ART, THEATRE & STRINGS ACADEMICS

COURSES SPORTS FOR CREDIT

SPRING NEW FOR 2017: statistics, survival skills, mindfulness, BREAK playwriting, ultimate Frisbee, Acoma leaders in training, CAMPS global art adventures and an engineering & programming camp all about shapes. Strings lessons and study skills are ACOMA & CLASSES back by popular demand! DAY CAMPS WELCOME TO SUMMER AT BLAKE!

Love of learning is a year-round endeavor at Blake. Summer at Blake provides an array of experiences that help students continue to grow as scholars, athletes and artists. Open to students throughout the greater Twin Cities area, these pre-kindergarten through grade 12 programs help foster valuable community connections.

Summer at Blake includes academic enrichment and credit-bearing courses, strings, art and theatre camps, sports camps and Acoma day camps. From camps to courses and the ice arena to the engineering and programming lab, students enjoy Blake’s amazing facilities and interact with talented coaches and superb teachers. Remarkable community organizations also partner with The Blake School to lead a variety of exciting programs during the summer months.

Visit our registration site at www.blakeschool.org to view camps by category, date or campus.

Best Regards,

Jessie Briol Director of Summer at Blake

TABLE OF CONTENTS Academics 2 Courses for Credit 10 Arts & Theatre 11 Sports Camps 17 Acoma Day Camps 22 Spring Break Camps 26 Need Full Day Camps or Care? 29 General Information 30 Cancellation & Refunds 31 Contact Information & Maps 34 Academic Camps

The values of love of learning and courage are central to Blake’s mission and our summer academic offerings. These programs, spanning pre-kindergarten through grade 12, are open to students throughout the greater Twin Cities area. Students can investigate new topics and skills while having time to delve deeply and take risks. No grades, just growth.

¡Aventuras en Español! • Homework exercises, including supplementary Learn Spanish the natural way in this summer practice tests immersion camp that will feature storytelling, • Full-length, proctored ACT practice tests (offered singing, dancing, art, games and tons of fun. every weekend throughout the year) Children will develop a degree of familiarity with • Critical time-management strategies and helpful basic words and phrases, explore Spanish speaking test-taking techniques for each section cultures and cultivate communicative language • Essay scoring and comments skills. Zvi Geffen, Blake Lower School Spanish • Expert instruction led by Ron Michalak, teacher, leads ¡Aventuras en Español! Grab your Breakaway’s president and founder pasaporte and get ready for an aventura! • Weekly lesson summaries For: ages 6 – 11, entering grades 1 – 5 For best results, students who are interested in Dates: July 31 – August 4 participating in the summer class are strongly Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. encouraged to take a practice exam prior to Location: Hopkins campus Cost: $195 starting the class. Students get exposure to the Min/Max Students: 5/16 challenges of a 3+ hour standardized test and results from the test will as a baseline against ACT Test Preparation which to measure improvements made in test Breakaway College Test Prep, the exclusive prep. Practice exam dates are available at provider of test-prep services to The Blake School, http://www.breakawaytestprep.com. is pleased to once again offer an ACT test prep For: ages 15 – 18, entering grades 10 – 12 class this summer at Blake. If you want plenty of individualized attention and to learn alongside Session A Dates: July 5 – August 7 (Mondays and Wednesdays) a small group of motivated peers, this class is for Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. you. Breakaway’s Summer ACT Prep at Blake is a rigorous 25-hour test prep class designed to get Session B you ready for the fall ACTs. The program also Dates: July 5 – August 7 (Mondays and Wednesdays) Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. incorporates full-length practice exams, score reports and analyses to identify your areas of Session C strength and weakness. If you’re determined to Dates: July 6 – August 8 (Tuesdays and Thursdays) get a top score or need expert, guided instruction, Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Breakaway can help you reach your goals. To learn Session D more about Breakaway’s approach, please contact Dates: July 6 – August 8 (Tuesdays and Thursdays) Ron Michalak, Breakaway’s president and lead Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. instructor, at [email protected] or Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School 612–216–5133. Cost: $1,395 (includes a one-time $100 fee for materials and practice tests) Breakaway at Blake includes: Min/Max Students: 6/10 • Comprehensive materials covering all five sections of the ACT (English, math, reading, science and the essay)

Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates 2 analytical thinking skills in an enjoyable, confidence-building environment. For: ages 6 – 13, entering grades 1 – 8 Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $155 Min/Max Students: 6/20

Chess Camp in Wayzata Join 2010 Chess Coach of the Year Igor Rybakov for Chess Camp in Wayzata! Campers will learn the rules of the game, develop skills and compete in tournaments throughout the week. All campers will receive an award for Camp Curie: A Science Camp for Girls tournament participation. In addition to with the Science Museum of Minnesota* playing chess in a relaxed, friendly environment, Dive into the wide world of science as you campers will also play a variety of other board develop experiments and create imaginative games, complete puzzles and participate in projects. This year we will explore solids, athletic activities. Chess experience is not liquids, gases, reactions and the roles women necessary to attend this camp. have played in science fields related to chemistry. Construct toys and play with them For: ages 5 – 13, entering grades K – 8 to discover how they use motion, light, sound Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and other physics ideas to make them fun. Location: Wayzata campus Unleash your creativity to build puppets with Cost: $155 moving parts that will star in shadow plays Min/Max Students: 6/40 that are written by campers. Children will also produce props and record their plays as Crazy Chemworks movies. Explore the chemistry of everyday life. This Mad Science camp is bubbling over with *Registration is through the Science Museum classic experiments, crazy concoctions and of Minnesota at http://www.smm.org. spectacular hands-on activities. We will For: ages 6 – 9, entering grades 1 – 4 use real chemistry tools, watch stunning Dates: July 24 – July 28 demonstrations and campers will get their Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. own set of labware to take home. This camp Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $362 non-member, $345 member is hosted by Mad Science. Max Students: 48 For: ages 6 – 11, entering grades 1 – 5 Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) Chess Camp Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Whether you want to start with the basic rules Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School of this classic game or learn history, tactics and Cost: $150 strategies, this camp will challenge your mind. Min/Max Students: 10/20 Join in the fun while expanding your creativity and developing better powers of concentration and memory. Led by Eduard Zelkind, chess master and six-time Minnesota state chess champion, this camp offers students at any level the opportunity to advance their

3 Check out Spring Break Camps & Classes on p. 26! Cultural Property and Social Justice Debate Camp: Advanced Grave robbers and tomb raiders wreak havoc This camp is for students who have some on a culture by destroying a site before exposure to debate or speech activities, a archaeologists can properly excavate, thus strong interest in debating domestic and stealing its history and art. Militant groups foreign affairs or attended Intro to Debate and political leaders from the likes of ISIS to camps. Advanced Debate Camp reviews Hitler have attempted to destroy the memory the fundamentals of competitive academic of other cultures by reducing their heritage debate while deepening your understanding sites to rubble. Often times antiquities are of argument theory, critical thinking, research exported from the source country alongside and speech skills. drugs and weapons, enter the black market For: ages 12 – 16, entering grades 7 – 10 and end up in some of the world’s most Dates: July 24 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) prestigious museums – sometimes at the Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. expense of American tax payers. This highly Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School controversial topic connects the world of Cost: $175 antiquities to the modern world in a very real Min/Max Students: 6/16 and fascinating way. This four-day camp will use excerpts from books and movies, news Flight Academy in Wayzata articles and social media to guide discussions Calling all pilots! As a Mad Science flight cadet on the problem and explore possible in training, you will discover how airplanes solutions. This course is taught by Blake Latin fly. Test your airplane’s performance in a wind teacher Katrina Budde. tunnel. Build your own kite, stunt plane and model rocket. Ride the air on a hovercraft. For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 8 – 12 Discover how hot air balloons, blimps and Dates: July 31 – August 3 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. parachutes work. This camp is hosted by Mad Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Science. Cost: $175 For: ages 6 – 11, entering grades 1 – 5 Min/Max Students: 5/16 Dates: July 31 – August 3 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Debate Camp: Introduction Location: Wayzata campus Do you like to discuss current events? Do you Cost: $140 wish you could speak with more confidence? Min/Max Students: 10/20 Learning the art of debate will help you understand how to analyze issues, speak with authority and engage others. Debate camp will introduce you to the fundamentals of competitive academic debate while learning the basics of good argument theory, the format and rules of competitive debate, critical thinking, research and speech skills. For: ages 11 – 15, entering grades 6 – 9 Dates: July 24 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $175 Min/Max Students: 6/16

My children had a great time and learned a lot of “ specific skills related to their individual“ camps, i.e. how to knit, make string, weave, stop animation, debate, throw a , etc…

4 For the Love of Latin: Discovering derived from the same roots. 65 percent of Ancient Rome English comes from Greek and Latin. A solid Cave Inertiam! Romam Eamus! This week foundation in the Greek and Latin roots of we’ll travel back in time to explore the history, English provides skills to decode a word, often culture and daily life of the ancient Romans. without looking it up. Not curious yet? Did you We will make Roman armor and practice battle know that the prefix dis is from Latin meaning strategies, prepare and sample Roman foods, apart or away from, while the prefix dys is from create Roman art and much more. We’ll even Greek meaning bad? The prefix ante is Latin learn a little Latin along the way. This camp is for before; anti is Greek for against. This class led by Blake Latin teacher Courtney Shaw. will provide you with the tools needed to boost your English vocabulary, avoid many common For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Dates: June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) errors and raise your scores on the English Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and Reading portions of the SAT and ACT Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School exams. Many of the class activities parallel Cost: $180 typical questions on the exams, allowing for Min/Max Students: 5/16 immediate application of these invaluable skills. Geology Rocks Become a Mad Science Geologist as we explore This course will cover different words from Earth and its hidden treasures. Discover the last year, so former students are encouraged to wonders of rocks, fossils, dinosaurs, minerals register. Take one or both weeks; the first week and geological phenomena like earthquakes, is not a prerequisite for the second. This course mountains and volcanoes. Start your own rock is taught by Blake Latin teacher Katrina Budde. and mineral collection, grow a crystal, build a For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 8 – 12 sedimentary stacker and prepare a fossil to take Dates: home. This camp is hosted by Mad Science. Session A: Greek Roots of English, June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) For: ages 6 – 11, entering grades 1 – 5 Session B: Latin Roots of English, June 26 – June 29 Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $140 Cost: $155 Min/Max Students: 10/20 Min/Max Students: 5/16

Greek and Latin Roots of English Honors Pre-Calculus Ever wonder why a pedestrian is someone who This course is open to: travels by foot but a pediatrician is a children’s • Blake students who have successfully doctor? Knowing that pedestrian is from the completed Honors Algebra II and who seek Latin word pedes (foot) and pediatrician is to enroll in AP Calculus AB after completing from the Greek word pedia (child) will help Honors Geometry you not only keep these common words • Blake students who have successfully straight, but also decipher more obscure words completed Honors Algebra II and Honors Geometry and who seek to enroll in AP Calculus AB • Students from outside Blake who seek to complete the equivalent of a full-year Honors Pre-Calculus course during the summer. They must possess a strong foundation in algebra because the course contains advanced material and moves at a rapid pace; it is not recommended for remedial purposes.

5 Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates Before registering, Blake students must obtain their teacher’s permission to advance, as indicated by a signed Mathematics Acceleration Contract. Successful advancement requires a grade of B or higher on each of the comprehensive exams given during the summer course. This course emphasizes functions and their characteristics. Topics include: function notation and transformations; combinations and compositions of functions; linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions; and analytical trigonometry. In addition, sequences, series, parametric equations and limits are introduced iMovie YouMovie in preparation for calculus. Honors Pre-Calculus Ever seen great YouTube videos and wonder is taught by Blake Upper School mathematics how to make your own? iMovie is a great tool teacher Ryan Mahoney. for creating a sports highlight reel, music For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 9 – 12 (See specific video, class project, short film/documentary, criteria above) family vacation anthology and more! In this Dates: June 12 – July 20 class, students will learn how to plan, capture, Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. produce and upload their own creative videos. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School This empowering, technical and collaborative Cost: $1,480 course equips learners with valuable 21st Min/Max Students: 6/16 century skills that reach far beyond the How to Lie with Statistics classroom. The camp is led by Blake Upper School teacher Christin Winkler. Join Blake math teacher Christin Winkler for a summer statistics course. Designed for For: ages 12 – 18, entering grades 6 – 12 the Middle School student, this course helps Dates: July 17 – July 21 develop an understanding of how statistics are Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School collected, analyzed and presented. We will look Cost: $215 at how the media often presents a one-sided Min/Max Students: 6/16 assertion and learn how to decipher and debunk these claims. In addition, students will learn Jr. Robotics Engineer how to spin data in order to present opposing Discover the world of robots inspired by science arguments. Strong emphasis will be placed on fiction writers like Isaac Asimov and Karel mathematical literacy, language and procedures. Čapek. Build an OWI EM4 Robot and a Rookie Become a more savvy connoisseur of numerical Solar Racer v2 to take home. Learn about robot information. programming with Mad Science’s Baby Steps For: ages 11 – 15, entering grades 6 – 9 and Sandwich programming. Program a LEGO Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) Mindstorms® NXT Robot to navigate through Times: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. an obstacle course. This camp is hosted by Mad Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Science. Cost: $205 Min/Max Students: 5/16 For: ages 6 – 8, entering grades 1 – 3 Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $180 Where do I begin?! My child Min/Max Students: 10/20

“ learned something unique at each camp. I think the top two takeaways“ were learning chess and refining her skills in Spanish.

6 Middle School Sneak Peek Why wait until the first days of Middle School to find out what to expect? Come learn about daily Blake Middle School life and its schedules, routines and expectations. Through games, treasure hunts, music and multimedia presentations, Sneak Peek participants will become familiar with the Middle School building, lock and locker use, the homeroom advisory system, planner use, Mystery Camp with the Science homework expectations and management, Museum of Minnesota* the daily and weekly schedule, and the You’re on the case, and you’ll need to use computer lab and its operating systems. Sneak all the forensic tools up your sleeve to solve Peek will help to calm those anticipatory this mystery. Work with your scientific team jitters and boost a future Middle Schooler’s and conduct experiments as you use science, comfort and confidence during the first weeks logic and ingenuity to solve a mystery. As of school. Blake Middle School teacher Robin the mystery unfolds, you’ll need to examine Ferguson teaches Sneak Peek. under the microscope, fingerprint your For: students new to Blake Middle School (including suspects and put your heads together to solve those from the Blake Lower Schools) this year’s puzzling problem. Dates: July 31 – August 3 (Monday – Thursday) Times: *Registration is through the Science Museum Session A, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. of Minnesota at http://www.smm.org Session B, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 7 Cost: $155 Dates: July 31 – August 4 Min/Max Students: 5/20 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $362 non-member, $345 member Mindfulness Max Students: 48 Do you sometimes feel anxious or nervous before an exam or presentation? Ever have Nature’s Bounty trouble falling asleep because your many Get back to nature with Blake pre-kindergarten thoughts are scattered? Mindfulness is a life assistant teacher Lisa Small. We’ll have fun skill to help manage all that and more. When exploring Blake’s wooded areas, building we practice mindfulness we can focus better shelters, observing animals and letting our and regulate our emotions more effectively. imaginations run wild. Children will need to Paying attention to the present moment dress each day for the weather and bring a allows us to respond to situations rather change of clothes. Rediscover the natural world than react. Through discussion, journaling with this woodland immersion camp. and movement, we will explore mindfulness by experimenting with mindful breathing, For: ages 4 – 5, entering grades Pre-K – Kindergarten listening, speaking, walking, tasting and Dates: July 24 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. sitting. We will also learn to be mindful of our Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School emotions. This class is led by Blake assistant Cost: $140 teacher and trained mindfulness instructor, Min/Max Students: 5/16 Julie Monahan. For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 9 – 12 Dates: July 24 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $140 Min/Max Students: 6/16

7 Reading Support: Orton-Gillingham Does your student struggle with reading? Orton-Gillingham is an instructional approach used with students who have difficulty with reading, spelling and writing. Children will work 1:1 with certified Orton- Gillingham specialist Jackie Dimmen twice a week for one hour each day. If your student is attending a Blake camp on the Hopkins campus, staff will provide escort to and from tutoring sessions. For: ages 4 – 14, entering grades Pre-K – 8 Shaping Up for Summer: An Engineering Dates: June 12 – August 4 & Programming Camp Time: Individually scheduled with instructor Get creative with shapes and patterns this Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School summer! Joe Druskin, Blake Lower School Cost: $170 per week (6 weeks minimum, 8 weeks maximum) engineering and programming teacher, will Min/Max Students: 1:1 tutoring guide campers through four days of fun with shapes. Campers will draw chalk patterns, Rocket Blast Off in Wayzata create shapes with LEGOs® and LEGO® 3-2-1 blast off! This action-packed week robots, and program shapes in Scratch or focuses solely on rockets and rocket flight. BeetleBlocks software. Campers will even Learn about model rocket design, building, take home a 3D printed shape creation. Please aerodynamics, propulsion, launching, safety, choose one session. recovery and repair and take part in daily For: ages 9 – 12, entering grades 4 – 6 launches. Bring home your own rockets and Dates: an abundance of model rocket knowledge. Session A, June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) This Mad Science camp is a blast! Session B, June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) Times: For: ages 7 – 12, entering grades 2 – 6 Session A, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Dates: July 31 – August 3 (Monday – Thursday) Session B, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Location: Wayzata campus Cost: $225 Cost: $150 Min/Max Students: 5/12 Min/Max Students: 10/20 Sr. Robotics Engineer Scratch Programming Build the OWI All Terrain 3-in-1 Robot to Scratch is dynamic and intuitive take home. Explore the mechanical and programming software students will use to electrical engineering that makes robots animate scenes, create interactive games and possible. Build circuits, experiment with more. Students will learn and review basic gears and explore sensors that robots use to programming principles and design creative guide their actions. Learn the fundamentals animations and simple, fun games. They of programming robots with Mad Science’s will explore how variables, lists and sensing Sandwich programming. LEGO Mindstorms® blocks can create more complex, interactive NXT Robots are available for building and programs. Blake Lower School engineering programming. This camp is hosted by Mad and programming specialist Joe Druskin will Science. be the Scratch instructor. For: ages 9 – 13, entering grades 4 – 7 For: ages 7 – 9, entering grades 2 – 3 Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $185 Cost: $215 Min/Max Students: 10/20 Min/Max Students: 5/12

www.blakeschool.org to view camps by category, date or campus 8 Study Skills Study Skills for 6th Grade Does your backpack look like a notebook Do the increased academic expectations exploded in it? Do you forget what your of middle school make you nervous? Does homework is or where it is? Does it seem like doing homework or completing class tasks it takes you longer than anyone you know to take you longer than your classmates? This get your work done? This one-week course will one-week course will provide you with the provide you with the organizational tools and organizational tools and the mindset you will the mindset you need to manage your busy need to manage your busy workload in middle workload. We’ll explore how the brain learns, school. We’ll explore how the brain learns, your specific learning style, and what it means your specific learning style, and what it means to understand. You’ll put into practice brain- to understand. You’ll put into practice brain- based learning strategies and organizational based learning strategies and organizational techniques. You will better understand your techniques. You will better understand your role in the learning process so that you can role in the learning process so that you can become skilled at avoiding distractions, become skilled at avoiding distractions, prioritizing and focusing on the work at hand. prioritizing and focusing on the work at hand. We will also try to make sure there is a lot of We will also try to make sure there is a lot of laughter during the week. After all, studies laughter during the week. After all, studies show laughter helps you learn. Blake social show laughter helps you learn. Blake social studies teacher Dr. Stacy Helmbrecht-Wilson studies teacher Dr. Stacy Helmbrecht-Wilson teaches Study Skills. teaches Study Skills. For: ages 12 – 16, entering grades 7 – 10 For: ages 11 – 12, entering grade 6 Dates: July 24 – July 28 Dates: July 31 – August 3 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Times: Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Session A, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Cost: $185 Session B, 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Min/Max Students: 6/16 Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $155 Min/Max Students: 6/16

After this course, my son “ feels better prepared to enter middle school. As a sixth

grader, middle school is a new

adventure but he’s also new to Blake and this helped“ him become better acquainted with the school.

9 Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates Courses for Credit

Join The Blake School’s tradition of academic excellence, rigor, small class sizes and preeminent faculty through our credit-bearing offerings. Students successfully completing a course described below will earn a semester credit from The Blake School. Students attending a school other than Blake must submit a teacher recommendation form found at www.blakeschool.org/summer. In order to earn credit at another school, students must seek permission from their school in advance. Consistent, regular attendance is essential to earning credit due to the intensive nature of the courses. Please review our attendance policies at www.blakeschool.org/summer prior to registering.

Health Woodworking I This coed course will explore topics aimed This intensive, shop-based course will at promoting healthy behaviors, increasing engage artists in the design and craft of responsible decision-making and encouraging wood sculpture and furniture. The physical healthful living. Studies and discussions properties of wood and its potential as will focus on physical, mental, chemical an expressive medium will be explored. and sexual health, where students will gain Students will be introduced to power and an understanding of how to make positive hand tools used for woodworking and will lifestyle choices based on their personal values. develop an understanding of the social and Overarching themes of this course include environmental implications of materials used accessing reliable wellness resources and for furniture design and production. This learning to make healthy decisions that will course fulfills an arts requirement for Blake reduce the risk of future health concerns. This students. course fulfills the Blake health requirement. For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 9* – 12 For: ages 14 – 18, entering grades 9 – 12 Dates: June 12 – June 23 Dates: June 12 – June 30 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (includes lunch break) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (includes lunch break) Homework Expectation: .5 – 1 hour/day (design tasks) Homework Expectation: 1 – 1.5 hours/day Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Cost: $1,880 per student Cost: $1,880 per student Min/Max Students: 5/15 Min/Max Students: 5/16 *Students entering ninth grade must seek approval from the art department at The Blake School. Please complete the form found at www.blakeschool.org/ summer.

My child thrived. He was so

“ proud of his projects and shared every detail of how“ they were made. He also met other high schoolers.

10 Art & Theatre

Blake’s visual and performing arts offerings challenge students to creatively express themselves in an array of disciplines and materials from the kiln to the stage. These programs, spanning pre-kindergarten through grade 12, are open to students throughout the greater Twin Cities area.

Acting & Playwriting Band Instrument Lessons Ever wanted to write your own plays and then These lessons are for 2017-18 Blake sixth act in them? This is the workshop for you! graders or incoming Blake Middle School band Using fun improvisation and writing exercises, students. The course fee includes lesson book, students will develop interesting characters supply kit (e.g., reeds, rosins, oil) and four and plots and turn their creative ideas into half-hour individual lessons between July 17 actual play scripts. These budding playwrights and July 28 based on student availability. More will take their scripts from page to stage as information about scheduling lessons and they rehearse their short plays, add technical instrument selection details will come from elements of set, props, lights and costume, and instructors. perform their works in our classroom. This For: Blake students entering Middle School band workshop is taught by Blake Middle School Dates: July 17 – July 28 theatre teacher Lynn Ellingboe. Time: Individually scheduled with instructors Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School For: ages 12 – 15, entering grades 7 – 9 Cost: $165 (includes lesson book and supplies) Dates: June 12 – June 16 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Beginning Drawing Art Camp with Cost: $175 Kidcreate Studio Min/Max Students: 7/16 This beginning level drawing camp is far from ordinary! It’s playful, imaginative and Art Academy with Kidcreate Studio energetic. We will work with paint, glitter, Back by popular demand! Does your child love bubbles and other magnificent materials as art? Painting, drawing and clay are awesome. we introduce your young artist to basic art We will experiment with many techniques, terms and drawing techniques. Children will materials and styles as we make snow globes, even receive their very own sketchbook to take paint on canvas, create clay characters and home. Please pack a nut-free snack and drink more. Come ready to have an artsy good time for your child. in this highly anticipated camp. Please pack a For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 nut-free snack and drink for your child. Dates: July 5 – July 7 (Wednesday – Friday) For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Cost: $105 Location: Wayzata campus, art room Min/Max Students: 7/20 Cost: $140 Min/Max Students: 7/20

11 Clay Handbuilding GLOBAL ART ADVENTURES Roll up your sleeves and play with clay! Let’s bring our art supplies and imaginations Transform a lump of clay into a creature, mug, on an art-filled adventure! We’ll learn about bowl and more. Learn how to pinch, coil and master artists from different countries, study slab your way to original pottery creations folk art traditions, and then practice hands- on artmaking inspired by our art travels. This that everyone will love. Projects may include summer, art adventures will take us to Mexico a favorite animal made from a pinch pot or a and Central America, and the Northeast Asian coiled bowl for snacks and will be painted with countries of China and Japan. Sign up for one slips by campers. Projects will be glazed and or both camps. fired, and ready for campers to pick up in three weeks. This camp is hosted by the Minnetonka China & Japan Center for the Arts. Learn about master artists Takashi Murakami (Japan) and Fang Zhaolin (China), and study For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 traditional and modern-day artwork from Dates: June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Japan and China. Art projects may include Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Chinese landscape paintings with a brush Cost: $190 dipped in black ink and Japanese paper arts Min/Max Students: 5/16 like origami. This camp is hosted by the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Clay Surface Design For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Add lively details and color to clay! First we Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) will pinch, coil or slab our clay into functional Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. or decorative pieces. Then it’s time to play with Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room different surface design techniques. We’ll learn Cost: $180 how to use carving tools and stamps to add Min/Max Students: 5/16 lines, shapes and patterns to our sculptures, and the clay will be painted with slips by Mexico & Central America campers. Projects will be glazed and fired, and Learn about Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and ready for campers to pick up in three weeks. Diego Rivera, and study folk art from Panama This camp is hosted by the Minnetonka Center to Guatemala. Art projects may include for the Arts. paintings inspired by Mexican murals, colorful Central American festival masks and mixed For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 media projects made of , paints and more. Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. This camp is hosted by the Minnetonka Center Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room for the Arts. Cost: $190 For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Min/Max Students: 5/16 Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Cost: $180 Min/Max Students: 5/16

12 Improv! Move, express and think quickly on your feet! This workshop is full of fun theatre games and improvisational activities where students will work collaboratively to create numerous characters and plots and then bring them to life on stage. We will learn and laugh a lot together. We will focus on the process of building an actor’s skills by using improvisation as the tool for exploration and discovery. Blake Middle School theatre teacher Lynn Ellingboe teaches this workshop. For: ages 11 – 14, entering grades 6 – 8 Dates: June 12 – June 16 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School Price: $175 I Heart Sparkles Art Camp with Min/Max Students: 5/16 Kidcreate Studio Come to this camp and get your sparkle on! Knit, Purl Campers will enjoy creating multiple projects Learn how to knit or take your knitting skills that shimmer and glimmer with sparkles and to the next level with hours of instruction and glitter. Throughout the camp, children will practice in this hands-on camp. Beginning learn basic art techniques and work with many knitters will learn how to cast on, knit, purl different art supplies including (of course) lots and sew their creations together. More and lots of glitter. Please pack a nut-free snack advanced knitters will practice reducing and and drink for your child each day. adding stitches while learning about tension and gauge. Needles, yarn and patterns will For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 be provided for each student. Blake assistant Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. teacher Lisa Small leads this course. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room For: ages 7 – 14, entering grades 2 – 8 Price: $140 Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) Min/Max Students: 7/20 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Imagine This! Cost: $155 (includes materials) Imagine an acting ensemble of enthusiastic Min/Max Students: 5/16 students exploring their actors’ tools of voice, body and imagination saying “OK, I’ll try it!” as they develop their stage skills. Wowee! Blake theatre teacher Cynthia Hechter will lead the class in improvisation activities and scene building to create lively characters in an original play (based on a great story and I think Blake is the best camp

student ideas) to share in performance on “ out there. It’s affordable, fun, the last day of class. Register for one or both sessions. and the kids experience“ so For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 much. I recommend it to all Dates: July 24 – July 28 Times: my friends. Session A, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session B, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Wayzata, Highcroft campus theater room Cost: $175 Min/Max Students: 5/16

13 www.blakeschool.org Magic: The Gathering – Advanced Calling all Planeswalkers of the Multiverse! This camp is for those who have cast spells, summoned creatures and conquered their kitchen tables but are still hungry for more. This course offers the opportunity to grow as a Magic: The Gathering player and take the game to the next level. Participants will learn new concepts, etiquette and, most importantly, test their skills against other players with the same determination. Prior experience is necessary for this course. For: ages 13 – 18, entering grades 7 – 12 Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) LEGO® Mania Art Camp with Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Kidcreate Studio Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Back by popular demand! In this camp, we will Cost: $140 play with and create art with LEGO® bricks. Min/Max Students: 6/20 Use your awesome skills to construct a larger than life LEGO® brick, play games and conquer Masters on Canvas with LEGO® challenges. But that’s not all. We will Kidcreate Studio learn art terms and techniques while working In this camp, we will be inspired by art with a variety of art materials and supplies. created by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Please pack a nut-free snack and drink for your Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. We will child. recreate famous works of art like van Gogh’s “Sunflowers,” Monet’s “Water Lilies,” Matisse’s For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 “The Flight of Icarus” and many others, all on Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) real canvas boards. Make room on your walls: Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Wayzata campus, art room your child is going to be very proud of these Cost: $140 masterpieces! Please pack a nut-free snack and Min/Max Students: 7/20 drink for your child. For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 Magic: The Gathering – Introduction Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Have you ever wanted to raise an army of the Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. mightiest elves and soldiers in the land? Cast Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room enchantments and spells in this fun-filled Cost: $140 week. Take on the role of a Planeswalker Min/Max Students: 7/20 (A Powerful Mage) and battle other Planeswalkers. We will teach you the basics Mixed Media Art: Elementary Edition! and even a few advanced moves. The week will This class is for emerging artists who love conclude with an exciting tournament. A deck to sample a variety of art forms. Every day of cards will be waiting for you! is a new artistic experience as we play with line, color and shape to create one-of-a-kind For: ages 8 – 14, entering grades 3 – 8 works of art. Sample projects are drawing and Dates: June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. watercolor landscape paintings, mixed media Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School color play with paints and fiber, and building Cost: $135 (includes cards) 3D nature sculptures. This camp is hosted by Min/Max Students: 6/20 the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Cost: $180 Min/Max Students: 5/16

14 Page to Stage Lights, camera, action – calling all actors and actresses! Through theatre games, acting exercises, brainstorming and improvisation, students will explore the art of transforming stories into theatre as they take the basic premise of familiar tales and craft new characters, settings and scenarios. Guided by Blake drama teacher Lori Opsal, students will unleash their imaginations as they transform what they have created and bring it from the page to the stage. We invite family and friends to join us for a presentation on the last day of camp to share our work. Register for one or Mixed Media Art: Middle School Edition! both sessions. This class will explore a variety of art media For: ages 9 – 12, entering grades 4 – 6 and techniques, combining art forms Dates: June 19 – June 23 in refreshing ways. Our art projects will Times: introduce new artistic tools and concepts Session A, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. tailored to middle school participants. Sample Session B, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. projects are printmaking designs for paper and Location: Hopkins campus textiles, acrylic paint and collage on canvas, Cost: $175 and 3D paper and wire sculptures that bring a Min/Max Students: 5/16 freehand sketch to life. This camp is hosted by Stitch It! the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Do you love to sew or want to learn how? Each For: ages 11 – 14, entering grades 6 – 8 day will feature a project including cross stitch, Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) embroidery, hand sewing and machine sewing. Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Take away cool creations and new skills. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Materials are provided for each student. Blake Cost: $180 Min/Max Students: 5/16 assistant teacher Lisa Small leads this camp. For: ages 7 – 14, entering grades 2 – 8 Ooey Gooey Clay Creation Art Camp Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) with Kidcreate Studio Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. It’s ooey and gooey and oh so much fun! What Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School child doesn’t love to get messy as they create Cost: $155 (includes materials) with clay? Children will use a variety of tools Min/Max Students: 5/16 and techniques to make owls, monsters, bowls and much, much more. Making a mess may be the best, but working with clay is really cool, too. Please pack a nut-free snack and drink for your child. For: ages 5 – 9, entering grades K – 3 Dates: July 5 – July 7 (Wednesday – Friday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Middle School art room Cost: $105 Min/Max Students: 7/20

15 Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates Strings Lessons Want to continue playing your string instrument over the summer but need a little weekly motivation? Interested in learning how to play a string instrument but not sure which instrument is for you? Take summer lessons with Blake strings teacher, Ann Marie Letsinger. Ms. Letsinger will send scheduling information in May 2017 to registered students. For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 Dates: June 12 – July 25 (Mondays or Tuesdays) Time: Individually scheduled in May with instructor Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $40 per lesson (3 lessons minimum, 6 lessons My daughter LOVED maximum) “the improv class that Cynthia Twin Cities Jazz Workshop* Hechter taught. Cynthia is The Twin Cities Jazz Workshop is one of the amazing at how she can bring most established summer music programs in so many elements of theatre in the metro area. Students play their to include having the children instruments as part of small jazz combos that meet for three hours each day over the course write a storyline on what they of a one-week session. They receive instruction think the background is of their from a top-notch faculty of jazz professionals character, improvisation, and

whose credits include international tours, artistically creating the set. numerous CDs and several major awards. Each workshop session concludes with a Saturday With Cynthia’s“ guidance, my afternoon student concert and live recording daughter felt very confident to at a real Minneapolis jazz club! Students may take risks. enroll in multiple sessions. *Enroll online at http://www.tcjazzworkshop. com Contact workshop at 612-871-3534, email: [email protected] For: students ages 13 and up Dates: July 17 – July 21; July 24 – July 28; July 31 – August 4 Times: Morning sessions, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Afternoon sessions, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Location: Minneapolis campus, band room Cost: $235 for any a.m. or p.m. weekly session $205 for any additional second a.m. or p.m. weekly session $175 for any additional third a.m. or p.m. weekly session

16 Sports Camps

Blake sports camps offer opportunities to try new activities while enhancing and increasing physical fitness skills. Campers are guided by Blake’s award-winning coaches and mentored by our championship athletes to apply Blake’s core values of respect, integrity and courage to their efforts in the pool or on the field, ice or court. These programs, spanning pre-kindergarten through grade 12, are open to students throughout the greater Twin Cities area.

Archery Boys’ Development Workouts Campers will learn and advance their skills Commit to all-summer basketball training by in shooting, standing, drawing and releasing. joining Blake boys’ varsity basketball coach Tyler Concentration, slow steady breaths, release and Biwan and his staff. We will have 90 minutes safety are overarching themes, and Blake fourth of skill workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays, grade teacher Don Quinn offers over 30 years including but not limited to shooting, ball han- of archery experience. Archery camp hits the dling, passing, defense and much more. bullseye with both parents and kids! Athletes do not need to attend The Blake School For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 to participate. No camps July 4 and 6. Dates: June 12 – June 16 For: ages 12 – 18, entering grades 7 – 12 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, June 6 – July 27 (No camp Location: Wayzata campus, gymnasium July 4 & 6) Cost: $165 Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Min/Max Athletes: 5/15 Location: Hopkins campus, gymnasium Cost: $155 Min/Max Athletes: 5/40 Join us for a fun-filled week of baseball. Par- ticipants will receive valuable instruction in Youth Boys’ Basketball Camp refining hitting and throwing mechanics and Join Blake boys’ varsity basketball coach Tyler proper fielding techniques, all while learning Biwan and his staff for an awesome week of bas- more about the game of baseball. Players will be ketball fun. This camp targets skill development, grouped based on age and experience. Partici- overall basketball knowledge and court sense. pants must provide their own . Athletes do not need to attend The Blake School For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 to participate. Participants will be grouped based Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) on age and experience. Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 Location: Hopkins campus Dates: July 24 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) Cost: $155 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Min/Max Athletes: 5/30 Location: Hopkins campus, gymnasium Cost: $155 Min/Max Athletes: 5/40

17 www.blakeschool.org to view camps by category, date or campus Girls’ Basketball Fencing: Beginning Join Blake girls’ varsity basketball coach Kelly Lunge, parry, riposte, touché! Fencing camp Vang and her staff for an awesome week of introduces basic fencing techniques to fifth basketball fun. This camp targets skill develop- through ninth graders who are interested in ment, overall basketball knowledge and court trying a new sport. Students will learn about sense. Athletes do not need to attend The Blake fencing weapons while practicing footwork School to participate. and bouting skills for this Olympic sport. An For: ages 9 – 12, entering grades 4 – 6 informal competition will conclude the week Dates: August 1 – August 3 (Tuesday – Thursday) of fencing fun to showcase participants’ skills. Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Fencing equipment will be provided. Location: Hopkins campus, gymnasium For: ages 10 – 15, entering grades 5 – 9 Cost: $120 Dates: July 17 – July 21 Min/Max Athletes: 5/20 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, gymnasium Cross Country Running Cost: $165 Join Blake cross country coaches Jason Shantz Min/Max Athletes: 5/20 and John Shelp, and Blake strength and con- ditioning coach Isaac Anderson for summer Fencing: Advanced cross country running programs. This crew has Enhance your fencing skills with this fast- a combined coaching experience of more than paced camp. Advanced fencing builds upon 40 years. Blake’s coaches will offer biweekly camper knowledge and practice of footwork summer workouts as well as a weeklong cross and bouting skills. An informal competition country camp. Campers can sign up to par- to showcase participants’ development will ticipate in summer workouts, cross country conclude the week of fencing fun. Students camp or both. These programs will provide completing the Beginning Fencing camp last a fun, challenging and engaging approach to summer or this summer are encouraged to at- training. A cumulative stress approach takes tend. Fencing equipment will be provided. into account the combination of run, tech- For: ages 11 – 16, entering grades 6 – 10 nique, strength, psychology and cross training Dates: July 24 – July 28 as total volume of training. This approach Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. has proven to provide high performance and Location: Hopkins campus, gymnasium a low incidence of injury. Although we take Cost: $165 training very seriously, we will keep things fun Min/Max Athletes: 5/20 with running-based games, healthy/fun snack choices and good times! For: ages 11 – 18, entering grades 6 – 12 Options: A) Tuesday and Thursday Workouts, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., June 13 – July 27 (no camp week of July 3 – July 7), $150 B) Cross Country Camp, July 24 – 27 (Monday – Thursday) 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., $200 C): Summer workouts and Cross Country Camp (see dates & times above), $300 Location: Hopkins campus Min/Max Athletes: 10/30

18 Camp Soccer Camp Join Wolfpack varsity football coach Col- Join Blake varsity soccer coach Paul Armstrong lin Quinn for an awesome week of football for a fun week of soccer. The camp, like the fundamentals and training. Campers will learn Blake soccer teams, will emphasize teamwork, a variety of playing positions at this fun, safe leadership, hard work and good sportsmanship. and non-contact camp. Campers should bring Campers with playing experience, and those football cleats and shoes. Athletes will be playing soccer for the first time, can get much grouped based on age and experience. out of the learning-by-playing approach of this For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 camp. Activities will include large group warm- Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) ups, individual skill development and small Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. group competitions. Bring a soccer ball, shin Location: Hopkins campus guards, water and sunscreen. But most impor- Cost: $155 tantly, be prepared to have some serious soccer Min/Max Athletes: 10/40 fun! Athletes will be grouped based on age and experience. Girls’ Lacrosse Camp Join us for the fastest game on two feet! This For: ages 6 – 11, entering grades 1 – 5 camp will help develop fundamental skills to Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. grow and master the sport — all while having a Location: Hopkins campus whole lot of fun. Each day focuses on a specific Cost: $155 skill set, beginning with a series of drills and Min/Max Athletes: 10/40 concluding with a game-like setting during which campers put those skills to use. Former Survival Skills and current high school varsity lacrosse players Join fisherman, hunter, outdoorsman, ad- are present to ensure that each camper receives venturer and Blake fourth grade teacher, Mr. individual attention throughout the week. All Don Quinn for Survival Skills. Topics for the levels are welcome; beginners are encouraged. class include finding food and water, build- Players are grouped based on age and experi- ing shelter, basic first aid, attaining warmth ence. Girls must provide their own lacrosse and keeping cool. Campers will learn to pack a stick*, goggles*, cleats, mouth guard and water survival kit, start a fire, find food from plants, bottle. *Sticks and goggles will be available on track animals, build shelters, fish and much loan to the first five registrants. more. Be prepared for an outdoor adventure at For: ages 7 – 14, grades 2 – 8 this exciting and informative camp! Dates: July 10 – July 13 (Monday – Thursday) For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Dates: June 12 – June 16 Location: Hopkins campus Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cost: $155 Location: Wayzata campus Min/Max Athletes: 10/40 Cost: $165 Min/Max Participants: 5/16 Sailing Camps out to the Lake Minnetonka Sailing School (LMSS) to enjoy a wide range of sailing fun! As a nationally accredited program, LMSS offers classes to fit the needs of every Blake sailor, at any age or experience level. In addi- tion to teaching sailing, LMSS offers REACH curriculum for those ready to explore our wa- ters through science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). To learn more and register, visit Lake Minnetonka Sailing School online at www.lmss.us.

19 For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 Dates: Session A, June 12 – June 22 (two weeks, Monday – Thursday) Session B1, June 26 – June 29 (one week, Monday – Thursday) Session B2, July 5 – July 7 (three days, Wednesday – Friday) Session C, July 10 – July 20 (two weeks, Monday – Thursday) Times: 3:40 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, pool Swim Team Camp Cost: This three-week technique camp is Session A, eight 40-minute lessons, $145 designed to foster development and refinement Session B1, four 40-minute lessons, $75 Session B2, three 40-minute lessons, $60 of competitive swimming strokes for junior Session C, eight 40-minute lessons, $145 varsity and varsity caliber swimmers. Athletes Min/Max Swimmers: 6/16 begin with basic body balance and progress to swimming with maximum efficiency. Starts Track & Field and turns will also be emphasized daily. This Run, jump, sprint, hurdle, throw and vault your training program is designed for high school way through a terrific week of track and field season success. Have a great time while you fun. Join Blake coaches and athletes to learn take this lifetime activity to the next level with and practice the myriad of skills involved in Blake’s award-winning coaching staff. Sign up each event while improving your speed, endur- for one or both sessions. ance and overall athletic potential. Events for For: ages 11 – 18, entering grades 6 – 12 track and field include running sprints and Dates: long distances, hurdles, long jump, pole vault, Session A, June 12 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) triple jump, high jump and throwing the shot Session B, July 10 – July 27 (Monday – Thursday) put and discus. Additionally, the training for Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. track and field can serve as a strong foundation Location: Hopkins campus, pool Cost: $285 for many other sports. Athletes will be grouped Min/Max Athletes: 5/15 based on age and experience. This camp is led by Blake assistant teacher and coach Vince Swimming Lessons: Developing Donahoe. & Learn-to-Swim For: ages 6 – 14, entering grades 1 – 8 Participate in American Red Cross swimming Dates: June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) lessons at Blake this summer! You will be Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. amazed at how much your child can grow as a Location: Hopkins campus, track swimmer with daily instruction. Your child will Cost: $155 improve basic swimming skills, gain confidence Min/Max Athletes: 5/50 in the water and improve his or her stroke proficiency. A swim assessment on the first day of camp will guide goal setting and perfor- mance outcomes. Blake’s coaching staff prides My child had the opportunity to“ itself on utilizing individualized instruction to “ train and to learn techniques to coach each swimmer to the next level. Staff to swimmer in-the-water ratio will be 1:6. Daily help her be a better runner. swim lessons are a great way to wrap up a day of camps and classes at Blake and/or combine with Extended Day (see online registration for options). Sign up for multiple sessions to see the best results.

www.blakeschool.org 20 Ultimate Frisbee Youth Lacrosse Camp: Learn to Play Grab a disc and lace up your for a Interested in learning how to play lacrosse? week of skill development and strategy. Camp- Join us at this fun and active coed camp for ers will learn positioning, handling and catch- beginners! Former Blake lacrosse coach Bobby ing techniques as well as participate in friendly, Nichols will guide players in skill development, fast-paced competitions. Be sure to bring a wa- basic strategy, teamwork and sportsmanship. ter bottle and dress for the weather. Ultimate Participants must provide their own lacrosse Frisbee camp is sure to be ultimate fun! stick, (with face mask), elbow pads, For: ages 9 – 14, entering grades 4 – 8 , and padded gloves (comparable Dates: June 26 – June 29 (Monday – Thursday) hockey equipment is acceptable). Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus For: ages 5 – 8, entering grades K – 2 Cost: $155 Dates: June 19 – June 22 (Monday – Thursday) Min/Max Athletes: 5/25 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus Cost: $155 Yoga Fitness Min/Max Athletes: 10/50 Join us for yoga and fitness fun! This camp includes yoga, movement, music, crafts, group games, projects and story activities. Each day will have its own theme and encourage your child’s creativity. Yoga brings out the best in kids and teaches positive lessons. Colleen Evon, founder of Fun Sun Kids Yoga and former preschool teacher, is a certified yoga instructor. She is currently an instructor at CorePower Yoga and teaches kids’ yoga programs at several Twin Cities schools, including The Blake School. Session A For: ages 8 – 12, entering grades 3 – 6 Dates: June 12 – June 15 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus Cost: $155 Min/Max Campers: 5/16

Session B For: ages 4 – 7, entering grades Pre-K – 2 Dates: July 17 – July 20 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Hopkins campus Cost: $155 Min/Max Campers: 5/16

Our daughter made “ significant improvement in “ her swimming skills (many thanks to Mr. Rosenberg).

21 www.blakeschool.org Acoma Day Camps

Looking for fun, adventure, sports, arts and friendships? Blake’s Camp Acoma has brought together children from across the Twin Cities for more than 50 years. Campers engage in the arts and athletics while developing curiosity, creativity and positive risk-taking skills. Unique session themes provide opportunities to develop physical, social and intellectual skills in a friendly and safe environment. Blake’s core values of respect, love of learning, integrity and courage are explored as campers embrace the magic of summer at Camp Acoma. Need a summer’s worth of fun in one place? Each Acoma session offers unique themes, field trips and projects. All of this and more keep campers on their toes and covered in sunscreen!

Session A: June 12 – June 23 (2 weeks) at Hopkins campus Session B1: June 26 – June 30 (1 week) at Hopkins campus Session B2: July 5 – July 7 (1 week, Wednesday – Friday) at Hopkins campus Session C: July 10 – July 21 (2 weeks) at Hopkins campus Session D1: July 24 – July 28 (1 week) at Wayzata campus Session D2: July 31 – August 4 (1 week) at Wayzata campus

Acoma Cubs We play to learn and learn to play! Day camp fun meets school readiness at Camp Acoma Cubs. Our youngest campers learn to love camp and school through arts and crafts, fantasy and dramatic play, athletics, biking, scooting, ice skating (Hopkins campus only), cooking and games. Session themes emphasize early literacy, mathematical thinking and scientific exploration in addition to cooperative and independent play. Pack swim suits and towels; we’ll have water fun and games on hot days (there is no pool swimming in Cubs). Weekly morning field trips enhance each theme-based session.

Blake faculty and counselors who are caring role models with unique talents lead Camp Acoma. The faculty to student ratio is below 1:7. A foundation of Camp Acoma is developing strong relationships with other campers and counselors. Acoma Cubs campers enjoy a safe, enriched environment in Blake’s generous early childhood facilities on both the Hopkins and Wayzata campuses. Parents of children entering kindergarten can choose between Cubs and Bears based on age, swimming ability and camp readiness.*

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to register for Camp Acoma Cubs on the proper campus — Hopkins or Wayzata.

Camp Acoma Cubs For: ages 4 – 5, entering pre-kindergarten and kindergarten* Times: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., full day (pack a nut-free lunch each day) 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., mornings (option to stay for lunch is included) Cost: $450 full day (per two-week session) $245 mornings (per two-week session) $245 full day (per one-week session) $125 mornings (per one-week session) $145 full day (per three-day session), week of July 5 – 7 $75 mornings (per three-day session), week of July 5 – 7

22 Acoma Bears Join Camp Acoma Bears for a summer of action, creation and relaxation in six unique sessions. Acoma Bears takes full advantage of Blake’s rolling acres, pool (Hopkins campus only), gymnasium, ice arena (Hopkins campus only) and nearby lakes. Local field trips serve as capstones and opportunities for more hands-on learning and adventure. A foundation of Camp Acoma is developing strong relationships with other campers and counselors. Blake faculty and counselors who are caring role models with unique talents lead Camp Acoma. Dedicated arts and physical education faculty deepen athletic and artistic experiences throughout each session. Our counselor- to-student ratio is below 1:8. Each session offers hours of water-based activities. Certified lifeguards and instructors lead American Red Cross swimming lessons, and swim assessments guide the instruction of each child. New or reluctant swimmers will be guided gently in water adjustment and learn-to-swim exercises. Be amazed at how much your child can grow in one summer! Please pack a nut-free lunch, afternoon snack and water bottle for your child each day. Refrigerators and microwaves are not available. IMPORTANT: Please be sure to register for Camp Acoma Bears on the proper campus — Hopkins or Wayzata. Camp Acoma Bears For: ages 6 – 8, entering grades K* – 2 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., full day 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) Cost: $450 full day (per two-week session) $245 full day (per one-week session) $145 full day (per three-day session), week of July 5 – 7 $125 – $135 half day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings) $245 full day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings)

*Parents of children entering kindergarten can choose between Cubs and Bears based on age, swimming ability and camp readiness.

Acoma bears was the perfect

“ amount of adventure for our

kids. I love that they do a lot of outdoor activities“ as that’s part of what makes summer summer!

23 Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates Acoma Adventure Camp Acoma Adventure revs up the camp fun for children entering grades three and four. Daily activities emphasize positive risk-taking, team building and Acoma traditions such as visual arts, athletics, ice skating (Hopkins campus only) and daily swimming. Weekly field trips emphasize adventure! Camp Acoma is led by Blake faculty and counselors who are caring role models with unique talents. Our counselor-to-student ratio is below 1:8. Dedicated arts and physical education faculty deepen athletic and artistic experiences throughout each session. Certified lifeguards and instructors lead American Red Cross swimming lessons, helping campers improve their swimming proficiency while learning new strokes and skills. New or reluctant swimmers will be guided gently in water adjustment and learn-to-swim exercises. Each camp session offers hours of swimming lessons and water-based activities. Please pack a nut-free lunch, afternoon snack and water bottle for your child each day. Refrigerators and microwaves are not available. IMPORTANT: Please be sure to register for Camp Acoma Adventure on the proper campus — Hopkins or Wayzata Camp Acoma Adventure For: ages 8 – 10, entering grades 3 & 4 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., full day 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) Cost: $465 full day (per two-week session) $250 full day (per one-week session) $150 full day (per three-day session), week of July 5 – 7 $130 – $140 half day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings) $250 full day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings)

24 Acoma Leaders in Training Looking to enhance your leadership skills while having fun this summer? Become a Leader in Training! In our Acoma Leaders in Training program, you will explore and develop your leadership style, participate in team building activities, experience positive risk-taking and practice overseeing creative camp activities. Day camp favorites of group games, outdoor learning, American Red Cross swimming lessons, athletics, songs and visual art projects round out each day. Local field trips serve as capstones and opportunities for more hands-on learning and adventure. Spend your summer learning and growing at this fun and inspiring camp! IMPORTANT: Please be sure to register for Camp Acoma Leaders in Training on the proper campus — Hopkins or Wayzata

For: ages 10 – 13, entering grades 5 – 7 Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., full day 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., half day (available in combination with other Blake offerings) Cost: $465 full day (per two-week session) $250 full day (per one-week session) $150 full day (per three-day session), week of July 5 – 7 $130 – $140 half day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings) $250 full day (one week in combination with other Blake offerings) Mix & Match Camps Please read through the wide array of options for children entering grades K – 7. Camp Acoma Bears, Acoma Adventure and Acoma Leaders in Training are offered in half- and full-day weekly sessions (when combined with other Blake camps) and full-day, two-week sessions to give children the opportunity to have fun in Acoma and the many other camps at Blake.

Camp Acoma provides a secure and welcoming environment. “ It’s great to be able to attend different specialty“ camps in one familiar location and with the continuity of having the same counselors throughout the summer.

25 www.blakeschool.org Spring Break Camps

Join us for learning, creativity, exploration and friendships at Spring Break at Blake! Our fun and engaging arts, sports and academic camps are led by caring and knowledgeable instructors and provide students with opportunities to try new activities and enhance skills. Half-day and full-day options are available, and Extended Day child care will be offered each morning and afternoon. These pre-kindergarten through grade 12 programs are open to students throughout the greater Twin Cities area.

All About the Sparkle with Kidcreate EUREKA! The Inventor’s Camp Studio Are you a budding inventor? If so, join Mad Is sparkle your child’s favorite color? If so, they Science as we learn about famous inventors will love this camp! They’ll make brilliant, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, sparkly masterpieces including a portrait of a Rube Goldberg, Archimedes and Ben Franklin pony, a trinket box and a painting of a butterfly. and the contributions they made to science. Children will learn art terms and techniques Use your knowledge and creativity to overcome as they get messy with Model Magic®, Plaster a series of challenges using basic materials, of Paris and other spectacular sparkly supplies. simple machines, tips from famous inventors The projects your child crafts in this camp will and most important of all – your mind. glitter, gleam, sparkle and shine. Please pack a While Thomas Edison said “invention is 10 % nut-free snack and drink for your child. inspiration and 90 % perspiration,” this camp For: ages 5 – 11, grades K – 5 is 100 % FUN! This camp is hosted by Mad Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Science. Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. For: ages 6 – 11, grades 1 – 5 Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Cost: $140 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Min/Max Students: 7/20 Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $135 Chess Camp Min/Max Students: 10/20 Whether you want to start with the basic rules of this classic game or learn history, tactics and strategies, this camp challenges your mind. Join in the fun while expanding your creativity and developing better powers of concentration and memory. Led by Eduard Zelkind, chess master and six-time Minnesota state chess champion, this camp offers students at any level the opportunity to advance their analytical thinking skills in an enjoyable, confidence- building environment. For: ages 6 – 14, grades 1 – 8 Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $155 Min/Max Students: 7/20

26 NASA: Academy of Space Explorers From Earth’s atmosphere to the outer reaches of our solar system, this hands-on Mad Science program sends campers on a quest for galactic exploration. Comets, planets, stars, constellations, eclipses and more are all waiting to be discovered. Learn the challenges of space travel and living in space. Build a model rocket and participate in a rocket launch. This camp is hosted by Mad Science. For: ages 6 – 11, grades 1 – 5 Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Glow-in-the-Dark Art – Part II with Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Kidcreate Studio Cost: $145 Back by popular demand with all new projects! Min/Max Students: 10/20 These projects will rock your child’s world long after the lights go out at night. You guessed it SAORI Weaving (Grades 4 – 7) Join The Blake School’s 2015 McGuire visiting – all of the projects we will create at this camp artist, Chiaki O’Brien for a SAORI weaving will glow in the dark. We will work with a workshop. SAORI is freestyle hand weaving variety of art supplies including clay, paint and with no rules and restrictions. It is an art luminescent materials to create masterpieces form in which weavers express themselves in your child will be ready to show off in the dark. weaving. There are no patterns to follow and Children do not need to have attended Glow- nothing is a mistake. Weavers will create with in-the-Dark Art Part I to attend this camp. complete freedom and natural creativity at this Please pack a nut-free snack and drink for your unique camp. child. For: ages 9 – 13, grades 4 – 7 For: ages 5 – 11, grades K – 5 Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $180 Cost: $140 Min/Max Students: 6/9 Min/Max Students: 7/20

Masters in Clay with Kidcreate Studio SAORI Weaving (Grades 8 – 12) Be inspired by art created by Vincent van Join The Blake School’s 2015 McGuire visiting Gogh, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch and Claes artist, Chiaki O’Brien for a SAORI weaving Oldenburg. We will recreate famous works workshop. SAORI is freestyle hand weaving of art like Monet’s “Water Lilies,” Munch’s with no rules and restrictions. It is an art “The Scream,” Oldenburg’s “Spoonbridge and form in which weavers express themselves in Cherry” and many others – all in clay. Make weaving. There are no patterns to follow and room to display these masterpieces. The nothing is a mistake. Weavers will create with projects your child creates in this camp are complete freedom and natural creativity at this going to be amazing! Please pack a nut-free unique camp. snack and drink for your child. For: ages 13 – 18, grades 8 – 12 Dates: March 28 – March 29 (Tuesday – Wednesday) For: ages 5 – 11, grades K – 5 Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cost: $90 Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Min/Max Students: 6/9 Cost: $140 Min/Max Students: 7/20

27 The How-Tos of Drawing with Kidcreate Woods, Watercolors & More! Studio Join Blake pre-kindergarten assistant teacher Does your young artist love to draw? This Charlie Billadeau for a nature art class introductory drawing camp teaches kids the developed just for Pre-K – K children! The basic techniques and principles of drawing. class will take nature walks throughout Blake’s We’ll encourage creativity and imagination wonderful natural campus and explore the while experimenting with a variety of drawing grounds in springtime. Students will make materials and techniques. Campers will even observational notes about their surroundings receive their own sketchbook that they will and record them with drawings, paintings, keep and draw in throughout the camp. In sculpture and more. We will ask questions Kidcreate’s fun and supportive environment, like, what makes the snow disappear? What your young artist will be eager to get drawing. will spring and summer look like? And what Please pack a nut-free snack and drink for your colors around us will change? Campers will child. spend time outside with sketchbooks and For: ages 5 – 11, grades K – 5 collect natural items that will be used to create Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) art. Children will be encouraged to try new Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. materials, experiment with colors and shapes, Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School and see natural surroundings in new ways. Cost: $140 Join us for a week of creativity and outdoor Min/Max Students: 7/20 exploration. Ultimate Frisbee For: ages 4 – 6, grades Pre-K – K Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Grab a disc and lace up your sneakers for Time: 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. a week of skill development and strategy. Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Campers will learn positioning, handling and Cost: $140 catching techniques as well as participate in Min/Max Students: 6/16 friendly, fast-paced competitions. Be sure to bring a water bottle and dress for the weather. Yoga Fitness Ultimate Frisbee camp is sure to be ultimate Join us for yoga and fitness fun! This camp fun! includes yoga, movement, music, crafts, group For: ages 8 – 13, grades 3 – 7 games, projects and story activities. Each day Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) will have its own theme and encourage your Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. child’s creativity. Yoga brings out the best in Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School kids and teaches positive lessons. Colleen Evon, Cost: $155 founder of Fun Sun Kids Yoga and former Min/Max Students: 6/20 preschool teacher, is a certified yoga instructor. She is currently an instructor at CorePower Yoga and teaches kids’ yoga programs at several Twin Cities schools, including The Blake

School.

For: ages 4 – 8, grades Pre-K – 2 Dates: March 27 – March 30 (Monday – Thursday) Fun activities, with “ Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. “ people I trust, in a Location: Hopkins campus, Lower School Cost: $155 place we know well. Min/Max Students: 5/16

Visit www.blakeschool.org for new offerings and updates 28 NEED FULL DAY CAMPS OR EXTENDED CARE? Spring Break at Blake and Summer at Blake offer several options to craft a full day of camp fun. Staffed by Blake faculty and Acoma staff, each option below provides a safe and fun place for campers before, between or after camps. The online registration system will prompt you when Extended Day, Recess Bridge or Camp Acoma (summer only) matches your selection.

Spring Break: Extended Day is available for care before and after camps during Spring Break at Blake from March 27 – 30, 2017 on the Hopkins campus. Our morning sessions are available from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and our afternoon sessions run from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Children must be picked up by 5:30 p.m. each evening; late charges will be assessed. Spring Break Extended Day at Hopkins campus: March 27 – March 30 For: ages 4 – 11 or pre-kindergarten – grade 5 Dates: March 27 – 30 Time: Morning 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.; Afternoon 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, playground or Lower School library Cost: Mornings $25 for 4 days; Afternoons $50 for 4 days

Summer: Extended Day is available for care before and after camps during Summer at Blake the weeks of June 12 – July 21 on the Hopkins campus and July 24 – August 4 on the Wayzata campus. Students can be enrolled in the morning session from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., in the afternoon session from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., or both depending on the course offerings at each of our campuses. Children do not need to attend Camp Acoma to be a part of Extended Day. Children must be picked up by 5:30 p.m. each evening; late charges will be assessed. If you would like to register for swimming lessons within Extended Day, please review the information in the Sports Camps section. Summer Extended Day at Hopkins campus: June 12 – July 21 For: ages 4 – 11 or entering pre-kindergarten – grade 5 Dates: One-week sessions, June 12 – July 21 Time: Morning 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; Afternoon 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Location: Hopkins campus, playground or Lower School room #109 Cost: Mornings $30 per one-week session/$20 week of July 5 – July 7; Afternoons $60 per one-week session/$40 week of July 5 – July 7 Summer Extended Day at Wayzata, Highcroft campus: July 24 – August 4 For: ages 4 – 11 or entering pre-kindergarten – grade 5 Date: One-week sessions, July 24 – August 4 Time: Morning 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; Afternoon 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Location: Wayzata campus, playground or room #222 Cost: Mornings $30 per one-week session; Afternoons $60 per one-week session

Mix & Match Half-Day Camps and Courses Most of our camps and courses are either in the morning or afternoon. Mix and match offerings are based on age and interest. Recess Bridge is available for campers between camps (see below). In the summer, Camp Acoma offers weekly morning and afternoon sessions to begin or end the day for campers ages 6 – 13. The online registration system will prompt you when Extended Day, Recess Bridge or Acoma (summer only) matches your selection.

Morning to Afternoon Camp Transition: Recess Bridge All children on campus must be affiliated with a program. If you are pairing morning and afternoon camps, we can provide supervision over lunch and spend time outside during recess (summer only). Children enrolled in Recess Bridge must bring a nut-free lunch and a beverage. The online registration system will prompt you when Recess Bridge matches your selection. All campers are escorted to and from program offerings by staff. For: ages 4 – 14 or entering pre-kindergarten – grade 8 Spring Break Cost: $10 – $25/week Summer Cost: $25 – $35/week

29 General Information & Policies

Spring Break at Blake and Summer at Blake to the left and then to the right and up a camps and courses are available to Blake stu- small hill to the carpool circle in front of dents as well as students from other schools the Blake Lower and Middle Schools. Pick throughout the Twin Cities. For spring break up is at the same location. Arrival for Camp camps, register using your child’s current grade Acoma is on the playground. Follow level. For summer camps, please register based signage to various camps and courses. on the grade your child will be entering for the Pre-camp communication will provide 2017-18 school year. Children do not need to specific locations. attend The Blake School to participate in spring break and summer programming. Wayzata campus: To drop off your child or children on the Wayzata campus, enter Registration the campus via Peavey Lane. Turn right into Please register online at www.blakeschool.org/ the school parking lot and drive through the summer. Credit Card and e-check options are lot to enter the carpool lane in the front available. All medical information is collected of the school. Pick up is in the same location. via online registration. There is limited parking in the front. Please park in the back of the school if you are Declined Checks and Credit Cards entering the building. Arrival for Camp There will be a $25 fee for any declined credit Acoma is on the lower playground. Follow cards or checks that cannot be processed due to signage to various camps and courses. insufficient funds. Pre-camp communication will provide specific locations. Drop-off & Pick-up Procedures Drop off and pick up can take some time given Please note: Students who enroll in the number of campers coming and going programs that take place on our Wayzata at the start and end of each day. Please plan campus must be dropped off and picked up for approximately 10 minutes. Traffic in and at that location. Blake does not provide around the Twin Cities can be heavy and delays transportation between campuses. may occur, so please plan accordingly. Students are expected to arrive on campus in time for Code of Conduct the beginning of each activity. If a pick up time Summer at Blake welcomes all families and is more than 15 minutes after a camp or course children and provides a safe and respectful ends, your child will be cared for in the camp environment that honors The Blake School’s office or at Extended Day. Late fees will be core values of respect, love of learning, integrity assessed. There is no transportation provided and courage. Summer at Blake encourages high between campuses. standards of behavior rooted in an environ- ment of welcome, safety and respect. Campers Hopkins campus: To drop off your child and students must be with their counselors or or children for Summer at Blake on the teachers at all times. Summer at Blake reserves Hopkins campus, enter the campus via Blake the right, in its sole discretion, to deny any Road South. Follow the driveway as it curves camper or student the opportunity to partici-

30 pate in an activity or the remainder of a camp minus non-refundable deposits and any or class if the child’s social conduct or behavior administrative fees per class/camp. Refund is deemed unsatisfactory by the Summer at requests made between May 2 and May Blake administration. No refunds or credits will 15, 2017 will be refunded at 50 percent minus be issued in the case of dismissal from a camp non-refundable deposits and any administra- or course due to conduct. tive fees. No refunds will be issued after May 15, 2017 to ensure staffing and programmatic Blake Changes, Cancellations & Refunds commitments to all families. This policy Blake reserves the right to change or cancel includes cancellations due to vacation any course in the event enrollment does not schedules, conflicting activities and/or just meet minimum participation. In the event of a a change in plans. change or cancellation, Blake will make every effort to notify families immediately and will Absences offer the option of transferring enrollment There will be no refunds for illnesses, absences, toward another class or receiving a full refund vacations, cancellations due to weather, or for the class. No refund is granted for a cancel- late matriculation. No refund will be given if a lation of a single class or session due to circum- student is dismissed from a program because of stances beyond our control such as weather. No disciplinary action. For high school academic refunds or credits will be issued in the case of credit courses, consistent attendance is essen- dismissal from a course or camp due to con- tial to earning credit due to the intensive nature duct. of the courses. All absences must be reported to the Summer at Blake Office at 952-988-3463 or Parent/Guardian Cancellations [email protected]. Please do not enroll & Refunds your child in a credit-bearing course at the high Please register for courses and camps carefully. school level if you expect him or her to be trav- Any request for a change or refund must be eling to a sporting event, a cultural activity, or made to the Summer at Blake director. There any other event that will require missing more is a $75 non-refundable deposit for all Spring than two days of the course. Break and Summer at Blake camps and courses. There will be charges for multiple registration Transportation changes. Transportation is not available between Blake campuses. Please review locations carefully as Spring Break: $75 non-refundable deposit camps and courses are located on all three cam- for all camps and courses. Requests for puses. No refunds will be issued after register- refunds prior to February 15, 2017 will ing for a class at an incorrect location. receive a full refund minus non-refundable deposits and any administrative fees per Inclement Weather class/camp. Refund requests made between If Spring Break at Blake or Summer at Blake February 16 and March 1, 2017 will be must be closed for any reason, the staff will refunded at 50 percent minus non- make every effort to alert families prior to the refundable deposits and any administrative start of class via text, email or at drop off. There fees. No refunds will be issued after March 1, are no refunds for cancellations due to weather. 2017 to ensure staffing and programmatic commitments to all families. This policy includes cancellations due to vacation schedules, conflicting activities and/or just The leadership at Summer at

a change in plans.

“ Blake is a joy to work with, Summer: $75 non-refundable deposit for all they are passionate about“ the camps and courses. Requests for refunds prior to May 1, 2017 will receive a full refund well-being of the children and so very accessible.

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33 Questions? Call 952-988-3463 The Blake School

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Summer at Blake offers students­ dozens of wonderful opportunities to find fun, enrichment­ and new friends in a caring and supportive environment.

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