Summer Camp Registration

Pre-registration is required for all classes. You may register your child online by clicking here. Type the camp’s name in the keyword search box and enter the student(s) information in the appropriate fields to register your student.

2026 Summer Camps

Apprenticeship 321 Advanced Manufacturing

Fun, hands-on lab sessions where high school students will be exposed to the advanced manufacturing career pathways offered through Apprenticeship 321. This Summer Camp will include classroom instruction led by the Apprenticeship faculty and tours at companies participating in Apprenticeship 321. If registered with the Apprenticeship 321 Pre-Apprenticeship program, Summer Camp is included in your program. Lunch will be provided each day.
(KEYWORD: Manufacturing)

Cost $150
June 1-4 (Monday – Thursday), 9a – 4p (Entering 10th Grade/15-18 (High School)
Hours: 26
Location: Dallas Campus
Room: CAM (Center for Advanced Manufacturing) Room 133

Beauty Wellness 101

Students will have a day of learning how to take care of their hair, skin, and nails.  Students will also be learning makeup, curling, and styling techniques.  The camp will include a service from our student clinic, such as manicure, pedicure, shampoo/style, or facial.  Representatives from the College Now programs will be there to speak about the College Now opportunities for the Cosmetology and Esthetics programs. Lunch will be provided.
(KEYWORD: Beauty)

Cost $80
June 22 (Monday), 9a – 3p (ages 12-17; please see registration options)
Hours: 5.5
Location: Lincoln Campus
Room: CSB (Cochrane Science Building) Room 103

Cyber Camp

This camp provides students with practical, engaging cybersecurity experiences designed to build confidence, critical thinking, and digital safety skills. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Participants will explore:

• Cyber hygiene and online safety
• Encryption and secure communication
• Network defense basics
• Ethical hacking principles
• Real‑world cyber scenarios

This camp is ideal for students interested in technology, problem‑solving, or future STEM careers.
(KEYWORD: Cyber)

Cost $50
June 29 (Monday); 9a – 4p (ages 12-15; please see registration options)
Hours: 6.5
Location: Dallas Campus
Room: CET (Comer Engineering Technologies Building) Room 101

Material Matters Art Camp

This hands-on summer art camp invites teens to experiment, build, and create using a wide range of materials and techniques. From acrylic painting and mixed media layering to collage, yarn, and found-object assemblage, students will explore how everyday materials can be transformed into meaningful, expressive artwork. Each project focuses on process as much as product—encouraging students to take creative risks, trust their instincts, and develop their own visual voice. Campers will create a series of finished works, including a mixed media painting, an identity collage built from personal imagery and ideas, a relief-style sculpture made from discarded and found materials, and a woven yarn landscape piece that explores texture, color, and composition in a new way. Designed for ages 13–18 and all skill levels, this camp is energetic, exploratory, and hands-on. It’s a space where creativity is built through making—layer by layer, material by material—resulting in work that is personal, original, and completely their own. All supplies and materials will be provided. 
(KEYWORD: Art)

Cost $170
June 8 – 11 (Monday – Thursday), 1p – 3p (ages 13-18; please see registration options)
Hours: 8
Location: Dallas Campus
Room:  DSC (Dalpiaz Building) Room 215

TexTEC Camp (Textile Technology, Engineering and Chemistry Camp)

For rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors; Hosted by the Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science and the Textile Technology Center at Gaston College Kimbrell Campus. Breakfast and lunch are included each day. You’ll spend time in our Textile Technology Center’s labs and gain hands-on knowledge about sustainability, biomedical textiles, forensics, color science, composites, chemistry, electronic textiles, protective apparel, and engineering!

You’ll also get to:

• Screen print your own fabric
• Learn from our faculty, staff, and students
• Explore our scholarship opportunities

All supplies and materials will be provided.

Cost: $45 (Need-based scholarships available; see flyer)
June 17 & 18 (Wednesday – Thursday), 8a – 4p
Location: Textile Technology Center at Gaston College, Belmont, NC

Registration Options

Registration for the camps is on a first-come, first-served basis, and payment is due at the time of registration.

If you need assistance with Registration, please contact CE Registration at 704-922-6232.

If you are under 18, you will have to register by completing a Continuing Education registration form as well as the Leon’s Law form.

Walk-in

CE Registration Department
MYERS CENTER – 2^nd floor
201 Highway 321 South, Dallas, NC 28034
Hours of operation: Monday through Thursday: 8 am-5 pm, Friday: 8 am-11 am
SUMMER Hours of operation: Monday through Thursday: 8 am-5 pm, Friday: CLOSED

Online (not available for those under 18)

Click on the following link and follow the instructions as listed: CE Registration Link

Reminder: In the Course Code Number field, enter a single keyword (See Keyword in each class description).  No additional information is required.

For all inquires, please email [email protected].