Summer Camp Brochure 2016 - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA

CAMP: MORE THAN
SUMMER FUN
SOUNDVIEW FAMILY YMCA
Camp Nonoma & Walsh Enrichment Camp
2016 Summer Day Camp Brochure
WHY SUMMER CAMP AT THE YMCA?
At the Y, we help children and teens realize their potential to be active, engaged
and thriving members of the community. Our youth programs nurture social,
emotional, cognitive and physical development, providing kids with the skills and
support they need to be successful in school and life.
Summer is the cornerstone of youth development at the Y. When kids have a
chance to break from the routine of school and explore in a new setting, the
Soundview Family YMCA summer camps are there to help them discover who they
are and all they can achieve. At Camp Nonoma and Walsh Enrichment Camp, youth
have an opportunity to build new skills and talents, foster relationships with
friends and role models, and develop a sense of belonging so they feel comfortable
to be themselves. Our welcoming and inspiring setting motivates kids to push past
their comfort zones to try new things and build confidence in their abilities.
NEW AND EXCITING AT CAMP NONOMA THIS SUMMER!
We welcome everyone ages 3-15 to join Camp Nonoma!
At Camp Nonoma and Walsh Enrichment camps you can expect
plenty of fun and exciting activities each day! We’ve made some
great additions to our camp this summer! In addition to our field
trips for Pioneers and Adventurers, we have added special events
for our Discover, Greenhorn, & Explorer Campers. Each week will
be something new from magic shows to carnival parties to a visit
from Curious Creatures, we’ve got a lot planned for all ages this
year! Our goal is to make sure all children learn to be safe in and
around the water. Children in Discovery and Greenhorn units will
receive 3 swim lessons per week with no additional charge.
Participants in the Explorer, Pioneer, and Adventurer units can
take advantage of our swim lessons twice a week at a minimal
cost. Here at the Soundview Family Y there is something for every
child! Camp Nonoma is more than a camp, we are a family.
THE Y IS HERE FOR YOU
The Y has supported the health and well-being of youth through
camp for over 130 years and today is one of the largest providers
of camp programs in the United States, serving more than 1.3
million kids and adults a year. Whether day camp or specialty
camp, youth will find a program that best meets their needs and
summer schedule.
With financial assistance available, all kids have an opportunity to
experience camp. Please talk with us if you or someone you know
could use assistance to send a child to camp.
OUR MISSION: To put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that
build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
SOUNDVIEW FAMILY YMCA P 203 481 9622 W soundview.org
WHO IS THE STAFF?
Our Camp Staff is the best of the best! We have teachers,
psychologists, future educators, and recreation professionals with
a passion for kids. They’ll make sure that each and every camp
participant has fun, enjoys their day, and leaves camp more
confident—with many new friends and stories.
Eighty percent of our staff are 18 years or older and each receives
a minimum of thirty hours of training in safety, positive behavior
management, activity planning, and more.
Our staff give kids the confidence to be themselves, let loose and
be silly. We hold ourselves to the highest standard of care to ensure your child makes the most out of their summer in a safe and
structured environment.
GRADE LEVEL GROUPINGS
Rooted in the Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect and
responsibility, the Y’s approach to youth development helps kids
grow in spirit, mind and body, all while having fun.
ENTERING GRADE CAMP GROUP
Children are organized according to the grade they will enter in
the fall. Each day campers will participate in various activities
that will be grade appropriate.
Kindergarten - 1st Greenhorns
If your child requires special accommodations (social, behavioral,
medical) please contact the Camp Director. The Y strives to
provide each camper with an optimal summer experience.
Pre K
(Ages 3, 4, 5)
Discovery
2nd - 3rd
Explorers
4th - 6th
Pioneers
7th, 8th, 9th
Adventurers
14 - 15 year olds
CIT
(Counselor In Training)
CAMP NONOMA SCHEDULE
DATES
THEME
June 20–24
Summer Fun
June 27-July 1
Wet & Wild
July 5-July 8
Stars & Stripes
July 11-15
Sporting Summer
July 18-22
Back to the Future
July 25-29
Water Wonders
August 1-5
Comic Con
August 8-12
Olympic Week
August 15-19
Fantasy Land
August 22-26
What’s Next?
Summer Camp will not be in session on Monday, July 4. Central Connecticut Coast YMCA’s All Camp Day is
scheduled for Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Our themes and field trip plans may change as details are finalized.
The Y has programs available from the day school lets out until it begins again!
We also offer an overnight camp experience, at YMCA CAMP HI-ROCK! A ‘home-away-from-home’ where
campers will grow as individuals while having fun in a beautiful Berkshire Mountain environment.
Visit camphirock.org or call us for more specific details!
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CAMP NONOMA CAMPER
Here at the Soundview Family Y we offer exceptional camp programming. Our camp allows children the opportunity to learn new skills everyday. By offering shorter periods of 35 minutes per activity, we allow children to
engage in a wide variety of activities each and every day, including: arts and crafts, swimming, sports, & team
building. Explorers, Pioneers, and Adventurers will also learn archery and use our high ropes course. Each week
we build confidence and self-esteem by celebrating Wacky Wednesday in our silliest outfits that correspond to
the week’s theme! Every morning we start off the day by bringing a few staff in front of the camp to do an
activity that gets the kids laughing, cheering, and ready for a great day! Pioneers and Adventurers will go on
field trips and our younger campers will enjoy special entertainment. All campers will be bussed to one of our
local schools to enjoy a delicious, FREE, hot lunch daily. Please see our lunch calendar for more information.
COUNSELOR IN TRAINING
Counselors in Training (CIT) are today’s youth and
tomorrow’s leaders! CITs will receive valuable child
care training, practice interview skills and gain
experience working with children of all ages. This
program allows participants to continue developing
leadership skills through teambuilding and exercises
and through planning and assisting in leading camp
activities. CITs will also have time for camp activities
and socialization.
CITs must fill out an application and provide a minimum
of three references. Once the form is submitted, CITs
will be interviewed for the program.
*Must be 14 or 15 to participate in this program.
CAMP NONOMA SPECIALTY CAMPS
We will be offering specialty camps for children
entering grades 4-7 during specific weeks.
Specialty camps include: archery, swimming, and
group adventure! These camps will offer participants
the opportunity to spend 3.5 hours a day learning
skills in the specialty area of their choice, while still
having time to enjoy the traditional camp experience.
These specialty camps are designed for participants
at any level. Each class will have a focus on improving
old skills and learning new skills. In just one week, all
participants will see themselves grow. Campers will
work towards achieving new goals, build their confidence, and meet new friends - all while having a
blast!
(Swim campers must be able to comfortably swim a
minimum of 1 length of the pool without stopping to
enroll.)
SOUNDVIEW FAMILY YMCA P 203 481 9622 W soundview.org
CAMP NONOMA SPECIALTY CAMP CALENDAR
Week A
Week B
Week C
6/27-7/1
7/5-7/8
7/11-7/15 7/18-7/22
Archery
Group
Adventure
Archery
Swim
Week D
Group
Adventure
Week E
Week G
Week H
7/25-7/29 8/1-8/5
8/8-8/12
8/15-8/19
Archery
Archery
Swim
Swim
Week F
Group
Adventure
Swim
SPECIALTY CAMP DAY
Specialty Camps offer participants an opportunity to excel in
a specific skill. Specialty Camps are held at the Soundview
Family YMCA within our typical camp day 9am-4pm. All
specialty camps will be run by our certified instructors who
have each gone through a minimum of 40 hours of training in
their specialty area, as well as, a minimum of 30 hours of
child care training. Campers will spend the beginning of
their day, participating in their specialty activity. For the
remainder of the day, the children will engage in our traditional camp activities. Campers will enjoy field games,
swimming, team building activities, arts and crafts, nature,
and more! Specialty campers will also go follow the Pioneer
field trip schedule.
CAMP NONOMA SPECIALTY CAMP DESCRIPTIONS
Group Adventure Be brave and take a risk! Nothing
can substitute the experience of this Adventure Camp.
Explore new heights and face new challenges with our
rock wall, zip-line, giant swing, and high ropes
course! Each day participants will have the
opportunity to try out a different element on our
course. This program helps build confidence, balance,
and strength through a series of obstacles and
activities.
Archery Do you dream of being like Katniss from the
Hunger Games or Hawkeye from the Avengers? If so,
then this is the camp for you! Whether or not you’ve
picked up a bow and arrow before, we have a fun
course that will teach you the basics and help you on
your way to a bulls eye! Learn a new skill, practice
your technique, and compete with your friends all
week long!
Swim Know how to swim, but want to learn to be a
stronger swimmer? Join us for Swim Camp where you
can learn new techniques with strokes such as: free
style, back stroke, breast stroke, and butterfly, more!
WALSH ENRICHMENT CAMP
In cooperation with the Branford Board of Education, this
camp is held at Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus
Road, Branford.
These camps encourage learning through fun, hands-on activities, throughout the summer! Campers will do projects and
activities that foster learning about chemistry, music, dance,
crafts, fitness, cooking, and more! The various camps will
provide life skills that will help campers find future hobbies
that expand their love of learning.
If multiple options are available for your child’s age
group, please choose one.
WALSH ENRICHMENT CAMP SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
7/5-7/8
7/11-7/15
7/18-7/22
7/25-7/29
8/1-8/5
8/8-8/12
8/15-8/19
Monster Mash
Bugs, Slugs, &
More!
Lights, Camera,
Action!
Treasure Island
Animal Planet
Odd Ball Sports
Olympic Stars
Ultimate
Competition
All Star Sports
Lights, Camera,
Action
Bugs, Slugs, &
More!
Art-Rageous
Zippy Zoologists
Bon Appetit
Go for Gold!
Ultimate
Competition
Silly Sports
Ultimate
Competition
Soapbox Derby
Sports-tastic
Delicious
Delights
GRADE K-2 Art Meets Science Art-Rageous
Sportsapalooza
Start Your
Engines
Tennis Champs
GRADE 3-5 Air & Space Camp Future Inventors Top Chef Jr
Kung-Fu Panda
Karate
Sports Extravaganza
GRADE 6-8 Tumbling & Dance Zombie Prom
Week
Zombie Survival
Training
Adventure
Leadership
WALSH ENRICHMENT CAMP DESCRIPTIONS
Adventure Leadership Through applying the Y
values campers are taught the importance of social
responsibility, team-building, and leadership skills
that they can utilize throughout their lives.
Air & Space Camp Blast off into this activity-filled
session learning about the solar system. Let your
imagination soar while learning about the planets,
stars, and the moon and build and name your very
own spaceship to carry you to the moon and beyond!
All Star Sports Experience a variety of sports while
learning the value of good sportsmanship! A different
sport will be introduced each day such as: Flag
Football, Ultimate Frisbee, soccer & more!
Animal World Learn about furry and feathered
friends through literacy, art, and nature activities.
Includes a Curious Creatures show!
Art Meets Science It's art with a twist. Art +
Science = Cool Craziness! Experiment with different,
colorful substances that produce rad reactions. Find
out what candy chromatography is; put your noodle
to work in a nifty chemistry workshop.
Artrageous Get creative, get messy and have fun
creating art! Explore and experiment with a variety
of art mediums.
Bon Appetit Learn new recipes, how to use
different cooking tools and ingredients, kitchen
safety and clean-up, and create your own yummy
recipes!
Bugs, Slugs, & More Campers will have a hands-on
introduction to the tiny world of bugs and insects
that surround us each and every day. They will also
explore other fun natural science topics.
SOUNDVIEW FAMILY YMCA P 203 481 9622 W soundview.org
WALSH ENRICHMENT CAMP DESCRIPTIONS
Delicious Delights Campers really get cooking in
this introduction to the culinary arts where they
learn to create fun things that you can eat!
Incorporating cleanliness, nutrition, cooking terms,
measuring, helping, creating, sharing and eating,
this camp allows children to become little chefs.
From chopping up to cleaning up, it's all food for
thought. Please send campers in appropriate
clothing or an apron that allows for freedom of
expression.
Future Inventors This camp is geared toward
curious minds. Through hands on activities and
challenges, your camper will spend the week
learning about inventors and their inventions. Your
camper will have an opportunity to turn their big
ideas into reality, by building inventions, and
creating commercials for their products.
Go for Gold In honor of the 2016 summer Olympics
we will be having our own mini Olympics with new
challenges and games daily!
Kung Fu Panda Karate A fun way to develop
respect for yourself and for others, increase
self-confidence, gain exposure to the traditional
teaching method of martial arts, to increase
flexibility, control weight, and to enhance fitness.
This class will explore fundamentals of Judo and self
defense basics
Lights, Camera, Action! Calling all actors and
actresses to a program focused on various acting
skills. Learn how to perform in front of your
audience. Join us on Friday at 11:00am for
a wonderful performance to end the week.
Little Zoologist Learn about furry and feathered
friends through literacy, art, and nature activities.
The goal of this session is to introduce concepts
that will promote student interest in science and
help them with future endeavors in the science
world. Includes a visit from our friends at Curious
Creatures!
Monster Mash A monstrous adventure awaits!
Bring out your silly side for a fun week of creating
our very own monsters and exploring slime and
other monster-like creations!
Odd Ball Sports Get ready to be active and bring
out your creative side! We will be reinventing the
classic sports games by adding in our own new
rules!
Olympic Stars In honor of the 2016 summer
Olympics we will be having our own mini Olympics
with new challenges and games daily!
Silly Sports Recreate classic sports games to make
them our own new silly and fun sports games!
Soapbox Derby Using recycled materials from
home and from camp we will build our own soapbox
derby cars and have a race around Walsh on Friday.
Sportsapalooza Enjoy a wide-variety of sports
activities! We will have friendly competitions while we
improve old skills and learn new ones!
Sports Extravaganza Why choose one sport to play
when you can enjoy a wide variety of activities all
week? Fine tune all of your sports skills this week
while playing floor hockey, t-ball, soccer, and more!
Sportstastic Stay active while playing a variety of
fun and exciting sports games! Enjoy the classics and
learn some new games!
Start Your Engines Traditional Day Camps offer
theme-based enriching activities, group games, sports
and fitness activities, hands-on science activities, arts
and crafts, & music all wrapped around the theme.
Tennis Champs Learn the game of tennis! We will
cover the basic tennis skills, rules and have tennis
matches against our friends.
Top Chef Get cooking in this introduction to the
culinary arts! Incorporating cleanliness, nutrition,
cooking terms, measuring, helping, creating, sharing
and eating, this camp allows children to become little
chefs. From chopping up to cleaning up, it's all food
for thought. Please send campers in appropriate
clothing or an apron that allows for freedom of
expression.
Tumbling/Dance Let your inner star shine! Learn
new tumbling skills and improve old skills! This class
will help you to grow as a gymnast or dancer through
fun tumbling moves such as back bends, back hand
springs, round offs and more! Dance and move all
week!
Treasure Island Argh YMCA mateys! Come walk the
plank onto me pirate ship! Have some swashbuckling
pirate fun with a canon ball toss, stranded island
obstacle course, crocodile hunt and more!
Ultimate Competition Get ready for a friendly
competition. Campers will be split into teams and
competing for a special prize at the end of the week!
We will be competing in sports games, minute to win it
challenges, trivia, silly games, and more!
Zippy Zoo Learn about furry and feathered friends
through literacy, art, and nature activities. Campers
are introduced to concepts that will promote student
interest in science. Includes a visit from our friends at
Curious Creatures!
Zombie Prom Explore the world of the living dead.
Spend the week creating your own unique zombie look
to wear to the prom on Friday. Discuss topics of
zombie survival, create your own zombie obstacle
course & more!
Zombie Survival Camp Put your zombie survival skills
to the test! Practice your survival skills by building
obstacle courses to run through, running, act as
zombies chasing one another, and more!
CONTACT INFORMATION
SOUNDVIEW FAMILY YMCA
A Branch of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA
628 East Main Street Branford CT 06405
P 203 481 9622 F 203 481 9363
soundviewymca .org
GENERAL CAMP INFORMATION
Camp Nonoma has staggered start and end times
depending on group. Discovery 8:45am-3:45pm,
Greenhorns, Explorers, and Pioneers 9:00am-4:00pm,
and Adventurers 9:15am-4:15pm. Walsh Enrichment
Camp runs from 9:00am-12:00pm. Add Afternoon
Recreation to extend the camp day until 4:00pm.
Campers will be transported to the Soundview
Family YMCA for Afternoon Recreation.
AM Care
7:30am - camp begins
PM Care
End of camp day - 6:00pm
State regulations require that a fully completed and
signed health form from within the last two years
must be on file in the camp office for each camper.
Health forms are due no later than June 13. No
camper will be allowed to attend camp without a
current, completed form. The parent handbook has a
list of important items to bring each day and what to
wear to camp.
Staff will host open house events prior to camp on:
Saturday March 19 10 am -1 pm
Saturday April 30
10 am -1 pm
Saturday May 14
10 am -1 pm
On these dates, please come visit the camp, meet the
staff, see all the great things our camp has to offer,
and get answers to any questions you may have.
Soundview Family YMCA Camp Nonoma and Walsh
Enrichment Camp, licensed day camps with the CT
Office of Early Childhood.
BECOME A Y MEMBER
Enjoy the many benefits of being a Y Member! Your
camper and family can receive reduced program fees.
Experience many free group exercise classes and free
child watch. Socialize, connect and get healthy
together. Financial Assistance available.
2016 CAMP FEES
Camp Choice
Weeks
Offered
Member
Community Member
Monthly Youth
Membership
Monthly
$26
N/A
Discovery half-day
All
$158
$258
Discovery full day
All
$225
$325
Greenhorns & Explorers All
$225
$325
Pioneers
All
$232
$332
Adventurers
All
$253
$353
Swim/Archery/Group
Adventure Camp
See Schedule $263
on page 5
$363
CIT
All
$134
$234
Swim Lessons
All
$23
$46
AM Care
All
$46
$86
PM Care
All
$57
$97
Walsh Enrichment Camp 7/5-8/19
$150
$250
Walsh Enrichment Camp 7/5-8/19
Afternoon Recreation
$75
$75
$25.00 non-refundable, non-transferrable registration fee per camper
is required. $50.00 non-refundable deposit per camper per session
required upon registration. EZ Pay Options are available. Payments
can be made monthly, weekly, or biweekly prior to your child’s start
date of camp once deposits and fees have been paid. Final payments
for each session are due the Wednesday prior to the start date of
sessions of camp. Financial Assistance forms are due no later than
May 20, 2016.
REGISTRATION STEPS
Step 1: Download, pickup, or have us mail you the
registration packet. Download at soundviewymca.org
Step 2: Fill out the registration forms.
Step 3: Calculate the deposit.
Step 4: Write out your check and either mail or
drop off forms at the Y.