2015 kent place summer camp

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2015

•••• June 8 – August 21For boys and girls ages 3 – 15

Open HOuse:saturday,

April 18, 20151:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Dining Hall

is a coeducational, state-licensed program for boys and girls,

3 through 15 years old, providing fun, enrichment and opportunities

for physical and social development in a safe, non-competitive

atmosphere. Our beautiful 26-acre campus offers:

• regulation artificial turf playing fields

• playgrounds

• modern field house

• five tennis courts

• air-conditioned dining hall and classrooms

• state-of-the-art computer labs

• an arts center

Campers are well supervised by a qualified and caring staff of

program directors, teachers and counselors, which include

Kent Place faculty and students.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The 2015 Kent Place Summer Camp includes 11 weeks of fun and excitement on our expansive

26-acre campus located in Summit, NJ! Our Summer Camp offers unique state-of-the-art facilities and

includes Day Camps for campers entering Preschool through Grade 6 and is grouped by grade level.

We also have a Creative Arts Workshop (Grades 5 – 8), our ever-popular Passport Program (Grades 7

and 8), a Counselor-in-Training program (Grades 9 and 10) and a Junior Counselor Program (Grades

10 and 11). Our Summer Academy program for campers in Kindergarten – Grade 8 includes enrichment

classes in Dramatic and Creative Arts, Literature, Sports and STEM (science, technology, engineering

and math).

A caring, professional staff that includes Kent Place faculty members oversees all of our programs.

Hot lunch is included for every full-day camper along with a Kent Place Summer Camp t-shirt. Visit us

online at www.kentplace.org/summercamp for more information about each camp offering. Our

Facebook page, www.fb.com/kentplacesummer, is also a great resource for current news

and pictures!

Please enjoy reading about our 2015 camp programs in this brochure. Registration is done online

onlY and we accept both credit card and check payments. We invite you to call Kent Place Summer

Camp at (908) 273-0900, ext. 297 or e-mail [email protected] with any questions or inquiries.

Also, don’t forget to visit our Open House on Saturday, April 18, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. We look

forward to celebrating another special summer with your children!

Sincerely,

Donna Ray

Director of Summer Programs

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Table of Contents:

Day Camps pages 3 – 6• Preschool Camp• Junior Camp• Senior Camp

summer Academy pages 7 – 8• Dramatic and Creative Arts• Literature• Sports • STEM

specialty Camps pages 9 – 12• Creative Arts Workshop• Passport Program• Counselor-in-Training Program• CIT Field Experience• Junior Counselor

early June & Late August Mini-Camps pages 13 – 15• Pre-K June Fun• June Fun• Summer Express• High Achievers• Success for Girls in Middle School• Traveling Adventures

extended Care & Afternoon Clinics pages 17 – 18

General Information page 19

Registration Information page 20

Offerings by Week page 21

Our brochure provides a snapshot of what is available for our 2015 Summer Camp season, however, please visit www.kentplace.org/summercamp for full program details, possible new camp offerings and more.

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Day CampsJune 29 – August 7 preschool – Grade 6

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preschool Camp

Little explorersBoys and girls ages 3 and 4

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Tuition: $345 per week

$2030 – 6 week session

pre-K CampBoys and girls ages 4 and 5 who will begin Kindergarten

in the fall of 2016




Little explorers and pre-K extended Day

Hours: Noon – 2:50 p.m.


Little Explorers is the perfect introduction to camp for boys and girls who will be entering Preschool in the fall. Age appropriate activities include arts & crafts, music, story time, dramatic play, block play and games based on the weekly theme. Little Explorers will spend time in our air-conditioned Primary building as well as outdoors on our playground. Outside play includes water table time, sandbox, tricycles and outdoor art. Little Explorers is taught by Kent Place teachers.

Camp fun for boys and girls who have had a full year of Preschool, but will not be starting Kindergarten in the fall. Activities are based on a weekly theme and include circle time, arts & crafts, music and movement, story time, a multitude of manipulatives and building with small and large blocks. Indoor play is in our air-conditioned Primary building. Outdoor play takes place on our enclosed playground and includes sprinkler time, sandbox, water table, tricycles, balls, hula hoops, gardening and painting. The program fosters each child’s overall development.

The Little Explorers and Pre-K Camp Extended Day is a program for working parents of children who are registered in these camps. The schedule will include lunch, recess, rest time with a movie and free play on the playground before pick up.

“The staff went above and beyond to give my son an extraordinary

camp experience! The facilities,

activities and staff were exceptional and

we could not have been happier.”

-Pre-K Camp parent

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Junior Camp

Enjoy summer at its best: free-spirited play, picnics, theme days and visiting performers. Activities, coordinated around a weekly theme, include arts & crafts, music, computers, reader’s theater, nature and food crafts. Physical activities include free play on our playgrounds and sports and games to develop gross motor skills. Full-day campers swim twice a week at a local pool in Summit. Staffed with early childhood educators, Junior Camp, with its low camper-counselor ratio, provides a nurturing, developmentally appropriate experience for beginning campers. Campers are grouped by grade.

Boys and girls entering Kindergarten and Grade 1

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

(Kindergarten only half day)9:00 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.

(Kindergarten and Grade 1 full day)

Tuition: $360 per week (half day)

$2060 – 6 week session (half day)$480 per week (full day)

$2780 – 6 week session (full day)

Campers eat lunch in Kent place’s

Dining Hall and have grill, deli, salad and

bakery options available every day!

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senior Camp

Boys and girls entering Grades 2 – 6

Hours: 8:50 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.



Senior camp is an action packed day of fun activities including sports, outdoor adventures, musical theater and dance. Campers will be grouped by age and gender to maximize fun. Students will also attend the local YMCA for swimming three times a week. Other activities include tennis, engineering and archery. Each day also includes a choice period so campers can attend an activity that peaks their specific interests. The week comes to a close with one of our famous Friday events like Gold Rush, Water Day or the camp theater production.

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senior Camp sample Day

Art Archery Snack and Choice Announcements Choice Tennis Lunch Group Time Computers Pool Outdoor Adventures Theater Announcements Dismissal

9:00-9:309:35-10:05

10:05-10:1510:20-10:5010:55-11:2511:30-12:0012:00-12:1512:15-12:4512:45-1:451:45-2:152:15-2:45

2:453:00

summerAcademy

June 29 – August 7 Kindergarten – Grade 8

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summer Academy

Boys and girls entering Kindergarten – Grade 8

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (full day)


$1240 for 2 week session

Kent Place Summer Camp offers exciting summer “academies” that provide children the opportunity to focus on a specialized area of interest through dynamic week-long programs. These programs are overseen by outstanding Kent Place faculty and staffed by outside professionals as needed to best suit our campers. Campers will spend each week engaged in high-level instruction in their interest area.

2015 summer Academy offerings:TGA GolfHandwork Day CampFashion & Machine Sewing Camp by The Handwork StudioMusical TheaterDigital Storytelling with iMovieCan You Build It? – Yes We Can!LEGO Engineering Crafty CarpentryHow Does It Work? How Is It Made?

Please visit www.kentplace.org/summercamp for detailed Summer Academy descriptions and specific session dates.

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summer Academy features unique

programs in: sports, LeGO engineering,

Dramatic & Creative Arts and sTeM!

specialtyCamps

June 29 – August 7 Grades 5 – 11

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Creative Arts Workshop

Boys and girls entering Grades 5 – 8

Hours: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


$2840 – 6 week session* Weekly enrollment available!

The Creative Arts Workshop (CAW) offers students an opportunity to unleash their creativity, energy and imagination and explore a variety of media each day. Students participate daily in four areas of interest and a camp-wide activity period. The Activity Period (do not include in your selections) encompasses crafts, community service projects and a variety of indoor and outdoor games to provide fun, exercise and socialization. CAW teachers are artists and professionals chosen for their expertise and ability to spark creativity within their students. Special events, such as camp picnics, are held throughout the summer. Theater performances and art shows will be on July 17 and August 7.

*Students will be placed in our classes each week depending on date of enrollment and scheduling availability.

2015 Creative Arts Workshop Offerings:ArcheryBaking Homemade Sweets and TreatsComic Book CreationCooking Classic Comfort FoodsDigital ArtDrawing & PaintingFashion DesignFun with FabricJewelry DesignKnitting & CrochetingLights, Digital Cameras and Action!Project RunwayScrapbookingSculptureSewingTennisTheater Workshop

For more information about each CAW offering, please visit www.kentplace.org/summercamp.

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Passport campers enjoy the best of many different camp worlds! Campers will have an opportunity to participate in traditional day camp activities and an array of Creative Arts classes. Multiple field trips, community service projects, leadership opportunities with younger campers and special events days add to the complete camp experience.

passport program

Boys and girls entering Grades 7 and 8

Hours: 8:50 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.



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Counselor Training programs

Our Counselor-in-Training (CIT) program will help participants develop lifelong work habits, identify and achieve individual goals and build skills to lead children. CITs will work and train under the current counselors in charge. Participants will learn First Aid, CPR, group and time management and a variety of program skills through first-hand experience with campers of different ages. CITs will also learn how to create their own resume and participate in a mock job interview experience.

Attendance is required for the entire two-week session.

The CIT Field Experience is an additional week or two following Session I of the CIT Training course. During these weeks CITs can choose which camp they would like to continue to work with for additional time in the field. No additional training will occur during the Field Experience.

Our Junior Counselor program allows boys and girls entering Grades 10 and 11, who are not yet eligible to work at camp, a supervised experience working with children. Junior Counselors will work under Head Counselors in the age group of their choice. They can choose to work one week or all six weeks.

CIT TrainingBoys and girls entering

Grades 9 and 10session I: July 6 – 17

session II: July 20 – 31

Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Tuition: $525 per session

$1040 for both sessions

CIT Field experienceBoys and girls who have already

completed “Session I” of CIT Training and are entering

Grades 9 or 10session I: July 20 – 24session II: July 27 – 31

session III: August 3 – 7

Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Tuition: $65 per session

Junior CounselorBoys and girls entering

Grades 10 and 11June 29 – August 7

Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.



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early June &Late AugustMini-Camps

June 8 – 26 & August 10 – 21Grades pre-K – 8

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Activities include story time, arts & crafts, music and movement, building with blocks and puzzle time. Outdoor play takes place on our playground and includes sprinkler time, sandbox, water table, balls, hula hoops and painting. Pre-K June Fun is taught by a Kent Place teacher.

Theme-based activities including arts & crafts, nature study, cooking, music and stories are combined with indoor and outdoor play. June Fun is taught by Kent Place teachers.

A fun-filled session featuring a variety of activities including arts & crafts, sports, technology, theater and games. Special events include field trips and swimming at a local pool.

June Mini-Camps

pre-K June FunBoys and girls entering

Pre-K in the fallJune 8 – 26



June FunBoys and girls entering

Kindergarten and Grade 1June 8 – 26

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – Noon (half day)

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (full day)

Tuition: $315 per week (half day)$445 per week (full day)

summer expressBoys and girls entering

Grades 2 – 6June 8 – 26

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


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summer express now includes

field trips!

August Mini-Camps

Traveling Adventures campers will spend each day at an off-campus activity, or two! Campers will arrive promptly at 9:00 a.m. The day could be spent traveling to one of the following adventurous places: Pump It Up, Color Me Mine, Mini-Golf, Bowling, Chuck E Cheese, Turtleback Zoo and possibly even a movie. When time permits, campers may spend up to one hour in the morning and/or afternoon on campus participating in field games, board games, computers and arts & crafts activities.

Trips may occasionally be divided up into two groups: Kindergarten – Grade 3 and Grades 4 – 8. Enrollment is limited to 75 campers… so sign up now!

Traveling Adventures camp includes a daily snack.

An integrated learning experience designed to challenge the more advanced student. Students actively participate in this program, which combines elements of math, problem solving, language arts and technology.

This class is designed to help girls make a successful transition into middle school, both academically and socially. Students learn study skills with emphasis on time management, organization, approaching and completing long-term assignments, note taking, test preparation and problem solving. Writing skills and math review are highlighted. Discussion and activities addressing social adjustment and successful interaction with teachers and peers help dispel concerns about a new school situation.

Traveling AdventuresBoys and girls entering

Kindergarten – Grade 8August 10 – 14

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Tuition: $525

High AchieversBoys and girls entering

Grades 3 – 5August 17 – 21


Tuition: $310

success for Girls in Middle school

Girls entering Grades 6 and 7August 17 – 21


Tuition: $350

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extendedCare &

AfternoonClinics

June 8 – August 14

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extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

Morning Extended Care is available from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Activities include indoor and outdoor play. Afternoon Extended Care is available from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. From 3:05 – 4:30 p.m., campers participate in structured activities such as arts & crafts, computers, cooking, board and card games and outside sports and games. Campers attending the Afternoon Clinics programs can join Extended Care at 4:30 p.m. Snacks are served in the afternoon session. Daily drop in rates available upon request.

Kent Place campers will be brought to the Dining Hall to take attendance and eat their own snack brought from home from 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Clinics are taught from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. each day.

All Afternoon Clinics campers will be picked up from the Bus Loop near the Kent Place Dining Hall off of Morris Avenue.

ArcheryGrades 2 – 8

CookingGrades K – 6

TennisGrades 1 – 8

For more information about each Afternoon Clinic and specific session dates, please visit www.kentplace.org/summercamp.

extended Care June 8 – August 14

Hours and Tuition:7:30 – 9:00 a.m./$70 per week3:00 – 4:30 p.m./$70 per week

3:00 – 6:00 p.m./$130 per week4:30 – 6:00 p.m./$70 per week

7:30 – 9:00 a.m./ $390 – 6 Week Session

3:00 – 4:30 p.m./ $390 – 6 Week Session

3:00 – 6:00 p.m./ $730 – 6 Week Session

Afternoon ClinicsWeekly sessions from

June 29 – August 7

Hours: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.


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Saturday, April 18, 2015, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Kent Place Dining Hall

Kent Place reserves the right to cancel any programs that do not have sufficient enrollment.

A registered nurse is on duty daily.

Tuition includes a daily snack, lunch and t-shirt for those campers enrolled in Day Camps: Little Explorers and Pre-K Camp Extended Day, Junior Camp and Senior Camp, Summer Academy, Passport Program, Creative Arts Workshop and the CIT Programs. Due to the increasing number of campers with allergies, peanut butter is not served in our Dining Hall. Camp programs and lunches are designed for our general population of campers, therefore, we are not able to individualize diets or programs.

Visit Kent Place’s School Store in late spring to pick up some Kent Place Summer Camp gear!

Campers are expected to abide by the camp rules and conduct themselves in a responsible manner. Failure to do so could result in the child’s dismissal. Kent Place Summer Camp is not responsible for lost or stolen property. Campers should not bring valuable items to camp.

Kent place summer Camp Director: Donna Rayphone: (908) 273-0900, ext. 297e-mail: [email protected]: www.kentplace.org/summercamp Facebook: www.fb.com/kentplacesummer

General Information

Open House

Cancellation

Health Office

Meals

summer Camp Items

Camper Responsibilities

ContactInformation

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Online Registration All registrations for Kent Place Summer Camp 2015 will be done online. Payment by credit card is now available.

www.kentplace.org/summercamp

enrollment Enrollment is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Fees & DepositsA $50 registration fee per family and a 50 percent tuition deposit must be sent within two weeks after registering online.

WithdrawalsWithdrawals must be made in writing by May 1, 2015, to receive a refund of the 50 percent tuition deposit. A $100 administrative fee will be charged. After May 1, the deposit becomes nonrefundable. The balance of the tuition is due one week before the start date of your child’s camp, and is nonrefundable for any reason.

Registration Information

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June 8

June 15

June 22

June 29

July 6

July 13

July 20

July 27

August 3

August 10

August 17

pre-K June Fun, June Fun and summer express; extended Care



preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, passport program and Junior Counselor; TGA Golf and Musical Theater; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, passport program, CIT Training and Junior Counselor; TGA Golf, Handwork Day Camp, Musical Theater, Fashion & Machine sewing and LeGO engineering; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, passport program, CIT Training and Junior Counselor; Handwork Day Camp and Fashion & Machine

sewing; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, passport program , CIT Training, CIT Field experience and Junior Counselor; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, passport program, CIT Training, CIT Field experience and Junior Counselor; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

preschool Camp, Junior Camp and senior Camp; Creative Arts Workshop, Junior Counselor, CIT Field experience and passport program; TGA Golf and LeGO engineering; extended Care & Afternoon Clinics

Traveling Adventures; extended Care

High Achievers and success for Girls in Middle school

Offerings by WeekPlease note that all offerings are subject to change – for the most up-to-date information visit www.kentplace.org/summercamp. Week

beginning

• Early June &

Late August

Mini-Camps

• Day Camps

• Specialty Camps

• Summer Academy

• Extended Care &

Afternoon Clinics

42 Norwood Avenue • Summit, NJ 07901

Register online at www.kentplace.org/summercamp

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