Vo-Tech to host summer camps

Ocean County Vocational Technical School (OCVTS) will be offering career-related summer camps. Registration is now under way.

The Culinary Arts Camp will be held July 9-13, 8 a.m. to noon, at the OCVTS Brick Center. The program will focus on methods and techniques of meal planning, food preparation, cooking and safe knife handling. Topics include breakfast foods, pasta and sauces, pizza, fruits and more. Ocean County students entering grades six, seven, eight and nine may attend

The Aviation Aerospace Camp will be held July 16-20, 8 a.m. to noon at the OCVTS Navy Lakehurst Center. The program will feature model aircraft and rocket building, concepts of flight and use of flight simulators, tours of the Naval Air Engineering Station Control Tower, the Hindenburg Memorial and Museum, and a Coast Guard CH56 helicopter. Ocean County students entering grades six, seven, eight and nine may attend.

The Performing Arts Workshop is a two-week session to be held July 9-13 and July 16-20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the OCVTS Navy Lakehurst Center. The workshop provides an opportunity for aspiring young artists to strengthen their skills in dance, voice or acting. Students will be exposed to all disciplines with time allotted for more intensive training in one specialty area. This competitive program offers Level 1 (for grades 6-8) and Level 2 (for grades 9-12) and is limited to 12 students per discipline per level.

The Marine Science Summer Exper-ience, held at the Marine Academy of Tech-nology and Environmental Science, Man-ahawkin, 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., is offered July 16-20, July 23-27, July 30 through Aug. 3 or Aug. 6-10. Students will be exposed to laboratory and research techniques, ecology, marine and environmental science. Daily field visits will focus on hands-on research, collection and identification of local species, water sampling and monitoring. This competitive program is limited to 25 students per week. Ocean County students entering grades seven, eight and nine may attend. For more information visit www.ocvts.org or call (732) 473-3100, ext. 3121.