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February 09, 2010

Hudgens Early Education Center at Gwinnett Tech Accepting Enrollment for Summer Day Camp

Camp Imagination Station: June 1 – July 30

The D. Scott Hudgens, Jr. Early Education Center at Gwinnett Technical College is now accepting enrollment for its summer day camp, Camp Imagination Station.

Camp Imagination Station is a specialized summer camp program for children who will be entering kindergarten through second grade in the fall. Children must be five by September 1 of this year to be eligible.

The camp will run from June 1 through July 30. Daily hours will be 7 a.m. until 6:15 p.m., Monday through Friday. Children may be enrolled for the entire session, or on a weekly basis. Camp is $150/week or $50/day.

Camp Imagination Station offers low child-teacher ratios and a host of fun and educational activities, including:

• Weekly field trips

• Outdoor and water games

• An Italian-style Atelier studio with a large variety of materials and mediums to use in child- directed art

• Access to multi-media labs and unique learning centers such as computers, a listening center, a library and writing areas

• A dramatic play village

• An inventor’s warehouse with materials and machines that can be taken apart and put back together

The 26,000-square-foot D. Scott Hudgens, Jr. Early Education Center is a nurturing educational center for children aged six weeks to 8 years. The summer camp program supplements the Center’s existing offerings, including infant and toddler care, plus preschool, state funded Georgia Pre-Kindergarten and Montessori programs, all following the National Association for the Education of the Young Child (NAEYC) accreditation standards. The Hudgens Center has been recognized by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education for modeling best practices in early education.

The Center includes fourteen classrooms, four piazzas and six observation rooms in addition to administrative offices and teacher work areas. The center has the latest in security features including swipe-card access, in-class cameras and observation rooms with full audio capabilities.

To enroll in Camp Imagination Station, call 678-226-6510 or visit www.GwinnettTech.edu/hudgens for more information.

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Gwinnett Technical College, one of Georgia's largest technical colleges, is committed to delivering relevant knowledge to meet the workforce training needs of its community. The college offers more than 50 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs and hundreds of seminars, workshops and courses providing specialized training. GTC is Gwinnett County's largest provider of corporate training and now serves residents and businesses in north Fulton County. Gwinnett Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097,404-679-4500, www.sacscoc.org for questions about the accreditation of Gwinnett Technical College. For more information, visit www.GwinnettTech.edu.

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