SUMMER DAY CAMP 2021 June 14- August 13 Welcome to the Family! Yes, FAMILY. Staten Island Academy Day Camp is a big, fun-filled family experience and we are so pleased to have you become a part of it! We have big plans for your child’s summer. They include plenty of smiles and laughter brought on by cotton candy, swimming, friends, rides, rockets, costumes, and maybe some snow. Your children will bring home projects and dance moves. They’ll make ice cream and memories. They’ll search for hidden treasure and brave a haunted house. Your children—our campers—will make friends, exercise their mind and body and focus on only one thing—having a carefree summer. It’s our goal to have every camper start out their day smiling as they enter our gates and end their day with, “That was the best day ever. I can’t wait to come back tomorrow!” Then we’ve done our job. We strive to achieve that goal each summer by providing you with the peace of mind that comes with knowing our well-trained, qualified, highly-screened and professional staff of counselors, lifeguards, security, and administration are here to welcome you and your child and make sure that you all have the best summer ever. We want happy campers and satisfied parents. For that reason we’re focused on making sure your child’s day is filled with activities, events, and experiences that are new and enriching. We’re also focused no making sure our parents feel well-connected and confident in the knowledge that while your children are here, they are safe, secure, and appreciated. Every family that comes to camp becomes a part of our FAMILY. Our campers grow up here. It’s what makes our camp special. We know what makes campers happy because our staff hasn’t just been trained in it—they’ve lived it. Talk to our staff at an Open House or call and speak to us. We’re a big family, but we never run out of smiles, hugs, or time for new members. Welcome to the family! Darlene Crowe Summer Programs Coordinator Table of Contents Welcome and Table of Contents........1 Staten Island Academy General Information .........................3 A Day in the Life ...............................5 Day Camp 2021 Camper Groups .................................7 Specialty Camps................................8 Phone Directory Talented & Gifted Camp...................9 Theme Weeks ....................................10 Darlen Crowe, Program Coordinator 718-303-7846 Rates & Fee Schedules......................11 Chris Bruno 718-303-7845 Contract.............................................12 Registration Form.............................13 Day Camp Assistant 718-303-7824 Calendar............................................14 Camp Office (after June 11) 718-303-7824 Billing Office 718-303-7809 Camp Nurse 718-303-7838 Campus Security 718-303-7896 and 917-670-4611 1 2021 Open Houses Saturday, April 10, 2021 | 11 AM - 3 PM (Early-Bird Open House) Saturday, May 15, 2021 | 11 AM - 3 PM 2021 Early-Bird Deadline: Saturday, May 15, 2021 2 DATES ACADEMIC TUTORIAL SERVICE June 14–August 13, 2021 Staten Island Academy offers individual instruction in many 9AM–4PM academic areas during day camp hours. Our teachers are Closed Monday, July 5 here on site to offer remedial support or supplemental work during the time your child attends camp. A camper can OPEN HOUSES leave the group for an hour, take care of academic work, and Saturday, April 10: 11AM–3PM then immediately return to their friends and activities! Saturday, May 15: 11AM–3PM Whether the program is tailored to a specific goal or If unable to attend an Open House, discipline or your child wants to be supported through their private tours are available by appt from summer reading assignments, we are here to assist in any 10AM to 3PM, Monday–Friday, beginning way we can. Please contact Jamie Mazella, Director of May 1, 2021. Please contact the Summer Summer Tutorials, at [email protected] or Programs Office at 718-303-7845 to call the Summer Program Office at 718-303-7845 schedule an appointment. PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS « EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT « Individual lessons in swimming can be arranged with our ALL GROUPS INCLUDING SUPER Red Cross certified instructors. Lessons are given after SENIORS! Take advantage of our camp hours. Fees for swim instruction, which are arranged special “Early Bird Discount”, offered on a first-come, first-serve basis, are $30 per half hour. Please call the Summer Programs Office for more on all registrations that are PAID IN information at 718-303-7845. FULL on or before Saturday, May 15, 2021. See enclosed Rate Schedule (page 11) for details. COOL CAFETERIA—HOT LUNCH! Hot lunch is included for every camper. A hot lunch FACILITIES schedule will be provided in the Parent Guide you receive at registration. If hot lunch is not for your child, we also • Safe, secure 12-acre campus have cold options like PB&J and cheese sandwiches. Fruit, • Soccer, baseball, and softball fields drinks, and salads are available daily as well. • Two in-ground pools and shower facilities • Three tennis courts • Two outdoor basketball courts EXTENDED DAY As a service to our working parents, we offer an Extended • Most indoor facilities are air-conditioned Day program for all campers. This well-supervised, Board of • Full-sized gymnasium and locker facilities Health certified program is designed to provide a relaxing • Classrooms for each group environment for those youngsters who need to be dropped • Separate, self-contained facility for Giants off before the regular camp day begins or stay after the • Nurses’ Station and Camp Office regular camp day ends. Any camper not picked up by 4PM TRANSPORTATION must join the Extended Day Program. Extended day is billed bi-monthly at a rate of $10 per hour, $6 per halfhour (or any Round-trip, door-to-door transportation is part thereof). Campers remaining beyond 7PM will be available at an additional cost. See page 11 charged $1/minute. The morning session runs from 7–9AM; for Transportation Rate Schedule. Please afternoon session 4–7PM. check the appropriate space on the Summer Camp Application if you are interested in using this service. You will be notified by the HEALTH SERVICES bus company during the week prior to your A nurse is on-site during the camp day. Any prescription child’s start of camp as to approximate medications to be administered to the students during the pick-up and drop-off times. Registration for day are to be left with the nurse and administered solely transportation is fixed each Wednesday of by the nurse. Unless authorized by the nurse, students may the week prior. not keep any medications with them. 3 Top notch camp with wonderful activities for all ages and an outstanding staff! –Camp parent 4 ARTS & CRAFTS All of our campers get their hands dirty with original and fun art projects all summer long. They might sculpt, paint, draw or bring home a three-dimensional hanging monster. WEEKLY EVENTS If you’ve had a camper at Staten Island Academy DayCamp, you’re probably very familiar with the terms “Super Soaker Day,” “Halloween in July” and “Color Wars!” If it’s your first time with us, get ready to hear about these events and so much more! See the Camp Calendar for full details SWIM PROGRAM Two swim periods are built into every camp day! We are an authorized Red Cross Learn-to-Swim (LTS) Program provider. The LTS Program focuses on water adaptation, stroke development and safety skills. It is designed to help students advance through swim levels at their own pace, mastering the skills in one level before advancing to the next. Each level of LTS includes training in basic water safety and helping others in an emergency, in addition to stroke development. Our experienced American Red Cross certified water safety instructor and staff of certified lifeguards will supervise the program. All campers have the option to attend group instructional swim. Group instruction is a great tool to aid in the development of each camper’s swim ability. Fridays and all afternoons are free swim. For more information on the swim program, please contact the camp office at 718 303-7845 or [email protected]. DANCE AND CAMP SHOW Take some music and movement, throw in some gymnastics, add a touch of funk and a ton of energy, and you get our experienced dance instructors and campers at Dance! The program culminates in the annual Camp Show, which is being held Thursday, August 12, 2021. Two shows are scheduled, and more information is given out during the summer. Make plans to be there for the standing ovations! 5 Both of my sons had the best time at SI Academy Camp last summer. They are counting the days until they can return. —Camp parent TRAVERSE/CLIMBING WALL The rock wall provides an exciting challenge for our campers. Your child will have a blast in an industry standard, safe, supervised environment, while improving strength, flexibility, endurance, balance and even memory. GA-GA PIT It takes coordination, concentration and quick action to play this fast-paced, Israeli-style, dodge ball game that is a perfect fit for our smallest to our tallest campers! GAME ROOM Our older campers get a chance to take a break from the heat in our game room featuring some “classic” standards like Pac-Man and some new favorites as well. TENNIS COURTS, GYMNASIUM AND FIELDS How about some tennis, soccer, wiffle ball, football, basketball, softball or kickball? Don’t forget European Handball! Not sure what that is? Join us, and you’ll find out! The Academy’s 12-acre campus is open to our campers for all this and more! 6 Camper Groups All full-day campers swim twice a SENIOR GIRLS AND SENIOR BOYS day, have full use of our campus, (ENTERING GRADES 5 AND 6) attend weekly specials, participate SUPER SENIORS (ENTERING in special events and activities and GRADES 7 THROUGH 9) receive hot lunch every day! Our Giants and Super Seniors are co-ed COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM (GRADES 10 & 11) groups with the rest being divided by gender.