Club SciKidz West Chicago
About
STEM Summer Camps at West Chicago Church Venue
Club SciKidz West Chicago operates summer STEM camps at New Hope United Methodist Church on East Washington Street in West Chicago, plus a sister venue at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church in Oak Park. Programs serve Pre-K through 8th grade.
Programs Offered
Camp-based STEM curriculum. Programs include:
- 70+ themed summer camps (Astronomy, Meteorology, Sea Adventures, Robotics, Chemistry, Rocketry, Wizarding World/Harry Potter, Medicine, etc)
- After-school STEAM enrichment
- Science assemblies and shows
- In-school field trips
- Science birthday parties
- Scouting merit badge classes
- Homeschool sessions
What's Included
- 70+ camp themes across multiple STEM disciplines
- Hands-on experiments and projects
- Themes for ages 4-6 up through 13-15
- Multi-discipline coverage (robotics, programming, filmmaking, video game design, extreme science)
- Summer 2026 camps at West Chicago: 6/15 and 7/6
Experience
Camp-only seasonal programming - 70+ themes give families variety year over year. Church-venue model keeps overhead low. Best for DuPage County families wanting summer STEM enrichment without year-round commitment. Themed approach (Harry Potter wizarding chemistry, etc) hooks kids resistant to standard "science camp" framing.