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From Staff Reports It’s time again to register for summer camps, and youths from Tyler and surrounding areas have choices. The following is a listing of upcoming camps and contact information. To be included in the listing, send camp information to education@tylerpaper.com.

Applications are available through the Lower School office or by calling 903-579-6000. Tuition for the three week camp is $375 and scholarships are available for qualified candidates.

The DeBusk Enrichment Center for Academically Talented Scholars will host a three-week camp from June 9-27 on the campus of All Saints Episcopal School. The program is for students currently enrolled in third to sixth grades and is open to children from public, private or home schools. Classes meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day Monday through Friday. Scholars will select four courses for the three weeks and will attend those four classes each day. They will choose from: A Sign of the Times, Tech Savvy, Whodunit?, Far Out, Far East, Extra! Extra! Read All About It, Grand Slam Sports Math, Art Around the World, Flash! Bang! Pop! Fizz!, The Soda Shop, Whodunit, Howdunit, and Whydunit?, Worth a Thousand Words, A Taste of Science, Kooky Contraptions, Board Game Bonanza. Travel In Time, Hogwarts Mini Academy, Dissection 101 and Odyssey of the Mind.

Contact the school for camp dates, age restrictions and registration, www2.tjc.edu/hpecent-er/summercamps or by phone 903-510-2900.

Activity camps offered include: Art around the world, creative conditioning, crime scene investigation, French foil fencing, rocket science, discover Scuba, cooking up culture, great outdoor learning, aquatic camps, theater camps, filmmaking, LEGO Robotics, new adventures, pencil and charcoal drawing, youth ballroom and Latin dance and Tae-Kwon-Do.

Apache athletic camps include: Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis and volleyball.

Contact the school for camp dates and registration, 903-894-5000 or www.brookhill.org.

Art — For boys and girls entering first through 12th grades. Price is $110 for four days and includes snacks and supplies. Programming includes basic art elements, art history and art media skills.

Scrapbooking — For boys and girls entering first through fifth grades. Price is $100 for five days and includes scapbooking kit.

Storytelling — For boys and girls entering second through fifth grades. Cost is $80 for five days. Programming includes multiple methods of storytelling.

Basketball — For boys and girls entering first through 12th grades. Cost ranges from $60 to $80 for four days and includes a T-shirt.

Football — For boys entering grades seven through 12. Cost is $140 for three days and includes lunch, drink and T-shirt.

Soccer — For boys and girls entering first through 10th grades. Cost is $60 to $80 for four days and includes a T-shirt.

Softball — For girls ages 6 to 18. Cost is $90 for four days and includes a T-shirt.

Baseball — For boys and girls ages 5 to 15. Cost is $70 for four days and includes a T-shirt.

Contact the school for camp registration, 936-633-4504 or e-mail draine@angelina.edu.

Camp Centerstage — Camp dates are June 9-21 for students entering fifth through 10th grades. Cost is $225 for a two-week session. Scholarships are available. Activities are designed for different age groups and teach theater skills and creativity. There is also emphasis on self-esteem and developing artistic potential.

Contact the school for camp dates, age restriction and registration, 903-233-4090 online at www.letu.edu/camps.

Academic camps include: H2O Mania, Young Adventurers, Focus: Photography Camp, Hola Amigos!, Future Doctors I and II, CSI: Longview, Reading Rocks!, Ravin’ Beauties, LEGO? Robotics, Medieval Times, Rocket Summer, Insane Science, Kid’s Architecture, Junior Engineers, drama and cinema camps, science and space camps, art camps, flight and pre-flight camps, police academy and adventure camps.

Athletic camps include: baseball, softball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, and boys’ and girls’ soccer. Athletic camps also offer Camp Sport Time for children who love multiple sports and want constant action.

Contact the school for camp dates, age restriction and registration, www.tkgorman.net, link Summerbridge or call (904) 561-2424.

Summer Bridge is an academic and artistic enrichment summer school offered by Bishop T.K. Gorman Catholic School.

Courses will be offered in academic and artistic endeavors which will help students prepare for the upcoming school year. Classes include a study of World War II, which includes an overnight stay on the Battleship Texas; outdoor survival training which includes a camping trip; book clubs; life skills, art classes in sculpting; Spanish; sign language; women’s and children’s self defense and safety; sports history which includes a trip to a Ranger’s game; and sports camps in basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. Classes and clubs will run from one to three weeks and will be offered on weekdays from June until August.

Contact the Health Science Center at 903-877-7075 or www.texasasthmacamp.com for information.

Texas Asthma Camp for Kids will hold one, weeklong session June 15-20, and will focus on children whose asthma is severe enough to prevent them from attending regular summer camp.

The camp will host about 75 children, ages 7 to 14, at Camp Tyler on Lake Tyler. The camp is conducted by the University of Texas Health Science Center, supported by the Texas Chest Foundation.

Campers are monitored closely at all times by UT Health Center medical support 24 hours a day.

Registration is $15, and the cost per camper is $150. Financial assistance is available.