Cab Calloway School of the Arts runs SMArtSummer, a seven-week summer arts camp in Wilmington for students entering grades 3–12. Campers choose one week, three weeks or the full summer to study literary arts, theater, communication arts and visual arts — from batik dyeing to animation to newspaper editing. Full scholarships are offered for students with special needs and for disadvantaged and deaf children.
The practical details
We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact Cab Calloway School of the Arts directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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★★★★★CMBCab put on RENT as their Spring Show. The students are very talented -- a shout out to the 8 leads on the March 22 show. The production, the music (a real band), and the students were amazing. thank you.
★Skippy Dinglechalkcertain teachers gossip and allow awful behavior from their students if they are fond said student. boundaries between students and teachers are constantly crossed, acting like high school besties with their students instead of authority figures. this involved group chats, teachers giving out personal social media accts, and discussing personal details of their students lives to other students. discipline in this school is for show only. there’s no real morals, only the dean deciding what looks best to the public. such as the god awful wikipedia wallpaper or all of the school funded trips the deans goes on…
★★★Arbitrary SadnessHas great classes and great staff, and is a safe space for queer and poc students- however, the disciplinary action is lackluster at best and some of the majors classes feel as if we’re not learning skills that will get us jobs in the future. My life would be very different had I not gone to this school, and I am very grateful for the experiences that I have had here, but there is room for more improvement & transparency from the administration. Cab Calloway is still one of the greatest schools in the state. (I ❤️ the science dept)
★Bianca AnayaThis school is an amazing opportunity for the kids interested in the arts. As it has for mine. However, it has become a consistent habit for those part of Cab to be put on the back burner in order to prioritize Charter. I’ve consistently seen from parents and students alike how they’re told they can’t do something because Charter needs it. Or they’re not able to use the facilities because Charter needs it. They can’t do fundraisers or activities freely. They prioritize Charter sports for equipment and funds. Students from Cab comment that kids in charter come down to the first floor that Cab occupies to ruin the bathrooms. It’s also known that Charter kids have a lot of bullying and have frequent fights on school grounds. Even in the busses, that are Red Clay District busses, and Charter is not part of the Red Clay District have had some students sit in awkward spaces because Charter students take up all the other seats. And the Cab band which is one of the best bands in Delaware, and dance teams, and other clubs are not given sufficient funds. There’s also been a common message from students that a recent aesthetic wallpaper could have been postponed because currently there are classes that are missing part of ceilings or flooding. Ultimately, the founder Calloway made this school for the arts, and that essence is being lost. I don’t know how the agreement with sharing a school with Charter was made but things have to be reviewed and balanced. All in all, I hope the school gets back on track, it’s not a bad school but priorities need to be rechecked.
★★★★★Lizbeth KumarWe have our third kiddo in high school! We have been a Cab family since 2010! It's an amazing school with caring and dedicated staff who love to teach! After school activities are awesome, especially their marching band, indoor drumline and colorguard.