Registration for Boca Raton‘s regular 2015 summer camps opened Monday for city residents and will start at 9 a.m. April 20 for non-residents.

Totally online registering is new this year, Jessica Godoy, youth services director, said in the city’s camp office.

Register at . Parents will still need to get a valid user name and password during open hours at one of the city’s three community centers, including Boca Raton Community Center, Patch Reef and Sugar Sand parks.

Registration for the city’s specialty camps at Sugar Sand Park opened in February instead of April this year because of feedback from parents, said Jill Dixon, recreation center supervisor III.

“Right now there’s room, but by the end of April the really popular things will be gone,” she said.

Parents will find a new foldout brochure with all the camps, venues, dates, descriptions and costs listed, and registration, financial, special needs and medical information at The general camp web site is

Boca is offering two more camps this year for a total of 38, and “we just started publicizing our junior golf camps at Boca Raton Municipal Golf course,” Godoy said.

There are field trip camps in locations that include schools; specialty and science camps at Sugar Sand Park; beach programs that include surf and junior lifeguard; golf and tennis camps and four camps at Patch Reef that include a baseball academy for 4- to 6-year-olds.

Field trip camps will have early drop-off times for working parents starting at 7:30 a.m. Sugar Sand’s specialty camps instructors were asked to extend the day by starting at 8:30 a.m., said Dixon.

“We got feedback from parents for a more convenient earlier start time, and they didn’t have to leave work to pick up a child,” she said.

Counselors require a level II national and FBI background check, Godoy said. Time slots for the six-week camps will depend on the school district’s summer schedule, she added.

All camps have a limit on the number of campers and Godoy urges parents not to wait until the last minute.

“They can register until camps start, but I wouldn’t encourage that,” she said.

Sugar Sand has three additional camps that include a week of yoga, a U.S. cheerleading camp and two weeks of fashion sewing and design. They can accommodate about 700 campers in total, Dixon said. Some of the regular programs will add new components including 3D and drones, she added.

“We do the same camps every year and break them down for concentrated experience,” said Kate Lasher, science center curator at Sugar Sand Park.

The Children’s Explorium offers three science camps for children entering kindergarten and also grades 1 and 2 or 3 to 5. The camp for younger children “helps them prepare for a school room setting,” she added. “We really emphasize active learning.”

Registration for those camps also started in February.

“We notice families plan around a vacation or other camps,” Lasher said.