BRILLA SUMMER PROGRAMS & EVENTS 2021 Dear Brilla Families,
Brilla Public Charter Schools are committed to the excellence and holistic development of each Brilla student and understand the need for resources that will enrich your children. As such have, we have put together this information packet for your convenience. In this packet you will find a full list of summer programs, summer events and online programs for you to explore. We encourage you to take part in as many educational and recreational activities, either in person or online, this summer!
Brilla’s Top Pick: We highlight the Summer Rising program. Summer Rising is New York City’s free school-based summer program for any City child in grades K–8. These programs provide a bridge to the next school year and allow students to reconnect with one another and with their schools. Students will address unfinished learning while being provided avenues for recreation, exploration, and fun. You can view their application online to find a program near you at: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/SummerRising.page. We hope that this helps lighten your summer research load. For any questions or additional resources please reach out to your school based Operations teams.
Sincerely,
Brilla Enrollment and Outreach Team #BronxEducated
--- Querida Familias de Brilla,
Las Escuelas Públicas Chárter de Brilla están comprometidas con la excelencia y el desarrollo holístico de cada estudiante y entendemos la necesidad de recursos que enriquezcan a sus hijos. Estamos comprometidos a la excelencia y el desarrollo integral de cada estudiante y, como tal, hemos reunido este paquete de información para su conveniencia. En este paquete encontrará una lista completa de programas/eventos de verano y programas en línea para que pueda explorar. ¡Te animamos a participar en tantas actividades educativas y recreativas, ya sea en persona o en línea, este verano!
La selección recomendada por Brilla: Destacamos el programa Summer Rising. Summer Rising es el programa gratuito de verano escolar de la ciudad de Nueva York para cualquier niño de la ciudad en los grados K-8. Estos programas proporcionan un puente para el próximo año escolar y permiten a los estudiantes reconectarse entre sí y con sus escuelas. Los estudiantes abordarán el aprendizaje inacabado mientras se les proporcionan las vías para la recreación, la exploración y la diversión. Puede ver la aplicación en línea y encontrar un programa cerca de usted en: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dycd/services/SummerRising.page.
Esperamos que esto ayude en su búsqueda de un programa de verano. Para cualquier pregunta o recursos adicionales, comuníquese con los equipos de operaciones de su escuela.
Sinceramente,
El departamento de Inscripción y Alcance de Brilla #BronxEducated SUMMER PROGRAMS 2020
Aspira New York Botanical Gardens Bronx House Day Camps COMPASS offers quality programs Summer Camp: The New York Bronx House is excited in with a strong balance of academics, Botanical Garden is the place to be anticipation of Summer Camp recreation, enrichment and cultural for summer break! Science- and 2O21! It will be a summer filled activities to support and strengthen nature-themed Camps for kids in with new things happening on our the overall development of young Grades K–5 feature outdoor site at the Henry Kaufmann people. The programs serve explorations, science investigations, Campgrounds, which students in grades K- 8 after school, and behind-the-scenes tours in the will make this a unique time to be a on many school holidays and during Garden’s 250-acre landscape. Each camper at Bronx House. Having 2 part of the summer, and are week takes full advantage of the new pools on our campsite will typically divided between Garden’s vast plant collection and mean more swim and activity time elementary and middle school. unique habitats like the 50-acre each day, and having 2 new home COMPASS aims to help youth build native forest, wetlands, and Native bases will provide optimal spaces to skills to support their academic Plant Garden. conduct great indoor camp achievement, raise their Each season offers unique themes activities, while also providing confidence, and cultivate their for a variety of age ranges. comfortable changing areas for leadership skills through service Session 1: July 5–23, 2021 swimming. We will also have brand learning and other civic Session 2: August 2–20, 2021 new baseball and soccer fields! engagement opportunities. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Grades K-10th Address #1: P.S. 25 - 811 E $1050 Non-Member | $945 Full Summer: Monday, June 149th St, Bronx, NY 10455 Member (Ages 3–5) 28–Tuesday, August 17 (36 Camp Address #2: P.S/ M.S. 31- 250 E 2900 Southern Blvd. Days) 156th St. Bronx, NY 10451 Bronx, NY 10458 First Session: Monday, June 646-763-8704 718-817-8181 28–Friday, July 23 (19 Camp Days) 646-763-8700 718-817-8779 Second Session: Monday, July 26– aspirany.org [email protected] Tuesday, August 17 (17 Camp Days) nybg.org/learn General Camp Hours: 7:30am-5:45pm (varies depending on bus assignment) Cost ranges from $3,000-$1,8000 990 Pelham Parkway South Bronx, NY 10461 718-792-1800 ext 232 [email protected] bronxhouse.org SUMMER PROGRAMS 2020
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East Bronx Football Camp Episcopal Charities of the Fordham University The 2 Week Football Training Camp Diocese of NY Fordham University, School of will focus on developing football St. Margaret’s Church Professional and Continuing Studies skills, positions, rules, agility Episcopal Charities’ Summer is proud to offer the Summer training specific to each individual Recreation programs provide Reading Skills Program as a sport, cardiovascular and meaningful, educational and community service to families on conditioning training, & offensive nurturing opportunities for children our campus. Since 1999, this and defensive skills, team play with who might not otherwise have the program has helped students in our an emphasis on fun and good opportunity to enjoy such community build strong reading sportsmanship values. Most experiences during summer skills and develop a deep love of importantly, every child will be vacation. An inner-city teen has the books and reading. The program is involved in small group instruction chance to steer a canoe at an designed and taught by the and station training. upstate camp. A group of children Institute of Reading Development, a Camper Fees from Dutchess County can visit a nationwide leader in reading skills EARLY BIRD $450.00 Manhattan museum for the first instruction. REGULAR $475.00 time. Summer Recreation programs 800-964-8888 LATE $500.00 recognize the vital nature of fordham.edu/ St. Frances De Chantal discovery, refreshment and fun that 2962 Harding Avenue Bronx, NY promote learning the other nine Freedom School Summer 10465 months of the year. Program 347-275-3116 940 E. 156th Street For 6 weeks in the summer, St. [email protected] Bronx, NY 10455 Ann’s offers a Children’s Defense [email protected] 718-589-4430 Fund Freedom School. The stssports.com Patricia Bryant Freedom School is designed to [email protected] teach the children to love to read, Eastside House Summer with culturally relevant books. The Camp ESF Camps curriculum has the theme “I can East Side House offers a free A camper’s summer experiences make a difference in myself, my educational summer day camp should be as diverse as their family, my community, my country program for children going into first growing interests. With a variety of and my world”; so it also develops grade through children going into hands-on activities for curious leaders. Our Freedom School is for sixth grade that are not enrolled in young minds, it’s a time for the first 100 public school children summer school. Designed to keep exploring, creating, discovering, ages 5-13 who submit completed students learning and moving when and eye-opening, with endless applications. Older youth are they are out of school for the opportunities to uncover talents invited to apply to spend a healthy, summer, the seven-week camp and forge new friendships. Led by a safe, enlightening and fun summer includes reading, writing, dynamic and experienced adult as community volunteers. Young mathematics, painting, singing, staff, campers are split into three people who have completed one dancing, yoga, team sports, and divisions, each with a wide array of year of college are invited to apply planned field trips out of the city. exciting, age-appropriate programs to be paid “servant leaders” who 337 Alexander Ave. and activities. are role models to and teach the Bronx, NY 10454 5250 Fieldston Rd. Freedom School scholars. (718) 665-5250 Bronx, NY 10471 Pick up an application from [email protected] 718- 432-1013 10:30am-6:00pm eastsidehouse.org ESFCamps.com 295 St. Ann’s Ave. Bronx, NY 10454 718-585-5632 episcopalcharities-newyork.or g SUMMER PROGRAMS 2020
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Bronx Zoo ICP at The Point Photography Kids in Motion Tickets for Wednesday are free and Classes This summer, due to the will be available beginning the prior A collaborative program with the coronavirus pandemic, we're Monday at 5pm. Tickets will be International Center of offering FREE pop-up programs available until Wednesday at 2pm Photography, ICP at THE POINT with limited attendance so that you or until the full day capacity is teaches the fundamentals of can have a safe and enjoyable time reached. photography. in parks. 2300 Southern Blvd. Registration ongoing Address1: Bronx, NY 10460 10-week course, four times a year People’s Park 718-220-5100 FREE 141st Street between Brook Avenue bronxzoo.com 718-542-4149 and St. Ann’s Avenue thepoint.org/photography Address 2: Brooklyn Botanical Garden Lozada Playground Children under 12 are always free. Imagination Playground E. 135th Street between Alexander Community Tickets: A portion of The Imagination Playground in a Avenue and Willis Avenue each day’s tickets are available free Box is a colorful container on https://www.nycgovparks.org/pro of charge to those who need them. wheels, reminiscent of trunks full of grams/recreation/kids-in-motion 1000 Washington Ave. treasures. The sides and top of the Brooklyn, NY 11225 boxes reveal a variety of loose parts LC Kids Artists at David Rubenstein 718-623-7200 such as foam blocks, sand and Atrium bbg.org water tools, as well as found items First Saturdays, 11am such as tarps, fabric and milk crates, FREE performances by some of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum which children use to create their best bands of today's family music Pay-What-You-Wish Play Sessions own toys and games. At each site, scene. Select Saturdays at the David Thursday between 2pm-5pm trained playworkers facilitate Rubenstein Atrium. 145 Brooklyn Ave. activity and provide an additional 62nd St between Columbus and Brooklyn, NY 11213 level of safety. Amsterdam Ave 718-735-4400 212.875.5456 brooklynkids.org The Imagination Playground in a lincolncenter.org/kids/series/free- Box is open from July 4 through saturdays-at-the-atrium Bronx Documentary Center Labor Day. The Bronx Junior Photo League St. Mary’s Playground MoMA (BJPL) is a free photography and 145th St. and St. Ann’s Avenue Entry to the Museum is by advance journalism program serving middle http://www.imaginationplaygroun timed ticket only and capacity is through high school students. d.com/ limited. 614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY 11 W 53rd St, 10451 New York, NY 10019 718-993-3512 https://www.moma.org/visit/fami [email protected] lies" https://www.bronxdoc.org/ Museum of the Moving Image Children’s Museum of Manhattan Free for kids under 3 and free 212 W. 83rd St. Fridays 4-8 pm NY, NY, 10024 35th Ave. at 37th St. https://cmom.org/ Queens, NY 11106 718-777-6888 movingimage.us SUMMER EVENTS 2020
New York Botanical Garden Turtle Cove Advance purchase of timed-entry Open for golfing tickets is required. Monday – Friday: Gate opens at 2900 Southern Blvd. 8am for ball dispenser (credit cards Bronx, NY 10458 only). Batting cages and miniature 718-817-8700 golf open at 10am. nybg.org Saturday – Sunday: Gate opens at 7am for ball dispenser (credit cards New York Hall of Science only). Batting cages and miniature Admission is free on Fridays, 2 – 5 golf open at 8am. pm and Sundays, 10 – 11 am. 1 City Island Road, Pelham Bay Park, 47-01 111th St. NY 10464-1003 Queens, NY 11368 718-885-1129 718-669-0005 [email protected] nysci.org turtlecovegolfcenter.com
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Staten Island Zoo Every Wednesday 2:00pm – 4:45pm Free Admission for all 614 Broadway Staten Island, NY 10310 718-442-3101 statenislandzoo.org ONLINE PROGRAMS 2020
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