Summer Quest
ENRICHMENT
LOWER SCHOOL
Rising Junior Kindergartners – Rising 4th/5th Graders
Black Rocket Rising 3rd Graders – rising 5th Graders July 18 – 22 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 • Bring a healthy snack and a filled water bottle to camp each day. Take the first steps into the world of mobile app design and customize your own game app! Using a specialized app and game development tool, students will explore the world of web-based (HTML5) mobile apps. In addition to learning the basics of mobile app design and game development, campers will see firsthand how the world of app publishing functions. Student-created apps will be accessible on a private site and can be played on any mobile device or computer. Publishing to App Stores not included. Students do not need to own a smartphone or tablet to take this class. Black Rocket has 20 years of experience designing courses in the STEAM fields. Every program is powered by the child’s innate imagination and designed to bring a student’s ideas to life in a fun, hands-on learning environment. All Black Rocket programs mirror real-life experiences and the collaborative nature of the design process. For more information, contact the Black Rocket staff at help@ blackrocket.com.
ACTING, CREATIVE PLAY AND MORE – YOUTH SHAKESPEARE Cynde Liffick, Bard Unbound Rising 3rd Graders – Rising 5th Graders July 11 – 15 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 • Bring a filled water bottle to camp each day. Start with a phrase and end with performing an entire play. Students will have fun with the language, learn some facts about Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era, get to know the characters and learn a bit about the Bard. The play utilized in this camp is Shakespeare’s comedy, The Tempest. This play was inspired by a letter from William Strachery, Secretary of Jamestown Colony, who experienced the shipwreck that is thought to have inspired The Tempest. Campers will discuss the association between Strachery’s letter and Shakespeare’s creation of this play. Within the process of learning and rehearsing an abbreviated Shakespeare play, students will work on personal and interpersonal skills including focus, compassion, imagination, patience, problemsolving and collaboration. They will also work on basic dramatic skills such as enunciation, focus, cooperation, language skills and acting. Finally, this camp gives students a leg up for deeper immersion into Shakespeare in the future! We ask that each child come to every day of camp, as each day builds upon the day before and each individual is important to the experience of the group. Cynde Liffick, co-founder of Richmond Shakespeare Festival at Agecroft Hall, is in her 20th year as a Shakespeare instructor, director and performer. Her present company, Bard Unbound, takes Shakespeare off the page and on the stage through Virginia. For more information, contact Cynde Liffick at cynde@ bardunbound.org.
BOARD GAME CHAMPIONS – MANCALA, BLOKUS AND MORE Board Game Champions Rising Kindergarteners – rising 2nd Graders June 27 – July 1 • 1 – 4 p.m. $230 Campers will enjoy a week full of board games and various activities focused on enhanced critical thinking skills, number sense, logic, problem-solving and more. With very purposeful activities, Board Game Champions ensures that students will have a blast exploring while practicing and developing a number of skills. Each day will consist of rules review, strategy, lessons and supervised play. Games will include Checkers, Chess, Connect 4, Sorry, Trouble, Blokus, Mancala and many more. For more information, contact Brian Garbera at boardgamechampions@comcast.net.
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