Summer Camp 2015 North Hills Campus Ages 3

Transcription

Summer Camp 2015
North Hills Campus
Ages 3 - Grade 6
9 am - noon
1 pm - 4 pm
Summer Camp 2015
Welcome to Winchester Thurston’s Summer Camp 2015!
We offer camps and programs for children entering pre-school (three-years-old) through grade 6. Choose from
an array of options in adventure and play, sports and physical fitness, creative arts, and academics. Winchester
Thurston’s skilled faculty members develop and teach many of these outstanding programs.
Half and Full Day Programs Available:
Check program description for details.
Lunch: Students may opt to bring a bag lunch or purchase a lunch for a flat weekly fee. Mid-morning and
afternoon snacks will be provided at no extra charge.
You will receive a lunch menu with your registration
confirmation; the menu can also be found on our
website at www.winchesterthurston.org/summercamp.
Lunch fee: $35 per week. Pre-registration is required.
Transportation: Two-way transportation is available
between the City and North Hills Campus. Vans and/
or buses will leave the City Campus promptly at 8:15
a.m., arriving at the North Hills Campus by 9:00 a.m.
A return trip will be made at the end of the day, leaving
the North Hills Campus at 4:00 p.m. and returning to
the City Campus around 4:30 p.m. Transportation fee:
$65 per week. Pre-registration required.
Need an early morning solution? Families can drop off
campers as early as 7:30 a.m. at the North Hills Campus for just $10 per day. Availability is based on demand.
Pre-registration is required.
Don’t want to stop the fun? Extend the day from 4:00
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with after camp care at the North
Hills Campus for only $10 per day. Or, ride the bus to
the City Campus and take advantage of the complimentary after care included in the transportation fee.
Availability based on demand. Pre-registration required.
Registration deadline: May 25, 2015.
Space is limited. Please register early.
Tuition: Half day program: $185 per week. Two half
day programs (morning and afternoon sessions): $335
per week. Full day program: $360 per week.
Cancellation Policy: All summer camp offerings are
subject to minimum and maximum enrollment. In the
event of a cancellation, Winchester Thurston will attempt to notify families in advance and refund the entire course fee. If a camper must cancel and cancellation is received 21 days prior to the class start date, you
will receive a full refund. If cancellation is received less
than 21 days, but at least seven days prior to the camp
start date you will receive a 50% refund of the camp
cost. There is no refund for cancellation received less
than seven days before the camp start date.
Change Policy: We understand that family schedules
can be complex and that sometimes changes need to be
made to an original plan. We will gladly support families with schedule changes for a fee of $25 per change.
Summer has never looked better at Winchester Thurston School!
We offer more than 170 unique and challenging programs. Fifty of these programs are new! Be certain to take time
to review the catalog carefully with your child and explore the opportunities for fun this summer!
Register online: www.winchesterthurston.org/summercamp
Winchester Thurston Summer Camp 2015
WEEK ONE: JUNE 15-19
9
am
Threes
PK
K
GRADE LEVEL
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
6
Fairy & Gnome Camp
Magic School Bus Adventures
Wild Kratts
Pop Art! Studio
Incredible Edible No Bake Kitchen
$
Soccer Clinic Jr.
African Drums and Dance
LEGO Black Belt Engineers with Snapology
Sports Camp Kick Off
12
pm
Penn’s Woods Discovery
1
Wheels, Wheels, Wheels!
pm
Rainbow Kaleidoscope
Fancy Nancy Extravaganza
Sports Camp Jr. Kick Off
Batman Camp
$
Awesome Adventures Robotics
Tech Time
Italian Kitchen
Soccer Clinic Sr.
OlymPICNICS Challenge
4
pm
9
am
4
Venture Outdoors @ WT
Green Scene: Fitness, Focus and Fun!
pm
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK TWO: JUNE 22-26
9
am
Threes
PK
K
1
2
3
4
3 Little Bears
Into the Woods Adventure
Angelina Ballerina Caper
Kaboom Chemistry Jr.
Tae Kwon Do Summer Clinic
$
Passport Adventures
STOMP!
Zine Scene Cartooning and Storytelling Workshop
Ceramic Studio
Great Outdoors Primer
Tennis Clinic Sr.
12
pm
1
pm
Jedi Knight Training
Fox’s Forest Friends
Fairy and Gnome Camp
Super WHY!
Space Camp
$
Tennis Clinic Jr.
Bag of Tricks Magic Workshop
LEGO Animation Studio
Duct Tape Studio
Kaboom Chemistry Sr.
Get Hooked! Crochet Camp
I Scream for Ice Cream Camp
4
pm
Cross Country Circuit
9
Saddle Club Jr. - United States
4
Saddle Club Sr. - United States
am
pm
| Page 1
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK THREE: JUNE 29-JULY 3
9
am
Threes
PK
K
1
2
Threes
PK
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
6
Summer Highlights Camp
Wheels, Wheels, Wheels!
LEGO Military Basic Training
Incredible Edible Camp
Independence Art Studio
$
Time Travelers: American History
Cookie Monster Kitchen
Tips to Toes Fashion Art Studio
Balloon Art Studio
12
pm
1
pm
Olympic Sports Camp
Olympic Sports Camp Jr.
Once Upon a Song
Into the Woods Camp
$
Minecraft LEGO Level 1
gARTen Studio
Fizzy’s Fitness Lab
Ceramics Workshop with Color Me Mine
DIY Magic: Stage Illusions
4
pm
Imagineering Lab
Origami Workshop
9
am
4
Shakespearience Camp
pm
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK FOUR: JULY 6-10
9
am
3
4
Pets and Vets Jr.
Teddy Bear Camp: Fun in the Sun
Jr. Engineers with LEGO Snapology
Reptile Mania
Cookie Monster Camp
$
Mosaic Art Studio
African Drums and Dance
ARTchitect’s Studio
Fun with Frisbee
American Girl: Grace
Cartooning Workshop
12
pm
1
pm
Bucket Band Jr.
Dinosaur Dig
Frozen! Camp
Garden Adventures
$
LEGO Inventors Club with Snapology
Pets and Vets1
Reptile Mania Sr.
Tech Time
Poet and You Know It Camp
Mosaic Masters Studio
4
pm
9
am
4
Sports Around the World Clinic
Lights, Camera, Action Movie Making Workshop
pm
| Page 2
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK FIVE: JULY 13-17
9
am
Threes
PK
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
6
Super WHY!
Curious George: Curious About Art
Teddy Bear Camp: Seasons
Floor Hockey Clinic
Batman Camp
$
Ceramic Workshop with Color Me Mine
LEGO Amusement Park Adventures with Snapology
Puppetry Workshop
Harry Potter Academy
Egyptian Encounter
12
Pets and Vets II
1
Art Attack!
pm
pm
Summer Highlights Camp
Once Upon a Slime
Bucket Band Workshop
$
Pets and Vets 1
LEGO Scientists with Snapology
Sports of All Sorts
International Games
DIY Magic Workshop: Small Illusions
Tech Time
WT Glee!
4
pm
9
am
4
International Games
Camp Runway!
pm
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK SIX: JULY 20-24
9
am
Threes
PK
K
1
2
3
4
3 Little Bears
Curious George: Curious About Science
Very Adventurous Camp
International Kitchen Jr.
Passport to Fun: Travel Adventures
$
Fencing Clinic Jr.
Outdoor Art Studio
American Girl: Caroline
Egyptian Encounter
12
Amazing Animal Robotics with Snapology
1
Curious George: Curious About Music
pm
pm
Art Attack!
Seuss on the Loose
Wild Kratts
Combat Robots with Snapology
$
Cycling 101
International Kitchen Sr.
HAIRport Camp
Fencing Clinic Sr.
4
Woodshop Camp
9
Saddle Club Jr. - France
4
Saddle Club Sr. - France
pm
am
pm
| Page 3
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK SEVEN: JULY 27-31
9
am
Threes
PK
K
1
2
Threes
PK
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
6
Once Upon a Castle - Princess Edition
Super WHY!
Jr. LEGO Engineers with Snapology
Chess Lab
DIY Workshop
$
Time Travelers: Through the Decades
STOMP!
Jr. Geologists
Balloon Art Studio
Ping Pong Camp
12
pm
1
pm
Culinary Road Trip
Parkour
Jr. All Stars Sports Camp
Once Upon a Song
Super Hero Academy
Culinary Road Trip Jr.
$
Imagineering Workshop
Ecosystems Science Lab
Parkour Jr.
LEGO Engineers with Snapology
Venture Outdoors @ WT
Chain Maille Workshop
4
pm
Cake Boss Sweet Retreat
9
am
4
Farm Scene
pm
GRADE LEVEL
WEEK EIGHT: AUGUST 3-7
9
am
3
4
Seuss on the Loose
Jr. LEGO Scientists with Snapology
$
WT Glee!
Jr. Geologists
Chess Club
Minute to Win It Challenge
Girl Power! Martial Arts and Self Defense Clinic
12
Fencing Clinic
1
Teddy Bear Camp: Colors
pm
pm
Super Hero Academy
LEGO Animation Studio with Snapology
Fencing Studio Jr.
DIY Magic: Small Illusions
Ecosystems Science Lab
$
Beading Workshop
Intro to Golf
Ultimate Warrior Sports Camp
Blacksmith Camp
4
pm
Hula Hoop Hoop Horray Workshop!
9
Saddle Club Jr. - China
4
Saddle Club Sr. - China
am
pm
| Page 4
MORNING SESSIONS
Join us for a magical discovery of the gnomes and fairies who live
in the wild sections of WT’s Nature Playground. We’ll look for
clues of their existence and try our hand at creating fairy and gnome houses to entice their
visits. This week of joyful fantasy will
include many gnome and fairy tales as
well as crafts, games, and dramatic play.
Campers will spend much time outdoors, so please pack your hiking shoes
and be ready for a magical time!
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Get out there and explore! Each day campers will heed the directive
from the beloved Ms. Frizzle as we board the imaginary WT Camp
Magic Bus and embark on science challenges and adventures! Ms.
Loevner will add her own unique “Frizzle Sizzle” to each day’s session.
We will investigate land, space, and sea in our science lab through
stories, games, challenges, and activities. In the words of Ms. Frizzle,
we will “Take chances! Make Mistakes! And Get Messy!”
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Incredible Edible No Bake Kitchen
This fun, interactive camp will allow for younger campers to explore cooking basics by creating no bake, healthy snacks that they
can enjoy and share with others. Food is not just for cooking…
during this program, it is also okay to play with your food! Students
will create macaroni masterpieces and monster marshmallows as
they manipulate food to produce magnificent works of edible art!
Don’t worry…we will capture snapshots of the masterpieces before they “disappear!”
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Theresa Fox, WT First Grade Teacher
Lead Instructor: Sally Loevner ’10, WT Camp Faculty
NEW! Soccer Clinic Jr.
Wild Kratts
Is your Creature Power suit ready? Young scientists will study animals, habitats, and the special ways that your favorite creatures
have adapted to survive. This camp is linked
to the adventures of the Kratt Brothers on
the PBS show, Wild Kratts, and combines
science education with fun and adventure. Students will explore animal habitats around the globe. Through experiments, activities, and games, campers
will learn important ecological concepts
while having fun! This amazing camp
adventure includes a virtual exploration of
iQZoo.org, created by WQED, and other innovative Wild Kratts
games. One thing is for certain – we are going to have a wild time!
Lead Instructor: Annie Alexander ‘09, WT Camp Faculty
Your visual artist will POP for this program! Students will study,
and be inspired by, the work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein,
Keith Haring, and Jasper Johns. Unique works
of pop art will be created each week using
advertising and news imagery, canvas,
and paint. Make room at your home
gallery for the output from this amazing camp program. This could be the
launch of the next big Pittsburgh Pop
Artist’s career!
Lead Instructor: Stephanie Flati, WT Art Teacher
Lead Instructor: Marie Forst, WT Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pop Art! Studio
Calling all soccer players: It is time to take your game to the next
level! Campers will have the opportunity to work with soccer enthusiast and early childhood specialist, Coach
Tritsch! This will be a fun appropriately
paced, high-energy camp. We will focus
on the rules of the game and offensive
and defensive strategies and skills for
young players. We will practice, drill,
and play to improve our physical and
mental game. Each day will include
unique and challenging warm-up exercises
and activities linked to footwork, dribbling,
passing, shooting, attacking, and defending. This co-ed camp for
young players is designed to challenge, inspire, and entertain!
Grades: 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Benjamin Tritsch, WT Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
| Page 5
NEW! African Drums and Dance
Penn’s Woods Discovery
Kick those shoes off and jump, step, hop, and sing to the vibrant
beat of West Africa. Each week, students will experience the
language, sounds, stories, and dress of African culture through music and dance.
Basic movement techniques provide
heart-pounding exercise that kids will
enjoy. Hands on music immersion includes playing the djembe drum, and
unique instruments such as the shekere, dunduns (bass drums) and balafon
(wooden ancestor to the xylophone)--a fun,
mental workout sure to excite young minds!
This camp is all about exploring and discovering nature! Campers
will hike, climb, dig, and observe as they learn about the plants,
animals, habitats, trails, and nature on WT’s
sprawling wooded campus. Campers will
create plastic castes of animal prints, fish
with hand lines, and experience the “underworld” like never before. If you like
the outdoors and you crave for adventure, then this is the camp for you!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Brian Swauger, WT Fifth Grade Teacher
Grades: 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mama K, WT Camp Faculty
NEW! LEGO Black Belt Engineers
with Snapology
LEGO Masters: Join us for a week featuring super-cool model builds that use gears, axles and technic bricks. Campers will
use engineering and physics concepts as they
work individually and in teams under
guided instruction to build a different
model each day!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Snapology, WT Program Partner
NEW! Sports Camp Kick Off
Kick off the camp season with this high-energy, action-packed
camp program! This camp experience will include: Capture the
Flag, Tag Games, Relay Races, Whiffle Ball,
Kickball, and more. This is a perfect opportunity to stay active and have some early
active summer fun with friends, old and
new. We will shake up our teams with
each new activity and focus on skills and
sportsmanship…all while having fun!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Jump Start Sports, WT Program Partner
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
NEW! Wheels, Wheels, Wheels!
Ready to spend the week racing along track and exploring offroad? In Wheels! Wheels! Wheels! Camp we will use a variety
of model cars and trucks to create and explore the best roadways available. We’ll
experiment with angles, ramps, distance
and time. We will also enjoy handson activities and projects linked to
movement and we will document our
travels in our wheel journals. Campers:
Rev-up and let’s go!
Grades: PK, K
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Rainbow Kaleidoscope
This is one colorful camp experience that you will not forget!
We will live and experience color through games, activities, projects, challenges, art adventures, scavenger
hunts, and more. We will explore the color wheel and investigate how different
colors make us feel. Projects and fun
will abound! All aboard the color train
with Ms. Fox!
Grades: PK, K
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Theresa Fox,
WT First Grade Teacher
| Page 6
Fancy Nancy Extravaganza
NEW! Tech Time
Ooo-la-la! This exquisite camp will delight fans of Fancy Nancy
and campers who are simply ready to have an extravagant time!
Learn etiquette (that’s fancy for manners), transform plain art
projects into fancy ones (all it takes is some glitter and sparkle),
host a tea party, play dress-up, explore new words, and have loads
of fun while making fancy new friends!
This camp experience is packed with technology! Daily themes
will focus on 3D printing projects, robotics challenges, intro to
code, animation creation, and a Sphero Challenge that is like none other. Campers need
to arrive with a hunger to learn and explore – we will provide the resources and
instruction to satisfy that hunger. Don’t
miss out on some summer tech time!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Sammy Heckerman,
WT Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Sports Camp Jr. Kick Off
Kick off the camp season with this high-energy, action-packed
camp program! This camp experience will include: Capture the
Flag, Tag Games, Relay Races, Whiffle Ball, Kickball, and more.
This is a perfect opportunity to stay active and have some early
active summer fun with friends, old and new. We will shake up our
teams with each new activity and focus on skills and sportsmanship…all while having fun!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: David Piemme,
WT Computer Science Teacher
Italian Kitchen
Buongiorno! This unique and fun camp will explore the art and
science of Italian cooking. Each day will be filled with the color, texture, smells, and tastes of Italy! We will
work in the studio and kitchen to create
personal art keepsakes that will last a
lifetime and edible Italian Art that will
disappear in minutes.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Batman Camp
Holy Camp, Batman! This camp experience will be filled with
teasers, villains, plots, cliffhangers and trickery! We will solve
puzzles and riddles, conquer physical challenges and celebrate the
wonderful world of Batman through graphic novels! Time permitting, we will work to create our own Batman short to share with
family and friends! Each camper will leave with keepsakes and
memories from their time exploring Gotham City.
NEW! Soccer Clinic Sr.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: “Weird Eric” Costello, WT Program Partner
NEW! Awesome Adventures Robotics
Campers will take off on a robotics adventure featuring models
with working motors and sensors! We will work individually and
in teams under guided instruction to build and program LEGO
models. We will focus on a new project every day and hope that
this camp will inspire future summer builds! Learning will be enhanced through the use of laptops.
Calling all soccer players: It is time to take your game to the next
level! Campers will have the opportunity to work with soccer enthusiast and early childhood specialist, Coach
Tritsch! This will be a fun appropriately-paced, high-energy camp. We will focus on the rules of the game and offensive and defensive strategies and skills
for young players. We will practice,
drill, and play to improve our physical
and mental game. Each day will include
unique and challenging warm-up exercises
and activities linked to footwork, dribbling,
passing, shooting, attacking, and defending. This co-ed camp is
designed to challenge, inspire, and entertain!
Grades: 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Snapology, WT Camp Program Partner
| Page 7
FULL DAY SESSIONS
OlymPICNICS Challenge
A new twist on summer picnic games -- the afternoon will be filled
with physical and mental challenges for your energetic, adventurous camper. Games will include: croquet, sack
races, tug of war, ladder ball, badminton,
SPUD, horse shoes, water balloon toss,
and so much more. One lucky team
will be honored with the title Champions of WT’s Summer 2015 OlymPICNICS, and all Olympiads will leave
camp feeling like winners with new
ideas for outdoor, physical fun to share
with family and friends.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Brian Swauger, WT Fifth Grade Teacher
Venture Outdoors @WT
Green Scene: Fitness, Focus and Fun!
This camp experience offers a great combination of yoga, nature,
and challenges and projects that are good for the body and soul!
Campers will spend the day engaged in fun,
creative, educational enrichment activities that will inspire healthy choices and
habits. Each morning will include an
introduction of yoga poses and games,
group activities, themed craft projects
(we will make our own soap, lotion, and
candles), relaxation time, and more! Relaxed, happy campers will create lasting
memories, new friendships, and a foundation for life-long health and well-being!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Calling all outdoor adventure enthusiasts! Campers will practice
casting and fishing, learn about mapping and geocaching, go hiking, climb rocks, and kayak on our pond. Outdoor fun abounds in this exciting camp. Put
on your boots, grab your hiking stick, and
enjoy the fresh air!
Lead Instructor: Amy Burleson, WT Extended Day Faculty
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Venture Outdoors Naturalists and
Educators
| Page 8
3 Little Bears
Kaboom Chemistry Jr.
Welcome Little Campers! We cannot wait to host you for your
first camp experience! Each morning will include movement, art,
songs, stories, and nature activities. Campers
will participate in special activities such as
scavenger hunts, cooking, and garden and
pond exploration. Don’t miss this opportunity for your child to imagine, explore,
and grow with new friends in a safe, funfilled, creative environment with professional instructors who specialize in early
childhood development.
Young scientists, put on your lab coats and get ready to experiment! Campers will make bouncy balls, oobleck, lemon suds soap,
elephant toothpaste, and scratch and sniff watercolors. Each morning we will experiment
with physical and chemical change in this
fun, hands-on chemistry camp.
Age 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Tae Kwon Do
Summer Clinic
NEW! Into the Woods Adventure
Spend the week exploring the natural beauty of WT’s Northbound Trails. This nature immersion camp is designed to foster
physical, emotional, and mental balance through an authentic
connection with the natural world. Activities may include plant
and animal awareness, nature games and crafts, creating secret
hideouts in the forest, making forest decorations, nature journaling, and storytelling. This camp is held completely outdoors.
Bring your Wellies and your raincoat if it looks like the weather will be wet. We also ask that campers bring an extra set of
clothes – just in case!
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kimberly Blaney,
WT Kindergarten Teacher
Hiyah! Pow! Kablam! Kihaa! No matter how you say it, prepare
to have a good time! Campers will kick off their shoes and join an
exciting Tae Kwon Do training session like no
other. Children will work with fourth degree
black belt Master Brianne Norris and new
Tae Kwon Do friends as they strengthen
their minds and bodies. Students will
learn discipline, respect, and self-defense during this program. Get ready to
yell, kick, punch, and even break a board
all while having fun with new friends!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Young Brothers Tae Kwon Do
Inspired by the PBS show, this camp is absolutely, positively wonderful! We will spend each afternoon exploring dance and life
with Angelina Ballerina! Imaginative, clever,
determined and feisty spirited campers will
plié, pirouette, and jeté with WT’s dance
instructor, Ms. Humberson! We will enjoy story time, games, crafts, and challenges, and even create our own dance
video to share with family and friends!
Campers will need to arrive at camp each
day with ballet slippers and flexible, fun
clothing. Let’s dance!
Passport Adventures
Grab your luggage and passport and join us for an exciting journey
around the world. Each day we will explore a country from one of
the seven continents. We will travel to each
country to learn the geography, history, and
culture of its people. Campers will create
art, sample food, speak the language,
make crafts, learn dances and games,
and more! This camp gives whole new
meaning to the term “globetrotter!” Bonus: No extra fee for first class travel!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kassandra Humberson ‘08, WT Dance Teacher
| Page 9
STOMP!
NEW! Great Outdoors Primer
Stomp into summer as campers create original music with their
bodies and everyday items that exist in our world. Campers will
name and brand their group, create band t-shirts and posters, explore sounds and rhythms with brooms, sticks, buckets, cans, utensils, pots and pans, and much more. Performances will be taped
and shared with family and friends. Get ready to make some music!
Learn skills that will help you to enjoy the Great Outdoors! We
will fish, practice archery, pitch tents, create our own campfire,
track and trap wildlife, and hike. The majority of our time will be spent in the woods
on WT’s campus as well as in Hartwood
Acres. Campers will leave this week
with skills that will travel with them
beyond summer 2015!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Janna Lettan, WT Music Teacher
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Zine Scene Cartooning
and Storytelling Workshop
Did you know that zines are all the rage? Short for “magazine,” a
zine is loosely defined as an independently produced and self-published underground publication. A zine can be
a messy hodgepodge of personal thoughts
(a “perzine”), a series of stories written
by you about characters in your favorite book, movie, or video game (a “fanzine”), a serial comic strip, a “how-to”
guide on a subject of your choice --anything you want! In this camp you will
learn all of the skills and techniques needed to write, design, layout, and produce your
own zines using both the old fashioned methods of scissors, tape,
and photocopier, as well as digital new media methods to create
and distribute “webzines.” By the end of the camp, students will
have created their very own zines to trade with other zinesters and
to give to friends and family.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Ceramic Studio
Create clay masterpieces! Campers will make their own unique
pottery projects, and learn hand building and design techniques.
Young artists will leave camp on Friday with at
least two hand-crafted works of art to display at home or to serve as gifts for extra
special friends and family!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Instructor: Mary Martin ’88, WT Art Teacher
Instructor: Brian Swauger, WT Fifth Grade Teacher
Tennis Clinic Sr.
Let’s make a racquet! Come join Coach Mark Haffner as you have
fun learning to serve, volley, and overhead. This high-energy camp
will focus on the importance of sportsmanship,
agility, movement, and the strength that is
involved in the game of tennis. Campers
are welcome to bring their own racquet
to camp. Equipment will be provided
for all campers who do not BYOR.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mark Haffner, Certified Teaching Pro
and AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Jedi Knights were the
guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. Padawan apprentices are campers who are in training to become
Jedi Knights. In our training camp the
young Padawans will participate in problem solving challenges that support the
Jedi Code toward a peaceful and cooperative galactic society. Based on the
Star Wars movies, the activities will
be physical in nature and will include
character role playing, light saber fencing
drills, movie trivia, and related discussions.
Will the Jedi Counsel find you fit to become a Jedi? Time will tell.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Steve Cooper, WT P.E. Teacher, School Nurse, and Jedi Master
| Page 10
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Fox’s Forest Friends
Calling all explorers: this camp experience was created for YOU!
Each day we will explore the “woodland forest” of WT. Our
games, activities, projects, crafts, and challenges will all take a turn for the “wild
side” as we become forest animals while
exploring our habitat! We will take a
day “camping trip” and will make treats
that will satisfy our forest appetites!
Lots of learning and exploring will take
place as we experience and embrace the
sights and sounds of the animals that live
in our own backyards!
Grades: PK, K
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join us for a magical discovery of the gnomes and fairies who live
in the wild sections of WT’s Nature Playground. We’ll look for
clues of their existence and try our hand at creating fairy and
gnome houses to entice their visits. This week of joyful fantasy will
include many gnome and fairy tales as well as crafts, games, and
dramatic play. Campers will spend much time outdoors, so please
pack your hiking shoes and be ready for a magical time!
Super WHY!
Calling all Super Readers! Get ready for a reading adventure with
Super WHY! Join the characters from the PBS show Super WHY!
and jump into stories and solve problems using Alphabet Power, Word Power, Spelling
Power, and the Power to Read. Campers
will create their own stories and fairy
tales and take on Super WHY! super
hero powers. Don’t miss out on this
chance to have a super great time with
reading and words!
Lead Instructor: Sammy Heckerman,
WT Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
3…2…1…Blast Off! Campers will don their space suits every
afternoon, learn about the shooting stars, comets, black holes
and more! We will build our own rockets and
launch them from the campus launch pad.
Each day will include hands-on activities
and games that focus on the investigation of our solar system and galaxy. This
experience will be out of this world!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Annie Alexander ‘09,
WT Camp Faculty
Tennis Clinic Jr.
Let’s make a racquet! Come join Coach Mark Haffner as you have
fun learning to serve, volley, and overhead. This high-energy camp
will focus on the importance of sportsmanship,
agility, movement, and the strength that is
involved in the game of tennis. Campers
are welcome to bring their own racquet
to camp. Equipment will be provided for
all campers who do not BYOR.
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mark Haffner, Certified Teaching Pro
and AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
NEW! Bag of Tricks Magic Workshop
Grades: PK, K
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Space Camp
Take advantage of this opportunity to add some magic to your life!
Campers will work closely with Weird Eric, a professional magician and educator from the Pittsburgh area, to
learn the skills and knowledge necessary to
perform basic small illusion magic tricks.
This camp will combine instructor presentation, step-by-step explanation,
hands-on instruction, group practice
sessions, and individual performance.
Campers will assume a stage name and
will have the chance to dazzle an audience
at the end-of-program magic performance!
Upon successfully completing the camp, your young magician
will have the necessary tools to not only perform small illusion
magic tricks, but also to personalize them with his/her own performance style and flair!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 11
NEW! LEGO Animation Studio
NEW! Get Hooked! Crochet Camp
Campers will create amazing movies with stop motion animation
using LEGO bricks. We will work in teams to produce our very
own shorts complete with dialog and sound effects! Movies will be uploaded to a secure
site for family and friends to view. This
is one creative camp experience where
you will get to create and execute your
own LEGO stories!
Cast On! This beginner level program will start your young crochet artist on a life-long journey with needles and yarn! We will
learn the basics skills of crocheting including
casting on, chain stitch, and binding off.
This camp will include a beginner “kit”
containing all the student’s supplies for
several beginner level projects. In addition to an individual project, we will
work together to create a yarn bomb installation on campus. We will learn simple patterns for scarves, hair scrunchies,
and pencil toppers with various animal and
human figures. Welcome to the world of crochet!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Duct Tape Studio
It’s true – you can fix just about anything with duct tape, and
you can make anything, too! Campers will explore the many uses
of duct tape and create an amazing line-up
of functional and wearable items to share
with the camper community in a Friday
showcase! Projects will include: wallets, bags, gifts, frames, hats, belts, ties,
handbags, skirts, shirts, and more! One
thing is for certain, these campers – and
their projects – will stick together!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Kaboom Chemistry Sr.
Scientists, put on your lab coats and get ready to experiment!
Campers will make homemade ice cream in a bag, exploding volcanoes, CO2 sandwiches, and much more! Each
day will include new experiments that focus
on physical and chemical change in this
fun, hands-on chemistry camp. Summer
science has never been so exciting!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Shawn Alfonso Wells, WT Camp Faculty
I Scream…You Scream…We All Scream for THIS CAMP! Campers will meet up with their instructor Madame Sauret and board
the WT ice cream van to Bruster’s Real Ice
Cream Parlor each afternoon. Campers will
make Birthday Cake and Cotton Candy Explosion ice cream, create waffle
cones and bowls, make ice cream pies,
learn about what it takes to make good
ice cream, and enjoy the comfort that
comes with a special cold treat on a hot
summer afternoon! This is one cool camp!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Marie Sauret, WT French Teacher
NEW! Cross Country Circuit
This camp program is designed to offer fun and fitness for campers
as well as an introduction to the lifelong sport of running and cross
country. Each day, we will focus on “going the distance” with race
and training strategies, as well as games to keep things challenging
and fun! Our goal will be to log a half marathon by the end of the
week (13.1 miles)! In addition, we will learn about proper nutrition, hydration, and training tips and will learn from experts about
the correct equipment so that you can maximize your performance.
All campers must arrive at camp each morning with running shoes
and a water bottle.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Lauren Altman, WT Camp Faculty
| Page 12
FULL DAY SESSIONS
Saddle Club Jr. – United States
Giddy up! Campers should be ready for a full day of horse-loving
fun! Each morning will be spent on campus and each afternoon
will be spent at the Cedar Run Farms (only a
five minute van ride from WT’s campus).
While on campus, your little horse lover
will explore and learn about the history of horses and riding in the United
States. They will research and study
the characteristics of different breeds of
horses unique to the U.S., prepare special
snacks for horses, paint horseshoes, meet
a farrier, play games and explore additional
U.S. horse-themed activities and projects. While at the barn, the
teacher/counselor/horse to camper ratio will be 1:3. Under the
watchful eye of knowledgeable instructors and counselors, campers will enjoy a 45-minute horseback riding lesson each day, and
campers will practice the constant respect and understanding for
safety when working with horses. Each camper will assume shared
responsibility for their horse for the week, handling the daily stable chores for grooming, feeding, tacking, mucking, untacking, and
riding. Amid the daily horse activities, riding instructors maintain
the camp spirit of fun, new friendships, and the discovery and
celebration of new abilities. Guided by knowledgeable, passionate
Cedar Run Riding Instructors, riding lessons will be adapted to
meet rider comfort-level, experience, and ability. One thing is for
certain, this camp will create memories that will last a lifetime!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saddle Club Sr. – United States
fun! Each morning will be spent at the Cedar Run Farms (only a
five minute van ride from WT’s campus) and
each afternoon will be spent on campus.
While on campus, your horse lover will
explore and learn about the history of
horses and riding in the United States.
They will research and study the characteristics of different breeds of horses unique to the U.S., prepare special
snacks for horses, paint horseshoes, meet
a farrier, play games and explore additional
U.S. horse-themed activities and projects. While at the barn, the
teacher/counselor/horse to camper ratio will be 1:3. Under the
watchful eye of knowledgeable instructors and counselors, campers will enjoy a 45-minute horseback riding lesson each day, and
campers will practice the constant respect and understanding for
safety when working with horses. Each camper will assume shared
responsibility for their horse for the week, handling the daily stable chores for grooming, feeding, tacking, mucking, untacking, and
riding. Amid the daily horse activities, riding instructors maintain
the camp spirit of fun, new friendships, and the discovery and celebration of new abilities. Guided by knowledgeable, passionate
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Cedar Run Farms and Julie Caplan,
WT First Grade Teaching Assistant
Lead Instructor: Cedar Run Farms and WT Camp Faculty
| Page 13
MORNING SESSIONS
NEW! Summer Highlights Camp
Inquisitive Campers: This camp experience may very well be one
of the Highlights of your summer! Each day we will explore stories,
poems, puzzles, games, crafts, recipes, projects
and activities linked to some of our favorite
Highlights issues! Yes – every day will include a Hidden Pictures Escapade!
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Incredible Edible Camp
This fun, interactive camp will allow for younger campers to explore cooking basics by creating no bake, healthy snacks that they
can enjoy and share with others. Food is not
just for cooking…during this program, it
is also okay to play with your food! Students will create macaroni masterpieces and monster marshmallows as they
manipulate food to produce magnificent works of edible art! Don’t worry…
we will capture snapshots of the masterpieces before they disappear!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Sally Loevner ’10,
WT Camp Faculty
NEW! Wheels, Wheels,
Wheels!
NEW! Independence Art Studio
Ready to spend the week racing along track and exploring offroad? In Wheels! Wheels! Wheels! Camp we will use a variety of
model cars and trucks to create and explore the
best roadways available. We’ll experiment
with angles, ramps, distance, and time.
We will also enjoy hands-on activities
and projects linked to movement and we
will document our travels in our wheel
journals. Campers: Rev-up and let’s go!
Artists: Let’s enjoy the holiday week by preparing pieces of art that
are inspired by stars, stripes, fireworks, rockets, and red glare. We
will work to create original 3D, 2D and print
works of art. This camp is designed for the
free, the art-inspired, and the brave!
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Time Travelers:
American Independence
NEW! LEGO Military Basic Training
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard! Campers will become Snapology Patriots as you build your training camp, Navy
flags, Air Force jets, and Coast Guard boats.
Who said kids can’t join the military? Be all
that you can be with Snapology at WT!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Let’s time travel and explore history! We will hop into our own
time machine and visit time periods in American History – time
periods that were critical to our independence
and the creation of our nation. Campers
will experience the past through media,
hands-on games, challenges, activities,
and projects. We will even host our own
Independence Day party complete with
costumes and props. We will research,
write, build, speak, and perform history.
History has never been so much fun!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Hannah Dunlop, WT Camp Faculty
| Page 14
NEW! Cookie Monster Kitchen
NEW! Olympic Sports Camp
C is for Camp AND C is for Cookie! We will explore several recipes each day and will mix, roll, cut, fill and decorate cookies,
cookies, and more cookies. We will sample
our creations, but rest assured…the fruits
of our labor will make their way home in
our cookie bags each day! This camp will
also host a Pittsburgh-tradition “cookie
table” at the Friday lunch session!
The Olympics are coming to the North Hills Campus at WT!
Campers will form teams based on different countries and we
will learn and enjoy a wide variety of Olympic sports, including soccer, hockey, team
handball, and track and field. Campers
will also learn about the culture and history of their adopted country and make
a flag to carry at the Closing Ceremonies
and Presentation of Medals.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Allison Dockman,
Tips to Toes Fashion Art Studio
Art-minded campers will transform pumps, high-tops, flats,
boots, hats, scarves, gloves, purses, and more into works of wearable art. We will stamp, stitch, cut, glue, and
braid fabrics and leather into inspired fashion pieces to wear and display. Under the
direction of Ms. Martin, we will study
the works of famous artists and designers and create our own fashion identity. Campers will complete several individual projects that will be featured on
our Friday runway and will also prepare
a collective project that will be on display
at WT for years to come!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Jedi Knights were the
guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. Padawan apprentices
are campers who are in training to become Jedi
Knights. In our training camp the young
Padawans will participate in problem
solving challenges that support the Jedi
Code toward a peaceful and cooperative
galactic society. Based on the Star Wars
movies, the activities will be physical in
nature and will include character role
playing, light saber fencing drills, movie
trivia, and related discussions. Will the Jedi
Counsel find you fit to become a Jedi? Time will tell.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mary Martin ’88, WT Art Teacher
Balloon Art Studio
This program will focus on, and practice, practice, practice the
skills required to create balloon art creatures and accessories.
Each session, we will learn new tricks and
designs and then practice them with our
peers. Campers will leave this camp experience with an inflated sense of self and
tools and skills that will serve them well.
In addition we will enjoy the art of Kendama, juggling, spinning plates, yo-yos
and more! Every camper will leave the
week with an “amazing bag of tricks” and
new talent to share with family and friends!
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Olympic Sports Camp Jr.
The Olympics are coming to the North Hills Campus at WT!
Campers will form teams based on different countries and we will
learn and enjoy a wide variety of Olympic sports, including soccer, hockey, team handball, and track and field. Campers will also
learn about the culture and history of their adopted country and
make a flag to carry at the Closing Ceremonies and Presentation
of Medals.
| Page 15
NEW! Once Upon a Song
gARTen Studio
Let’s make music! Campers will enjoy themed storybooks to learn
about and experiment with music. We will explore instruments
and different styles of music through Carnival
of the Animals, I Know a Shy Fellow who
Swallowed a Cello, Skippyjon, Jazz Fly,
The Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon, and Horace and Morris Join the
Chorus. The stories will come alive as
we sing, dance, and play instruments to
an organized (and our own) beat! Each
day will also include a project or craft that
links to our theme of the day.
Outdoors + Art = gARTen Studio! Campers will create works
of art that enhance outdoor spaces – whether it be a garden,
deck, wooded area, porch, or rooftop! We
will explore projects such as colorful wind
chimes, birdhouses, sun catchers, garden
stones, and so much more. Campers
will work with all sorts of unique materials to create an outdoor art exhibit
that will live well beyond summer 2015!
This is one hands on, dirty camp!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Lisa Marcellus, WT Camp Faculty
Fizzy’s Fitness Lab
NEW! Into the Woods Camp
Food, fitness, and fun with Fizzy! Join Professor Fizzy and his
funny friends from the vibrant and entertaining PBS web show,
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab. Measure, cook, and prepare
healthy snacks while learning about nutrition and exercise. Oh, and did we mention the music? The Lunch Lab Band
will help campers identify the differences between good and bad foods, learn
how to make informed food choices,
and explore what happens as the human
body processes food.
Spend the week exploring the natural beauty of WT’s Northbound
Trails. This nature immersion camp is designed to foster physical,
emotional, and mental balance through an authentic connection with the natural world.
Activities may include plant and animal
awareness, nature games and crafts, creating secret hideouts in the forest, making forest decorations, nature journaling, and storytelling. This camp is held
completely outdoors. Bring your wellies
and your raincoat if it looks like the weather will be wet. We also ask that campers bring
an extra set of clothes – just in case!
Grades: PK, K
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Minecraft LEGO Level I
Travel to the Nether with Snapology, but watch out for those
creepers! Campers will join us as we bring Minecraft to life using
LEGO bricks. We will create our own world
using animals, creepers, and your very own
Minecraft character. Technology will not
be a part of this program. This experience
is hands-on using real bricks, our hands,
and our imagination and creativity!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
New! Ceramic Workshop with
Color Me Mine: A Place for Me!
Ready…Set…Design…Paint! Campers will create items for their
own full place setting at the table…and beyond! We will design
and paint our own themed and coordinated mug, bowl, large
plate, and small plate setting. Color Me Mine experts will share
ideas linked to painting techniques that can be explored each
afternoon in our camp studio. We will also create a mosaic trivet
and weave place settings for our family table. Make room in your
china closet for some unique and practical new one-of-a-kind
items created by your artist!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Color Me Mine, WT Program Partner
| Page 16
FULL DAY SESSIONS
Take advantage of this opportunity to add some magic to your
life! Campers will work closely with Eric, a professional magician
and educator from the Pittsburgh area, to learn the skills and
knowledge necessary to perform basic stage illusion tricks that
have been performed by famous magicians. This camp will combine instructor presentation, step-by-step explanation, hands-on
instruction, group practice sessions, and individual performance.
Campers will assume a stage name and will have the chance to
dazzle an audience at the end-of-program magic performance!
Upon successfully completing the camp, your young magician will
have the necessary tools to not only perform several small and big
illusion magic tricks, but also to personalize them with his or her
own performance style and flair!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Imagineering Lab
Don’t miss out on this chance to participate in this challenging and fun science program! Campers will be presented with a
unique problem or situation each day that requires an engineering and design-based solution. Some challenges will be individual and others will be team-based. We will sketch and discuss
our designs before bringing them to life using reusable materials,
including MakeDo Kits. We will celebrate the process of trial and
error to perfect our ideas and to share them with fellow campers.
This came experience is created for young inquiring minds who
enjoy challenge!
Shakespearience Camp
Shakespeare wrote about it all: love, revenge, magic, misery, hope,
and much more. Would you like to be able to impress and amaze
friends and family by reciting one of Shakespeare’s many famous monologues? This
summer you can! At the Shakespearience, you will learn about Shakespeare
himself and why, more than 400 years
after his death, his writing is still being
read, studied, analyzed, and performed.
You will choose, understand, memorize,
and perform one of his greatest monologues. Your Shakespearience coach has been
working with students for more than ten years, training individuals and groups to compete in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Annual Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest. He has coached
his students to the finals six times and they have won titles three
times! Come to the Shakespearience, “Speak the speech,” and
have a lot of fun!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Christopher Bassett, WT Program Partner
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Allison Dockman, WT First Grade Teaching Assistant
NEW! Origami Workshop
Let’s fold! Did you know that the term Origami was created by
combining two Japanese words? “Ori” means to fold and “Kami”
means paper or spirit. Origami is the Japanese
art of capturing the essence of something
beautiful and symbolic through paper
sculptures. Campers will work at their
own level and pace to create unique,
special projects each day and will learn
something new with each fold. Transform
a piece of paper and transform yourself!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Shawn Alfonso Wells, WT Camp Faculty
| Page 17
MORNING SESSIONS
Pets and Vets Jr.
Ferrets and birds and skunks – Oh my! Have you ever wanted to
learn how to train an animal or how to do first aid on your pet?
In this camp, we will learn about furry, feathery, and scaly pets! We will make pet treats,
enjoy visits from animals (“guests” may
include a ferret, skunk, bearded dragon,
guinea pig, hermit crab, chicken, goat,
dog, cat, snake, and bird), meet a veterinarian, make age-appropriate animal
related crafts, and more!
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Reptile Mania
This “hands on” science camp offers campers the opportunity
to get up close and personal with bearded dragons, snakes (from
smallest to the largest!), blue tongue skinks,
alligators, African bullfrogs, crested geckos,
tarantulas, turtles, and more! Each day
will introduce new feature visitors to
our camp and topics linked to the amazing and unique creatures that we share
space with on this earth. This is a camp
that you do not want to missssssssss!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Thomas Kelly, WT Program Partner
NEW! Cookie Monster Camp
Lead Instructor: Tracy Valenty, WT Science Teacher
NEW! Teddy Bear Camp: Fun in the Sun
A WT summer camp tradition for our youngest campers is back
with a new twist! This week of Teddy Bear Camp will explore
fun and sun. We will take time to play in the
outdoors and to explore all of the amazing
summer colors in plants, people, animals, and our environment! Warning:
Campers will be so busy enjoying water
play, games, stories, sand play, songs,
and crafts that there will be no time
for your little bear to hibernate! Each
camper will also enjoy the chance to create his or her own sunny bear that we hope
will be a life-long friend to help him or her remember his or her
time at Teddy Bear Camp 2015!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Jr. Engineers with LEGO Snapology
Young campers will learn to build fun and simple models. By playing and manipulating the models, they will experience pulleys,
levers, gears, wheels, and axles while exploring energy, buoyancy,
and balance. Each camp session will include free-building time to
promote independent thinking and creativity!
C is for Camp AND C is for Cookie! We will explore several recipes
each day and will mix, roll, cut, fill and decorate cookies, cookies,
and more cookies. We will sample our creations, but rest assured…the fruits of our
labor will make their way home in our
cookie bags each day! This camp will
also host a Pittsburgh-tradition “cookie
table” at the Friday lunch session!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Mosaic Art Studio
Aspiring mosaic artists will have the opportunity to design and
create unique works of art with tiles and grout. We will explore designs and color and will cut and piece together colorful glass pieces for unique, themed
glass mosaic projects ranging from picture frames to flowerpots.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
| Page 18
NEW! African Drums and Dance
Kick those shoes off and jump, step, hop, and sing to the vibrant
beat of West Africa. Each week, students will experience the language, sounds, stories, and dress of African culture through music and dance. Basic movement techniques provide heart-pounding
exercise that kids will enjoy. Hands on
music immersion includes playing the
djembe drum, and unique instruments
such as the shekere, dunduns (bass
drums) and balafon (wooden ancestor to
the xylophone) -- a fun, mental workout
sure to excite young minds!
This camp program is designed to offer fun and fitness for campers
as well as an introduction to the lifelong sport of running and cross
country. Each day, we will focus on “going the
distance” with race and training strategies,
as well as games to keep things challenging and fun! Our goal will be to log a half
marathon by the end of the week (13.1
miles)! In addition, we will learn about
proper nutrition, hydration, and training
tips and will learn from experts about the
correct equipment so that you can maximize your performance. All campers must arrive at camp each morning with running shoes and a water bottle.
Grades: 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mama K, WT Program Partner
Lead Instructor: Lauren Altman, WT Camp Faculty
ARTchitect’s Studio
For five intense days, students will learn how to think like a
trained architect while exploring the environment that we live
in. Each day will involve a series of hands on
activities and problem solving experiences
that expose the students to the fundamentals of architecture in an engaging
way. Campers will learn to create and
design three-dimensional forms in various scales by building models. We will
work individually and collaboratively
to create drawings using traditional and
non-traditional materials and architectural
methods. This camp will help your aspiring builder
to reach new heights!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Fun with Frisbee
Campers will enjoy an active week with Frisbees! Games and activities will include Frisbee Golf (we will create our own seven-acre
course!), Ultimate Frisbee, Goaltimate, Frisbee
Baseball, and Frisbee Football (no tackling,
of course). If you’re a camper who is looking for a non-traditional, fun, active
game -- this is it!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
American Girl: Grace
Calling all American Girls: This camp has been created just for
you! We will explore Grace’s entrepreneurial world as we travel to
France along with Grace and her mom. Each day we will explore
different stories, games, activities, and projects that appeal to all
American Girls. We will even bake our own French bread and pastries and explore ideas linked to how to make a start-up business
work. Campers will also get crafty and creative – just like Grace!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cartooning Workshop
3, 2, 1…draw! Campers will learn about different drawing techniques that will help them create their own cartoon world. From
designing and sketching to drawing and coloring, the campers will work through every facet of the creative process to make
their own characters and stories. Activities will include creating posters, comic
strips, children’s books, and t-shirt design. Students will finish the week with
a complete portfolio of work to share.
That’s all folks!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kevin Miller, WT Director of Athletics
Lead Instructor: Jump Start Sports,
WT Program Partner
| Page 19
NEW! Frozen! Camp
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Jedi Knights were
the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. Padawan apprentices are campers who are in training to become Jedi Knights. In our training camp
the young Padawans will participate in
problem solving challenges that support
the Jedi Code toward a peaceful and cooperative galactic society. Based on the
Star Wars movies, the activities will be
physical in nature and will include character role playing, light saber fencing drills,
movie trivia, and related discussions. Will the
Jedi Counsel find you fit to become a Jedi? Time will tell.
Let It Go and let’s chill out together this summer! Anna, Elsa,
Olaf, Kristoff, Sven, Hans, Duke of Weselton, Oaken, Marshmallow, and you! Each day will feature games, mazes, activities, crafts, music, and a celebration of all things Frozen. We will release
our own special powers and enjoy the
power of friendship and fun.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
How does your garden grow? Campers will enjoy games and activities that focus on plants and gardening. We will explore the
different kinds of plants that are growing on
campus and be challenged by a scavenger
hunt that seeks out fungus and mushrooms, flowers and ferns, and more. We
will plant our own terrariums, create
our own window gardens, and assemble
items for our personal gardens that will
attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Our take-aways from this camp experience will live well beyond July 10!
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Bucket Band Jr.
And the beat goes on! Campers will study rhythm, songs, and create their own bucket band! This interactive, high-energy camp
will allow campers to explore music and to perform original music with new friends. Students will name their band, take home
a bucket full of surprises, and design their very own band t-shirt.
This WT camp really does rock…and roll!
Grades: PK, K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Molly Dunlop, WT Camp Faculty
NEW! Garden Adventures
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! LEGO Inventors Club
with Snapology
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Dinosaur Dig
All aboard! Take a ride on the Dinosaur Train straight to this
camp. Dig for bones, create your own fossils, and explore like
a real paleontologist! Campers will learn
about the prehistoric world and dinosaurs
through crafts, games, stories, and activities based on the PBS show Dinosaur
Train. Each day will feature a different
episode and theme with Buddy the
T-Rex and his friends. Jump into the
time tunnel with Conductor and let
your dinosaur adventure begin!
Whoever said that you can’t solve the world’s problems with LEGO
bricks? Campers will learn about the process that real inventors
go through while designing, building, and programming robotic models to solve problems. Learning will be enhanced through
the use of laptops and technology.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 20
Pets and Vets I
NEW! Poet and You Know It Camp
In this camp, we will learn about furry, feathery, and scaly pets! We will make pet treats,
enjoy visits from animals (guests may include a ferret, skunk, bearded dragon,
dog, cat, and birds) meet a veterinarian,
make animal related crafts, and more!
Campers will be inspired by this creative writing camp experience!
We will meet a different famous poet in history and review a different style of poetry each day. We will enjoy unique indoor and outdoor spaces on campus that will inspire the creation of your own
poetry about fun topics. We will also engage in hands-on projects
and activities linked to the poets and poetry that we study. Creative writing can be focused and fun and this camp will prove it!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Christopher Bassett, WT Program Partner
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Mosaic Masters Studio
Reptile Mania Sr.
Aspiring mosaic artists will have the opportunity to design and
create unique works of art with tiles and grout. We will explore
designs and color and will cut and piece together colorful glass
pieces for unique, themed glass mosaic projects ranging from picture frames to flowerpots.
This hands on science camp offers campers the opportunity to get
up close and personal with bearded dragons, snakes (from smallest
to the largest!), blue tongue skinks, alligators,
African bullfrogs, crested geckos, tarantulas, turtles, and more! Each day will introduce new feature visitors to our camp
and topics linked to the amazing and
unique creatures that we share space
with on this earth. This is a camp that
you do not want to missssssssss!
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Thomas Kelly, WT Program Partner
NEW! Tech Time
code, animation creation, and a Sphero Challenge that is like none other. Campers need
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Sports Around the World Clinic
Sports Enthusiasts: We have created a really cool and unique
camp experience for you! Campers will learn about the history of
sports around the world and play a variety of fun games enjoyed
every day in other countries. Sports of the week will include World
Cup soccer, team handball, field hockey, tennis, and cricket.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
FULL DAY SESSIONS
Lights, Camera, Action!
Movie-Making Workshop
Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones: A hero’s journey always begins with a quest. In this cool introductory filmmaking class,
campers will collaborate to create an original movie based on the
theme of a quest or journey. Along the way they will learn the basics
of visual language used in movies, proper use of a camera, green
screening, and editing with Apple software. Let’s make movies!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Eric Costello, WT Program Partner
| Page 21
MORNING SESSIONS
Super WHY!
reading and words!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Taryn Carroll, WT Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Curious George: Curious about Art
This camp is more than just monkey business! Your camper will
paint, draw, build, cut, paste, glue, and explore art, Curious
George style! Each day will link to new themes
from the PBS show, Curious George, as
campers create art projects and explore
the world around them. Projects will
include “Junky Monkey” recycled art,
puppet making, sand paintings, and
more. Wearing yellow: optional!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kimberly Blaney, WT Kindergarten Teacher
Floor Hockey Clinic
Learn the basics of hockey, stick handling, passing, shooting, and
positioning. Campers will enjoy a great workout while making
new friends and playing floor hockey. We will
also focus on the importance of teamwork
and good sportsmanship. All players
must have their own helmet and mask.
Shoot to score!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mark Haffner, Certified Teaching
Pro and AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
NEW! Batman Camp
Holy Camp, Batman! This camp experience will be filled with
teasers, villains, plots, cliffhangers and trickery! We will solve puzzles and riddles, conquer physical challenges
and celebrate the wonderful world of Batman through graphic novels! Time permitting, we will work to create our own
Batman short to share with family and
friends! Each camper will leave with
keepsakes and memories from their
time exploring Gotham City.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Ceramic Workshop with Color Me
Mine: A Place for Me!
with a new twist! This week of Teddy Bear Camp will explore
winter, spring, summer, and fall. We will take time to play in the
outdoors and to learn about what happens to plants, animals, and
our environment as the seasons change. Warning: campers will be
so busy enjoying water play, games, stories, sand play, songs, and
crafts that there will be no time for your little bear to hibernate!
Each camper will also enjoy the chance to create his or her own
little bear that we hope will be a life-long friend to help him or her
remember his or her time at Teddy Bear Camp 2015!
Ready…Set…Design…Paint! Campers will create items for
their own full place setting at the table…and beyond! We will
design and paint our own themed and coordinated mug, bowl, large plate, and small
plate setting. Color Me Mine experts
will share ideas linked to painting
techniques that can be explored each
afternoon in our camp studio. We
will also create a mosaic trivet and
weave place settings for our family table. Make room in your china closet for
some unique and practical new one-ofakind items created by your artist!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Teddy Bear Camp: Seasons
Lead Instructor: Color Me Mine, WT Program Partner
| Page 22
NEW! LEGO Amusement Park
Adventures with Snapology
NEW! Egyptian Encounter
Calling all camp explorers! Travel back in time to ancient Egypt.
On our week long adventure we will learn what life was like for
kids back in ancient Egypt. We’ll play the games
the pharaohs played, learn to write hieroglyphics, and design our own ancient
Egyptian houses. After learning about
life in ancient Egypt we will investigate the afterlife and learn how mummies were made and all about pyramids,
tombs and treasure!
Puppetry Workshop
Grades: 3, 4, 5
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Design your own amusement park in this super fun camp program!
Learn how to use LEGO bricks and other building materials to
make coasters and other awesome rides. Can
you design the next Kennywood or Disney
World? Why not? Let’s Build!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Jenee Iyer, WT Camp Faculty
What do socks, rods, fingers, and shadows have in common?
They are all forms of puppetry that we will be exploring is this
amazing program! Campers will learn the art
of puppetry by starting with raw materials,
designing their own puppets, writing a
story, creating a performance space, and
finally performing a show. Campers will
finish the week with a family of puppets
that will belong to them for future enjoyment and entertainment!
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wizards and witches wanted! Campers must be experienced in the
defense against the dark arts. Join a secret society that is gathering
soldiers to defend against Voldemort’s growing
forces. Those who accept the challenge
and join The Order will face a diverse
range of both physical and mental problem solving trials that will test your
knowledge of magic and witchcraft
(and Harry Potter trivia) in preparation
to defeat the army led by He Who Must
Not Be Named. Those from the house of
Slytherin need not apply.
Lead Instructor: Kate Bednar, WT Librarian
In this camp, we will learn about furry, feathery,
and scaly pets! We will make pet treats, enjoy visits from animals (guests may include
a ferret, skunk, bearded dragon, guinea
pig, hermit crab, chicken, goat, dog, cat,
snake, and bird), meet a veterinarian,
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pets and Vets II
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Art Attack
Campers – get ready to paint, bend, mold, cut, glue, and create!
This program will include amazing art projects with a special focus
on outdoor art forms and favorite projects like
pottery, clay, paper masks, t-shirt painting,
mosaics, garden art, bird houses, and
more. Your little artist’s thirst to explore
and create will definitely be quenched
by this camp experience!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Taryn Carroll, WT Kindergarten
Teaching Assistant
| Page 23
NEW! Summer Highlights Camp
Pets and Vets I
Inquisitive Campers: This camp experience may very well be one
of the Highlights of your summer! Each day we will explore stories,
poems, puzzles, games, crafts, recipes, projects
and activities linked to some of our favorite
Highlights issues! Yes – every day will include a Hidden Pictures Escapade!
learn how to train an animal or how to do first aid on your pet? In
this camp, we will learn about furry, feathery,
and scaly pets! We will make pet treats,
enjoy visits from animals (guests may include a ferret, skunk, bearded dragon,
dog, cat, and birds) meet a veterinarian,
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Sally Loevner ’10,
WT Camp Faculty
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Once Upon a Slime
Once upon a time there was an amazing summer camp program
with Ms. Blaney … a program where we share stories and create new inquiry based adventures every day
of the week! Based on Steve Spangler
science, this program explores amazing
hands-on science and literature connections with young learners. Each session will start with a short, interactive
story that leads into a fun, exploratory
(and sometimes messy!) science experiment. Join us as we listen, create, explore,
build, and investigate!
NEW! LEGO Scientists with Snapology
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Bucket Band Workshop
And the beat goes on! Campers will study rhythm, songs, and
create their own bucket band! This interactive, high-energy camp
will allow campers to explore music and to perform original music with new friends. Students will name their band, take home a
bucket full of surprises, and design their
very own band t-shirt. This WT camp
really does rock…and roll!
Campers will cultivate their love of science and experience different
domains of science and nature! Each day we will
engage in concepts from astronomy, earth
science, biology, chemistry, and physics.
LEGO + science = AWESOME!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sports of All Sorts
Campers – get ready to break a sweat! Athletes will compete in
individual and team events, facing a diverse range of athletic and
problem solving challenges. Each day we will
focus on physical conditioning and a new
sport. This highly physical and competitive camp will guarantee that your
camper sleeps well each night. Campers
should bring a water bottle and wear
clothing that can get muddy, stained,
and drenched with sweat. Game on!
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Mark Haffner, Certified Teaching Pro and
AFAA Certified Personal Trainer
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 24
NEW! International Games
NEW! Tech Time
Experience the flavor and fun of cultures around the world as we
wind our imaginary way through folk tales and games that originated in faraway places. We will create our
own mancala game, test our rhythm and
coordination with tititora, master kendama, play pineapple bowling, write our
own legend based on examples from
Native American folklore, learn the difference between American and Russian
Dominoes (Matador), and much more.
We will count, build, paint, wrap, toss,
catch, and have an all-around great international time! Explore exotic cultures through fun and games without leaving the 15101 zip code!
code, animation creation, and a Sphero Challenge that is link none other. Campers need
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
DIY Magic Workshop: Small Illusions
Campers will work closely with Weird Eric, a professional magician and educator from the Pittsburgh area, to learn
the
skills and knowledge necessary to perform
basic small illusion magic tricks. This
camp will combine instructor presentation, step-by-step explanation, handson instruction, group practice sessions,
and individual performance. Campers
will assume a stage name and will have
the chance to dazzle an audience at the
end-of-program magic performance! Upon
successfully completing the camp, your young
magician will have the necessary tools to not only perform small
illusion magic tricks, but also to personalize them with his or her
own performance style and flair.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! WT Glee!
Do you love to sing? Do you want to share your passion and talent
with others? If you answered yes, boy do we have a camp for you!
Inspired by the hit TV series Glee, this camp will provide opportunities for campers to sing, express, perform, play, and inspire with
music! The sessions will incorporate a range of activities including
vocal technique, performance skills, voice projection, choreography, and more. Students will help to select the songs from a variety
of different genres of music. This camp program will require high
levels of participation, focus, and energy. You provide the talent,
and we’ll provide the stage!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Meredythe Kimmel, WT Academic Support Teacher
FULL DAY SESSIONS
Camp Runway!
Let’s work it! This hands-on full-day fashion experience will focus
on the basic elements of fashion and design. In addition to creating our own unique sketches and wearable art, campers will learn
about big name international designers as well as designers who are
making their living in fashion in the Pittsburgh area. Special guests
will visit our fashion-minded campers, to share hair and make-up
secrets, and we will learn some of the tricks that stylists use behind
the scenes to make models look extra fab. Campers will create their
own fashion portfolios and explore different ways to pair colors,
fabrics, and textures. We will enjoy our own version of a runaway
show on Friday afternoon. Fashion has never been so much fun!
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Amy. Burleson, WT Extended Day Faculty
| Page 25
MORNING SESSIONS
3 Little Bears
Welcome Little Campers! We cannot wait to host you for your
first camp experience! Each morning will include movement, art,
songs, stories, and nature activities. Campers
will participate in special activities such as
scavenger hunts, cooking, and garden
and pond exploration. Don’t miss this
opportunity for your child to imagine,
explore, and grow with new friends in
a safe, fun-filled, creative environment
with professional instructors who specialize in early childhood development.
Age 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
International Kitchen Jr.
This summer our chefs will explore the tastes of France, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Mexico, China, and Thailand! This camp
will spark and enhance student interest in
food and cooking. Each morning campers
will explore new recipes, try new foods,
practice measuring ingredients, and
learn about the proper use of kitchen
tools. International recipes explored
will include: appetizers, salads, main
dishes, and desserts. Campers will leave
the week with their own little recipe book
and a new talent and passion to share with
family and friends in the kitchen!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Sandy Ekstrom, WT Camp Faculty
Curious George: Curious About Science
Curious about science? So is George! Each day, campers will explore themes from the popular PBS show, Curious George, and
focus on building, constructing, and investigating earth sciences. Fun, hands-on activities will include designing and making
your own kite, constructing bridges,
and designing bird feeders.
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Passport to Fun: Travel Adventures
All aboard! Each day, campers will grab their passports and embark
on an exciting journey to far-away lands! We will explore a new
country and culture every day. Our world travelers will learn about the geography, history,
and culture of our unique destinations
by listening to stories, creating artwork,
sampling food, listening to the language,
playing games, and more. No extra fee
for first-class travel reservations!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kira Senedak, WT Social Studies Teacher
Fencing Clinic Jr.
Campers will jump into the worlds created by Eric Carle! Did you
know that he has created more than 40 amazing books that inspire
imagination and creativity for children? Campers will play games, complete projects, make
stories come alive, create art, and complete challenges linked to Carle’s books
such as Today is Monday, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Pancakes Pancakes, The
Greedy Python, The Tiny Seed, Animals
Animals, and more! Very curious campers
– please join us for this adventure!
En garde! This basic level camp will introduce students to the
sport of fencing. Each day, we will engage in warm-up exercises
and stretching, basic footwork and blade work exercises, and essential tactics and strategies. Young athletes will learn to fence
and develop an understanding of how fencing’s strategy, rules, and
conduct relate to the history of swordsmanship. Skills will be reinforced through practice and drills. All equipment and protective
gear is provided. Campers simply need to arrive with a desire to
learn the art and sport of fencing!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Three Rivers Fencing Center, WT Program Partner
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
| Page 26
NEW! Outdoor Art Studio
NEW! Egyptian Encounter
Outdoors + Art = one amazing camp! Campers will create works
of art from items found in nature! We will explore projects with
printmaking, portraits, landscapes, sculptures,
and so much more. Campers will work with
metal, clay, leather, paper, paints, and
natural materials to create unique works
of art that will serve as keepsakes and
memories from our week together appreciating both art and nature!
Calling all camp explorers! Travel back in time to ancient Egypt.
On our week long adventure we will learn what life was like for
kids back in ancient Egypt. We’ll play the
games the pharaohs played, learn to write
hieroglyphics, and design our own ancient Egyptian houses. After learning
about life in ancient Egypt we will investigate the afterlife and learn how
mummies were made and all about pyramids, tombs and treasure!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Jenee Iyer, WT Camp Faculty
Wizards and witches wanted! Campers must be experienced in the
defense against the dark arts. Join a secret society that is gathering
soldiers to defend against Voldemort’s growing
forces. Those who accept the challenge and
join The Order will face a diverse range
of both physical and mental problem
solving trials that will test your knowledge of magic and witchcraft (and Harry Potter trivia) in preparation to defeat
the army led by He Who Must Not Be
Named. Those from the house of Slytherin
need not apply.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Amazing Animal Robotics with
Snapology
Campers will build a robotic zoo featuring models with working
motors and sensors! We will work in teams under guided instructions to build and program LEGO models. We will build a different
model every day! Learning will be enhanced through the use of
laptops and technology.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Lead Instructor: Kate Bednar, WT Librarian
NEW! American Girl: Caroline
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Curious about music? So is George! Each day, campers will explore
themes from the popular PBS show, Curious George, and focus
on creating instruments, exploring with instruments that are available in our summer music studio, and learning about how music
is made – right along with George. Fun,
hands-on activities will include creating
a recycled band, custom designing mallets for the xylophone, making a conductor’s wand, and so much more.
Calling all American Girls: This camp has been created just for
you! We will take a step back in time to Caroline’s world during
the 1800s. Each day we will explore different
stories, games, activities, and projects that
appeal to all American Girls. We will
solve puzzles, play water games, dominate in capture the flag, and take a peek
into Caroline’s world. We will be resourceful and brave – just like Caroline!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 27
Art Attack!
NEW! Combat Robots with Snapology
Campers – get ready to paint, bend, mold, cut, glue, and create!
This program will include amazing art projects with a special focus on outdoor art forms and favorite projects
like pottery, clay, paper masks, t-shirt painting, mosaics, garden art, bird houses, and
more. Your little artist’s thirst to explore
and create will definitely be quenched
by this camp experience!
Campers -- Do you think that you can build the strongest and
most agile robot? Can your robot win a head-to-head combat mission? Come learn engineering strategies for building sturdy structures and then apply that knowledge to build a robot for friendly
competition. You will have a blast as you play robot football and
complete the hoop challenge in this fun robotics camp. Be prepared to have tons of fun!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Taryn Carroll, WT Kindergarten
Teaching Assistant
Cycling 101
NEW! Seuss on the Loose
Oh Camper, The Places You’ll Go…will surprise, inspire, and
amaze you! This whirlwind, whimsical week of camp will involve
great books, great characters, and great fun
– and maybe even Thing 2 and Thing 1!
Based on the PBS show The Cat in the
Hat Knows A Lot About That, each
day will be a new adventure involving
stories, games, crafts, and green food,
too…eww. With science and acting
there’s so much to do. Sign up today…
you really should. For in the words of Dr.
Seuss, “These things are fun and fun is good!”
Bring your bike to camp and ride, ride, ride! Campers will learn
to identify all of the parts of their bikes and will even have the
chance to work on the assembly of a bike and
to learn about bicycle safety and maintenance. Each morning will be filled with
on-campus challenges and games -- all
linked to bikes and cycling. Campers
will leave the week with new confidence and a love for the lifelong sport
of cycling. We will finish the week off
strong with a “deck out your ride” competition that will be certain to have the kids
smiling their way into the weekend! Campers may store their
bikes at WT all week.
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: WT Camp Faculty
Wild Kratts
International Kitchen Sr.
Is your Creature Power suit ready? Young scientists will study animals, habitats, and the special ways that your favorite creatures
have adapted to survive. This camp is linked to the adventures of
the Kratt Brothers on the PBS show, Wild Kratts, and combines
science education with fun and adventure. Students will explore
animal habitats around the globe. Through experiments, activities, and games, campers will learn important ecological concepts
while having fun! This amazing camp adventure includes a virtual
exploration of iQZoo.org, created by WQED, and other innovative Wild Kratts games. One thing is for certain – we are going to
have a wild time!
This summer our chefs will explore the tastes of France, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Mexico, China, and Thailand! This camp
will spark and enhance student interest in food
and cooking. Each morning campers will
explore new recipes, try new foods, practice measuring ingredients, and learn
about the proper use of kitchen tools.
International recipes explored will include: appetizers, salads, main dishes,
and desserts. Campers will leave the
week with their own little recipe book
and a new talent and passion to share with
family and friends in the kitchen!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Annie Alexander ’09, WT Camp Faculty
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 28
FULL DAY SESSIONS
NEW! HAIRport Camp
This will be one fun and unique adventure with HAIR! We will
explore hairstyles through history and will talk about current
trends in hairstyles and head fashion. We will
brush, braid, style and model hair. Creative
campers will design several different hats,
barrettes, and hair accessories and we
will create our own shampoo. Campers
will enjoy this opportunity to try out
new hairstyles and to also assist fellow
campers with new looks and up-dos!
Hairs to YOU!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: WT Camp Faculty
Fencing Clinic Sr.
and stretching, basic footwork and blade work
exercises, and essential tactics and strategies. Young athletes will learn to fence
and develop an understanding of how
fencing’s strategy, rules, and conduct
relate to the history of swordsmanship.
Skills will be reinforced through practice and drills. All equipment and protective gear is provided. Campers simply
need to arrive with a desire to learn the art
and sport of fencing!
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saddle Club Jr. – France
will explore and learn about the history
of horses and riding in France. They will
research and study the characteristics
of different breeds of horses unique to
France, prepare special snacks for horses, paint horseshoes, meet a farrier, play
games and explore additional French horsethemed activities and projects. While at the barn, the teacher/
counselor/horse to camper ratio will be 1:3. Under the watchful
eye of knowledgeable instructors and counselors, campers will enjoy a 45-minute horseback riding lesson each day, and campers
will practice the constant respect and understanding for safety
when working with horses. Each camper will assume shared responsibility for their horse for the week, handling the daily stable
chores for grooming, feeding, tacking, mucking, untacking, and
riding. Amid the daily horse activities, riding instructors maintain the camp spirit of fun, new friendships, and the discovery and
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Woodshop Camp
WOODn’t you love to learn a new hobby and to learn about the
art and trade of woodworking? Campers will learn about the properties of different types of wood and focus on tree identification in
our area. Young aspiring woodworkers will learn to cut, create jigs,
flatten, join, sand, and finish! Each student will leave this camp
program with several finished and useful projects including a fourlegged stool and paper towel holder that they created themselves
using hand tools and classic joinery. All equipment and supplies
are included in program fee.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Trish Morris, WT Program Partner
| Page 29
Saddle Club Sr. – France
Giddy up! Campers should be ready for a full-day of horse-loving
horses and riding in France. They will
France, prepare special snacks for horses, paint horseshoes, meet a farrier, play
games and explore additional French horsethemed activities and projects. While at the barn, the teacher/
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Cedar Run Farms and Julie Caplan,
NEW! Once Upon a Castle
– Princess Edition
This is one fairytale, magical camp! Each day we will host our
favorite princesses at camp! We will explore classic and new princess stories and will enjoy songs, games, crafts,
and activities all linked to celebrating the
princess in each and every one of us. Our
camp experience will culminate with a
princess tea party.
Age 3, PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Amy Burleson, WT Extended Day
Faculty
Super WHY!
reading and words!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Jr. LEGO Engineers with Snapology
Young campers will learn to build fun and simple models! By playing with and manipulating the models, campers will experience
pulleys, levers, gears, wheels and axles while
exploring energy, buoyance, and balance.
Each morning will also include some
free-building time to promote imagination and creativity.
Grades: PK, K
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
| Page 30
Chess Lab
STOMP!
Check mate, chess novices. Here is a beginning chess camp that
will teach campers the basic rules and fundamentals of chess, with
a focus on playing. Chess develops amazing
math and critical thinking skills in children. But don’t tell the campers this
fact…they think that chess is just about
playing and having fun!
Stomp into summer as campers create original music with just
their bodies and everyday items that exist in our world. Campers
will name and brand their group, create band t-shirts and posters,
explore sounds and rhythms with brooms, sticks, buckets, cans,
utensils, pots and pans, and more. Performances will be taped and
shared with family and friends. Get ready to make music!
Grades: K, 1, 2
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Janna Lettan, WT Music Teacher
Lead Instructor: Coach Walker Kennedy, WT Camp
Faculty
NEW! Jr. Geologists
DIY Workshop
Why not Do It Yourself? This DIY lab will have campers explore
projects such as silly putty, chalk, crayons, candles, soap, kites,
wind chimes, and more. Students will leave
the camp with a DIY manual that includes
blank pages for future exploring and fun.
This program gives whole new dimension to the word DO!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Time Travelers: Through the Decades
Let’s time travel and explore history! We will hop into our time
machine and visit the 40s, 50s, 60, 70s, and 80s during this exciting and enlightening week of camp! Campers
will experience the past through media,
hands-on games, challenges, activities,
and projects. We will even host our
own “decades party” complete with
costumes and props. We will research,
write, build, speak, and perform history.
History has never been so much fun!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
What does a geologist do? What is geology? Why do people
study geology? How do individual rocks differ from each other?
Has Pennsylvania always been the same as it
is today? How has the surface of the earth
and the life on earth changed over time?
What is a fossil? How is Pittsburgh geologically unique? Jr. Geologist campers
will learn the answers to these questions and more as we test and dissect
rocks, create glowing crystals, explore
tectonic activity and volcanism, and excavate real Pittsburgh-area fossils from fossiliferous shales and engage in a range of activities linked to geology!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Holly Bomba, WT Camp Faculty
Balloon Art Studio
This program will focus on, and practice, practice, practice the
skills required to create balloon art creatures and accessories. Each
session, we will learn new tricks and designs
and then practice them with our peers.
Campers will leave this camp experience
with an inflated sense of self and tools
and skills that will serve them well. In
addition we will enjoy the art of Kendama, juggling, spinning plates, yo-yos
and more! Every camper will leave the
week with an “amazing bag of tricks” and
new talent to share with family and friends!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
| Page 31
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
NEW! Ping Pong Camp
This unique and fun camp is all about the sport of table tennis!
We will focus on the rules of the game, scoring, serving while
playing two and four player games. Under the direction of Coach
Tritsch, we will also explore additional challenges linked to a
camp twist on the traditional game of ping pong! This is one fast
moving, high scoring camp experience that you will not want to
miss. A WT Summer Camp Ping Pong Champ will be announced
and crowned on Friday !
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Jr. All Stars Sports Camp
Active campers will have an opportunity to learn about a variety
of sports, including soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball. This
is an ideal program for children with little or no sports experience,
as they will have fun in a safe, age-appropriate learning environment. If you're looking to sign up for a fall sports program, this is
an excellent introductory course.
Grades: PK, K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Culinary Road Trip
This summer, chefs-in-training will explore the amazing recipes,
tastes, and smells of the USA! We will investigate appetizers,
soups, salads, beverages, main dishes, and desserts. Our recipes
and experiences will be packed with local ingredients and flavors
that are unique and linked to different regions of our vast country.
Our virtual culinary camp road trip will take us to the Northeast,
South, Midwest, Southwest, and even the Wild West! Along the
way we will learn a bit about history and discover ethnic favorites
that have been passed down through generations of cultures who
established roots in various cities throughout our nation. One
thing is for certain, this will be a memorable camp experience with
fun stories and food to share!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Once Upon a Song
Let’s make music! Campers will enjoy themed storybooks to learn
about and experiment with music. We will explore instruments
and different styles of music through Carnival
of the Animals, I Know a Shy Fellow who
Swallowed a Cello, Skippyjon Jones, Jazz
Fly, The Music Teacher from the Black
Lagoon, and Horace and Morris Join
the Chorus. The stories will come alive
as we sing, dance, and play instruments
to an organized (and our own) beat!
Each day will also include a project or craft
that links to our theme of the day.
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Parkour
Run, jump, vault, and climb! This camp will focus on the fundamental movements in parkour, the importance of knowing
your body, and learning parkour as a method of training, discipline, and a problem-solving tool. Campers will have the opportunity to learn about parkour and explore the ideas and movement
that make it such an amazing sport and adventure. A portion of
each session will be spent learning about what parkour is: the history, terminology, and researching some of the most well-known
traceurs and groups in the discipline. The rest of the time will be
spent working out at various parkour hotspots on our campus,
exploring the ideas and concepts that drive parkour, and putting
these concepts into action while exploring the movement.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Andrew Obenreder, www.teamsanjuu.com
Campers will jump into the worlds created by Eric Carle! Did you
know that he has created more than 40 amazing books that inspire imagination and creativity for children?
Campers will play games, complete projects,
make stories come alive, create art, and
complete challenges linked to Carle’s
books such as Today is Monday, The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, Pancakes Pancakes, The Greedy Python, The Tiny
Seed, Animals Animals, and more! Very
curious campers – please join us for this
adventure!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 32
Super Hero Academy
NEW! Ecosystems Science Lab
Calling all Super Campers! This camp will be filled with amazing
stories, games, challenges, puzzles, and adventures linked to Super Heroes! We will explore some of the most
memorable Marvel Comics characters and
engrossing stories on the planet. We will
learn about the characteristics of some
of the most popular characters including Wolverine, Captain America, Spider Man, Iron Man, and Thor. Activities
will be physical and mental as we battle
mutants, aliens, armor-clad super-geniuses, thunder gods, super-soldier and more! One
thing is for certain – this camp will be MARVELous!
Young camper scientists will explore geologic history and evolution
through games and hands-on activities. We will spend time studying terrestrial and aquatic habitats, animal
and plant adaptations, many lab activities
(including a lab to reverse a mock snake
venom!), games, and environmental engineering challenges. We will create our
own biome in a box and even dissect a
fish. Your little scientist will leave campus this week with expanded scientific
knowledge and a hunger to learn more!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Parkour Jr.
Culinary Road Trip Jr.
Run, jump, vault, and climb! This camp will focus on the fundamental movements in parkour, the importance of knowing your
body, and learning parkour as a method of
training, discipline, and a problem-solving
tool. Campers will have the opportunity
to learn about parkour and explore the
ideas and movement that make it such
an amazing sport and adventure. A portion of each session will be spent learning about what parkour is: the history,
terminology, and researching some of the
most well-known traceurs and groups in the
discipline. The rest of the time will be spent working out at various
parkour hotspots on our campus, exploring the ideas and concepts
that drive parkour, and putting these concepts into action while
exploring the movement.
This summer, chefs-in-training will explore the amazing recipes,
tastes, and smells of the USA! We will investigate appetizers,
soups, salads, beverages, main dishes, and desserts. Our recipes
and experiences will be packed with local ingredients and flavors
that are unique and linked to different regions of our vast country.
Our virtual culinary camp road trip will take us to the Northeast,
South, Midwest, Southwest, and even the Wild West! Along the
way we will learn a bit about history and discover ethnic favorites that have been passed down through generations of cultures
who established roots in various cities throughout our nation. One
thing is for certain, this will be a memorable camp experience with
fun stories and food to share!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Imagineering Workshop
Lead Instructor: Andrew Obenreder, www.teamsanjuu.com
Don’t miss out on this chance to participate in this challenging
and fun science program! Campers will be presented with a unique
problem or situation each day that requires an engineering and design-based solution. Some challenges will be individual and others
will be team-based. We will sketch and discuss our designs before
bringing them to life using reusable materials, including MakeDo
Kits. We will celebrate the process of trial and error to perfect our
ideas and to share them with fellow campers. This camp experience is created for young inquiring minds who enjoy challenge!
NEW! LEGO Engineers with Snapology
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Campers will build super-cool models that use gears, axles, and
pulleys. We will work individually and in teams under guided instruction to build a different model each day. This camp experience is designed for children of all ages and building abilities to
create and explore together. Each session will also include some
free-build time to promote imagination and creativity!
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 33
Cake Bossy Sweet Retreat
I Scream…You Scream…We All Scream for THIS CAMP! Campers will meet up with their instructor Madame Sauret and board
the WT ice cream van to Bruster’s Real Ice
Cream Parlor each afternoon. Campers will
make Birthday Cake and Cotton Candy Explosion ice cream, create waffle
cones and bowls, make ice cream pies,
learn about what it takes to make good
ice cream, and enjoy the comfort that
comes with a special cold treat on a hot
summer afternoon! This is one cool camp!
This is one SWEET camp experience! We will learn to work with
creative recipes inspired by Buddy Valastro – The Cake Boss! We
will decorate, create, and package our special
treats to share with friends and family. Our
sessions will include candy making, cake
baking, cookie decorating, and a sweet
retreat from the traditional camp experience. We will meet special guests
who are doing really sweet things in
our community and we will be inspired
by creative projects. Don’t miss out on this
chance to embrace the sweet life!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Dionne Brelsford, WT Director of Programs
Venture Outdoors @WT
Calling all outdoor adventure enthusiasts! Campers will practice
casting and fishing, learn about mapping and geocaching, go hiking, climb rocks, and kayak on our pond. Outdoor fun abounds in this exciting camp.
Put on your boots, grab your hiking stick,
and enjoy the fresh air!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Venture Outdoors Naturalists
and Educators
NEW! Chain Maille Workshop
This hands-on camp program offers amazing opportunities for
students to learn about the art and craft of chain maille
and to further appreciate how hard it was to
live and to survive during Medieval times!
Imagine having to make your own chain
maille vests to go under your armor! We
will create our own unique chain maille
items including belts, watches, rings,
satchels, bracelets, and more.
FULL DAY SESSIONS
NEW! Farm Scene
Get ready to plant, pull, pick, milk, pet, ride and play at WT Farm
Scene! We will celebrate air, dirt, sun, animals, and water while
exploring local Western Pennsylvania farms.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn
from real farmers and to meet chickens,
cows, goats, and bees. Campers will
pick seasonal fruits and vegetables.
We'll learn that farms come in all sizes in many different locations and we
will even visit several farms for unique,
hands-on experiences. Campers will develop environmental literacy through exploration, experience, and play!
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructors: Julie Caplan, WT First Grade Teaching Assistant
and: Sally Loevner ’10, WT Camp Faculty
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Trish Morris, WT Camp Faculty
| Page 34
WEEK EIGHT: AUGUST: 3-7
MORNING SESSIONS
Seuss on the Loose
Oh Camper, The Places You’ll Go…will surprise, inspire, and
amaze you! This whirlwind, whimsical week of camp will involve
great books, great characters, and great fun
– and maybe even Thing 2 and Thing 1!
Based on the PBS show The Cat in the
Hat Knows A Lot About That, each
day will be a new adventure involving
stories, games, crafts, and green food,
too…eww. With science and acting
there’s so much to do. Sign up today…
you really should. For in the words of Dr.
Seuss, “These things are fun and fun is good!”
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Campers will work closely with Weird Eric, a professional magician and educator from the Pittsburgh area, to learn the skills and
knowledge necessary to perform basic small illusion magic tricks.
This camp will combine instructor presentation, step-by-step
explanation, hands-on instruction, group practice sessions, and
individual performance. Campers will assume a stage name and
will have the chance to dazzle an audience at the end-of-program
magic performance! Upon successfully completing the camp, your
young magician will have the necessary tools to not only perform
small illusion magic tricks, but also to personalize them with his or
her own performance style and flair.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! WT Glee!
Lead Instructor: Kira Senedak, WT Middle School Teacher
Inspired by the PBS show, this camp is absolutely, positively wonderful! We will spend each afternoon exploring dance and life
with Angelina Ballerina! Imaginative, clever,
determined and feisty spirited campers will
plié, pirouette, and jeté with WT’s dance
instructor, Ms. Humberson! We will enjoy story time, games, crafts, and challenges, and even create our own dance
video to share with family and friends!
Campers will need to arrive at camp each
day with ballet slippers and flexible, fun
clothing. Let’s dance!
Grades: PK, K, 1
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Do you love to sing? Do you want to share your passion and talent
with others? If you answered yes, boy do we have a camp for you!
Inspired by the hit TV series Glee, this camp will provide opportunities for campers to sing, express, perform, play, and inspire with
music! The sessions will incorporate a range of activities including
vocal technique, performance skills, voice projection, choreography, and more. Students will help to select the songs from a variety
of different genres of music. This camp program will require high
levels of participation, focus, and energy. You provide the talent,
and we’ll provide the stage!
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Meredythe Kimmel, WT Academic Support Teacher
NEW! Jr. Geologists
Campers will cultivate their love of science and experience different domains of science and nature! Each day we will engage in
concepts from astronomy, earth science, biology, chemistry, and
physics. LEGO + science = AWESOME!
What does a geologist do? What is geology? Why do people study
geology? How do individual rocks differ from each other? Has
Pennsylvania always been the same as it is today? How has the surface of the earth and the life on earth changed over time? What is a
fossil? How is Pittsburgh geologically unique? Jr. Geologist campers
will learn the answers to these questions and more as we test and
dissect rocks, create glowing crystals, explore tectonic activity and
volcanism, and excavate real Pittsburgh-area fossils from fossiliferous shales and engage in a range of activities linked to geology!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 3, 4, 5
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kassandra Humberson ’08, WT Dance Teacher
NEW! LEGO Scientists with Snapology
| Page 35
Chess Club
Fencing Clinic
Check mate! This program is for campers who have experience
playing chess and want to build on their basic knowledge with
strategy. Each session will involve a balanced,
interactive mix of instruction and play time.
Campers will enhance math and critical
thinking skills while having fun. If participants have pocket sets and/or chess
clocks, please bring them to camp. They
are not necessary, but could be helpful.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Walker Kennedy, WT Camp Faculty
Minute to Win It Challenge
Competitive campers: Your MC, Coach Tritsch, will bring the hit
game show to campus this summer and you will experience the
excitement of beating the clock like never
before! Each session will include several
unique and fun challenges that all campers can take on with full focus, force,
and fortitude. We will take on favorites like Snowball Fight, Scary Cherry,
Elephant March, Bulb Balance, Dizzy
Mummy, Tilt A Cup, Go the Distance,
and many more. It may take more than a
minute…but we know you will win it!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NEW! Girl Power! Martial Arts
and Self-Defense Clinic
Awareness. Strength. Confidence. Intuition. Strategy. Personal
Safety. Courage. All of these topics will be the focus of this important training camp for young ladies. Self-defense
is about doing everything possible to avoid
fighting someone who threatens or attacks you. It is all about using your brain
— not your fist. Master Norris will work
with the campers to equip them with
the mental and physical moves that they
need to keep themselves safe and away
from harm. This camp will give whole new
meaning to the term Girl Power!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Teddy Bear Camp: Colors
with a new twist! This week of Teddy Bear Camp will explore color. We will take time to play in the outdoors and to explore all
of the amazing colors in plants, people, animals, and our environment! Warning: Campers will be so busy enjoying water play,
games, stories, sand play, songs, and crafts that there will be no
time for your little bear to hibernate! Each camper will also enjoy
the chance to create their own little colorful bear that we hope
will be a life-long friend to help them remember their time at Teddy Bear Camp 2015!
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Get out there and explore! Each day campers will heed the directive from the beloved Ms. Frizzle as we board the imaginary
WT Camp Magic Bus and embark on science challenges and adventures! Ms. Loevner will add her own unique “Frizzle Sizzle” to
each day’s session. We will investigate land, space, and sea in our
science lab through stories, games, challenges, and activities. In
the words of Ms. Frizzle, we will “Take chances! Make Mistakes!
And Get Messy!"
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Young Brothers Tae Kwon Do
| Page 36
Fencing Studio Jr.
Curious about music? So is George! Each day, campers will explore themes from the popular PBS show, Curious George, and
focus on creating instruments, exploring with
instruments that are available in our summer music studio, and learning about how
music is made – right along with George.
Fun, hands-on activities will include
creating a recycled band, custom designing mallets for the xylophone, making a
conductor’s wand, and so much more.
Grades: PK, K, 1
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
DIY Magic: Small Illusions
Super Hero Academy
Calling all Super Campers! This camp will be filled with amazing
stories, games, challenges, puzzles, and adventures linked to Super Heroes! We will explore some of the most
memorable Marvel Comics characters and
engrossing stories on the planet. We will
learn about the characteristics of some
of the most popular characters including Wolverine, Captain America, Spider Man, Iron Man, and Thor. Activities
will be physical and mental as we battle
mutants, aliens, armor-clad super-geniuses,
thunder gods, super-soldier and more! One
thing is for certain – this camp will be MARVELous!
Grades: K, 1, 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! LEGO Animation Studio
with Snapology
Campers will create amazing movies with stop motion animation
using LEGO bricks. We will work in teams to produce our very
own shorts complete with dialog and sound effects! Movies will be
uploaded to a secure site for family and friends to view. This is one
creative camp experience where you will get to create and execute
your own LEGO stories!
Grades: 1, 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Campers will work closely with Weird Eric, a professional magician and educator from the Pittsburgh area, to
learn the skills and knowledge necessary to
perform basic small illusion magic tricks.
This camp will combine instructor presentation, step-by-step explanation,
hands-on instruction, group practice
sessions, and individual performance.
Campers will assume a stage name and
will have the chance to dazzle an audience
at the end-of-program magic performance!
Upon successfully completing the camp, your young magician will
have the necessary tools to not only perform small illusion magic
tricks, but also to personalize them with his or her own performance style and flair.
Grades: 2, 3, 4
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NEW! Ecosystems Science Lab
Young camper scientists will explore geologic history and evolution through games and hands-on activities. We will spend time
studying terrestrial and aquatic habitats, animal and plant adaptations, many lab activities (including a lab to reverse a mock snake
venom!), games, and environmental engineering challenges. We
will create our own biome in a box and even dissect a fish. Your
little scientist will leave campus this week with expanded scientific knowledge and a hunger to learn more!
Grades: 2, 3
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 37
Beading Workshop
NEW! Blacksmith Camp
This will be one colorful, crazy, and twisted camp! Each day will
focus on beginner stringing, seed beading, and wire wrapping techniques. Campers will be able to pick from beads
of all shapes, sizes, colors, and materials as
they create unique works of art. Projects
will include: door curtains, dream catchers, scooby bracelets, keychains, belts,
and any other extreme beaded items
that your camper can dream up!
This is one hot camp! Have you ever wanted to learn the art of
blacksmithing and whitesmithing? Now is your chance! Campers
will join blacksmith instructor, Trish Morris,
as she shares her knowledge on a variety of
blacksmithing basics. Campers will have
the opportunity experience a working
studio at WT and learn all about the
art, strength, and science that goes
into blacksmithing. Projects of focus
will include hooks, fireplace pokers and
dream catchers.
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Intro to Golf
Lead Instructor: Trish Morris, WT Program Partner
Attention all young, aspiring golfers – we’ve got a camp for you!
Campers will enjoy time learning, practicing, and refining golf
skills while enjoying time outdoors with fellow
golf enthusiasts! Coach Miller will focus
on corrective drills and practicing techniques related to driving, pitching, putting, club selection, and the art of the
game. We will visit local driving ranges,
par 3, and miniature golf courses. This
beginner level course is designed to spark
an interest in the game that can ultimately
become a life-long sport for your camper!
NEW! Hula Hoop Hoop Horray Workshop!
Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Kevin Miller, WT Director of Athletics
NEW! Ultimate Warrior Sports Camp
This will be one fit and fun week with hula hoops! Did you know
that there are many physical and emotional benefits to hoop dancing? Hooping can help to build core strength,
tone your muscles, and works as a great
cardiovascular activity. It is a great sport
that you can enjoy throughout your
lifetime! We will make our own super
hoops that will be our camp take-away,
we will learn about the history of hooping (did you know that it dates back to
500 BC?), we will enjoy duration contests,
learn routines, and we will have fun making
new friends and enjoying our hoops!
Grades: 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Dionne Brelsford, Director of Programs and WT Camp Faculty
Looking for a fun fitness challenge? Join us at WT Ultimate Warrior Sports Camp. We have created a crazy line-up of age-appropriate and safe activities specifically designed to
challenge, inspire, and excite. Games and
tasks will include obstacle courses, relays,
tug-of-war, and many other fun activities designed to teach cooperation and
teamwork while also developing self-esteem. Let’s sweat!
Grades: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lead Instructor: Jump Start Sports, WT Camp Partner
| Page 38
WEEK AUGUST: 3-7
FULL DAY SESSIONS
Saddle Club Jr. – China
will explore and learn about the history
of horses and riding in China. They will
China, prepare special snacks for horses,
paint horseshoes, meet a farrier, play games
and explore additional Chinese horse-themed
activities and projects. While at the barn, the teacher/counselor/horse to camper ratio will be 1:3. Under the watchful eye of
knowledgeable instructors and counselors, campers will enjoy a
45-minute horseback riding lesson each day, and campers will
practice the constant respect and understanding for safety when
working with horses. Each camper will assume shared responsibility for their horse for the week, handling the daily stable chores for
grooming, feeding, tacking, mucking, untacking, and riding. Amid
the daily horse activities, riding instructors maintain the camp
spirit of fun, new friendships, and the discovery and celebration
of new abilities. Guided by knowledgeable, passionate Cedar Run
Riding Instructors, riding lessons will be adapted to meet rider
comfort-level, experience, and ability. One thing is for certain,
this camp will create memories that will last a lifetime!
Saddle Club Sr. – China
horses and riding in China. They will
China, prepare special snacks for horses, paint horseshoes, meet a farrier, play
games and explore additional Chinese horsethemed activities and projects. While at the barn, the teacher/
Grades: 4, 5, 6
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Grades: 1, 2, 3
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| Page 39
NAME OF CAMPER:
Online registration now available at www.winchesterthurson.com/summercamp.
Mastercard, Visa, Amex, and Discover accepted online.
Registration Form
COURSE TITLE
Please register according to the week or
weeks your child will attend camp. Be
sure to include the course title and the
time for each offering. Some courses
have the same title but are offered for
different age groups, so be sure to select
the appropriate session for your child.
Refer to the program descriptions for
each of the age groups, dates, and times
each camp will be offered.
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
MORNING SESSION
Registration dealine:
May 25, 2015
Please return forms and payment to:
Winchester Thurston School
Attn: Dionne Brelsford
555 Morewood Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Each child will recieve a
WT Summer Camp t-shirt!
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
MORNING SESSION
Child’s shirt size: (circle one)
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
Youth:
S ML
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
Adult:
SM
Method of payment:
□ MasterCard □ VISA
□ AMEX
□ Discover
Name as it appears on the card:
______________________________
Card number:
______________________________
Expiration date: _____/_____/_____
CSC: _______________
FULL DAY SESSION
WEEK EIGHT: AUGUST 3-7
MORNING SESSION
AFTERNOON SESSION
FULL DAY SESSION
PAYMENT
Number
X
Cost
Half Day Courses
$185/week
Two Half Day Courses
$335/week
Full Day Courses
$360/week
Lunch Program
$35/week
Transportation
$65/week
Before Camp Care 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m
Total
$10/day
at the North Hills Campus
Extend the Day After Camp Care
$10/day
at the North Hills Campus
2015 Camper Application Fee
=
1
$20/camper
TOTAL
Check enclosed payable to Winchester Thurston School
$20.00
Camper Information/Emergency Contact Form
This form must be returned for your child to participate in the camp programs.
CAMPER INFORMATION
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
PRIMARY ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
MI
NICKNAME
AGE
AGE/ENTERING GRADE
DATE OF BIRTH
CURRENT SCHOOL
FAMILY INFORMATION: Parents/Guardians listed below have permission to pick up the child unless otherwise indicated.
ADULT(S) WITH WHOM THE CHILD LIVES:
MR.
MRS.
LAST NAME
MS.
MR.
DR.
FIRST NAME
MI
NICKNAME
MRS.
MS.
LAST NAME
DR.
FIRST NAME
MI
NICKNAME
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHILD:
FATHER
STEPFATHER
GUARDIAN/OTHER
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHILD:
FATHER
STEPFATHER
E-MAIL
E-MAIL
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER’S ADDRESS
EMPLOYER’S ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
WORK PHONE
CELL PHONE
ZIP
GUARDIAN/OTHER
CITY
STATE
WORK PHONE
CELL PHONE
ZIP
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS: Please DO NOT use parents’ names here. Those designated below are others who are
authorized to pick up your child from camp in an emergency.
NAME
RELATIONSHIP
PHONE
NAME
RELATIONSHIP
PHONE
MEDICAL INFORMATION:
CAMPER’S PHYSICAN
PHONE
CAMPER’S DENTIST
PHONE
INSURANCE CARRIER
GROUP #
AGENT #
Please list any significant health condition(s) your child has (e.g. asthma, diabetes, etc.):
Please list any food, drug, or environmental allergies your child has (e.g. bee stings, peanut butter, etc.):
Please list any medications your child regularly takes and the dosage:
PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE:
SIGNATURE
How did you hear about WT Summer Camps?
Yes, I would like to receive information about Wincherster Thurston School.
DATE
4225 Middle Road
Allison Park, PA 15101
412-578-7533
www.winchesterthurston.org/summercamp

Summer Camp 2015 North Hills Campus Ages 3

Transcription

Similar documents

August 1-5, 2016 //Grandview Baptist Church, Kitchener, ON

File - marianne molinari

a full description of this camp

SUMMER CAMP BROCHURE (SACONY)

2016 Tadmor Summer final

Welcome to Moorlands Summer Camps

Board Connection YMCA - YMCA of Greater Charlotte

CAMP VERITAS

PVBC Map 2016 - Pine Valley Bible Conference Center

Camp Killoqua 2011