Camp KO, headquartered at West Hartford’s Kingswood Oxford School, still has some openings for the final few weeks.

Hundreds of kids are benefiting from Camp KO’s unique day camp philosophy, which combines focus on one interest with daily stretching and conditioning, healthy-eating seminars, and motivational guest speakers. Submitted photo

Submitted by Michelle M. Murphy, Director of Communications & Marketing, Kingswood Oxford

Camp KO enters its third week with an array of guest speakers and special events that help to make it one of the most unique and popular day camps in the Greater Hartford area.

Encompassing 25 different programs over five weeks, the holistic camp on the Kingswood Oxford campus is giving hundreds of kids in grades 5-11 the chance to delve into a particular interest in sports, academics, or the arts – while also benefiting from the nutrition, stretching and conditioning, and personal-success units built into every camper’s day.

KO teachers David Baker ’04 and Rebecca Urrutia lead “the Downbeats,” Camp KO’s a cappella campers, in practice for their outdoor concert in front of Barnes & Noble in Blue Back Square on Thursday, July 16, 12:30-2 p.m. Submitted photo

For example, in addition to this week’s five focused programs, Camp KO features:

• Retired MLB player and ESPN announcer Doug Glanville sharing his life story
• Healthy-eating and hands-on cooking seminars with Chef Martha Kalen (www.whatwouldmarthamake.com)
• An a cappella concert in front of Barnes & Noble at Blue Back Square on Thurs., July 16, 12:30-2 p.m., and another at KO on Friday, July 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• Robotics competitions judged by engineers from Hubbell Corp. on Friday, July 17, and Friday, July 31

And over the next two weeks:

• Renowned restauranteur Billy Grant will give Cooking campers a tour of his eponymous restaurant in West Hartford Center and will also speak to all Camp KO campers
• Guest speaker Deb Baer Fiske, guard on the UConn women’s basketball team from 1988-92
• A Farmers Market, in partnership with Growing Great Schools, on the KO campus on July 23, 3-5:30 p.m.

There is still room in some programs for Weeks 4 and 5; to register, visit www.campko.com or contact Camp KO Director Sheri Slobin Shea at [email protected].

Photo caption 2: Hundreds of kids are benefiting from Camp KO’s unique day camp philosophy, which combines focus on one interest with daily stretching and conditioning, healthy-eating seminars, and motivational guest speakers.