Your Best of 2021 Summer GUIDE How Will You Spend Your Summer?

Your Best OF 2021 summer GUIDE How Will You Spend Your Summer?

We have a few suggestions. Are you feeling ready to unplug and spend a summer of fun and adventure outside? Come join us! We offer a wide varity of hiking, canoeing, and kayaking trips all across Maine and Canada. From beginner to advanced, we have the perfect program for you!

Ages 14-18 • 3-Week and 5-Week Programs • Tuition Assistance Available

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• The nation’s oldest brother/sister camps • Traditional Maine residential camp Denmark, Maine • 207-452-2051 programs for 3 1/2 www.wyonegonic.com weeks or 7 weeks • Miles of lake shore frontage located in Western Maine • Wilderness trips

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One Summer Four Options: Your Choice June 28 - July 30, 2021

Make July an investment in September with Eagle Hill School’s summer session!

Join us for a summer learning experience that safely combines in-person academic enrichment and skill development with outdoor social activities to inspire students to confidently reach their potential.

www.eaglehill.school/summer | Hardwick, Massachusetts | 413.477.6000 Page 4 | Greenwich Sentinel Why Academic Summer Camps? structured, and supportive kids can laugh, take part in 9. Strengthening peer relations in-person learning, we look environment. activities they most enjoy, and skills – A camp atmosphere forward to the summer and the 6. Strengthening a positive just have fun with their peers. is often one where there is a opportunity to welcome students identity – With the benefit Kids need to be encourage to small close-knit community. back to an in-person classroom of a well-conceived summer just be kids. Kids learn to cooperate with, environment where we can help orientation process, kids are 8. Gaining leadership skills – respect, and be kind to one them regain the academic skills, assisted in sharing with the Campers engage in activities another. confidence, and self-esteem community their interests, that enhance their problem 10. Find success and gain that come from meaningful, their ideas, and their solving and communication confidence – Students explore, in-person student and teacher aspirations. skills, as well as learn how to practice, and discover talents interactions. be members of a “team.” Great and passion! Erin Wynne, Eagle Hill 7. Enjoying free time for fun School, Assistant Head of School By Erin Wynne & Susan Cranford – Away from the structured camps nurture kids’ natural abilities and strengths while As a school that has for Institutional Advancement and scheduled routines of the and Susan Cranford, Eagle Hill We have all heard or used these new found freedoms the adults and peers assist in successfully navigated the academic year, the summer School, Associate Director of terms such as “summer slide” within a camp atmosphere are developing areas in need of challenges of the pandemic session provides time for Admission and “summer learning loss. “ In all experienced within a safe, unstructured play where additional support. and been able to offer full-time, fact, for years, in promoting our summer session we have pointed to Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, where Gladwell makes the case with statistical evidence that the single greatest factor in a child’s academic achievement is not race, socio-economic status, or even IQ scores…but rather the level to which students have a structured academic experience during the summer. And never has this statement held more weight than it does right now, in the unprecedented time we are all living through together. Even the very best forms of online school delivery cannot replace the kind of growth and learning that happens within a student as a result of the personal interactions between teachers and students, and students and their peers. A recent national survey conducted by RAND Corporation, in conjunction SUMMER SUMMERwith the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, found that sixty percent of teachers report that their students are less prepared for grade-level work now compared to where they were one year ago. And little is being done presently to close that gap. This can be especially true for 2020 students with diverse learning abilities who will be affected doubly by the loss of critical instruction and an extended 7 WEEKS period of potential regression in skills. As the summer approaches, 238 ACRES we no longer are looking just at addressing the ‘learning loss” 2020that could happen over the course of the summer, but rather at the inevitable learning loss that has occurred for all students over the 2 LAKES! course of the last twelve months. The quality and continuity of 7 WEEKSinstruction that our children have received has varied greatly. A summer experience that can #GOFISH combine both academics at the foundational and advanced levels with fun, outdoor experiences will be crucial to making up for 238 ACRESthe COVID-related disruptions in learning, and in addressing REGISTER TODAY! the social and emotional needs of today’s young people. As we look ahead to Summer 2021, an academically focused summer camp is more critical to GreenwichScouting.org students’ development than ever before. Parents should be seeking academic enrichment and skill development in an atmosphere 2 LAKES!that inspires students to reach beyond their comfort zone, to explore new activities, and to reach their potential. They should also be looking for a destination where the kids can safely be outdoors in the fresh air and having fun! Below are ten advantages # to carefully selecting the right GOFISHsummer experience for your child. 1. Significant impact on academic achievement – Small classes that meet the student 1 where he or she is currently SUMMER 202 performing and then moves them toward greater mastery and enrichment is key! 2. Time outdoors and to be physically active – Summer REGISTERsession provides a wonderful TODAY! opportunity for kids to run, swim, hike, bike and enjoy nature. #playoutside! 5-WEEKS! 3. Development of key coping skills learning – Learn to live away from home with new peers and adults, students learn to advocate for themselves GreenwichScouting.orgwithin an encouraging and supportive community, and they learn to take measured 238 ACRES and manageable academic and social risks in the absence of their parents. 4. Making life-long friends – Without the social and academic pressures of the school year, children can relax and truly be themselves. The low pressure 2 LAKES atmosphere fosters deeper, more meaningful friendships among the campers. 5. Gaining independence – Summertime is the perfect time for kids to practice making good, informed decisions. Kids learn to manage their time #GOFISH and their choices. Of course, WWW.CAMPSETON.ORG Summer Nature Day Camp 2020 Weekly Sessions • June 22 — August 14 Photo: Greenwich Audubon Center Audubon Greenwich Photo:

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are special events and themed days like Christmas in July, Soccer Afternoon activities and evening clubs are designed for maximum Camp Agawam Olympics, and weekly fishing derbies! summer fun! Each afternoon, a choice of sporting or recreational Raymond, ME Est. 1919 CAMP AGAWAM Clubhouse Camp is located on Horseneck Lane in Greenwich and activities is offered to every student with the opportunity to try 54 AGAWAM RD, RAYMOND, ME offers a multi-sport field house, soccer field, 25-meter pool, arts & something new or participate in an activity already loved. In addition, Where 207-627-4780a boy learns | WWW.CAMPAGAWAM.ORG to be his best self.crafts and a technology center. Here, children enjoy daily games of a vast selection of clubs makes the evenings an adventure. By giving table tennis, bumper pool, and air hockey, as well as leisurely swims students the chance to be part of a team or club, we foster the ideals of At Camp Agawam, a boy learns to become his best self. Through with their friends. Every day is special at the Clubhouse with themed sharing, trust, sportsmanship, and tolerance. Friendships develop over a structuredDiscover seven-week program the filled Wonder with opportunities of for daysNature such as Funny Hat Day, Super Hero Day and the Summer shared interests and students gain confidence in their abilities. leadership, teamwork, and healthy competition in a digital-free Olympics! There’s a reason so many families have fallen in love with Eagle Hill environment,Campers boys ages develop 5 to the 16, character join Greenwich traits they needAudubon to play CenterTeen forCampers a summer can dive into summer at the Clubhouse. Open to after participating in the summer program. The summer session is the a positivefull of role fun, in friends,their communities. and nature! Each Ourboy leaves 285-acre camp withsanctuary members provides ages 13-15, teens have access to a multi-sport court, soccer perfect mix of academics and fun! field, swimming pool, and game room. Most of their time is spent new endlessskills, new opportunities friends, and a new to sense learn of andhis own play capacity, through and hands-on activities. becomes part of a dedicated alumni network that extends around off-site visiting attractions such as New York City, local beaches, the globe.Come Since gain 1919, a thelove, values respect, of sportsmanship, and understanding service to others, of amusementnature at parks, engaging sporting events and more! and sessionsstewardship like of the Backwoods natural world Explorers, have been at Wildlifethe heart ofExpeditions, the All camps Creature are licensed by the State of Connecticut and are Agawam experience, which takes place each summer on a 125-acre competitively priced. Campers must be registered members of the lakesideSuperpowers, campus in Maine. and more.7-Week ExperienceSessions. Some summer Half Season the Clubway in it’s order meant to attend. to All swimming instructors are American Red Cross certified. Sessionbe optionsenjoyed—in are available. the great outdoors! EAGLE HILL SCHOOL SUMMER PROGRAMS At Camp Agawam, a boy learns to become his best self. Founded JULY 6–30 • ON CAMPUS in 1919, Camp Agawamgreenwich.audubon.org/summer-camp is one of the nation’s oldest summer camps. 45 GLENVILLE ROAD, GREENWICH WWW.EAGLEHILLSCHOOL.ORG/SUMMER

Eagle Hill’s Summer Programs are designed for students ages 5–14 who are in need of academic remediation before the start of Giving Girls the new school year, have fallen behind due to the pandemic, and we learn CAMP CHEWONKI FOR BOYS students who have a language-based learning difference (such as (207) 882-7323 | WISCASSETT, MAINE dyslexia, dyscalculia, or ADHD). Join us for a AUDUBONtechnology-free613 RiversvilleCENTER NATURERoad summer • Greenwich, DAY CAMP of CT outdoor 06831 • 203-869-5272 fun, WWW.BOYS.CHEWONKI.ORG Our programs help prevent the “summer slide” and will help WWW.GREENWICH.AUDUBON.ORGStrength for Proudly providing life-changing Every summer, boys ages 8-15 come to Chewonki from across students be ready for school in September! friendship, growth, leadership and community. experiences in nature for boys the country and aroundand the young world men, to experienceages 8-19. authentic summer In our Academic Program, class sizes are small and are taught www.campagawam.orgFresh air, frogs, and friendships are just some of what’s (207) waiting 627- 4780camp fun on the coast of Maine. On our 400-acre campus, you can by Eagle Hill faculty. Academic instruction and class placement are to be discovered ina the Lifetime hills, streams, and forest of the Greenwich explore the outdoors, gain new skills, work on a real farm—and based on the individual needs of our students. Audubon Center. Seven miles of trails across 285 acres of wildlife just be yourself. For more than 100 years, our unique nature-based When classes are over, students can take part in our Afternoon sanctuary provide endlessThe chances ALC toexperience learn and play in an environment approach to adventure, learning, and play has created lasting summer Activities Program where a camp-like atmosphere is used to that teaches through exploration. Children entering grades K-5 Join us in Maine for engenders the lifelong memories for our campers. Get outdoors and discover what’s inside! encourage and reinforce group work, social skills, and fair play. participate in themed camp sessions, including Backwoods Explorers the best summer of A twice-weekly social skills group is also available for students and Aquatic Adventures.lessons Campers of confidence,entering grades 6-9 can join our we lead CAMP CHEWONKIyour life! FOR GIRLS who need additional support in learning social and emotional specialty camps: Wildernessself-awareness Survival, Climate and Champions, Nature (207) 882-7323 | WISCASSETT, MAINE language concepts. Art Camp, and ourkindness. off-site Ecology ALC Adventures is rich camp, in during which WWW.GIRLS.CHEWONKI.ORG Early bird pricing is available until April 30, 2021. Visit campers take dailyfriendship, field trips to forests,fun, beaches,adventure and other areas with Who are we? We’re girls and young women who love adventuring, eaglehillschool.org/summer for pricing and more information. experienced naturalists. and fosters important having fun with new friends, learning about ourselves, each other, and Our camp program encourages positive youth development Maine’s legendary lakesCamp and rivers,Chewonki mountains for andBoys forests, islands and through nature exploration,educational inquiry-based growth learning for techniques, and coastline. 485 Chewonki Neck Rd. positive social interactions.all By connectingcampers. campers to nature through We welcome challenges,Wiscasset, inspiration, Maine andJoin laughter.us for our Each Open of House!us is hands-on activities and authentic experiences our campers learn how essential in the community we create each summer, living close to the Alford Lake Camp is an overnight April 11, 2020 to appreciate and respect the world around them while reaping the summer camp for girls, ages 8 to 17, natural world. benefits that being outdoors has on physical and mental health. By https://boys.chewonki.orgA fun four-week summer program of strategies, located in Hope, Maine. Imagine How it Would Feel: wake up with the birds; cook blueberry combining inquiry-based learning with science and nature lessons pancakes over a campfire; laugh onskill a mountaintopbuilding, and executiveafter a hard function climb; growth and activities campers develop important STEM skills and learn paddle your canoe through white forwater; bright sing students under who the learn stars differently. with 860.567.1802 • [email protected] • Litchfield, CT We offer 3 1/2 and 7 week sessions. www.formanschool.org/summer how to question the world around them.we We encourage fly a diverse and friends; share a lake with loons; hear a river running by your tent at FORMAN SUMMER PROGRAM welcoming camp environmentTo learn more, where reach children out to us:can make friends, night. Imagine–or spend a summer with us and find out what these 860-567-1802 | [email protected] learn how to work callas part 207-785-2400 of a team, and or build email important us at social skills. experiences feel like for real. WWW.FORMANSCHOOL.ORG [email protected] Chewonki girls and young women are ages 8 to 16. We come from all over the U.S. and the world. Each one of us is unique. What we have The Forman Summer Program is a four-week, coed boarding and in common: curiosity, courage, compassion, a good sense of humor, and day camp that takes place on the Forman School campus during the the passionate belief that spending time outside teaches us and leads us month of July. Open to any students entering grades 7-11 who would to our truest selves. benefit from our individualized approach to learning, this program Chewonki girls and women discover joy in the great outdoors, provides students insight into our innovative teaching techniques. welcome a challenge, and get that competence and community- During the Forman Summer Program, students learn independence, building are vital in the wilderness, and afterwards. They dare to self-advocacy, and academic strategies that they can apply in the ALFORD LAKE CAMP alfordlakecamp.com explore, expect the unexpected, work hard, and play with all their classroom and beyond. 207-785-2400 | HOPE, MAINE heart. While attending morning classes, students discover their own WWW.ALFORDLAKECAMP.COM individual learning styles in a small classroom environment and practice executive function skills. Afternoons offer the opportunity A Summer Haven for Girls, Alford Lake Camp is an overnight to explore other areas of boarding school and New England summer summer camp for girls, ages 8 to 17, located on Alford Lake in Hope, life with activities such as jewelry making, boat building, athletics, Maine. Summers at ALC are action-packed, fun and filled with ropes course, theater, horseback riding, fishing, and more! friends. As one of the world’s oldest girls’ residential summer camps, For over 80 years, Forman has focused exclusively on teaching ALC is steeped in tradition and legacy, tenets that guide the camp’s EAGLE HILL SCHOOL SUMMER SESSION students with learning differences and helping them build specific enduring philosophy. The Alford Lake Camp experience engenders WWW.EAGLEHILL.SCHOOL/SUMMER skills and strategies for success, and we are thrilled to have the confidence, self-awareness, and kindness, lifelong lessons. ALC is 413-477-6000 opportunity to offer the Summer Program for those who may not be rich in friendship, fun, adventure and important educational growth [email protected] able to attend during the regular school months. Our faculty and staff for all campers. are trained in research-proven approaches to education, validated Located in Hardwick, Massachusetts, Eagle Hill School runs a five- teaching techniques, and the latest assistive technologies, meaning week summer session for students ages 10-16. With four programs to students are exposed to innovative educational approaches that will choose from, Eagle Hill’s summer session blends the experience of a stay with them long after they leave the Forman campus. classic summer camp with our unique approach to educating diverse At Forman, we have seen how one summer can change a student’s learners in a warm, friendly, camp-like atmosphere. Course offerings life. To learn more about the Forman Summer Program and see the and activities are designed to help students have a fun-filled summer change for yourself, please contact us today! BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH while building confidence and paving the road for academic success in WWW.BGCG.ORG/CAMPS | 203-869-3224 the fall. Fun! Adventurous! MEMORABLE! Within just a few miles from Divided into eight periods, the daily schedule combines four home, kids ages 6-12 and 13-15, can choose their source of FUN this academic courses, focusing on the areas of reading, writing, and summer! math, with four electives. Class sizes are kept small, averaging 5:1, CampCAMP Simmons is a sprawling 77 BGCGacres of pure wilderness on and course schedules are designed based upon age, demonstrated Lake Avenue in Greenwich and features an outdoor swimming pool, skill levels, and learning abilities, ensuring that students are always am pm FRANKLIN ACADEMY archeryJUNE range 29 and –pond AUGUST for boating 28 and • canoeing.9:00 In addition– 4:30 to the placed in a position to maximize learning. This success-oriented 860-873-2700 X 1114 | EAST HADDAM, CT many activities9 weekly that sessions campers available are encouraged • drop-off to begins participate at 7:30 in, am there environment gives bright, motivated students the opportunity to WWW.FA-CT.ORG/SUMMER/ flourish. Camp simmons Ages 6–12 • 744 Lake Avenue GREAT OUTDOOR ADVENTURES! Endless possibilities on 77 acres of wilderness: archery, canoeing, athletics, nature programs, arts & crafts, swimming and themed weeks.

Clubhouse camp Ages 6–12 • 4 Horseneck Lane GREAT INDOOR FUN! Air-conditioned multi-sport fieldhouse! Arts & crafts, hands-on technology activities, Summer Brain Gain, swimming and field trips.Extended hours available. teen camp Ages 13–15 • 4 Horseneck Lane GREAT PLACE JUST FOR TEENS! Field trips, beach visits, sporting events, athletics, swimming, service projects, nature walks and special events.

Weekly program fee is $150 per child.* *Short week of June 29-July 2 is $120 per child. Must be a current club member. For more information, visit BGCG.org/camp2020 4 HORSENECK LANE, GREENWICH, CT • 203-869-3224 • BGCG.ORG Great summers start here. Page 6 | Greenwich Sentinel Come to Franklin Academy this summer to the impressionist artists that stayed at the Bush CAMP SETON make friends and have fun! Explore your interests Holley House. Led by Master Painter Dmitri Wright, 363 RIVERSVILLE ROAD, GREENWICH with other people who enjoy the same things! And campers will have the opportunity to learn about 203-869-8424 | CAMPSETON.ORG try something new, too! color, light and form as they create their own unique GREENWICHSCOUTING.ORG The Summer Program at Franklin Academy is works of art. Activities include painting en plain air, 7 INCREDIBLE WEEKS! a creative program designed for students aged 13 to pottery and theater. June 22 – August 7 19 who have unique learning styles, including those No Scouting experience necessary! THE GOW SCHOOL diagnosed with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Middle School Camps Elementary Camps You do not have to be a Scout to attend Camp SOUTH WALES NY | 716.652.3450 (NLD, NVLD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), 6–8 Grade 2– 5 Grade Seton! Set on a 238-acre woodland with 2 lakes and WWW.GOW.ORG/SUMMER-PROGRAMS and related profiles. Students are smart, passionate, 9:30am–2:30pm 9:30 am – 2:30 pm over 5 miles of hiking trails, Camp Seton combines The Gow School Summer Program (GSSP) is a and interesting. They enjoy being with like-minded the best of a traditional New England summer five-week program running from the end of June to History Camp: History Camp: teenagers. They embrace eclectic and varied interests camp and resident Scout camp to offer a day camp the beginning of August. Designed for students ages July 12 – 16 July 26 – 30 and find joy as they participate in activities that excite full of outdoor adventure. Daily program offerings 8–16 who possess the potential to excel but who have their curiosity. Art Camp: Art Camp: include fishing, boating, swimming, archery, BBs, struggled in school or who have been diagnosed with Join us for a Summer Program Virtual Open July 19 – 23 August 2 – 6 nature, Scout skills, climbing, campfire cooking, learning disabilities such as dyslexia, central auditory House on Thursday, March 25, at 5:00 PM! handicrafts & more! Cub Scout Camp (Boys & girls processing disorder, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, Please call or email the Admissions Office to Contact: Anna Greco, 203.869.6899 or agreco@ age 7-10) Nothing stirs the imagination or interest and ADD. register and receive the Zoom link: 860-300-3774 greenwichhistory.org. of a young child like spending time in the outdoors. “Summer school” doesn’t begin to cover Gow’s x1114 or [email protected] Everyday campers will have the opportunity to exciting and enriching summer program. With participate in a variety of games, lessons and options for boarding, full or academic day, families experiences in each of our four program areas – can choose an option that works for them. GSSP days Aquatics, Scout Skills, Nature and Sports. Our are broken up into two main parts: academics and enthusiastic staff plan fun activities while allowing camp fun. In the morning campers get to work in the time for free choice and unstructured, exploratory classroom taking four classes that include Robotics, play. Boys and girls are separated by Dens and Reconstructive Language, Summer Reading and meet together for Friday campfire. much more. Scout Adventure Camp (Boys age 11-13): The Gow School Summer Program is settled on OXFORD ACADEMY SUMMER SESSION Outdoor program for boys with or without Scouting 125-acres which gives our campers plenty of room WESTBROOK, CONNECTICUT experience! Our Scout Adventure camp highlights to learn and play. With activities including a one- JUNE 21 - JULY 23 the best of our year-round Scouting program. Each GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL hundred-foot water slide, and gaga pit campers GIRLS AND BOYS, GRADES 8-12 day campers will have the opportunity to participate GCDS.NET/SUMMERCAMP utilize every inch of their surroundings. On the WWW. OXFORDACADEMY.NET/SUMMER- in a variety of activities from fishing, campfire 203-863-5677 weekends campers load the busses to go camping, to EXPERIENCE/ cooking, canoeing, swimming, ax and whittlin’ 401 OLD CHURCH ROAD, GREENWICH water parks, to baseball games, or Cedar Point! Oxford Academy’s summer session generates skills, archery, rifle shooting, shelter building, The Gow School Summer Program helps enthusiasm for academics and offers abundant climbing, orienteering, and more! Co-ed summer camp for Ages 3 – 13 improve academic performance by teaching skills as seaside recreation for students who are ready to Book a camp tour today! Located on the 92-acre campus of The Greenwich well as material, enhancing confidence, and instilling keep learning during the summer break. There are Country Day School, GCDS Summer Day Camp discipline and sportsmanship. GSSP gives students opportunities to accelerate learning and experience WINONA CAMP FOR BOYS offers boys and girls a summer full of adventure and academic tools and self-confidence they can take individualized support with customized, 1:1 and 207-647-3721 | BRIDGTON, MAINE fun! Open to all children in the CT/NY area. with them wherever they go. small group classes until 2pm followed by fun WWW.WINONACAMPS.COM Our state-of-the-art facilities include 2 swimming By combining a structured program and summer recreation on campus and Long Island The Winona Experience begins with our pools, 4 gymnasiums, 4 tennis courts, dance studio, environment with flexibility, individualization, Sound in the afternoons and evenings. We welcome beautiful location on the shores of Moose Pond rock wall, Performing Arts Center, Technology and and room for fun, The Gow School Summer day and boarding students. with inspirational views of Pleasant Mountain and Creativity Labs, and air-conditioned classrooms. Program provides a rich school experience that is During classes students may explore new courses, Mount Washington. A mile of waterfront, with each Campers are divided into seven age groups. This precisely what dyslexic students need to learn and take on challenging subjects and bolster their unit offering its own encampments and program. allows our professional instructors and exceptional to enjoy learning. learning while guided by Oxford Academy’s expert Junior (7-11), Intermediate (11-13), Senior (13-15) counselors to give more personalized attention to teachers. The focus is on each student’s individual each camper and to target age-specific athletic and and CIT (16-17). Canoe, mountain and kayak trips goals and needs. The Oxford Method of teaching are available for all ages. Campers choose activities artistic activities. A nutritious nut-free lunch is employs a Socratic approach placing a premium on served every day! on a daily basis from a wide variety of outdoor GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY the development of the student’s voice in every class, living programs, athletics and aquatics. Included 203-869-6899 | 39 STRICKLAND RD, COS COB growing their intellectual curiosity and ensuring a in the Winona Experience is an extensive sailing GREENWICHHISTORY.ORG/CAMP high level of engagement. Participants build their program, horseback riding (English), rock climbing Come explore Connecticut’s colonial history learning repertoire and avoid the ‘summer slide’ and woodworking. Junior Maine Guide program GIRLSSocial WITHImpact IMPACT and Business SUMMER Academy CAMP and Cos Cob’s Art Colony through games, crafts through coursework that prepares them for the available to boys ages 14 and older. Veteran staff; UCONN STAMFORD | 917-355-1317 and hands-on fun . Creative minds will spend time September return to school. with campers and staff from 30 states and 15 foreign [email protected] in our historic gardens and (air-conditioned!) barn, After classes, students spend their afternoons countries. Founded in 1908. SUMMERCreate your own business or CAM non-profit in just 5 exploring their surrounding using art, science and and evenings in a variety of activities and days at oneFor of ourgirls, on-location rising grades summer 9 - 12 camps. Our old-fashioned ingenuity under the guidance of offerings including swimming, fishing, sailing, WYONEGONIC CAMPS camps will teach young female entrepreneurs how professional educators and artists. Space is limited ! paddleboarding, kayaking, horseback riding, (207) 452-2051 | DENMARK, MAINE to identify a problem, create a business solution, HISTORY WEEK CAMPERS will be transported hiking, biking, tennis, basketball, soccer, archery WWW.WYONEGONIC.COM promote it, finance it and pitch it. Through design back in time to Greenwich’s colonial era. They will and local outings. Summer session also offers time Wyonegonic Camps, established in 1902, is the Thethinking guaranteed and collaboration, way they’ll turnto theirimpact passion learn about important historical events as well as skills in the campus gardens, raising bees, hanging out oldest continuously-run camp for girls in America. or hobby into a prototype and business plan. necessary for living in a time without electricity and at the beach, (a three minute walk from campus), Wyonegonic is composed of three separate camps WhetherYOUR they’re SUCCESS destined to become a scientist, running water. Campers will have the opportunity mindfulness walks and most importantly, an — designed to fit the individual needs and interest an engineer, aYOUR world leader, FUTURE or CEO, girls will walk to weave, cook and create colonial art. They will also opportunity to make friends from around the world. of the campers. Each camp forms its own close-knit away with invaluable skills, giving them an added learn about the importance of a personal garden and community that is small enough to kindle deep advantage for the future. YOUR WORLD about the plants that could be grown for cooking, friendships. Cabin life is rustic and simple. Our medicine and creating natural pigments. seven hundred acres of pine forest and two miles ART WEEK CAMPERS will learn about the of shoreline offers campers a sense of privacy and REGISTER girwithict.org Cos Cob Art Colony and the avant-garde work of isolation. We offer programs for girls between 8 and

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Play. Learn. CAMP BGCG JUNE 28 – AUGUST 27 • 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 9 weekly sessions available • summer brain gain enrichment opportunities Grow. Camp simmons Ages 6–12 • 744 Lake Avenue GREAT OUTDOOR ADVENTURES! Endless possibilities on 77 acres of wilderness: archery, canoeing, athletics, nature programs, BE arts & crafts, swimming and themed weeks. Clubhouse camp OUTSIDE Ages 6–12 • 4 Horseneck Lane GREAT INDOOR FUN! Air-conditioned multi-sport fieldhouse! Arts & All crafts, hands-on technology activities, Summer Brain Gain, swimming and field trips.

Summer teen camp Ages 13–15 • 4 Horseneck Lane GREAT PLACE JUST FOR TEENS! Field trips, beach visits, sporting events, Camp athletics, swimming, service projects, nature walks and special events. Long Pre-Covid photos Weekly program fee is $175 per child.* *Short week of July 6 - 9 is $150 per child. Must be, or join as, a current club member. For more information, visit BGCG.org 4 HORSENECK LANE, GREENWICH, CT • 203-869-3224 • BGCG.ORG greenwich.audubon.org Great summers start here. Page 8 | Greenwich Sentinel Top 10 Benefits of Attending a Summer Session one, relational model of teaching experience beyond their childhood strengthened through hard 8. Discover new interests to numerous studies, students which places a premium on the friend group. According to the work and effort while taking Summer session provides are likely to experience learning connection between teacher and Century Foundation, “researchers risks in a safe environment and structured time and space to loss during summer break. When student. This encourages students have documented that students’ learning from failures. Students explore interests. Students enjoy students are away from formal to find and use their voice in exposure to other students who are encouraged to pursue their the outdoors and nearby beach learning for 10-12 weeks, they academic pursuits. are different from themselves and passions while learning problem and rivers. Some join clubs such as forget what they learned during the 2. Explore new academic areas the novel ideas that such exposure solving skills. photography, outdoor adventures, school year. This can be mitigated Unique summer offeringsbrings leads to improved cognitive 7. Live independently mindfulness, chess, environmental by participating in summer session. such as marine biology, forensics, skills, including critical thinking Summer session students are or even create their own club. 10. Prepare for college painting and photography, and problem solving.” Our coached to own their living and There is time after classes for trying College admissions remain statistics, psychology or Latin culturally diverse community helps learning experience. Residing something new, joining friends competitive. By attending summer our students experience summer for a hike, a bike ride or spending By Phil Cocchiola may awaken newfound interests. on campus in dorms and eating session, students gain an edge Within each course students may session as a time to transform and in a dining hall provides a time at the shore for swimming through their coursework and by expand their worldview. and fishing. Horseback riding and For decades at Oxford go as deep and wide as they’d like. growth opportunity to truly feel working with our college guidance sailing lessons are popular choices Academy we’ve witnessed summer By diving into new fields of study, 5. Increase social and emotional independent while learning to counselor. Students may explore as well. students stoke their intellectual students may discover a future path strengths get along with others. This helps the college search process, identify curiosity with coursework and for college and career. Summer session provides students prepare for boarding 9. Avoid the “summer slide” schools and gain insights into the explore the abundant seaside ample opportunity to connect school or college, where the The pandemic has presented admissions process. They can work offerings nearby. With the3. Grow your knowledge base with teachers and friends though newfound sense of freedom and new challenges that have on their essays, applications and disruption experienced in the past Summer session offers an programs, activities and free time. independence can sometimes be compromised learning in the past even prepare for SATs or ACTs. year due to the pandemic, students abundance of opportunities both Conversation and connection disorienting. year. Combined with the usual can benefit more than ever from in and outside of the classroom. happen in the campus gardens, summer slide, students need Phil Cocchiola is the Head of additional time learning with Project based learning provides tending to the hives, gaming in the more learning time. According School at Oxford Academy expert teachers while also enjoying deep learning experiences. Build a student center and walking to the new friends and recreation along go-kart, join the photography club beach. Many students take sailing the Connecticut shoreline. Here and shoot a starry evening sky at and horseback riding lessons. are ten reasons why you should the beach or engage in 3-D design As students meet new teachers consider summer session: or movie making in the Innovation and friends, they develop their Lab. Investigation and inspiration empathy, and improve their overall 1. Bolster learning abound on our seaside campus communication skills. Summer session means more where students study the ocean, grow food in our gardens, help 6. Develop resilience learning! At Oxford Academy, boys Summer session promotes and girls extend their experience with the beehives, and learn about sustainable living. resilience by shaping the beyond the traditional school environment around students, year. They are taught by expert 4. Make new friends & meet fostering new relationships with teachers, strengthening their skills people from other cultures peers and trusted adults. 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