2026 Crusader Summer Camps
Thank you for exploring our Crusader Summer Camps! We offer camps for all interests and ages from PK to 12th grade. Camps start on May 26 and go all the way to the end of July. Make sure to read through all camp releases and policies, including the refund policy. Refunds will not be issued unless the camp is canceled by Althoff.
PLEASE CHECK FOR ANY UPDATES IN DATES OR TIMES - SOME CAMP INFORMATION MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM THE BROCHURE
All campers will receive a t-shirt in the size designated on the sign-up sheet at the time of registration!
Camps fill up quickly, so don't delay!
Let us know if you have any questions by emailing admissions@althoffcatholic.org or by calling (618) 235 1100 ext.115.
Drama Camps
Drama Camp # 1 - Annie, Kids
Incoming K - 5th grades
Dates: 6/1-6/5 from 9 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. (Monday-Thursday)
1 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 5
Performance at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 5 in Heritage Hall.
Bring lunch and snacks.
Tuition: $100
Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie KIDS features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. Annie is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Annie eventually foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, finding a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. Plenty of parts to go around, including featured roles as well as ensemble parts for orphans, servants and tourists.
Drama Camp # 2 - Honk, Jr.
Incoming K - 9th grades
Dates: 6/8-6/20 from 9 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
1 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. end of Cast Party on Friday, June 19 6 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. - end of Set Strike on Saturday, June 20
Performance at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 19, and Saturday, June 20 in Heritage Hall.
Bring lunch and snacks.
Tuition: $150
Adapted for young performers, and with a score by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, Honk! JR. is a heartwarming celebration of being different that is sure to delight audiences of all ages with its sparkling wit, unique charm and memorable score. Witty and hilarious, but also deeply moving. Guaranteed equal amounts of laughter and tears. Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother's protective flapping. Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery, all the while unknowingly outwitting a very hungry Cat. Along the way, Ugly meets a whole flock of unique characters and finds out that being different is not a bad thing to be.
Drama Camp # 3 - Wonderland!
Incoming K - 9th grades
Dates: 7/6-7/18 from 9 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
1 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. end of Cast Party on Friday, July 17
6 P.M. - 9 P.M. - end of Set Strike on Saturday, July 18
Performances at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18 in Heritage Hall.
Bring lunch and snacks.
Tuition: $150
Wonderland! is an unabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, by With hip-hopping music, it is an upbeat, coming-of-age story that audiences of all ages will adore! You’ll recognize some of your favorite familiar characters of Alice’s Wonderland along with meeting dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, star-struck tourists, plastic light-saber wielding knights, and much more.
An eclectic mix of music that ranging from gypsy swing to doo-wop to bluegrass will have you grinning like a Cheshire cat! You’ll love the toe-tapping musical renditions of “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter” as well as other great numbers such as “Anything’s Possible,” “Step by Step,” and the hysterical “I Was a Good Egg But Then I Done Went Bad,” sung by Humpty Dumpty and the Dixie Chickens.
Dance Camps
Dance Team Clinic
Grades 6-8 Cost: $55
Dates: July 20-22; 1 - 3 p.m.
We invite our 6th-8th-grade dancers interested in dancing in high school to come to our 3-day clinic. Participants will learn technique and skills typically seen at the high school level, learn styles in pom, jazz, lyrical, and hip-hop, and get to learn what it's like to be a member of the Althoff dance team from current members and coaches! We will cover turn and leap techniques, as well as introduce participants to proper Pom technique. Participants will learn a sideline routine to perform with the dance team at the homecoming football game this Fall! (Date TBD) This camp is designed for 6-8th graders who may already have some dance experience and/or are interested in seeing if Dance Team is for them! All participants will receive a team t-shirt.
Dance Camp
Grades K-5 Cost: $65
Dates: July 20-22 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
We're excited to have our tiny dancers return to camp again this summer! At dance camp, our mini-dancers will get an introduction to dance, play fun games as a team, and learn routines to perform for parents on the last day of camp! No dance experience is necessary, but your child is sure to want to continue dancing after camp is over! Participants will learn a routine to perform as the halftime show at an upcoming home Althoff football game (Date TBD).
All participants will receive a camp t-shirt.
Coach: Emily Jansen
Soccer Camp
Boys & Girls Soccer Camp
Grades K - 8
Dates: 7/27-7/30 from 6. P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Tuition: $75
Small group, age-appropriate training focused on soccer development. Camp will consist of small-sided games, and team-building activities, improving flexibility, mobility, agility, speed, power, and balance.
Coach: Skip Birdsong