Registration is open for Hill College’s 2024 Kids College

  Jessyca Brown
  Monday, April 29, 2024 8:10 AM
  Athletics

Hillsboro, TX

Registration is open for the 2024 Kids College at Hill College. This year, all three campuses will host camps, including the Burleson Higher Education Center (BHEC).

The BHEC is hosting Kids College for the first time this year. Courses are geared toward 6th to 8th graders and will feature the facility’s state-of-the-art science labs.

At all three camps, students have a wide variety of classes to choose from that fall under the college’s four career pathways, Arts & Humanities, Business & Industry, Health & Public Service, and STEM. Tuition is $120. Lunch is included. Camps are held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“We are so excited for Kids College to be back this year! My son attended the Johnson County Campus session last year and loved it!”—comment from the parent of a 2023 camper.

Other praise for Hill College Kids College: “My kids loved their time at college this week!”—parent of a 2023 camper.

“I would like to thank you and the whole crew for putting together such a successful week for our kiddos. As a teacher, I fully understand what goes into organizing such an event. [My child] thoroughly enjoyed it. You guys rock!”—teacher and parent of a former camper.

Class offerings include, but are not limited to:

Arts & Humanities

(1st–5th grades) Adventures in Reading, American Sign Language, Art of Art, Kids Choir, Let’s Put on a Show, Spanish for Kids, Writing with Creativity

(6th–8th grades) American Sign Language, Art of Art, Let’s Put on a Show, Reading Enrichment, Spanish for Kids, Welcome to the Real World: Morning, Writing with Creativity

Business & Industry

(1st–5th grades) Rodeo Round Up, Simple Circuits: Watt’s Up, Under the Hood

(6th–8th grades) Simple Circuits: Watt’s Up, Power it Up, Under the Hood

Health & Public Service

(1st–5th grades) Criminal Law for Beginners, Experiencing Emergency Medical Services, Future Nurses, Mini Fire Academy

(6th–8th grades) Cosmetology in Action, Criminal Law for Beginners, Experiencing Emergency Medical Services, Scene of the Crime

STEM

(1st–5th grades) Backyard Habitats, Ideas to Life with 3D Printing, Think Like a Botanist, Think Like a Scientist, Math Blasts, Walk on the Texas Wild Side

(6th–8th grades) Creatures of the Night, Cyber Kids, Think Like a Botanist

Sports

(1st–8th grades) Baseball, Basketball, Mini Sports, Soccer, Softball, Sand Volleyball, Tennis

Kids College is a great opportunity for young students to begin exploring their future academic and professional careers.

Camp dates and registration deadlines

Johnson County Campus: June 3–6, 2024; registration deadline May 17, 2024

Burleson Higher Education Center: June 10–13, 2024; registration deadline May 24, 2024

Hill County Campus: June 24–27; registration deadline June 7, 2024

For a full list of class descriptions and registration information, please visit hillcollege.edu/jobtraining/kidscollege.html or contact the Job Training and Workforce Partnership office at 817.760.5820 or jtwpinfo@hillcollege.edu.