Week 1
Week 1
Overview
Summer Explorations is designed to engage our campers in learning and exploring through summer camp workshops that emphasize hands-on experiences and lots of fun!
Experienced teachers, administrators, and teaching interns provide classroom instruction and supervised activities. The program is held on the beautiful Lower School campus in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.
Enrolled campers may attend a morning session, an afternoon session, or both. Campers can enroll for one, two, or all three weeks. Summer Explorations is designed to be as flexible as you need for all your summer plans.
Workshop sessions are broken up by age group so campers have the best educational and social experience possible.
Entering Grades Pre-K3 and Pre-K4
Summer STEM (Morning only or full day) Margaret McCann
Campers will explore daily science experiments, build with different manipulatives just like little engineers, and practice logical thinking and problem solving skills with hands on activities!(This age group is available to current Sem Students only)
Entering Grades Kindergarten through Grade 1
Let’s Get Wild (Morning) Beth Redington
Campers will travel on a wild adventure learning all about the jungle and animals that live there as they explore this topic! Crafts and adventures will bring this adventure to life.
Kid-lympics (Morning) Emily Sims
Go for the gold as you compete in friendly competitions. We’ll play sports, relay races, and obstacle courses, even making our own medals to put on during the closing ceremonies!
Space Explorers (Afternoon) Beth Redington
Campers will explore the solar system, black holes, comets, meteors and asteroids in a fun filled week of space exploration. How much would we weigh on mars? What’s the atmosphere like on Saturn? All these topics and more we’ll explore
Wide World of Food (Afternoon) Emily Sims
This food and culture camp will feature lessons and activities surrounding the cuisine and traditions of several countries, including France, Italy, India, China, and Mexico. Students will learn about staple foods and recipes, make and sample dishes, and discover how American cuisine has been shaped by its immigration history.
Entering Grades 2 through Grade 4
Camp Read-A-Lot (Morning) Sue Barnes
Let’s explore different book genres each day this week through stories, arts and crafts, games, and activities. We will check out fairytales, tall tales, and fantasy titles, and use them to inspire our creations.
Seriously Science (Morning) Alison Duda
Hey there, future scientists! Are you curious about how things work? Join our team for a week filled with science experiments, science stories, puzzles and genuine hands-on fun!
Soccer Camp (Mornings) Paul Burg
An engaging soccer program with a focus on character development. Our Summer soccer program positively influences children’s lives on and off the field. This camp offers skills training, fun games that reinforce newly acquired skills, imaginative play, and scrimmages.
LEGO Stop Motion Movies (Afternoon) Jason Sherry
Create the characters, props, script, and shoot! Use stop-motion animation and iMovie to create movie magic!
Magic School Bus Science (Afternoon) Alison Duda
Join us and Ms. Frizzle for some science fun. During this week, campers will start their day watching an episode of the Magic School Bus series then explore different science topics through crafts and mini-experiments.
Entering Grades 5 through Grade 8
Podcasting! (Full Day Camp) Peter Froehlich
Are you interested in storytelling, acting, or journalism? Do you have ideas and opinions to share? Do you want to explore 21st-century technologies for digital recording and publishing? Explore the world of podcasting by identifying models of the kind of podcast you want to create and then gain hands-on experience with scripting, recording, mixing, and publishing your own original podcast.
LEGO Stop Motion Movies (Morning) Jason Sherry
Create the characters, props, script, and shoot! Use stop-motion animation and iMovie to create movie magic!
Photography: With Our Eyes Open (Morning) Jamie Smith
Learn to look, see, and think like a photographer in a collaborative environment. Led by Photographer Jamie Smith, this exploration features creative exercises, hands-on shooting activities, interactive camera, and computer instruction, plus challenging group critiques of everyone’s images. No prior experience is necessary. All equipment and materials provided.
Soccer Camp (Afternoon) Paul Burg
An engaging soccer program with a focus on character development. Our Summer soccer program positively influences children’s lives on and off the field. This camp offers skills training, fun games that reinforce newly acquired skills, imaginative play, and scrimmages.