Specialty Camps
Specialty Programs enable campers to focus their activities on a specific area of interest for an entire session. These focused schedules help participants develop their passions and hone the safari explorer-level skills they need to reach their goals. Check each program for its age/grade eligibility requirements.
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Go Karts
Rising 3rd-5thSessions: One
Engineer and pilot your own amazing vehicles! Campers will utilize design and building skills to create and race gravity-powered Go-Karts, developing teamwork and focused problem-solving skills along the way. Get ready to roll! -
Horsemanship
Eligible: Rising 3rd – 8th GradesAvailable: Sessions 1 and 2
Campers will ride the Lowell School bus to a small stable in Lanham, MD, for professional instruction in grooming, tacking, and performance. Professional riders and a retired teacher will provide basic horse knowledge, forming a solid foundation for any riding discipline. Intermediate instruction is also provided for students with prior experience. Campers will leave for the stable mid-morning and return in time for our afternoon gatherings. Campers will be at Lowell for regular drop-off and pick-up each day. -
Legends of Lowell: The Ultimate Dungeons & Dragons Experience with Ironthew Industries
Eligible: Rising 5th – 11th GradesAvailable: Sessions 1 and 2
Legends of Lowell is a three-week-per-session summer program that uses Dungeons & Dragons as a vehicle for literacy, leadership, STEAM, and social-emotional growth for upper elementary and middle school campers. Mornings are devoted to rich, story-driven tabletop gameplay; afternoons are split into two structured pathways—Ironthew Industries Certified Dungeon Masters (GM/leadership track) and Ironthew Industries Certified Artisans (STEAM/creative maker track).
Each three-week session culminates in a full-camp “Tim’s Tubular TPK” boss event (often featuring a large Tarrasque model or another named monster) and a parent showcase, which includes short gameplay demos run by youth GMs using set pieces created by the Artisans. The goal is to create a flagship Lowell program that feels fun and “campy,” while quietly delivering high-level outcomes in collaboration, problem-solving, creativity, and leadership. -
Summer Stage
Eligible: Rising 5th – 8th GradesAvailable: Sessions 1 and 2
Session One
Lights! Camera! Action! Campers will create their own destiny in this exciting course by creating, staging, and performing a theater showcase. With the help of seasoned counselors, all personalities and talents will have an opportunity to shine in a dramatic revue that will leave the audience in awe.
Session Two
Campers will have an opportunity to star on the big stage in LOWELL’s very own BLACKBOX theatre! For this three-week session, campers will have the chance to design costumes, learn lines, and perform in our upcoming show, to be announced in March. Last year’s show was Alice in Wonderland Jr.!
Field Trip Camp
Eligible: Rising 2nd – 5th Grade
Available: June 15 – 18, 9 am - 3 pm
Unleash your inner Explorer! Field Trip Camp is a thrilling, action-packed program designed to cultivate curiosity and real-world resilience in our rising 2nd – 5th graders. Campers arrive between 9 – 9:15 am before embarking on off-site adventures for the entire day. We confidently navigate local favorites and hidden gems across the DMV, using the city as our classroom. Dismissal is from Lowell between 3 – 3:15 pm daily. This program is focused on making friends, building independence, and hands-on learning outside the classroom walls.
Unleash your inner Explorer! Field Trip Camp is a thrilling, action-packed program designed to cultivate curiosity and real-world resilience in our rising 2nd – 5th graders. Campers arrive between 9 – 9:15 am before embarking on off-site adventures for the entire day. We confidently navigate local favorites and hidden gems across the DMV, using the city as our classroom. Dismissal is from Lowell between 3 – 3:15 pm daily. This program is focused on making friends, building independence, and hands-on learning outside the classroom walls.
Last Call Camp
Eligible: Rising Pre-Primary/Pre-K – 5th Grade
Available: August 3 – 7, 9 am – 3 pm
The Grand Finale of Summer! Last Call Camp is the perfect way to cap off the season, offering a full, traditional 9 am – 3 pm camp day, without Before or After Care. This program combines the best of our summer experience—community building, enthusiastic staff, and beloved activities—with a final week of special events and memorable programming. It is an intensive period designed to maximize fun, reinforce the friendships campers have formed throughout the summer, and build lasting, positive memories.
The Grand Finale of Summer! Last Call Camp is the perfect way to cap off the season, offering a full, traditional 9 am – 3 pm camp day, without Before or After Care. This program combines the best of our summer experience—community building, enthusiastic staff, and beloved activities—with a final week of special events and memorable programming. It is an intensive period designed to maximize fun, reinforce the friendships campers have formed throughout the summer, and build lasting, positive memories.
1640 Kalmia Road NW
Washington, DC 20012
202-577-2000
202-577-2000
