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dvantage amps 450 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 281 W. ain St., oosevelt Island, NY 212-935-0250; crussell@ advantagecamps.net (East Side) 646-884-9649; pfontana@ advantagecamps.net (West Side) advantagecamps.net Giving NY kids the best summer ever! East Side and West Side, dvantage means fun! dvantage Day amp offers a variety of sports, art, enrichment and experiences for kids ages 4-14. Plus complimentary early dropoff and late pickup. dvantage STE amp is where campers ages 5-11 explore, discover, collaborate and enjoy. dvantage Junior Tennis amp helps players 7-17 focus on the game, with drills and match play, plus swimming. dvantage QuickStart Tennis amp is tennis customized for age, ability and fun, for ages 4- 7! Two great locations –
oosevelt Island acquet lub/Sports Park and anhattan Plaza acquet lub/The Beacon SchooL. hoose days, weeks or all summer. Sign up now!
lexa afe 15+ Locations Nationwide 1-888-709-8324 alexacafe.com This all-girls program blends tech, entrepreneurship, and social impact in a fresh cafelike setting. Big ideas come to life amidst moon chairs and stylish decor. Whether you want to code an app for charity, design a mobile game, or discover l, you’ll collaborate with new friends and create a project you’re passionate about. The lexa afe courses are endorsed by SWE, The Society of Women Engineers. For girls ages 10 to 15, day and overnight programs are offered. The athedral School’s Summer ST amp 1047 msterdam ve., New York, NY 212-316-7500 cathedralnyc.org steamcamp@cathedralnyc.org The athedral School’s STE amp is a unique summer opportunity that can engage your camper’s critical thinking and problem solving skills, while they enjoy the wonders of the athedral lose. In the school’s brand new Library and edia enter and Innovation Lab, campers are able to take their passion projects and designs to new heights! With the help of their dedicated STE teachers, they look forward to providing your child a fun and memorable camp experience. amp features a rotating schedule with exciting field trips, a new quaZone to cool off on hot summer days, and use of the school’s new Expansion spaces. Please visit their website cathedralnyc. org/steamcamp for more information, or contact STE amp Director ichael Demianiuk at steamcamp@cathedralnyc. org. Sign up today!
helsea Piers 23rd St. and udson iver Park 212-336-6846 chelseapiers.com/summercamp Located along the udson iver, helsea Piers is a 28-acre sports village that offers NY ’s most dynamic and flexible summer camp programs for children and teens ages 3-17. With up to 11 one-week sessions and 16 different sports to choose from, there’s a camp for every athlete and every schedule. Their coaches are dedicated year-round to providing athletes with a clean, safe, friendly, and fun environment to ensure a well-rounded sports education and summer camp experience. amps include daily recreational periods
Summer STEAM Camp 2020 June 22 – July 31
24 NewYorkFamily.com | March 2020 Outdoor Games and Activities Every Day! Weekly Sessions Include: Programming • Robotics • Circuits • 3-D Printing • Woodworking Stop-Motion Video • Engineering • Game Design • Art
The #1 tech camp for girls held at NYU
Get empowered to make a difference with tech! Our all-girls program for ages 10-15 blends STEM skills, leadership, and collaboration in an inspiring, café-like setting. Spend your summer coding an app, programming a charismatic robot, producing a video for YouTube, and so much more!
Held at NYU - Washington Square and 16 other campus locations
*Savings applies to Alexa Café program only.
GO OUTSIDE TO GROW WITHIN ADVENTURE AWAITS!
Registration is open for our 134th summer! Join us for Day Camp or Overnight Camp outdoor adventures.
including bowling, ice skating, rock climbing, Spirit ruises, and more. Transportation from many anhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods and an ftercare program for fullday campers is also available. Early bird pricing through ay 17, 2020.
ollina taliana Day amp 1566 Third ve., Suite 602-603, New York, NY 212-427-7770 collinaitaliana.com info@collinaitaliana This summer program is designed for kids ages 3-5 and 6-8 who want to absorb the warm and lovely culture of Italy. They can have fun Italian style: learning and practicing Italian, meeting new friends and enjoying a unique summer in the city. The program includes Giochiamo in Italiano, where campers learn Italian through play, music, theater and games; inema Italiano, Italian movies and cartoons; rte Insieme,
which encourages kids to be creative, make art and speak Italian; Le Uscite, taking kids to museums to discover Italian art; and their newest activity: iao YOG !
ub reek Science amp 16795 State te. E, olla, O 573-458-2125 cubcreeksciencecamp.com Imagine a camp where campers eat breakfast in the company of lemurs; where kids can zip-line, pet a camel, and watch a science experiment before lunch; and everyone plays a game of capture the flag right before sunset. This is that camp! With 300 animals, a six element ropes course, and more than 100 activities ranging in veterinary science, pottery, archery, chemistry, survival skills, culinary, and crafts, ub reek is a camp for all! Experience incredible animal encounters, create memories and friends to last a lifetime, and develop confidence, problem solving skills, and independence in a safe, fun and loving environment.
The cole Summer amp Flatiron District 646 410 2238 alain.haspil@theEcole.org The École’s summer camp has been designed to provide children with a bilingual immersion experience similar to its regular school year program, but in the context of lots of summer fun! The camp welcomes all children, ages 3 to 10 years old, even if they have no French or English background. The three-week camp takes place at The École’s campus in the Flatiron District where campers can take advantage of the surrounding parks and nearby museums. Daily activities are varied and include art, dance, music and sports. The camp program is very flexible to work around your family’s schedule. For more information about The École’s Summer amp, please contact Director of thletics and Extra- urricular Program, lain aspil, at alain.haspil@theEcole.org.
U H ath + Science enters - Four locations in anhattan (UWS, UES and Tribeca) 212-600-1010 launchmath.com info@launchmath.com Launch ath + Science enters offer exciting and educational one-week STE summer camps for kids from kindergarten to 7th grade (5-12 years old). ampers explore the magic of chemistry, animate their favorite characters, crush architectural structures – and that’s just the beginning! amps are packed with hands-on STE projects that kids get to keep so the fun continues at home. Plus, there are NEW exciting camps and daily segments, like Launch Studios where kids document camp activities, plan “ ow-to” videos, perform fun skits, and more.
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FOR AGES 7-19 THE #1 TECH CAMP Coding. Game dev. Robotics. Digital arts. This isn’t just a camp. It’s an experience unlike any other. Here, you push past the boundaries of XHMTTQƴSINSL^TZWXVZFIFSIGTSINSLT[JWYMJ latest tech. Led by expert instructors, you will GZNQIYMJXPNQQXSJJIJIYTKTWLJFGWNQQNFSYKZYZWJ
3>:a3>.9a(TQZRGNFa2FW^RTZSY2FSMFYYFSa6ZJJSX(TQQJLJ Iona | SUNY New Paltz | Adelphi | Kean | Seton Hall HELD AT 150+ ELITE CAMPUSES INCLUDING:
Home of the Meisner Technique Discover Your Creativity and Acting Talent
Summer teen Conservatory (15-18 yr olds) Summer Studio (12-14 yr olds) youth Workshop (9-11 yr olds) Saturday Classes (8-18 yr olds)
JR School open House/Visiting day - March 16th Sign up on our website, www.playhouseJuniors.com
212-688-3770 Begins July 13th Apply todAy!
The ontessori School of ew ork Summer amp idtown East 212-223-4630 www.montessorichoolny.com montessorinyc@aol.com This Summer, for children 2 – 14, we are offering “The Best of the Big pple!” hildren will explore NY ’s world-renowned museums and cultural destinations, as well as participate in Yoga, Zumba, art projects, academic activities and weekly barbecues and performances. ampers will also enjoy dance, arts and crafts, musical theatre, and foreign language as well as sports such as bowling, ice skating and swimming. Since amp is staffed by our school year teachers, children can also continue with academics, preparing them for admission to gifted programs, or for a head start on the upcoming year. eighborhood Playhouse Junior School Teen & Youth Summer onservatory 212-688-3770 playhousejuniors.com cldaehler@ neighborhoodplayhouse.org Young actors seeking dramatic arts training in NY . pply for three exciting summer intensives at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Sanford eisner’s world-renowned acting method was born! Working professionals and master teachers, train students in eisner acting, singing, dance, Shakespeare, stage combat, film, theatre, television, and more. onservatory (15- 18yrs) mirrors a challenging, diverse college-level curriculum. Studio (12-14yrs) provides serious, engaging pre-professional training and Youth Workshop (9- 11yrs) explores a variety of techniques for the young actor. cceptance is by application and audition. Space is limited.
ew ountry Day amp enry Kaufmann ampgrounds Staten Island, NY 646-395-4357 newcountrydaycamp.org newcountry@14streety.org program of the 14th Street Y and Educational
lliance, this camp is a joyful and inclusive community where campers, families and staff build meaningful connections with each other and the natural world around them, and experience personal growth through high-quality programs rooted in the outdoors and guided by Jewish values. Transportation on airconditioned buses from convenient locations in
anhattan and Brooklyn is provided to the 75- acre enry Kaufmann ampgrounds in the forest of the Staten Island Greenbelt, where swimming pools, hiking trails, and open meadows set the scene for a summer of adventure and enrichment for campers entering kindergarten to 8th grades. ll backgrounds are welcome.
ew ork Society of Play 372 linton ve., Brooklyn, NY 914-512-8369 NYPlays.org frontdesk@nyplays.org Join the New York Society of Play for their very FI ST year of Summer Workshops! Their mission is to promote social, emotional, and cognitive skills with a collection of some of the most engaging, challenging, and rewarding non-digital gaming experiences imaginable! Your child will win prizes, learn new games, and make friends in an entirely screenless environment. Their subjects include Board Games, Pokemon/ agic the
Calhoun Summer Camps
Day camps for creative, curious kids in grades 2-12
2020 Programs: Animation Calhoun Cooks Math Camp Movie-Making Sports & Arts Story Pirates Camp Summer Jazz Summer Music Volleyball
Register now! calhoun.org/camps 433 West End Ave at 81st St
Summer Camp at The École!
The École off ers a bilingual summer camp, welcoming both current students and friends—ages 3 to 10—from the neighborhood. No French or English background necessary! Find out more on our website, at www.theEcole.org.
Italian Summer Camp!
SESSION #1: JUNE 16 - JULY 30 SESSION #2: AUGUST 11 - 27 AGES 3 - 5 AND 6 - 8 FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE
ART - BOOKS -SONGS - FUN - OUTINGS - ITALIAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Through our unique dual program, which incorporates both the French and American curricula, The École off ers students the lifetime benefi ts of a bilingual education and empowers them to create and connect to a world fi lled with possibilities.
Fifth Avenue Building 206 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010
Main Campus 111 East 22nd Street New York, NY 10010
Gathering Studio, Outdoor dventures, ole Play Theatre, rts & Sciences, and more! This 10-week camp runs from 8:30am-6:00pm, with regular dismissal at 3pm and late dismissal at 6pm. Early bird prices are as low as $300 a week! Learn more about them and all of their fun, year-round offerings at NYPlays.org.
asis Day amps entral Park & Downtown Lower East Side, NY 646-519-5057 oasischildren.com Oasis Day amps offer tailored programs for children age 3 to grade 9! With two locations in anhattan: entral Park at Basis Independent School, 795 olumbus venue and PS 110 Downtown, 285 Delancey Street, Oasis offers a mature staff with low camper/staff ratio and a warm environment where children can participate in varied activities tailored to their interests. The Early Start Imagination amp for children ages 3 to kindergarten offers merican ed ross swim programs. The Lower amp for grades 1-3 is designed to expose campers to exciting and fun sports, arts, swimming, carnivals, color war and more! Upper amp features bigger activities, special events, onsite visitors and choice activities. Teen Travel offers daily trips!
Trail Blazers 394 ogers ve., Brooklyn, NY (Day amp) 210 Deckertown Tpke.,
ontague, NJ (Overnight amp) 212-529-5113 trailblazers.org registration@trailblazers.org Join them for their 134th summer! Since 1887, Trail Blazers’ programs have been where campers connect to nature, make
Montessori International Summer Camp
347 East 55th Street (at First Avenue)
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Ages 2½ to 14 Wisdom through Knowledge 212-223-4630 montessorinyc@aol.com www.montessorischoolny.com
30 NewYorkFamily.com | March 2020 new friends, and create life-long memories. From grades preK-10, there is a day or overnight adventure for your camper. egistration is currently open for farmstead, rock climbing, canoeing, biking, and backpacking adventures.Kids can leave the screens at home for a summer full of learning about their environment and building skills, guided by staff from all over the world! Of course, there will be songs and s’mores! ome outside and play, adventure awaits! Visit trailblazers.org to learn more and secure your camper’s spot. Trail Blazers is accredited by the merican amp ssociation.
of ew ork ymcanyc.org/programs/ camp/find-camp With dozens of locations across the five boroughs, and their Sleepaway amp upstate, New York ity’s Y has a summer camp that your child will love — at a location convenient to you! ll Y camps feature: • Well-trained staff who serve as positive role models • ctivities and games that develop self-esteem and leadership skills • ctivities that promote cultural diversity • Exposure to new ageappropriate, challenging, and fun experiences • n atmosphere that fosters fairness, teamwork, and cooperation • Visits to the ity’s top attractions, including zoos, aquariums, parks, and museums • ealth, exercise, and nutrition education
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