentaries as instructional resources to demonstrate how Taylor Swift has transformed as a writer, artist and individual. Please be aware that some resource materials (videos/documentaries) may include a few instances of adult language or suggestive themes.

YTH 833 30         July 27-30            9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus                $399

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New! Cartooning/Caricature Drawing (Ages 8-11)

Young artists will develop their drawing skills as they explore basics and learn the fundamental skills of cartoon drawing using simple but effective techniques.  Using concepts like exaggeration, abstraction and perspective, students will take a rough sketch of facial expressions and figure drawing to a fully developed caricature.

YTH 843 30      July 13-16        9AM-4PM        Bedford Campus       $399     

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New! Cartooning/Caricature Drawing (Ages 12-17)

Youth aged 12-17 will have fun while developing skills in the most popular form of everyday art. Learn the skills to draw cartoons using simple but effective techniques.  Students will prepare single panel cartoons, comic book art and caricatures. Using concepts like exaggeration, abstraction and perspective, students will take a rough sketch of facial expressions and figure drawing to a fully developed caricature and cartoon.

YTH 844 30      July 20-23        9AM-4PM        Bedford Campus       $399 

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New! Creative Crafts (Ages 10-15)

A variety of art and craft materials will be available to let your inner artist shine!  Create one-of-a-kind crafts with your personal touch. From pompom rugs, self-portraits, under the sea pictures, bejeweled masks to wish bracelets this program offers a relaxed setting to create original items using a variety of materials.

YTH 853 30      Aug 3-6       9AM-4PM      Bedford Campus    $269  

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EXPLORATION ART STUDIO (Ages 8-12) - HALF DAY PROGRAM

In this exciting class get ready to explore what interests you! A variety of art materials will be at your disposal to freely create with the assistance of a professional artist.

YTH 750 30     July 13-16         9AM-12PM     Bedford Campus         $269

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FASHION DESIGN (Ages 10-16)

Are you interested in the texture, style and design of clothing? We will inspire you to explore fashion tools and techniques and help you visualize and express your own style. Students will be introduced to French draping and each student will receive either a new or donated gown to transform. Collaborate as a team to create marketing materials and on the final day, invite your family and friends to the annual College for Kids Fashion show where you can debut your creation. You will go home with a dress and a portfolio that you have worked on during class.

YTH 614 30        July 20-23           9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus                            $399     

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FILM PRODUCTION & EDITING (Ages 10-15)

This is your time to Shine! Students will collaborate to produce a short film, interview or news segment. Using iPhone or phone cameras, youth will conceptualize, produce, be the talent, and learn to edit content.   
        
YTH 798 30         July 20-23              9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus      $399              

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JEWELRY - DESIGN/BUILD: Ages (10-15) 

Join us for sparkly creative fun! Calling all up-and-coming Jewelers! Learn by doing, from your initial idea to your finished piece. Create stylish jewelry and accessories such as earrings, bracelets, necklaces and hair scrunchies. Over the week conceptualize your ideas, then, design and build your collection. The program will conclude with a pop-up display showcase for parents, family and friends to see.

YTH 761 30        July 13-16           9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus                            $399     

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 New!  On The Spot Improv (Age 8-11) – Half Day Program
    
Young Improv students will have a blast learning the basics and how to apply them in improv-based games and scenes. Improv encourages active listening, quick thinking, and most importantly imagination! 

YTH 832 30          July 20-23            9AM-12PM          Bedford Campus            $269    

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New!  On The Spot Improv (Age 12-17) – Half Day Program

Teens will learn the basics of improv, and how to apply them in improv-based games and scenes. Improv encourages active listening, quick thinking, and most importantly imagination! 

YTH 846 30          July 20-23            1PM-4PM            Bedford Campus            $269  

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New! Play Production: The Story of the Revolutionary War (Ages 10-17)

Step back in time and bring history to life! In this exciting program, campers will work together to create and perform a play about the events leading up to the Revolutionary War—right here on Bedford Campus, just minutes from where the first battles erupted in Lexington and Concord. Participants ages 10–17 will help write character lines, design simple costumes and props, learn and rehearse their scenes, and perform for families on Thursday afternoon. Throughout the week, campers will have fun acting, creating, and collaborating while discovering the stories that shaped our nation. No theater experience needed—just enthusiasm and a love of imagination!

YTH 852 30        August 3-6          9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus              $399   

CAKES & CUPCAKES (AGES 10-15) – Half Day Program 

Tap into your creative side! Learn cake and cupcake decorating tips in this exciting class! Each day you will go home with a fully custom decorated cake or fun cupcake designs. New techniques and ideas for all types of special occasions or just everyday fun! Due to the nature of this program, we are not able to accommodate students with food allergies.  An $80 supply fee per student is payable directly to the instructor on the first day of the program, which covers all the materials needed for the program. 

YTH 677 30      July 13-16       9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus        $269  

YTH 677 31      July 20-23        9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus       $269   

YTH 677 32      July 27-30        9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus       $269    

YTH 677 33      Aug 3-6           9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus         $269   

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS  (Ages 12-16)

Play Dungeons & Dragons with other kids while creating your own fantasy characters and world. Writing, mathematical and acting skills will be heavily utilized throughout the program.

YTH 775 30     July 13-16       9AM-4PM       Bedford Campus         $399   

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New! Fit Kids (Ages 8-12) – Half Day Program

Join us as we move through a variety of fun games and activities! We will play traditional sports, playground games, and leisure activities such as soccer, kickball, frisbee, tag, corn hole, and tug of war. We will also improve our fitness levels with campus walks, yoga, and body weight exercises. Please wear sunscreen and protective clothing and sneakers as we will be outside for most of the session.  

YTH 848 30      Aug 10-13     9AM-12PM     
Bedford Campus   $269 

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New! Fun with Fitness (Ages 8-12)

Get ready to move, stretch, and play! Our Fun with Fitness camp combines indoor and outdoor conditioning designed to boost flexibility, endurance, and strength — all while building mindfulness and confidence. Campers will enjoy a mix of energizing workouts, team challenges, and fun games that keep everyone active and smiling. From yoga-inspired stretches to obstacle courses and relay races, every day offers a new way to move and grow stronger — inside and out! Please wear comfortable clothes, sneakers, and apply sunscreen.

YTH 851 30        July 27-30           9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus              $399

Public Service Career Exploration

This course is intended for high school students who are interested in pursuing a career within Public Service at the local, state or federal level. A variety of different public service careers will be explored within the following fields: law enforcement agencies, court system, corrections, emergency response services and victim services. Students will explore their work interests, personality, skills, values and life goals in order to identify possible public service careers that match with their strengths. Career mapping and organization research will be used to formulate a real-world perspective on current jobs and the requirements needed to achieve them. The class includes walking field trips and tours of the Lowell Police Department and Lowell Justice Center. Upon successful completion, you can earn one credit for IDS 133 – Public Service Career Exploration at MCC. This articulated credit is not always transferable to other institutions, but can always be applied to MCC degrees and certificates.  (15 hours) $199

6/8 - 6/17       
3:00pm-5:30pm       
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday                    
Lowell Campus                              
Building: Federal, room LF-203
Course Number: YTH 825 80      
CRN: 20514                     
Professor: COUGHLIN

ACE: Aviation & Simulation (Ages 10-15)

Middlesex Community College is celebrating its 27th year hosting Aviation Career Education (ACE) for middle school students. Learn the fundamentals of flight by designing, building and testing your own model aircraft. Explore a multitude of different careers in aviation.

YTH 610 30         9AM-4PM            July 13-16         Bedford Campus              $399             

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ALL ABOUT SCIENCE (Ages 9-13)                                   

Channel your inner scientist by learning through experiments. We will experience our way through popular topics in chemistry, biology, physics and animal science. Learn how science works in the real world! You never know what you will discover in All About Science!

YTH 639 30                        Aug 3-6            9AM-4PM       Bedford Campus  $399             

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GAME DESIGN (Ages 12-17) HALF DAY PROGRAM

Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics and rules of a game. Games can be created for entertainment, education, exercise, or experimental purposes. Additionally, elements and principles of game design can be applied to other interactions, in the form of gamification. We will focus on design through Gameplay, Mechanics and Systems, and Player Experience. Through using and creating cards, board games, and dice, we will explore all aspects of games and design. We will work on building skills such as planning out a timeline, playtesting, design, and implementation. If you enjoy playing games and want to know how to build your own games, this is the class for you! No coding is involved—just creativity, strategy, and fun! Game Design is for ages 12 to 17.

YTH 826 30      Aug 10-13            9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus    $269     

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INTRO TO CODING  (Ages 12-17) - HALF DAY PROGRAM

Kids may have heard of Java programming language, which is different from JavaScript. It may also be known that with programming you can create applications for both the computer and mobile devices (particularly familiar may be mobile apps). If you have seen Block programming languages (like Scratch) you may have used drag-and-drop programming before. If you want to explore programming in a text-based way and expand upon your previous knowledge, or just want to start to learn a programming language, definitely sign up! Kids will explore computer science concepts through a high-level programming language: Processing. How do lines of code transform into an interactive, user-controlled experience? What are some of the fundamentals of Computer Science? What can you do with computer science? Find answers to these questions and more in this course.  Please note: Coding classes are for ages 12-17 and students will have to know some Geometry and Algebra to take this Intro class.

YTH 820 30      July 13-16      9AM - 12PM   Bedford Campus     $269       

YTH 820 31      July 27-30    9AM-12PM     Bedford Campus     $269       

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INTERMEDIATE CODING (Ages 12-17) - HALF DAY PROGRAM 

Java is a programming language that is Object-Oriented. (Object Oriented Programming: OOP). If you are already asking questions about computer science and have some experience with computers already, this course may be for you! Learn more about Classes and Objects and object-oriented programming. This course works well after learning about introduction to coding or having a class in school! We ask harder questions about the inner workings of computer science. Knowledge of geometry, algebra, and calculus will help us explore more with graphics and designing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) with code. The end goal is a working game created using Java that you can play or others can play.

YTH 821 30      July 20-23             9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus                $269                               

YTH 821 31      Aug 3-6              9AM-12PM      Bedford Campus                 $269

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INTRO TO VETERINARY SCIENCE (Ages 9-13)  

Do you love animals and want to learn more about veterinary medicine? If yes, this course is for you. The class will expose you to various fields available in the veterinary and animal science field. We will investigate how animals benefit our society and how to care for small and large animals.

YTH 757 30        Aug 10-13                9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus         $399                                  

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 New! Science Discovery Lab (Ages 8-11)  

Young scientists will learn about hypothesis and theory and perform age-appropriate experiments that will make scientific concepts clear and logical. We will perform many experiments during class, including photosynthesis and respiration, a lava lamp, microscopic observation of animal and plant cells, cell division, mitosis & meiosis, isolating DNA from a banana and making water travel through capillary action.

YTH 827 30      July 27-30        9am-4pm       
Bedford Campus         $399     

Calling all Tortured Poets - Are You Ready for It? Dive into the Life of a Showgirl this Summer. (Ages 12-16)

Taylor Swift is the biggest star in the world right now, and for a very good reason: her lyrics and her music. Whether you're a diehard Swiftie who knows her albums All Too Well [10 Minute Version], a casual music fan, or someone who's just interested in writing in general, join us for a creative writing-based deep dive of Miss Americana's greatest hits and deepest cuts, analyzing the poetry behind just how she's written some Eras-defining classics... and how you can start using some of those same techniques in your own writing! A notebook with plenty of Blank Space will be provided and we will listen to songs, watch her movies and music videos, and maybe even make some friendship bracelets along the way. This is a week you'll remember for evermore! This course will incorporate videos and documentaries as instructional resources to demonstrate how Taylor Swift has transformed as a writer, artist and individual. Please be aware that some resource materials (videos/documentaries) may include a few instances of adult language or suggestive themes.

YTH 833 30         July 27-30            9AM-4PM           Bedford Campus                $399             

 

Summer 2025 College for Kids registration opens on February 20, 2025.

All enrollment goes through our partner CampDocs.

Immunization records are required to attend any on campus college for kids or college for teens programs. All documentation is to be uploaded via CampDocs.

The 2025 Summer program runs from July 7 – August 7 and is held on the MCC's beautiful Bedford campus.

There are multiple dates to choose from and registration is required.

We have half- and full-day programs that vary in times:

• Half-day programs run Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

• Full-day programs run Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m - 4 p.m.

All students need to be signed in and signed out during drop-off and pick-up by a parent and/or guardian.

Please review the 2026 Parent Information with your child prior to first day of the program. Youth will be notified of the safety rules and expectations of being on a college campus on the first day of the program during the Morning Meeting. Youth will be reminded to make safe choices and will be responsible for the decisions they make. Please do not send your sick child to the program. Discipline problems will be handled in the following manner:

1. Individual behavior problems will be handled by all program instructors and co-instructors.
2. If problem persists, the child will be referred to the College for Kids Assistant Director or Dean and parents will be notified.
3. If problem continues to exist, the child will be dismissed from the program and not permitted to return. Refunds will not be granted if the child is dismissed from the program. Dismissal from the program may occur at the discretion of the Middlesex Community College Staff.