Elementary+Camp

= Elementary Camp =

__** DISCOUNTS! **__ $209 per camper if payment is received by May 20. $198 per camper for multiple campers in the immediate family. $187 per camper for multiple campers in the immediate family and payment received by May 20. RETURNING CAMPER DISCOUNT ALSO AVAILABLE!
 * DAYS/TIMES:** June 27 – July 8 (No camp on the weekends or July 4)
 * TUITION:** $220 includes all equipment (except where noted) and afternoon activities until 2:30 p.m.

A typical day for elementary campers looks like this:

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Campers Arrive 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Class 1 10:05 – 11:05 a.m. Class 2 11:05 – 11:25 a.m. Lunch (Campers bring sack lunch and drink) 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Class 3 12:35 - 1:35 p.m. Class 4 1:35 - 2:35 p.m. Afternoon Activities
 * = ** CLASS 1 ** ||= ** CLASS 2 ** ||= **CLASS 3** ||= ** CLASS 4 ** ||
 * = Tennis ||= Basketball ||= It's Play Time ||= Sprechen Sie Deutsch ||
 * = Painting ||= Experimental Art ||= CFK:CSI ||= Christmas in July ||
 * = Breakfast & Lunch Fare ||= Junk Yard Band ||= Digital Photography ||= Fun Desserts & Creative Decorating ||
 * = The Way Things Work ||= CFK Newstand ||= Math in Disguise ||= Go Team! ||
 * = Science & You ||= Explore Nature ||= Pirates vs. Vikings ||= Fairytale Court! ||

=**__ CLASS 1 __**= **Breakfast & Lunch Fare:**  Discover how to turn an egg into a delicious feast and make pancakes artistically. Learn the importance of breakfast and its nutritional value and how to create healthy salads, creative sandwiches, and personalized pizzas. Learn how to garnish your dishes with fruit and vegetables. Instructor: Sous Chef Chris Hill

**Painting:** Learn color and theory and other painting techniques as the class works on a group painting. Instructor: Ben Beck

**Tennis**: Match point! Bring your racket and enjoy the sun while learning the fundamentals of tennis. You will be learning beginning skills and play matches. Campers need to supply their own racket. Instructor: Haley Germano

**The Way Things Work**: You are a scientific explorer, keen on unlocking the mysteries of machines and their effect on the world. Test your abilities by answering questions, building and making models, and solving experiments. Instructor: Robin Reimold

**Science and You:** Learn about several different fields of science through exciting experiments and research. By exploring the different fields of science, you will discover how science relates to your everyday life and why it is important while having lots of fun and doing messy experiments! Instructor: Rachel Doran

= **__CLASS 2__** = = **__﻿__** =  **Basketball** : Students will learn the fundamentals of ball handling, passing, shooting, rebounding and defense. Students will learn fundamentals through fun activities that consist of instruction, drills and games. Students will need to bring their own tennis shoes. Instructor: Haley Germano

**Experimental Art**: A modern approach to canvas with drip splatter and pouring paintings. All of our projects will be group efforts but each student will leave their mark with the experimental stenciling that can be seen in street art. We will learn about the current art movements and discuss how to be original in our art. Instructor: Ben Beck

**Junk Yard Band:** A highly energetic and fun percussion ensemble which gives students the opportunity to perform in an ensemble setting, learn to play music both by rote and through reading musical notation, synthesizes movement and music together, and provides positive rehearsal and performance experiences. These goals are accomplished not through the use of traditional percussion instruments, but rather through the use of trash cans, pots and pans, hub caps, tin cans, and other “junk yard” items as the instruments. Instructor: Andy Erb

**CFK Newstand:** Calling all reporters! College for Kids is seeking interested campers to cover the activities of camp through newspaper articles, as well as other forms of media. Help us spread the word! Instructor: Robin Reimold

**Explore Nature:** Through this class students will get to know the great outdoors like never before! Prepare to explore everything from deep in the woods to the stream that runs through your backyard all while getting your hands a little dirty. Instructor: Rachel Doran 

=**__CLASS 3__﻿ **= = =  **CFK: CSI:** A fire breaks out in the school library, and somebody on campus is to blame, but who? In CSI: Arson! We will become detectives as we interview suspects, analyze evidence, and participate in real-life forensic labs as part of a mock crime scene investigation. A special guest from a local fire company will speak to the class, as well. Instructor: Robin Reimold

**Digital Photography:** Learn how digital cameras work. Campers will take pictures of different equipment and learn how photographers moved from glass plated to film to computer chips. Campers will take photos and make them look better using PhotoShop. Campers need to provide their own camera. Instructor: Allen Morrill

 **It’s Play Time** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Calling all directors! Let your imagination go wild as you put on a production. This includes a lot of teamwork, choosing roles, and making props and costumes. The actor in you will come out as we play games and work on your production. Instructor: Ben Beck

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Math in Disguise:** Explore mathematics in ways you have never done before. Through several fun and exciting activities you will learn math skills that will help keep your mind sharp and help you in everyday life! Are you ready to be a math matician? Instructor: Rachel Doran

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Pirates Vs Vikings: Ahoy Mates or Vikings! Ever wonder who the braves scandalous men and women were? Spend camp sailing the seven seas with some of history's most adventurous pirates and Vikings. Find out how these supposed scallywags changed the world for the better. Where would we be without pirates and Vikings? We will use pirate techniques in making a treasure map and hide buried treasure on Thiel College's campus. Remember X marks the spot! Instructor: Haley Germano ** = __**Class 4**__ = **Christmas in July** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: Join us as we learn about the unique traditions and practices found in Germany during the holiday season! We will enjoy interesting foods, create crafts and play German-specific games to celebrate! Instructor: Robin Reimold

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Fun Desserts & Creative Decorating:** Learn to create fun desserts using a variety of popular ingredients. You will learn the importance of planning and gathering ingredients as well as appropriate mixing techniques. Several decorating ideas will be taught emphasizing individual creativity. Instructor: Sous Chef Chris Hill

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Sprechen Sie Deutsch?:** A great beginners German language and culture class. Learn and taste about German food, speak and hear the language, and take a tour of the many unique German cities! We will also get a chance to sing a classic German folk song! Instructor: Ben Beck

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Go Team!:** Through this class you will challenge your teamwork skills, throughout camp you will have to work with members of your team to accomplish several exciting tasks which include obstacle courses, mind challenges, scavenger hunts, and much more! Instructor: Rachel Doran

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Fairytale Court!: Please rise, court is in session! All is not well in Fairytale-ville. There has been a murder...or maybe it was self-defense. Should the Big Bad Wolf or Rumpelstiltskin be confined to Fairytale jail happily ever after? Did Jack plan to kill the giant so he could have his treasure? You become the judge, the attorneys and jury! You will learn how the American Judicial System works. At the end, we will put on a mock trial to either save or put them behind bars! It's all in your hands to see who lives happily ever after! Instructor: Haley Germano **

**﻿Consent Form** (Needs to be filled out and mailed in for EACH camper):