Summer Camps

This youth camp provides high-level exploration in technical education with a focus on campus engagement, and representation, and includes culturally relevant practices. Camp LYT²E serves Black/African American 6th-10th graders enrolled in any of the 28 school districts served by Fox Valley Technical College.

Age: 12-16
Dates: June 5-9
Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Appleton Campus, Room A170 (use Entrance 16)
Cost: Free

Please note: This camp is made possible at no charge to families, thanks to DPI grant funding. In order for this camp to qualify for DPI grant funding, additional paperwork is required from each family after submitting the initial registration. This information will be emailed to families and must be submitted prior to children attending camp. Please watch your email for additional information.

In this camp, participants will look into the design of parts using CAD/CAM software, the measuring of parts with precision measuring instruments, the machining of parts on a CNC machine, and the assembly of the parts. Participants will get to experience the aspects of a product from its beginning stages of design all the way through the manufacturing processes to the finished assembled product. Once completed with this camp participants will be able to take home their finished product. 

Ages: 13-16
June 6-7
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: FVTC Appleton Campus, Room F125 (use Entrance 4)
Cost: $60

Learn how to manage crime scenes from real-world crime scene investigators. Students work in teams, while also building individual knowledge and confidence, as they investigate crime scene scenarios. Through lectures and hands-on experiences, students will learn how to use an alternative light source to identify evidence, collect impressions (fingerprints, footwear, tool markers), trace evidence (hairs, fibers, paint, building materials), DNA, and biologicals. They will also learn how to properly document and preserve the evidence that will be shared in a mock courtroom testimony. 

Date: June 12-16
Ages: 14-18
Time: June 12-15: 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m., June 16: 8:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: Public Safety Training Center – PS118
Cost: $90

Camp H.E.R.O. is designed specifically for Hmong students entering grades 6-10. Participants learn about careers through hands-on, interactive sessions such as digital fabrication, paralegal careers, public safety, aircraft piloting, culinary arts, advanced manufacturing, health care, and many others. Students develop self-esteem and leadership skills through daily journaling, presentations, peer-to-peer contact, and a final graduation ceremony.

Age: 12-16
June 12-16
Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Appleton Main Campus – HS301 (use entrance 16)
Cost: Free

Please note: This camp is made possible at no charge to families, thanks to DPI grant funding. In order for this camp to qualify for DPI grant funding, additional paperwork is required from each family after submitting the initial registration. This information will be emailed to families and must be submitted prior to children attending camp. Please watch your email for additional information.

The purpose of this camp is to expose participants to basic healthcare knowledge, skills and tasks performed by various healthcare professionals. Participants will take part in exciting hands-on experiences. Sessions will include learning and practicing first aid skills, infection control, taking vital signs, and laboratory procedures. 

Ages: 11-15
Date: June 14 
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: FVTC Oshkosh Riverside Campus 
Cost: $65

Learn how to drive several pieces of landscape equipment and explore many great garden "Hacks" that turn Trash into Treasure.

NOTE: Students should bring empty plastic 2-liter bottles, half-gallon and one-gallon milk/water containers if available.

Ages: 10-14
June 14-15
Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: FVTC Appleton Campus, Service Motor Company Agriculture Center AG111
Cost: $25

L.E.T.T.I.E. is designed for Hispanic girls entering grades 6-10. The camp helps participants see career options in various Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs. 

L.E.T.T.I.E.'s five-day camp offers academic improvement, career exploration, and personal enrichment in order to close the achievement gap between Hispanic girls and their peers. L.E.T.T.I.E. camp gives these girls and their parents the necessary information, knowledge, and confidence to envision college after high school. Participants' families are invited to participate in the full program, which includes tours of the college, sessions on financial aid, and a graduation ceremony that recognizes the students' efforts.

Age: 12-16
Date: June 19-23 
Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Appleton Main Campus – Room HS301 (use entrance 16)
Cost: Free

Please note: This camp is made possible at no charge to families, thanks to DPI grant funding. In order for this camp to qualify for DPI grant funding, additional paperwork is required from each family after submitting the initial registration. This information will be emailed to families and must be submitted prior to children attending camp. Please watch your email for additional information.

Put the pedal to the floor and let the rubber burn! Welcoming students ages 12 to 15 to join us in a multifaceted experience called "Wheels on Fire". Assemble, personalize and take home your very own RC car! Additionally, learner will assemble a 90 foot drag racing track, work with industrial equipment including sensors and PanelViews to measure, calculate and display race stats. Finally, individuals will compete against each other by racing their personalized RC cars, as well as, an alternative car designed using an angle-grinder. Lunch, snacks, and drinks will be provided.

Age: 12-15
Dates: June 20-22
Time: 8:30 a.m-3 p.m.
Location: Appleton Campus, J.J. Keller Transportation Building
Cost: $110

Do you think you want to be a police officer, firefighter or crime scene investigator someday? Here is your chance to get a glimpse at all three in one place! Get hands-on experiences like performing a traffic stop, being part of a SWAT team, firefighting training exercises, to collecting evidence and preserving a crime scene! Each day students will get to learn from real life officers, firefighters and crime scene investigators as they learn some of the skills necessary to be successful in these public safety careers

Ages: 14-16
Date: June 28-30
Time: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: FVTC Public Safety Training Center, Room PS106
Cost: $100

Challenge yourself, make new friends and learn about the firefighter life: Join us for this outstanding firefighting camp! Get hands-on experiences by performing tasks and training exercises alongside local firefighters and get a sneak peek behind the scenes at a local fire department. Students will be transported to local fire departments by college vans. More details to come regarding field trips.

Ages: 12-17
Date: July 17-20
Time: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: FVTC Public Safety Training Center
Cost:$100

Age: 12-18
Date: July 18-19
Time: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Appleton Campus J.J. Keller Transportation Building T121
Cost: $50

Put the pedal to the floor and let the rubber burn! Welcoming students ages 12 to 15 to join us in a multifaceted experience called "Wheels on Fire". Assemble, personalize and take home your very own RC car! Additionally, learner will assemble a 90 foot drag racing track, work with industrial equipment including sensors and PanelViews to measure, calculate and display race stats. Finally, individuals will compete against each other by racing their personalized RC cars, as well as, an alternative car designed using an angle-grinder. Lunch, snacks, and drinks will be provided.

Age: 12-15
Dates: July 18-20
Time: 8 a.m-3 p.m.
Location: Appleton Campus, J.J. Keller Transportation Building
Cost: $110

Learn how to maintain and repair small two and four stroke engines used on today's outdoor power equipment. Bring in your lawn mower or other small engine equipment that you and your son or daughter can work on together. We will learn how to sharpen and balance blades, complete oil changes and tune up your engines. You will even be introduced to new hand-held battery-powered equipment.

Ages: 9-18
July 24-25
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: FVTC Appleton Campus, Service Motor Company Agriculture Center AG122, AG124 and AG130
Cost: $85 per child (no cost to adult participants)

Participate in hands-on, minds-on STEM activities including welding, soldering, engineering and computer programming and much more. Registration fee includes a t-shirt, daily snacks and take-home projects.

Ages: 9-13
Date: July 24-28
Time: 7:45-11:50 a.m.
Location: Appleton Main Campus 
Cost: $55

Learn about careers in heavy-duty diesel truck repair. Students will gain hands-on, minds-on experience working in a heavy truck repair shop. Tour a local shop, meet real Technicians and have a lot of fun, while learning how to turn what you love into a career!

NOTE: Participants will be transported in college vans to a local shop. More details to come, as we get closer.

Age: 12-18
Date: July 25-26
Time: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Appleton Campus J.J. Keller Transportation Building T121
Cost: $50

Learn how to maintain and repair small two and four stroke engines used on today's outdoor power equipment. Bring in your lawn mower or other small engine equipment that you and your son or daughter can work on together. We will learn how to sharpen and balance blades, complete oil changes and tune up your engines. You will even be introduced to new hand-held battery-powered equipment.

Ages: 9-18
July 31-August 1
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: FVTC Appleton Campus, Service Motor Company Agriculture Center AG122, AG124 and AG130
Cost: $85 per child (no cost to adult participants)

Challenge yourself, make new friends and learn about the firefighter life: Join us for this outstanding firefighting camp! Get hands-on experiences by performing tasks and training exercises alongside local firefighters and get a sneak peek behind the scenes at a local fire department. Students will be transported to local fire departments by college vans. More details to come regarding field trips.

Please note: This camp will be for the student who has firefighting experience as an explorer or has previously attended the Basic Fire Camp. 

Ages: 15-18
Date: July 31-August 3
Time: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: FVTC Public Safety Training Center
Cost: $100

Are you interested in coding, basic electronics, automation, and robotics? Do you love all things STEM? If so, then don’t miss this tremendous opportunity to design, build, program, and wire different automated devices that replicate similar items used in local companies.

Ages: 11-14
Date: August 8-10
Time: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Clintonville Regional Center 
Cost: $25