Apachi Irving Park Registration 2026
2026 Camp Dates & Times
Various Date Options: See Below
Camp Hours: 9:30am-3pm
Please Note: Ages and grades listed below are as of the 2026-27 school year.
Summer Adventures for Every Age!
Kindergarteners through 5th Grade
The Perfect Mix of Unique Weekly Specialties and Classic Camp Fun
- Weekly specialties spanning science, cooking, STEM, dance, sports and more.
Campers choose one specialty to focus on for the week. - Swim three times a week with expert instruction from Goldfish Swim School
- Each week includes spirited Shabbat celebrations and classic camp day activities
Weekly Fun
Click on each week to see the details of our amazing weekly camp specialties!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
Our Summer Camp offers your child a fun and interactive culinary experience! Junior chefs will explore various ingredients and cuisines while building foundational cooking skills, including knife skills, stove safety, and egg cracking. Each day, they’ll prepare two themed recipes.
Junior Chefs Kitchen provides hands-on cooking classes and nutrition education for children ages 2-18 at our Lincoln Park studio in Chicago. Our curriculum, developed by a Registered Dietitian, emphasizes the nutritional benefits of whole foods while fostering independence, confidence, leadership, and healthy habits.
The Children’s Theater Company is a cherished local organization known for inspiring confidence, creativity, and community through original performances, storytelling, and character- based play. With over 30 years of experience, founder Margo Proeh and her talented team have worked with thousands of children across the North Shore. Now, for the first time, they’re bringing their signature one-week “Big Show Bash” format to Apachi.
Each one-week session includes:
- Acting games and warmups
- Singing, dancing, and musical theater scenes
- Creative costume and prop exploration
- Rehearsals and a live filmed performance for families
- Emphasis on teamwork, self-expression, and FUN!
Get ready for a joyful week filled with imagination, storytelling, and applause. Here, every child gets a moment in the spotlight.
Together, we’ll build your stage presence and get performance-ready!
Amazing Minds
Amazing MindsAmazing Minds, providing educational enrichment in a unique hands-on format has been instilling a lifelong love of learning to children for over 20 years. Come explore the world with us while we travel to far away lands such as Australia, China, Italy, Ancient Egypt, and Israel; or perhaps we stay closer to home and visit New York, Washington D.C. or Chicago. Your children will learn about new languages, famous places, foods and customs through interactive games, activities, art projects all while we incorporate the core academic areas and make learning FUN. Come join us for an Amazing Journey.
Week 1: June 22-26
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
STEM Exploration with Noggin Builders is filled with fun, hands-on STEM activities. This week our activities will include these and so much more!
- Explore the engineering design process as we build and test ziplines
- Learn about the chemical properties of acids and bases
- Create persistence of vision spinners and investigate how the eye works
With guidance from Kidcreate Studios, your child will create fridge-worthy masterpieces, explore art concepts, experiment with a variety of art materials, and engage in exciting STEAM activities.
Join us as we bring Minecraft® to life using LEGO® bricks. Your child will embark on adventures, design worlds, and create their own LEGO® Minecraft® character filled with mobs, animals, and buildings.
Week 2: June 30-July 3
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $408 | $468 | $508 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
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Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
Our Summer Camp offers your child a fun and interactive culinary experience! Junior chefs will explore various ingredients and cuisines while building foundational cooking skills, including knife skills, stove safety, and egg cracking. Each day, they’ll prepare two themed recipes.
Junior Chefs Kitchen provides hands-on cooking classes and nutrition education for children ages 2-18 at our Lincoln Park studio in Chicago. Our curriculum, developed by a Registered Dietitian, emphasizes the nutritional benefits of whole foods while fostering independence, confidence, leadership, and healthy habits.
Under the guidance of Chicago Loves Dance instructors, students will learn fun choreography to the latest pop songs and get creative in freestyle sessions. We focus on boosting self-esteem and socialization through dance. The final class includes a parent watch day for a short performance showcasing their new talents.
- Break-Dance & Hip Hop: Students will learn break-dance choreography, poses, and freestyle techniques, along with fun hip hop dance moves. The program wraps up with a parent watch day, where students will showcase a short performance.
- Youth Yoga: Kids will learn basic yoga movements and terms through fun games. Yoga helps build listening skills, self-esteem, and social emotional learning.
- Tumbling/Gymnastics: Students will stretch, jump, and progress from somersaults to cartwheels and round-offs in this energetic class.
Amazing Minds
Join us while we explore nature and learn about everything around us! Combining science, art and FUN, your children will become junior geologists and perform experiments on rocks, make rainbows, tornadoes, and Dead Sea Salt art, go on scavenger hunts, examine their findings under microscopes, paint a mural without paintbrushes and much more!
Week 3: July 6-10
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
Under the guidance of Chicago Loves Dance instructors, students will learn fun choreography to the latest pop songs and get creative in freestyle sessions. We focus on boosting self-esteem and socialization through dance. The final class includes a parent watch day for a short performance showcasing their new talents.
- Cheer/Poms: Students will learn 3-4 new cheers and poms choreography weekly, improving form and adding to their routine. The last class will feature a parent watch day for a final performance.
- Youth Yoga: Kids will learn basic yoga movements and terms through fun games. Yoga helps build listening skills, self-esteem, and social emotional learning.
- Tumbling/Gymnastics: Students will stretch, jump, and progress from somersaults to cartwheels and round-offs in this energetic class.
With guidance from Kidcreate Studios, your child will create fridge-worthy masterpieces, explore art concepts, experiment with a variety of art materials, and engage in exciting STEAM activities.
In Snapology’s Pokémania program, your child will dive into the Pokémon world, building training gyms and unique battles while creating their own generation of Pokémon. They’ll also explore real-world science by examining Pokémon habitats and characteristics, ensuring a fun and educational experience!
Week 4: July 13-17
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
Our Summer Camp offers your child a fun and interactive culinary experience! Junior chefs will explore various ingredients and cuisines while building foundational cooking skills, including knife skills, stove safety, and egg cracking. Each day, they’ll prepare two themed recipes.
Junior Chefs Kitchen provides hands-on cooking classes and nutrition education for children ages 2-18 at our Lincoln Park studio in Chicago. Our curriculum, developed by a Registered Dietitian, emphasizes the nutritional benefits of whole foods while fostering independence, confidence, leadership, and healthy habits.
The Children’s Theater Company is a cherished local organization known for inspiring confidence, creativity, and community through original performances, storytelling, and character- based play. With over 30 years of experience, founder Margo Proeh and her talented team have worked with thousands of children across the North Shore. Now, for the first time, they’re bringing their signature one-week “Big Show Bash” format to Apachi.
Each one-week session includes:
- Acting games and warmups
- Singing, dancing, and musical theater scenes
- Creative costume and prop exploration
- Rehearsals and a live filmed performance for families
- Emphasis on teamwork, self-expression, and FUN!
Get ready for a joyful week filled with comedy and improv (bringing the laughs with silly scenes), imagination, storytelling, and applause. Here, every child gets a moment in the spotlight.
Amazing Minds
Adventure with Amazing Minds into the Animal Kingdom! Through interactive games and activities your children will learn about reptiles and mammals, investigate owl pellets, then dive deep into the oceans with sharks, whales and dolphins!
Week 5: July 20-24
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
STEM Exploration with Noggin Builders is filled with fun, hands-on STEM activities. This week our activities will include these and so much more!
- Design and build a trebuchet (catapult) then test how far it will launch
- Explore the properties of liquids and create a density test tube
- Use the mechanics of levers to create a grabbing tool
With guidance from Kidcreate Studios, your child will create fridge-worthy masterpieces, explore art concepts, experiment with a variety of art materials, and engage in exciting STEAM activities.
Building with LEGO® bricks is often about one thing; making incredible constructions for the mini-figures that get to live and use them. This Snapology program will provide a structure for campers to make some truly wild creations; from engineering challenges like making the tallest towers or fastest car, to ones that require more imagination and creativity, like building a city or vacation parks.
Week 6: July 27-31
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Hot Shots Sports, Illinois’ premier youth sports provider, offers fun and engaging programs for players of all ages and skill levels. Our summer camps feature rotating sports and unique, proprietary games you won’t find anywhere else. Campers develop technical skills and participate in interactive competitions led by expert coaches. With sports like volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, and flag football, your child is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind experience, whether they join for one week or all summer!
Under the guidance of Chicago Loves Dance instructors, students will learn fun choreography to the latest pop songs and get creative in freestyle sessions. We focus on boosting self-esteem and socialization through dance. The final class includes a parent watch day for a short performance showcasing their new talents.
- Cheer/Poms: Students will learn 3-4 new cheers and poms choreography weekly, improving form and adding to their routine. The last class will feature a parent watch day for a final performance.
- Youth Yoga: Kids will learn basic yoga movements and terms through fun games. Yoga helps build listening skills, self-esteem, and social emotional learning.
- Tumbling/Gymnastics: Students will stretch, jump, and progress from somersaults to cartwheels and round-offs in this energetic class.
STEM Exploration with Noggin Builders is filled with fun, hands-on STEM activities. This week our activities will include these and so much more!
- Use the engineering design process to test slingshot rockets
- Explore chemical reactions with elephant toothpaste
- Design and build your own marble maze game
(Grades 3-5)
The StandStrong Track at camp will offer the ‘Defender Self-Defense Course,’ designed to teach techniques for evading and de-escalating bullying situations. Each class introduces new skills for participants to practice, focusing on defense—not fighting. Through fun team drills and games, the program promotes discipline, respect, and teamwork. With an emphasis on staying in control rather than being aggressive, the course boosts self-esteem and confidence in every participant.
Week 7: August 3-7
| Session | Returning Camper Priority Ends 9/9/25 | Early Bird Ends 11/3/25 | Spring Through Camp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Pricing | $535 | $595 | $635 |
Save 5% when you register for additional weeks!
Before & After Care
Before Care begins at 8:15am
After Care ends at 5:30pm (There is no After Care on August 1)
| Session | 1-Week |
|---|---|
| Before Care | $85 |
| After Care | $170 |
Sample Daily Schedule:
| Mon/Fri | Tues/Wed/Thurs |
|---|---|
| 9:30-9:45am | Boker Tov | 9:30-9:45am | Boker Tov |
| 9:45-11am | Block 1 Specialty | 9:45-11am | Block 1 Specialty |
| 11-11:15am | Snack | 11-11:45am | Lunch |
| 11:15am-12:30pm | Block 2 Specialty | 11:45am-12:15pm | Theme Day/Group Activity |
| 12:30-1:15pm | Lunch | 12:15-12:30pm | Change for Swim |
| 1:15-1:45pm | Playscape | 12:30-2:00pm | Swim Block |
| 1:45-2:15pm | Sport Court Games | 2:00-2:15pm | Change and Snack |
| 2:15-2:30pm | Group Time | 2:15-2:30pm | Gaga |
| 2:30-2:50pm | Popsicles & Closing | 2:30-2:50pm | Popsicles & Closing |
| 3:00pm | Car Pick Up | 3:00pm | Car Pick Up |
• Each day’s schedule will include time for Shabbat celebrations, theme days, GaGa, outdoor games, Lego building, sports, and more.
• Block Specialty, as listed in the schedules above, refers to the specialty activity your child has chosen.
Registration Savings
Sibling Discount: $250 Off Full Summer Camp Session | $125 Off Partial Summer Camp Session
Refer a Friend: As a thank you for spreading your Apachi love, for every new camper that registers and lists you as their referral source, you’ll receive $180 off your camp fee.
Grades 7-9 | City LIFE
Have fun with friends exploring different neighborhoods in the City of Chicago, learning to navigate the CTA, gaining valuable life skills, and giving back to the community all at the same time! Exciting activities include an improv class, a Michigan Avenue scavenger hunt, and a cooking class—offer fun ways to build confidence and independence.
Registration Savings
Sibling Discount: $250 Off Full Summer Camp Session | $125 Off Partial Summer Camp Session
Refer a Friend: As a thank you for spreading your Apachi love, for every new camper that registers and lists you as their referral source, you’ll receive $180 off your camp fee
K-5th Grade | Post Camp
Keep the Apachi fun going all summer long!
Campers will enjoy all their favorite activities like sports, art, music, drama, gaga, imaginative outdoor play, water play and more. Plus, our spirited Friday Shabbat celebration will still be a highlight. Please send your child with their own lunch—we’ll provide a daily snack and a frozen treat to end each day. This week is carpool only, and spots are limited, so don’t miss out! Camp Hours: 9:30am-3pm. There is no before care or after care available.
| Session | Dates | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Post Camp | 8/3-8/7 | $625 |
Try Chi
2nd–6th grade
Try Chi is the best way to get a taste of quality Jewish overnight camping. Campers meet new friends, and live in cabins with experienced, caring counselors who help them feel comfortable right away. They’ll feel the spirit of camp with cookouts, campfires, sing-alongs and great evening programs.