Summer Camps
Download the 2013 Summer Programs schedule and application form
2013 Preschool Summer Camp Descriptions
All preschool sessions are open to current and incoming preschool students, as well as graduated kindergartners. Please use the Registration Form to enroll your child in Summer Camp.
All-Day & Half-Day Preschool, Sessions I - III
The following sessions have an all-day and a half-day option. Both options include lunch.
All-day times are 8:00 am – 5:30 pm.
Half-day times are 8:00 am – 12:30 pm.
Session I: June 10 – 21
Theme: Creative Communities
Come have fun building, creating, and learning about what makes up a community.
Lead Teachers: Mrs. True and Ms. Carpenter
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Theme: Spanish
Spanish vocabulary, song and dance and food from Spanish speaking countries
Lead Teacher: Ms. Clark
Session II: June 24 – July 5 (no school July 4)
Theme: Our Big Backyard
Nature walks, gardening, woodland animals, gnomes and fairies
Lead Teacher: Mrs. Waxler
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Theme: Cooking Camp
Healthy snacks, simple meal preparation, food exploration and nutrition
Lead Teachers: Ms. (Robyn) Miller and Mrs. Lam
Session III: July 8 – 19
Theme: Theater Camp
Music, set building, acting, drama and playwriting
Lead Teacher: Mrs. Waxler
or
Theme: Art Camp
Creating with various art media and an introduction to art history. Session will end with a Gallery Show for families to appreciate children’s artwork.
Lead Teacher: Mrs. Cusack
Session IV: July 22 – 26
The following sessions are specific to all-day or half-day. Both options include lunch. NOTE: These sessions are for one week only.
Session IV All-day; Theme: Music Camp
In this interactive camp we will sing, dance, and create our own music and instruments.
Lead Teachers: Mrs. True and Ms. Haas
Times: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Session IV Half-day; Theme: Music Camp
Instruments, movement, listening, song plays, composition
Lead Teacher: Mrs. Cusack
Times: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Elementary Session I: June 10th -21st
Topic: Camp Challenge
Age Group: 6-12 year olds (no graduates)
Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, M-F
Lead Teacher: Emily Miller
Materials Fee: $17.50 for survival supplies, snacks and admission fees to parks
In an action-packed 2-week camp, you will discover your personal best in both group and individual challenges, field games, mind games, logic puzzles and more. Camp Challenge features team building and personal challenges including outdoor survival scenarios, using science skills to solve a mystery, treasure hunts, building a rocket, a telegraph machine, a crystal radio, learning Morse code and doing lots of puzzles and games.
This camp features something for just about everyone – a great time to get to know your personal abilities as well as learning how to work as a team. The daily schedule will be roughly as follows:
| Time | Activity |
| 8:30 | Puzzlers, Ice Breakers & Team Builders |
| 9:30 | Snack |
| 9:45 | Introduction of Small Group Choice Activities |
| 10:15 | Choice Activities Station Rotations |
| 11:45 | Outdoor Free Time / Recess |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:45 | Indoor Game and Puzzle Time |
| 1:15 | Large Group Energizer Activity |
| 1:45 | “Squad” Activities |
| 3:10 | Clean Up |
| 3:30 | Dismissal |
Elementary Session II: June 24th – July 5th
Topic: Nature Camp
Age Group: 6-12 year olds (no graduates)
Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, M-F
Lead Teacher: Amy Lifton
Materials Fee: $15.00
In this camp we will spend the first part of the morning outside, observing and interacting with Nature. We will study different topics each day, such as soil and water, native animals, trees, edible plants, flat and topographic maps, and the Indiana deciduous forests. We’ll do art and crafts projects related to each topic, as well as learning-based projects displaying our studies. We’ll play outdoor and indoor games every day too. We will take a field trip to a local conservation organization, and we will spend the last day at Ms. Lifton’s house exploring the woods, playing with her horse, and swimming and picnicking by the pool. There is no camp on July 4th. The daily schedule will be roughly as follows:
| Time | Activity |
| 8:30-8:45 | Arrival |
| 8:45 | Plan for the day |
| 9:00 | Outdoor exploration and activity |
| 10:30 | Snack and free play |
| 11:00 | Indoor centers for projects |
| 12:00 | Yoga time |
| 12:15 | Lunch and recess |
| 1:15 | Story |
| 1:30 | Art/drawing lesson and centers |
| 3:00 | Cleanup |
| 3:15-3:30 | Dismissal |
Elementary Session III: July 8th – July 19th
Topic: Mind and Body
Age Group: 6-12 year olds (graduates OK)
Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, M-F
Lead Teacher: Mr. Bailey
Materials fee: $10.00
This camp is intended to challenge both your mind and body.. It will be made up of two main components, sports and strategic board games. In the mornings, before it gets too hot, we will do a wide variety of sports, obstacle course, and large motor cooperative games. By popular demand, we will play Capture the Flag and many of its varying forms. During the middle part of the day we will shift indoors to participate in sit down learning games. We will have chess tournaments available as well as lessons on how to play other games such as checkers, Go, Blockus, etc. Undoubtedly, chess will be the largest component of the indoor time.
For all of these games, the emphasis will be on each child learning to improve his or her own skills and to think in more complex and productive ways. Children will be encouraged to use teamwork when trying to solve a challenge. The daily schedule will be roughly as follows:
| Time | Activity |
| 8:30 | Arrive and start an activity |
| 8:45 | Brief group meeting on skills to practice for the day |
| 8:50 or 9:00 | Go to large sports field to practice and play |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Come back up to school and start more indoor activities |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Continue indoor games |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Student choice: indoor games or outdoor games in the side yard |
| 3:15-3:30 | Dismissal |
Download the 2013 Summer Programs schedule and application form
