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2020 Summer programs for babies through 12th grade WELCOME
DEAR SUMMER EXPERIENCE FAMILIES,
It is with a happy heart that we share our 2020 Summer Experience CONTACT INFORMATION offerings. We are very intentional and diligent in making sure we offer Summer Experience...... 614-509-2267 something for everyone at Columbus Academy. We are committed to Director...... 614-509-2529 reaching children where they are, understanding and supporting different Assistant...... 614-509-2247 learning styles, and advocating and caring for the diverse tapestry that Before/After Care...... 614-509-2240 is our world. CA Summer Experience is a place to feel safe and where Summer Experience Fax...... 614-475-0396 everyone can be their true self. We encourage lifelong learning through Email...... [email protected] exploring what excites and motivates you. From babies and their Director’s Email...... [email protected] caregivers to teenagers, and everything in between, we hope you will find something that will spark wonder and enjoyment through fun and play. We cannot wait to see what you choose! Happy planning! Like us on Facebook for access to updates, photos, Sincerely, Friday Showcase information and more!
ALYSSA KING, DIRECTOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PROGRAM SESSIONS HOURS OF OPERATION
Session 1 June 2 - June 5 (no camp June 1) Before Care 7:00 am – 8:30 am
Session 2 June 8 - June 12 Pre-K Half Day 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Session 3 June 15 - June 19 Pre-K Half +Plus 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Session 4 June 22 - June 26 Pre-K Full Day 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Session 5 June 29 - July 2 (no camp July 3) Rising K-9 Check-in 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Session 6 July 6 - July 10 Rising K-9 Half Day 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Session 7 July 13 - July 17 Rising K-9 Half +Plus 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Session 8 July 20 - July 24 Rising K-9 Full Day 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Session 9 July 27 - July 31 Rising 9-12 See page 59 for offerings After Care 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Family Division See pages 3 – 10 for offerings
FEES, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS AND DEADLINES POLICY Course fees are located in the course descriptions and registration pages. Whether submitting a paper form or registering online, registration is not complete until payment is received. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadlines will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. If late registrations are received after the deadlines, camp fees increase by 10%. All camps have a minimum enrollment that must be met in order to run. If we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment, the decision will be made two weeks prior to the start date. You will be notified via email with alternative camp options or to receive a full refund. 2 DEADLINES: May 15th for Sessions 1-5 and June 19th for Sessions 6-9 Like us on Facebook for access to updates, photos, Friday Showcase information and more!
Family (Explore With Me, Grown Up & Child) ...... 3
Pre-K (Ages 3 – 5 and fully potty trained) ...... 11
HOURS OF OPERATION Before Care 7:00 am – 8:30 am Lower School (Rising K – Rising 5th)...... 19 Pre-K Half Day 8:30 am – 11:30 am Pre-K Half +Plus 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Pre-K Full Day 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Middle School (Rising 6th – Rising 9th) ...... 41 Rising K-9 Check-in 8:30 am – 9:00 am Rising K-9 Half Day 9:00 am – 11:30 am Rising K-9 Half +Plus 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Upper School (Rising 9th – Rising 12th) ...... 59 Rising K-9 Full Day 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Rising 9-12 See page 59 for offerings After Care 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Meet the Teachers ...... 65 Family Division See pages 3 – 10 for offerings Columbus Academy Campus Map...... 73 TOP 5 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. Where is CA Summer Experience located? Columbus Academy is located at 4300 Cherry Bottom Road in Gahanna. We are close to the intersection of Morse and Hamilton Roads and just minutes away from Easton Towne Center.
2. Are all programs held on campus? The majority of our programs are held on campus; however, we do have off-site / traveling program partnerships within the community such as Fairy Tale Farm, Hoover Sailing Club and more. If a program is held off-site, it is indicated in the class description with the icon.
3. Is lunch provided? Lunch is provided for all Half +Plus (9:00am-1:30pm) and Full Day (9:00am-4:00pm) camps that are held on campus and is built into the price of the camp. CA offers a hot main dish with two sides including vegetarian options as well as a salad bar, deli bar and pasta bar daily. We also do our best to accommodate all dietary requests / restrictions. Please contact our office if you have additional questions related to dietary concerns. Children are welcome to pack a lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free. Allergy policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free.
4. Do I need to pay when I register? Yes; payment in full is required at the time of registration. Registrations will not be processed and a space is not re- served in any program(s) unless full payment is received.
5. What if I need to cancel or change my child’s schedule? Deadlines are May 15, 2020 for Sessions 1-5 and June 19, 2020 for Sessions 6-9. Cancellations or changes made prior to those dates will incur no penalty, and program fee(s) will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadlines will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm finan- cial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to your child’s schedule after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Please visit www.columbusacademy.org/summer to read the answers to more FAQs! FAMILY Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
EXPLORE WITH ME: CAREGIVER & BABY One registration accommodates one child and one caregiver. EWM is also intended to be an inclusive “all-in-the-family” experience. If there is more Ages birth to 5 years than one caregiver or an older sibling not within the age range of the class, they are also welcome to attend as a guest at no additional charge. Welcome to our Explore with Me (EWM) division at Columbus Academy All classes have a suggested age range based on the appropriateness of Summer Experience. This program is designed to give caregivers and the activities covered. Please remember our classes are flexible, and we babies a place to bond and explore, while offering a low stress environment understand that every child develops at his or her own rate. If you register in which babies can learn and grow individually and socially. Caregivers for a class that does not seem developmentally appropriate for your child, will also have the opportunity to network and learn many new and exciting we will be happy to work with you to find an alternative option that is a activities to do with those in their care. In addition to a lead instructor, there better fit. will be a program coordinator present in all classes to assist the caregivers and babies at any point. ————— EWM classes are offered from 10:30-11:30am, Tuesday through Saturday What are the benefits of programming for very young children? on Columbus Academy’s campus in Gahanna. The campus is accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the East via Beecher Road off of Connections! Not only with the world around them, but between the child Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map on the inside of the back and those that care for them the most. In a world where technology is so cover.) All Explore With Me programs are best accessed by parking in the important and our attention is being pulled in so many directions, we need Family Division parking area in the Academy Hall Parking Circle. Follow the to make conscious efforts to connect. These programs offer support in a ORANGE signage into the Theatre entrance and into the Explore With Me variety of ways: room. • Programming that is age appropriate and flexible All EWM classes follow a consistent, yet free-flowing schedule. We • Connecting to the community at large understand the babies’ individual needs will vary and therefore, our class • Providing a baby safe environment to explore and discover schedule is designed to be flexible and adaptable in order to cater to the • Giving parents and caregivers a venue to network with each other, needs of our families. The first 15 minutes of the hour is designed to allow connect and share caregivers and babies to get acclimated to the classroom environment while socializing with others in the class. The program coordinator will also Sensory Sensitive Friendly Classes have manipulatives available as an option during this time. Once everyone Each summer, we continue to provide training and resources to all faculty is settled in and all of the babies’ needs are met, the instructor will lead and staff to care for our students with special sensory needs. We have the themed portion of class, which typically lasts between 25-30 minutes. made strong efforts to educate all of our teachers on the needs of the During the remaining 15 minutes of class, the EWM stations will be open sensory sensitive child. We strive to make sure our environment supports for free play time guided by the program coordinator. Caregivers and these needs by being conscious of bright lights and noise levels, providing babies will be encouraged to interact with each station before ending the space for necessary breaks, as well as providing a variety of sensory class. Stations include, but are not limited to: a soft shape obstacle course, activities for discovery when the child is ready. These enhancements benefit Nessie soft creatures, crawl tunnels, indestructible books, baby musical all children, but are essential to those with sensory needs. If you have instruments, soft blocks, tactile balls, and so much more! additional questions or information that could be helpful in caring for your child, please contact our office at (614) 509-2267.
Explore With Me | Weekly Schedule 6/9/20 - 8/1/20
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
Little Sports, Smiles, Music Little Swim NO CLASSES Scientist Fitness & Fun! Together Masterpieces with Me 18 months to 3 years 18 months to 3 years birth to 5 years 18 months to 3 years birth to 3 years
4 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
EXPLORE WITH ME Programs are organized by day of the week. Explore With Me will use the Family Division Registration Form located on page 9. FRIDAYS
Little Masterpieces Ages 18 months to 3 years old | Sessions 2-9 (no class July 3) TUESDAYS Fridays 10:30a-11:30a | $140 for the 7-week session Coordinator: Kate Cremean Little Scientist Rediscover the joy of making art with your little one. Each week you will Ages 18 months to 3 years old | Sessions 2-9 focus on learning a different color of the rainbow while creating priceless Tuesdays 10:30a-11:30a | $160 for the 8-week session memories and amazing artwork. Come dressed for mess as you may be Coordinator: Kate Cremean using mediums you don’t often use at home including paint, clay and glue. Bring your curiosity as we investigate, explore and stretch our minds. We will examine and experiment each week with different properties to help understand the world around us. Come ready to have fun and get messy in our EWM learning lab for little scientists. SATURDAYS
Swim with Me Ages birth to 3 years old | Sessions 2-7 (no class July 4) WEDNESDAYS Saturdays 10:30a-11:30a | $100 for the 5-week session Coordinator: Kate Cremean Sports, Smiles, Fitness and Fun! Introduce your child to the water and develop basic skills in a sensory Ages 18 months to 3 years old | Sessions 2-9 sensitive environment. Children will learn to be comfortable in the water Wednesdays 10:30a-11:30a | $160 for the 8-week session through songs, games, and water exploration. This class will provide a safe, Instructor: JumpBunch Staff supportive, environment with individualized instruction to meet the needs of Looking for an active program for your toddler? JumpBunch classes are a each child. Children will learn to trust their instructor and their caregivers in friendly introduction to sports and fitness for kids with classes structured just the water as well as basic water safety skills. Caregivers will learn songs and right for their size. Coaches will start each class with some warm up songs games that they can do in the water with their child. We will move at each and exercises and then move in to the activity for the week. Brightly colored individual child’s pace and do everything we can to make their experience in balls, simple toys, lively music, and varied activities help to keep the toddler’s the water a positive one! attention while they improve basic motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Some toddlers will respond right away, while others may take a little time before they jump in. At this age, advances can often be dramatic and fun to watch. Parent/caregiver participation is required.
THURSDAYS
Music Together Ages birth to 5 years old | Sessions 2-9 (no class July 2) Thursdays 10:30a-11:30a | $180 for the 7-week session Instructor: Kate Cremean Use your pots and pans for more than making mac and cheese! Music Together is an active approach to teaching music to babies and toddlers. By emphasizing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, this class introduces children to the pleasures of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV. Central to the Music Together approach is the idea that young children learn best from meaningful adult role models in their lives. This program brings families together by providing a rich musical environment in the classroom. It also encourages family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home within the context of daily life. Come prepared to make noise, use shakers, and sing! A songbook, CD, and digital download of all music used are included in the class fee. This class offers a multiple-child discount; please contact our office for details: (614) 509-2267.
5 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
GROWN UP & CHILD All classes have a suggested age range based on the appropriateness of the activities covered. Please remember our classes are flexible, and we Parents/caregivers and children ages 4 and up understand that every child develops at his or her own rate. If you register for a class that does not seem developmentally appropriate for your child, Work…schedules…dinners…sports…there is so much to do! Let us we will be happy to work with you to find an alternative option that is a help you carve out some precious time to spend with those closest to you. better fit. In this Grown Up & Child division, we hope to bring families together to experience fun and play in a lighthearted, but very intentional way. Learning a new skill or how to add health and wellness into your daily routine with ————— your child may be the most rewarding thing you will do all year. We will What are the benefits of programming for caregivers and make memories that will live on beyond the summer and may even spark children together? life long connections and engagement. Connections! Not only with the world around us, but between the child Grown Up & Child classes are offered at various times each day, Tuesday and those that care for them the most. In a world where technology is so through Saturday, on Columbus Academy’s campus in Gahanna. The important and our attention is being pulled in so many directions, we need campus is accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the East to make conscious efforts to connect. These programs offer support in a via Beecher Road off of Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map variety of ways: on the inside of the back cover.) All Grown Up & Child programs are best accessed by parking in the Family Division parking area in the Academy • Providing a fun learning environment for both parent and child Hall Parking Circle. Follow the ORANGE signage into the Theatre entrance • Learning new hobbies and activities to take home together and into the appropriate classroom. • Promoting family time and togetherness as well as learning about healthy habits that will support family growth together One registration accommodates one child and one caregiver. Each child • Giving parents and caregivers a venue to network, connect and share in attendance should be accompanied by a grown up. If multiple grown ups would like to bring one child, the second grown up can attend at no additional cost.
Grown Up & Child | Weekly Schedule 6/9/20 - 8/1/20
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays
Adulting: Personal Makerspace Family Fitness, Adventurous Swim NO CLASSES Finance Literacy Ages 7 and up Health & Wellness Explorers for Life Ages 8 and up Ages 5 and up Ages 6 and up Ages 4 and up
My First Woodworking Support for the Making Memories Let’s Make NO CLASSES Book Club for Wellness Support System in the Kitchen Lunch Early/Beginner Ages 5 and up All ages Grades 1-5 Ages 5 and up Readers
FEES, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS AND DEADLINES FOR FAMILY DIVISION Course fees are located in the course descriptions and registration pages. Whether submitting a paper form or registering online, registration is not complete until payment is received. Cancellations or changes (for Family Division only) made prior to Friday, May 29th will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after this deadline will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after this deadline, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadline will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. All camps have a minimum enrollment that must be met in order to run. If we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment, the decision will be made two weeks prior to the start date. You will be notified via email with alternative camp options or to receive a full refund.
FAMILY DIVISION DEADLINE: MAY 29, 2020
6 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Columbus Academy’s campus with each other. Along the journey, they may GROWN UP & CHILD forage for wood to build projects from, enjoy the quiet of the landscape, Programs are organized by day of the week. Grown Up & Child will use the as well as learn and practice mindfulness. Additionally, each grown up Family Division Registration Form located on page 9. and child group will have the opportunity to connect with each other by sketching, designing and building a small project of their own. Participants do not need any prior knowledge of woodworking or tool use. We ask that each participant, five years old and up, simply come with an open mind, willingness to learn, and an appreciation for making memories. TUESDAYS
Adulting: Personal Finance Literacy THURSDAYS Grown Up & Child (Ages 8+) | Sessions 2-9 Tuesdays 4:30p-5:30p | $160 for the 8-week session Family Fitness, Health & Wellness Instructor: Michael Fatten Grown Up & Child (Ages 5+) | Sessions 2-9 Want to help your child become money smart? Studies show that personal Thursdays 4:30p-5:30p | $160 for the 8-week session finance literacy has a stronger influence on household wealth than Instructor: CrossFit New Albany Staff/ Matt Wilson educational attainment. Come join us while we learn about the basic Come join us for a functional fitness experience that will teach you how to do concepts of spending, sharing, investing, and saving to gain solid financial a workout anywhere and not injure yourself no matter your age. We will teach skills and build strong habits. Get your child involved in household money a balance of nutrition and flexibility along with functional movements to get management and to be familiar with topics such as personal budgeting, you started toward the best shape of your life. Athletic clothing, water and credit cards, banks and loans. Helping children learn simple money lessons a notebook are encouraged. early on can go a long way toward fostering their financial success in the future! Support for the Support System: What’s Up With My Kid? How Can I Help Both Them and Myself? My First Book Club Grown Up & Child (All Ages) | Sessions 2-9 Grown Up & Child (Early to Beginner Readers) | Sessions 2-9 Thursdays 6:00p-7:00p | $160 for the 8-week session Tuesdays 4:30p-5:30p | $160 for the 8-week session Instructor: Joanie Calem Instructor: Angela Martin Living with children whose behaviors seem to challenge societal norms can Book clubs are generally a more social, less academic way to explore create a daily flood of frustration, dreams, hopes and fears for those who care comprehension and meaning while learning from the insights of others. for them. In this weekly workshop, we will explore the experience of children Reading and sharing stories not only promotes literacy, it also builds stronger who might not be in sync with the parenting books! Connecting with others relationships. Using the book of the week as a springboard for discussion, on the same path is one of the best ways to take this journey. Instructor a reading club with a parent can also improve communication. There’s no Joanie invites you to share, laugh, commiserate, and focus collective wisdom end to the lessons, insights, and feelings that can flow from a good book. toward supporting one another and learning practical strategies for helping Stories can be used to teach valuable lessons and offer solutions to the kinds both our children and ourselves on a parenting path that is less documented. of conflicts everyone faces. Children are more likely to take those lessons Please note the class is for parents/ caregivers only. Childcare with fun to heart if they come in the form of a story. In My First Book Club, we will weekly activites will be provided in a separate room. Children must be explore age appropriate fiction, nonfiction, mystery, fantasy, and biography. potty-trained. Incorporating themed crafts and snacks into our time together, reading will be associated with fun, learning, and time with their loved one.
WEDNESDAYS
Makerspace Grown Up & Child (Ages 7+) | Sessions 2-9 Wednesdays 4:30p-6:00p | $240 for the 8-week session Coordinator: Kate Cremean To create, invent, generate, produce, achieve, build and craft; these are a few of the words used to describe what you do in a makerspace. Come to Columbus Academy to learn what you can make with your imagination being the only limit for both grown up and child. Learn how to create a space like this in your own home and extend your projects and learning beyond the classroom. Work on planned projects that have extensions that are your own to create. Make your own plans and implement them in your space with the guidance of our skillful instructors. This will be a time to stretch your mind and strengthen your connection.
Woodworking for Wellness Grown Up & Child (Ages 5+) | Sessions 2-9 Wednesdays 4:30p-6:00p | $240 for the 8-week session Instructor: Shaun Ditty This Grown Up & Child class will focus on the experience of connection. Participants will have the opportunity to walk some of the beautiful trails on
7 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
FRIDAYS
Adventurous Explorers ONLINE REGISTRATION Grown Up & Child (Ages 6+) | Sessions 2-9 (no class July 3) Fridays 4:30p-6:00p | $210 for the 7-week session Coordinator: Kate Cremean Adventurous Explorers is an ideal combination of experiential learning, You can... fun, and adventure. Rock climbing, hiking, canoeing, shelter building, and survival training make for an awesome weekly adventure. Participants are encouraged to get dirty and interact with the environment as they learn • Filter classes by grade, program title, or session survival skills and gain knowledge and exposure to outdoor activities, wildlife, and bugs. No experience is required and all equipment and instruction are provided. This program includes two off-site adventures of rock climbing • View real-time class availability and a fun day of canoeing. Transportation will be provided with our CA-owned passenger vans and certified drivers. Waivers are required for each participant for some of the sites we will visit. These waivers, • Pay by credit card or e-check as well as a weekly schedule, will be sent via email prior to the start of the program. Families should come prepared for any weather, ready to perform the activities asked of them and be able to swim.
Making Memories in the Kitchen Grown Up & Child (Grades 1-5) | Sessions 2-9 (no class July 3) STEP-BY-STEP Fridays 4:30p-6:00p | $210 for the 7-week session Instructor: Angela Martin Join us for a journey around the world through food! Each week’s lesson will focus on a different country’s culture and a recipe you and your child will 1. Visit www.columbusacademy.org/summer make together. We will round out our experience by asking you to bring a family recipe to share with the group on the last day of class. Fantastic food, family and fun! Let’s get cooking! 2. Click online registration
SATURDAYS 3. Create and/or sign in to your My BackPack account
Swim for Life 4. Click Summer Experience / ASA Registration Grown Up & Child (Ages 4+) | Sessions 2-7 (no class July 4) Saturdays 9:30a-11:30a | $200 for the 5-week session 5. Click the Summer Experience (SE) REGISTRATION box Coordinator: Kate Cremean Going on a big trip and want to make sure you feel comfortable and safe with your child in the water? Simply want to learn a life skill that you and your 6. Click the link to begin a NEW 2020 SE Registration child can enjoy for years to come? In this class, we will introduce your child to the water and develop basic skills in a sensory sensitive environment. Children will learn to be comfortable in the water through songs, games, and 7. Complete student biographical and medical information water exploration. This class will provide a safe, supportive, environment with individualized instruction to meet the needs of each grown up and child. 8. Select classes Children will learn to trust their instructor and their grown up in the water as well as basic water safety skills. Grown ups will learn songs and games that they can do in the water with their child. We will move at each individual 9. Pay online and submit registration child’s pace and do everything we can to make their experience in the water a positive one!
Let’s Make Lunch: Cooking for a Healthy Life If you have questions or need assistance, Grown Up & Child (Ages 5+) | Sessions 2-9 (no class July 4) please contact the Summer Experience office at Saturdays 10:30a-12:00p | $210 for the 7-week session [email protected] or (614) 509-2267. Instructor: Chef Beckham/ Gourmet Dad Food Education Join Gourmet Dad Food Education in making your favorite lunches tastier and healthier. Each week, lessons will focus on making amazing, easy lunch dishes. You and your child will learn the benefits of eating simple REAL foods and how to make recipes together. Foods packed with vitamins, nutrients, and minerals needed to fuel you through your day. Come and join the fun and Please note that registration is not complete until payment is received. learn how to make healthy eating a lifestyle. Submitting classes without payment does not reserve space in a class.
88 COLUMBUS ACADEMY 2020 SUMMER EXPERIENCE FAMILY DIVISION REGISTRATION FORM Student Information First Name Last Name DOB / / Gender F M Grade in Fall 2020 School Name in Fall 2020 Faculty/Staff Child? q Home Address City State Zip Parent / Guardian Information First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone *Registration confirmations and other important information will be sent to these email addresses Emergency Contact Information Emergency contact will only be contacted if parent(s) can not be reached. First Name Last Name Phone 1 Phone 2
Tuesdays
Program Ages Time Explore With Me Little Scientist 18 months to 3 years 10:30-11:30a q $160.00 8-Week Session Grown Up & Child Adulting: Personal Finance Literacy 8 and up 4:30-5:30p q $160.00 8-Week Session My First Book Club Early to beginner readers 4:30-5:30p q $160.00 8-Week Session Total $ Please see class descriptions for specific class dates
Wednesdays
Program Ages Time Explore With Me Sports, Smiles, Fitness & Fun! 18 months to 3 years 10:30-11:30a q $160.00 8-Week Session Grown Up & Child Makerspace 7 and up 4:30-6:00p q $240.00 8-Week Session Woodworking for Wellness 5 and up 4:30-6:00p q $240.00 8-Week Session Total $ Please see class descriptions for specific class dates
Thursdays
Program Ages Time Explore With Me Music Together `Birth to 5 years 10:30-11:30a q $180.00 7-Week Session Grown Up & Child Family Fitness, Health & Wellness 5 and up 4:30-5:30p q $160.00 8-Week Session Support for the Support System All ages 6:00-7:00p q $160.00 8-Week Session Total $ Please see class descriptions for specific class dates
PARENT/GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE
q-Yes q-No _I permit Columbus Academy to use, in whole or in part, photographs of my child in school communications. • I authorize my child to participate in the Columbus Academy Summer Experience. I release and forever discharge Columbus Academy and its trustees, employees, agents, their heirs, successors and assigns, either jointly or severally, from any and all claims, damages, obligations, causes of action or suits, resulting from bodily injury to my child or damage to or loss of my child’s property arising from participation in this program and any travel related thereto. • To the best of my knowledge, the above child is physically fit and in good health. I understand that all standard safety measures will be taken. I do not hold Columbus Academy Summer Experience or its staff liable for illness or accident. • In case of emergency, if parents, emergency contact person, or child’s physician cannot be reached by phone, I authorize Columbus Academy to arrange for emergency medical treatment inclusive of surgical intervention for my child, and I agree to assume liability for any medical expenses incurred.
Signature (required) ______Date ______
9 Fridays
Program Ages Time Explore With Me Little Masterpieces 18 months to 3 years 10:30-11:30a q $140.00 7-Week Session Grown Up & Child Adventurous Explorers 6 and up 4:30-6:00p q $210.00 7-Week Session Making Memories in the Kitchen Grades 1-5 4:30-6:00p q $210.00 7-Week Session Total $ Please see class descriptions for specific class dates
Saturdays
Program Ages Time Explore With Me Swim with Me Birth to 3 years 10:30-11:30a q $100.00 5-Week Session Grown Up & Child Swim for Life 4 and up 9:30-11:30a q $200.00 5-Week Session Let’s Make Lunch: Cooking for a Healthy Life 5 and up 10:30a-12:00p q $210.00 7-Week Session Total $ Please see class descriptions for specific class dates
JOIN US FOR OUR FAMILY ORIENTATION! SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH 2-4PM
Join us to get a first-hand look at the facilities and talk to CA staff supporting Family Division programming this summer.
Bring your children and enjoy interacting with teachers, get familiar with the space and partake in a few fun children’s activities!
Please send completed registration forms and check payment (payable to Columbus Academy) to: Columbus Academy Attn: Summer Experience TOTAL AMOUNT $ Sessions 1-9 4300 Cherry Bottom Road Gahanna, OH 43230 LATE REGISTRATION $ Add 10% REGISTRATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.COLUMBUSACADEMY.ORG GRAND TOTAL $ summer office: 614-509-2267 | summer fax: 614-475-0396 [email protected]
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Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) ) fully potty trained (AGES 3-5 PRE-KINDERGARTEN PRE-KINDERGARTEN
11 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
PRE-K GENERAL INFORMATION Faculty, Staff and Sr. Counselors CA Summer Experience employs current CA Faculty and Staff members as Lunch well as highly qualified outside sources as teachers of the Summer Experi- Lunch is provided by Columbus Academy’s Dining Service for Pre-K Half ence programs. Sr. Counselors are typically local college students who have +Plus and Full Day programs for all sessions. Pre-K students eat lunch been hired after an extensive interview and training process. Sr. Counselors in a Pre-K friendly dining room within CA’s Dining Hall and are served an are assigned to camps each week and will accompany your child all day assortment of offerings including a hot main dish with two sides, vegetarian during their respective camp. CA Summer Experience also employs ample options and salad in a family style setting. We do our best to accommodate administrative staff to support daily programming. all dietary requests / restrictions. Please contact our office if you have addi- tional questions related to dietary concerns. Children are welcome to pack a Communication lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free. Upon registration with full payment, you should receive a confirmation email Allergy Policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free. from [email protected] with your child’s class schedule and additional information. You can expect communication via Daily Drop-off/Pick-up email from your child’s teacher the Friday prior to camp starting and the There will be signage all around campus to help direct parking, as well as a Wednesday during the respective camp week. If registration is received late, color coded system to follow from the parking areas to help guide you to the there may be a delay in this communication. correct entrance. Please see the CA campus map on the inside of the back cover for general parking information. Pre-K will follow the YELLOW signage. Facilities A majority of programs are held on CA’s beautiful 231-acre campus that con- Drop-off for Pre-K (ages 3-5) is at 8:30 am in the lobby entrance of the sists of a six-lane indoor pool, computer labs with iMac computers, nature Lower School. Pre-K parents or guardians should follow campus signage to trails, outdoor classroom space, low ropes elements, eight tennis courts, the Pre-K parking area (Academy Hall Parking Loop) and escort children into Schoedinger Theatre seating 538, two full-length gymnasiums, a weight the building to meet with their class. There will be CA Staff available to help room, a ceramics studio, five art studios, three libraries, five playgrounds, parents and students get to their drop-off areas. Any student who arrives eight science labs, four soccer fields, two turf fields, an all-weather track, prior to 8:30 am and is not accompanied by an adult will be escorted to a full service dining hall, three music rooms, and two baseball fields. The Before Care and charged the daily rate of $10. campus may be accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the East via Beecher Road off of Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map Pick-up for the Half Day program is 11:30 am. If your child is participating on the inside of the back cover.) in the Half +Plus program, he or she will continue with the program until 1:30 pm. If your child is participating in the Full Day program, he or she will Field Trip and Off-Site Transportation continue with the program until 4:00 pm. All Pre-K pick-up times will be in Columbus Academy utilizes school bus rental as a means of transportation the Pre-K classrooms. Parents or guardians will need to come into the for field trips and off-site programs. All drivers have proof of credentials classroom and provide a photo ID to sign children out. If someone other and background checks. CA also has a fleet of 7 passenger vans that will than a parent / guardian will be picking up your child, and you have not be used for smaller traveling groups. All drivers are employees of Columbus completed an authorized pick up list, please notify a staff member during Academy and are van-certified. drop-off. If your child is not picked up by 4:15 pm, he or she will be taken to After Care, at which time you will be charged the daily rate of $12.50. Extended Care Programs Available on a pre-registration or drop-in basis, Before Care and After Care Late Drop-off/Early Pick-up are held from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, respectively. If it is necessary to drop off or pick up your child at any time other than the Before Care offers a variety of quiet activities for your child as he or she gets designated camp times, the Operations Lead is available to help with these ready for the day. After Care features exciting themed activities, outdoor play, transitions. If you know this information ahead of time, you may discuss with and snack time, as well as quiet places for children to explore and reflect on your child’s teacher to make any necessary arrangements. You may also the experiences they have had at CA. Parents MUST pick up their children contact the Operations Lead any time during camp hours at 614-653-3117 from After Care by 6:00 pm. Parents that do not pick up their children to arrange a pick-up or drop-off. by the end of After Care will be charged $1.00 per minute beyond 6:00 pm. If Before or After Care are not needed for the full week, proration is Electronics Policy available by contacting our office at (614) 509-2267. Please understand With the increase in the technology around us, electronics are no longer pro- there can be no proration for the combo pricing. hibited at camp; however, we expect that these devices be put away unless specifically required for a camp or in the case of an emergency. Before Care $50 per week $10 per day After Care $62.50 per week $12.50 per day Discipline Action Plan and Termination Before and After Care Combo $85 per week 5 day option only Attendees who are found to bully or harass others will generally be subject to serious disciplinary action, including prohibition from further attendance. CA Before / After Care is best accessed by parking in the Academy Hall Parking Summer Experience reserves the right to remove any camper from our pro- Circle near the main entrance to the school. Follow the ORANGE signage into gram for disciplinary reasons. If a child is removed for disciplinary reasons, the Theatre entrance of the Lower School to the Before / After Care room. there will be no refund. Parents must come into the After Care room and provide a photo ID to sign out their child each day.
12 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
PRE-K PROGRAM DAILY DETAILS Pre-K Summer Experience Staff AM Coordinator: Debbie Newman ————— PM Coordinator: Tim Byrer Calling all 3 to 5-year-olds! Are you fully potty trained? Do you want to have fun in the sun this summer? Are you interested in storybooks and things that The Columbus Academy Pre-K staff consists of experienced classroom crawl? Do you want to do it all? Join our expert teachers on a wild adventure teachers and senior counselors. A maximum ratio of 6:1 is maintained, with throughout the summer at Columbus Academy’s Pre-K Summer Experience. a limit of twenty students per section.
CA defines potty trained as: The Pre-K program activities are based on weekly themes. Special guests, arts and crafts, science, games, outdoor education, creative movement, and 1. No longer in training pants/pull ups while awake or asleep (with the story time are used to express those themes. Children are encouraged to exception of medical conditions). discover and develop their academic, creative, and social skills at their own pace. Opportunities for active and experiential learning are offered each 2. Using the toilet for both urination and bowel movements. day through child-initiated and teacher-directed activities in order to assist children in their intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development. 3. Able to wipe him/herself after using the toilet. We are committed to creating an enriching environment where children are in the continuous process of development based on their individual ability, 4. Able to tell the teachers that he/she needs to use the restroom before- readiness, and interest. Our emphasis is on play and having fun. hand. A Pre-K camper’s day starts at 8:30 am and programming lasts until 11:30 am, which completes the Half Day option of Pre-K. Should you choose to stay Special Features for Half +Plus, you will continue on to lunch and themed activities until 1:30 Pre-K Special Features are offered Session 1. These camps are modeled pm. Should you choose to stay for Full Day, you will continue on to lunch, after our Lower School programs and offer Pre-K campers the opportunity to rest time, and additional Pre-K programming until 4:00 pm. If needed, Before experience specialty programming. See page 14 for more details on Special Care is available from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and After Care is available from Features. 4:00-6:00 pm. Campers have the choice of joining us for two, three, or five- day weekly sessions. Your child’s experience will focus on the importance Session 2 - Nature and Subury Urban Farm of self-confidence and play in a child’s life. The activities reflect this each In addition to our regular CA Pre-K staff and curriculum, students of Session day as your child joins in the fun of cooperative play with others in an 2 will spend time each morning at the Crane Outdoor Learning Center with environment that promotes a confident and positive attitude. special visitors from Sunbury Urban Farm. To make a full day schedule, students can attend PM Programming instructed by Columbus Academy Snacks are provided each morning and afternoon. The dress is casual: a Pre-K Staff. t-shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes are recommended. Swimming suits are needed for sprinkler days. Please check the Pre-K newsletter and signage CONTACT INFORMATION on the Pre-K doors to note when sprinkler day will be each week of camp as Summer Experience...... 614-509-2267 Director...... 614-509-2529 it can vary based on weather conditions. Please send an extra outfit in a Assistant...... 614-509-2247 resealable bag with each camper on the first day of camp. Before/After Care...... 614-509-2240 Summer Experience Fax...... 614-475-0396 Email...... [email protected] Director’s Email...... [email protected]
THEMED WEEKS DAILY SCHEDULE Before Care 7:00 am – 8:30 am Session 1 June 2 – June 5* Special Features Pre-K Half Day AM Programming 8:30 am – 11:30 am Session 2 June 8 – June 12 Nature and Sunbury Urban Farm
Session 3 June 15 – June 19 Bugs Pre-K Half +Plus Lunch 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Session 4 June 22 – June 26 Dinosaurs PK Programming 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Session 5 June 29 – July 2* Around the World Session 6 July 6 – July 10 Space Pre-K Full Day Lunch 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Session 7 July 13 – July 17 Sports Galore Songs and Story Time 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Flexible Nap Time 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Session 8 July 20 – July 24 Superheroes PM Programming 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Session 9 July 27 – July 31 Storybook Characters Aftercare 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm *Please note: There is no camp on Monday, June 1st or Friday, July 3rd.
13 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Special Features: Session 1
Drop-off for the Pre-K Special Features programs is at 8:30 am at the ONLINE REGISTRATION Schoedinger Theatre entrance/lobby. Children should be escorted into the school to meet with their classes. Pick-up for these Half Day programs is at 11:30 am at the entrance of the Schoedinger Theatre, unless your child is You can... participating in the Half +Plus or Full Day program. For more information on drop-off and pick-up, please see the Pre-K General Information on page 12. • Filter classes by grade, program title, or session
————— • View real-time class availability Art Safari 3 to 5-year-olds | Session 1 (T-F) Instructor: Little Scholars Staff • Pay by credit card or e-check Mornings (8:30a-11:30a) $190 Grab your binoculars because we are going to take a safari around the world! We will visit different countries each day and learn about native animals through literature, games and art. Discover the thrill of exploration without leaving camp! STEP-BY-STEP Camp COSI on Wheels: Step Into Science 3 to 5-year-olds | Session 1 (T-F) Instructor: COSI Staff 1. Visit www.columbusacademy.org/summer Mornings (8:30a-11:30a) $190 Step into the shoes of a new kind of scientist each day in 2. Click online registration this special Camp COSI on Wheels program designed just for early learners! Each day, learners will become engineers, 3. Create and/or sign in to your My BackPack account zoologists, meteorologists, physicians, or physicists to explore the world around them! With hands-on activities, amazing 4. Click Summer Experience / ASA Registration group demonstrations, and read-alouds to bring it all together, this high-energy science camp will have your learners seeing science all around them all summer long! 5. Click the Summer Experience (SE) REGISTRATION box
Fun Fair Foods 6. Click the link to begin a NEW 2020 SE Registration 3 to 5-year-olds | Session 1 (T-F) Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff 7. Complete student biographical and medical information Mornings (8:30a-11:30a) $190 Step right up for the greatest camp of the summer! Our little 8. Select classes campers will spend their days cooking yummy foods and creating their very own fair themed games and crafts. 9. Pay online and submit registration
Olympic Days Team USA 3 to 5-year-olds | Session 1 (T-F) Instructor: JumpBunch Staff If you have questions or need assistance, Mornings (8:30a-11:30a) $190 please contact the Summer Experience office at 2020 is an Olympic year and it’s time for us to get in the [email protected] or (614) 509-2267. action! In this highly active program, children will learn and participate in various Olympic sports and fitness activities. In addition, coaches will lead fun and enriching activities such as language, geography, history, and sport traditions from around the Olympic World. Citius, altius, fortius! Please note that registration is not complete until payment is received. Submitting classes without payment does not reserve space in a class.
14 COLUMBUS ACADEMY 2020 SUMMER EXPERIENCE PRE-K REGISTRATION FORM Student Information First Name Last Name DOB / / Gender F M Grade in Fall 2020 School Name in Fall 2020 Faculty/Staff Child? q Home Address City State Zip Parent / Guardian Information First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone *Registration confirmations and other important information will be sent to these email addresses Emergency Contact Information Emergency contact will only be contacted if parent(s) can not be reached. T-Shirt Size No additional cost. Please circle one. First Name Last Name Phone 1 Phone 2 Youth XS S M L Adult S M L XL AUTHORIZED PICK UP LIST Please only list individuals other than parent(s) / guardian(s) I authorize the following people to pick up my child: 1______2______3______4______5______
STUDENT MEDICAL INFORMATION Please select any medical conditions: q Allergy q Behavioral q Dietary q Other (list below)
q Asthma q Diabetes q Seizures q None
Please provide a brief explanation (optional): ______
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Current Medications: ______
Please list any special conditions or considerations that may require attention, extra support or accommodations: ______
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Family Physician Name: ______Phone: ______
PARENT/GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE q-Yes q-No _I permit Columbus Academy to use, in whole or in part, photographs of my child in school communications. • I authorize my child to participate in the Columbus Academy Summer Experience. I release and forever discharge Columbus Academy and its trustees, employees, agents, their heirs, successors and assigns, either jointly or severally, from any and all claims, damages, obligations, causes of action or suits, resulting from bodily injury to my child or damage to or loss of my child’s property arising from participation in this program and any travel related thereto. • To the best of my knowledge, the above child is physically fit and in good health. I understand that all standard safety measures will be taken. I do not hold Columbus Academy Summer Experience or its staff liable for illness or accident. • In case of emergency, if parents, emergency contact person, or child’s physician cannot be reached by phone, I authorize Columbus Academy to arrange for emergency medical treatment inclusive of surgical intervention for my child, and I agree to assume liability for any medical expenses incurred.
Signature (required) ______Date ______
REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND FEE ASSESSMENT Registration is not complete until payment is received. All fees are due at the time of registration. Deadlines are May 15, 2020, for sessions 1 through 5 and June 19, 2020, for sessions 6 through 9. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadline will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. If late registrations are received after the deadline, camp fees increase by 10%. Changes to schedules made after the deadline will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Please note: Registration closes Friday at 12pm for the following week’s camp session.
15 Session 1 June 2-5 (no camp June 1) Program Time 4 Day (T-F)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $40.00
AM Programming - Art Safari 8:30a-11:30a q $190.00
AM Programming - Camp COSI on Wheels... 8:30a-11:30a q $190.00
AM Programming - Fun Fair Foods 8:30a-11:30a q $190.00
AM Programming - Olympic Days Team USA 8:30a-11:30a q $190.00
Half Day +Plus (lunch, story time & more) 11:30a-1:30p q $24.00
PM Programming 1:30p-4p q $56.00
After Care 4p-6p q $50.00 Total $
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $68.00
Session 2 June 8-12 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Nature and Sunbury Urban Farm Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $145.00 q $87.00 q $58.00
Nature and Sunbury Urban Farm Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $175.00 q $105.00 q $70.00
Nature and Sunbury Urban Farm Full Day 8:30a-4p q $245.00 q $147.00 q $98.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
Session 3 June 15-19 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Bugs Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Bugs Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Bugs Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
16 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Session 4 June 22-26 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Dinosaurs Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Dinosaurs Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Dinosaurs Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
Session 5 June 29- July 2 (no camp July 3) Program Time 4 Day (M-R) 3 Day (M, W, R) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $40.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Around the World Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $108.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Around the World Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $132.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Around the World Full Day 8:30a-4p q $188.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $50.00 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $68.00 Total $
Session 6 July 6-10 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Space Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Space Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Space Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
17 Session 7 July 13-17 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Sports Galore Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Sports Galore Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Sports Galore Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
Session 8 July 20-24 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Superheroes Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Superheroes Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Superheroes Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
Session 9 July 27-31 Program Time 5 Day (M-F) 3 Day (M, W, F) 2 Day (T, R)
Before Care 7a-8:30a q $50.00 q $30.00 q $20.00
Storybook Characters Half Day 8:30a-11:30a q $135.00 q $81.00 q $54.00
Storybook Characters Half Day +Plus 8:30a-1:30p q $165.00 q $100.00 q $66.00
Storybook Characters Full Day 8:30a-4p q $235.00 q $141.00 q $94.00
After Care 4p-6p q $62.50 q $37.50 q $25.00
Combo (Before & After Care all week) q $85.00 Total $
Please send completed registration forms and check payment (payable to Columbus Academy) to: Columbus Academy TOTAL AMOUNT $ Sessions 1-9 Attn: Summer Experience 4300 Cherry Bottom Road LATE REGISTRATION $ Gahanna, OH 43230 Add 10%
GRAND TOTAL $ summer office: 614-509-2267 | summer fax: 614-475-0396 [email protected]
For business office use only: check# or ACH ______date received ______amount $______received by ______
18 LOWER SCHOOL(GRADES K-5) Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
LOWER SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION Before Care offers a variety of quiet activities for your child as he or she gets Faculty, Staff and Sr. Counselors ready for the day. After Care features exciting themed activities as well as CA Summer Experience employs current CA Faculty and Staff members as quiet places for children to explore and reflect on the experiences they have well as highly qualified outside sources as teachers of the Summer Experi- had at CA. Parents MUST pick up their children from After Care by 6:00 ence programs. Sr. Counselors are typically local college students who have pm. Parents that do not pick up their children by the end of After Care been hired after an extensive interview and training process. Sr. Counselors will be charged $1.00 per minute beyond 6:00 pm. If Before or After Care are assigned to camps each week and will accompany your child all day are not needed for the full week, proration is available by contacting our during their respective camp. CA Summer Experience also employs ample office at (614) 509-2267. Please understand there can be no proration for administrative staff to support daily programming. the combo pricing. Before Care $50 per week $10 per day Communication After Care $62.50 per week $12.50 per day Upon registration with full payment, you should receive a confirmation email Before and After Care Combo $85 per week 5 day option only from [email protected] with your child’s class schedule and additional information. You can expect communication via Before / After Care is best accessed by parking in the Academy Hall Parking email from your child’s teacher the Friday prior to camp starting and the Circle near the main entrance to the school. Follow the ORANGE signage into Wednesday during the respective camp week. If registration is received late, the Theatre entrance of the Lower School to the Before / After Care room. there may be a delay in this communication. Parents must come into the After Care room and provide a photo ID to sign out their child each day. Facilities A majority of programs are held on CA’s beautiful 231-acre campus that con- Lunch sists of a six-lane indoor pool, computer labs with iMac computers, nature Lunch is provided by Columbus Academy’s Dining Service for most of the trails, outdoor classroom space, low ropes elements, eight tennis courts, programs and is built into the price of the camp. Most off-site camps require Schoedinger Theatre seating 538, two full-length gymnasiums, a weight students to bring a lunch; please check individual course descriptions for room, a ceramics studio, five art studios, three libraries, five playgrounds, lunch specifications. CA offers a hot main dish including vegetarian options, eight science labs, four soccer fields, two turf fields, an all-weather track, as well as a salad bar, pasta bar, and deli bar. We also do our best to accom- a full service dining hall, three music rooms, and two baseball fields. The modate all dietary requests / restrictions. Please contact our office if you campus may be accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the have additional questions related to dietary concerns. Children are welcome East via Beecher Road off of Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map to pack a lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free. on the inside of the back cover.) Allergy Policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free.
Field Trip and Off-Site Transportation Daily Drop-off/Pick-up Columbus Academy utilizes school bus rental as a means of transportation There will be signage all around campus to help direct parking, as well as a for field trips and off-site programs. All drivers have proof of credentials color coded system to follow from the parking areas to help guide you to the and background checks. CA also has a fleet of 7 passenger vans that will correct entrance. Please see the CA campus map on the inside of the back be used for smaller traveling groups. All drivers are employees of Columbus cover for general parking information. Lower School will follow the GREEN Academy and are van-certified. signage.
Lower School Sample Daily Schedule Check-in for Lower School (rising K through 5th grade) programs is between Check-in 8:30 am – 9:00 am 8:30 am and 9:00 am in a gym of the Athletic Complex. Lower School AM Themed Programming 9:00 am – 11:30 am parents or guardians should follow campus signage to the Lower School Lunch Rotation 11:30 am – 1:30 pm parking area (Athletic Parking Lot) and escort children into the building no (Lunch / Free Choice Activity) earlier than 8:30 am. There will be CA Staff available to help parents and PM Themed Programming (continued) 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm students get to their check-in areas. Students will check-in directly with their Note- Lower School Half and Half +Plus options would end at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm respectively; Sr. Counselor inside the gym. Any student who arrives prior to 8:30 am see below for more details. and is not accompanied by an adult will be escorted to Before Care and charged the daily rate of $10. Half Day and Half +Plus Programs Some programs offer a half day and half +plus option. Please see course Pick-up is between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm in a gym of the Athletic Complex. listings for availability. Half day programs include the morning themed pro- Parents or guardians will need to come into the gym and provide a pho- gramming session from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Half +plus programs include to ID to sign children out. If someone other than a parent / guardian will be the morning themed programming from 9:00 am to 11:30 am PLUS lunch picking up your child, and you have not completed an authorized pick up list, and free choice activity from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Half day and half +plus please see a staff member at drop-off. If your child is not picked up by 4:15 programs cannot be combined with other half, or half +plus programs. pm, he or she will be taken to After Care, at which time you will be charged the daily rate of $12.50. Extended Care Programs Available on a pre-registration or drop-in basis, Before Care and After Care are held from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, respectively.
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Late Drop-off/Early Pick-up Electronics Policy If it is necessary to drop off or pick up your child at any time other than the With the increase in the technology around us, electronics are no longer designated camp times, the Operations Lead is available to help with these prohibited at camp; however, we expect that these devices be put away transitions. If you know this information ahead of time, you may write it on unless specifically required for a camp or in the case of an emergency. We the sheet provided at the Help Desk outside the gyms. You may also contact have designated screen time during Before / After Care and free choice the Operations Lead any time during camp hours at 614-653-3117 to for those who wish to participate. Check-in/out in the gyms will be strictly arrange a pick-up or drop-off. Note: Early pick ups are not available after enforced as “no device zones”. 3:30pm. Discipline Action Plan and Termination Friday Showcase Attendees who are found to bully or harass others will generally be subject Some of our camps perform in our weekly Friday Showcase to share their to serious disciplinary action, including prohibition from further attendance. new skills or creations with their parents and fellow campers. All parents and Children will receive one warning and CA Summer Experience reserves the families are welcome to attend. These shows are held in the Schoedinger right to remove any camper from our program for disciplinary reasons. If a Theatre and typically begin at 3:15 pm on Friday afternoons. Information child is removed for disciplinary reasons, there will be no refund. regarding the Friday Showcase will be communicated via email and CA Summer Experience’s Facebook page. Important 2020 Policies Based on parental feedback and continuous improvement efforts, What to Wear/Bring please note the following Columbus Academy policies: Campers should wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and shoes, and should also consider bringing a bookbag, water bottle and sunscreen • Lower School students will check into the Mack Gym while to camp each day. Please check the course descriptions to see if any other Middle School students will check into the Jones Gym. materials are needed for each individual program. If the student is planning to participate in free swim for their free choice activity, campers should also • A small amount of construction will take place on CA’s cam- pack a bathing suit, towel and plastic bag for wet clothes. Should a child pus throughout the summer. We appreciate your patience and flexibility during this time. misplace an item, there will be a Lost & Found table located near the Athletic Complex lobby throughout the summer. Columbus Academy is not responsi- • The pool will not be available for Sessions 8 and 9 due to ble for any lost personal items. construction.
Free Choice Activity • Registration will close on Fridays at 12pm for the following week’s camp session to ensure safety, proper preparation Students participating in half +plus or full day programs on campus will have and a successful experience for all campers. a free choice activity period before or after their lunchtime. Campers may choose from the following daily options: free swim, computer lab, outdoor • Check-in / out in the gyms will be strictly enforced as “NO free play, or quiet reading and crafting room. Children participating in the DEVICE ZONES” to foster an environment of building relation- free swim option will need to bring a bathing suit and towel each day they ships and encouraging children to interact with each other, counselors and teachers. wish to swim, along with a plastic bag for their wet clothes. • A security officer and an Operations Lead will be present in the Athletic Parking Lot to direct traffic and enforce parking drop-off procedures. • Session 10 will not be offered for Summer Experience 2020.
SPORTS CLINICS • Sports Clinics are joining forces with a Sports & More camp to offer a consistent full day option. • Sports Clinics can not be paired with a camp other than Sports & More or another Sports Clinic to make a full day schedule.
FEES, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS AND DEADLINES POLICY Course fees are located in the course descriptions and registration pages. Whether submitting a paper form or registering online, registration is not complete until payment is received. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadlines will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. If late registrations are received after the deadlines, camp fees increase by 10%. All camps have a minimum enrollment that must be met in order to run. If we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment, the decision will be made two weeks prior to the start date. You will be notified via email with alternative camp options or to receive a full refund. DEADLINES: May 15th for Sessions 1-5 and June 19th for Sessions 6-9 21 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
LOWER SCHOOL SUMMER EXPERIENCE If You Give a Child a Book Rising K-2 | Session 4 | Instructor: Rusty Oates Programs are in alphabetical order and categorized by Academics, Arts & Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Sciences, and Athletics programming. The Lower School Registration Form is Watch books come alive! Come have fun with us as we explore the books of on page 37. Please note: “rising” indicates the grade your child will be Laura Numeroff. Based on the similarly titled books, this camp will explore entering in the 2020-2021 school year. such selections as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. We will do so much more than just read these intriguingly funny books. In the classroom, students will help to bring the stories to life. We will read stories, make crafts, make and ————— eat yummy snacks, and play in the world that Numeroff has created. Academics Keyboarding Computer Skills & Fun Rising 2-4 | Session 7 | Instructor: Michelle Faciana Rising 2-4 | Session 9 | Instructor: Michelle Faciana Rising 3-5 | Session 8 | Instructor: Michelle Faciana Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructor: Michelle Faciana Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Type to Learn® 4: Agents of Information is a comprehensive, instructional Now is the time to play and create projects on the computer. Students will keyboarding program that covers skills ranging from beginner to advanced use their basic computer skills while exploring various educational and fun students. This web-based program is built on a proven method of sequential websites on the Internet and by using a variety of multimedia software. skill-building instruction. The program uses 36-leveled lessons and includes PowerPoint, Word, Pixie, Inspiration, and the Internet are only a few tools a diagnostic pre-test, reviews, demonstrations, practice exercises and students will use in this class. More experienced students will be challenged activities, and multiple formative assessments. We will explore free online to expand on their projects and activities. The emphasis will be on fun! typing games that students can play at home to practice on their own. We Students are required to bring in a personal flash drive to save their will also partake in a variety of creative writing activities that will utilize our work from the week. typing skills. Students are required to bring in a personal flash drive to save their work from the week. Favorite Childhood Stories Rising K-2 | Session 7 | Instructor: Rusty Oates MathVenture Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Rising 3-5 | Session 9 | Instructor: A Grade Ahead Staff Reading has never been so much fun! Join us as we learn about some of the Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half most famous childhood stories of all time. We will read, learn, play, create, Matt the Magician successfully completed his journey to become a and most importantly, HAVE FUN. Students will have the opportunity to mathematician. Now he is ready for the next challenge--to compete at the engage with stories such as Winnie the Pooh, Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, annual math competition. Rising 3rd to 5th graders will be challenged as Clifford, How to Eat Fried Worms, Stuart Little, Disney, and more. they compete individually and in groups to apply their mathematic skills. Students will see a variety of topics throughout the week including PEMDAS, Fly with Chinese decimals, fractions, 3D shapes, metric system, and so much more. Is your Rising 1-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Na Li student ready to win the competition? Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to know another language? MathVenture Jr. Come fly with Chinese! In this four-day camp, we will learn how to greet Rising 1-3 | Session 8 | Instructor: A Grade Ahead Staff people as well as ask and answer questions about name, age, zodiac, and Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half family members in Chinese. In addition, we will experience Chinese culture Help Matt the Magician become a mathematician! Rising 1st through 3rd and tradition through books, music, sports, clips of Chinese Kids’ TV show, graders will apply their math skills, along with learning some new ones, and hands-on activities such as Chinese calligraphy and painting. to assist Matt as he journeys around Math Island. But, alas, no journey is complete without obstacles! These obstacles will require students to apply their learning in fractions, time, money, graph, measurement, and so much more. Is your student ready to become a mathematician?
Poetry with Painting Rising 3-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: Djuana Okotete Full (9a-4p) $270 | No Half +Plus | No Half Join Poetry with Painting and allow your imagination to run wild. Each day, scholars will learn some of the many poetic devices of our language. These poetic devices will be explored in songs, the weather, emotions, and feelings. We will then transform our written expressions into creative artistic masterpieces. After each learning session, scholars will link their knowledge through script (writing a poem) and visuals (painting a connecting piece). Let the creativity begin! FUNdamentally Social! Rising K-2 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Alisha Porter Ready For K! Rising 3-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Alisha Porter Rising K | Session 3 | Instructor: Leah Baughman Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Rising K | Session 8 | Instructor: April Mealick Come join us and learn the basics and more of what it takes to have a Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 great SOCIAL experience. Do you enjoy playing games? Working as a team? ABC’s and 123’s, come get ready for kindergarten with me! Join us while we Doing team-building activities? If so, this is the class for you! We work on review early kindergarten skills through engaging hands-on activities, center all of these skills while creating memories and having FUN learning the based learning, fun games and children’s literature favorites. We will work on FUNdamentals of LIFE! all the basic skills needed to enter kindergarten, both academic and social.
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We will read, sing and play our way through letters, sounds, numbers and counting in this week of fun for your little learner! ————— Arts & Sciences S.P.A.R.K. Arts & Sciences classes require dress for mess attire. Rising 3-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: Davida Arnold Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 A World of Color Speaking to the Potential, Ability and Resilience inside every Kid; Get a jump Rising 3-5 | Session 8 | Instructor: Amy Jackson on success for next school year through S.P.A.R.K.! Did you know that you Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 already have potential and resilience within you to help you navigate more Come explore the colorful world around us! Throughout the week, campers successfully through school and life? Through interactive lessons, we will will create nature inspired art using a variety of mediums like collages, clay, tap into your creative intelligence, innate wisdom, and inner brilliance to help watercolor, and mixed media. Students will also get a chance to “paint with you maximize your personal potential, increase your confidence and self- all the colors of the wind” by creating some natural sculptures and fairy esteem, improve your social skills, and connect more with your community! houses throughout Columbus Academy’s campus. Seuss in the Summer Rising K-2 | Session 2 | Instructor: April Mealick Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Welcome to the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss! Students will love exploring Dr. Seuss’s work while participating in a variety of Seuss themed activities. We will discover how the experiences of many Seuss characters teach important life lessons while also making crafts, playing games, getting messy with Oobleck and enjoying a few yummy Seuss snacks throughout the week. Join us, join us, we hope you do! This camp will be fun for me and you!
Spanish Basics Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Beatriz Callau Llopis Act Out Theater Camp Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Rising K-3 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Mckenzie Vaughn In this camp, children will enjoy the opportunity of learning basic Spanish Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 vocabulary and grammar while also discovering some Spanish traditions. In Act Out Theater Camp, students will learn how to have strong stage Students will be led in this cultural experience by a native Spanish teacher, presence, great reading skills, improvisation skills, and character and they will have the chance to taste traditional Spanish meals. Spanish development. Students will immerse themselves in fun theatre games, songs and children’s games will round out this experience to help children concentration games, and interactive warm up activities. We will read the learn and appreciate this culture. story book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and perform a theatrical rendition during the showcase at the end of the week! Students should wear Spanish Discovery comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes appropriate for moving and Rising 3-5 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Mackenzie Hanna dancing. No sandals or flip flops please. Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Discover the Spanish language and the cultures around the world where Adventurous Explorers Spanish is spoken! This class will present basic Spanish vocabulary and Rising 1-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Michelle Horne expressions through music, food, art, dance, and play. Full (9a-4p) $400 | No Half +Plus | No Half Adventurous Explorers is an ideal combination of experiential learning, Story Making fun, and adventure. Rock climbing, hiking, canoeing, shelter building, and Rising 3-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Michelle Faciana survival training make for an awesome four-day adventure. Participants Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 are encouraged to get dirty and interact with the environment as they Get ready, get set, WRITE! Campers will develop stories, write poems, create learn survival skills and gain knowledge and exposure to outdoor activities, MadLibs, and more. We will practice using parts of speech and writing wildlife, and bugs. No experience is required and all equipment and mechanics, correctly. Our words will become completed works through instruction are provided. This program includes two off-site adventures constructing books, decorating posters, creating iMovies, developing comic of rock climbing and canoeing. Waivers are required for each strips, and more. This author is excited to see your creations! participant for the sites we will visit and will be sent via email prior to the first day of camp. Students should come prepared for any weather, ready to perform the activities asked of them and be able to swim.
All Things Disney Rising K-2 | Session 8 | Instructor: Leah Baughman Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Step into the magical world of Disney! Throughout the week, we will spend time learning about the different lessons and morals in many different Disney films. We will explore the films through books, songs, games, crafts, and movie clips.
Amateur Animators Rising 3-5 | Session 8 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 How are your favorite Pixar or Disney movies made? Do you have a knack for playing on iPads and iPhones? Come join us to demystify the movie
23 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) making process and harness modern technology to learn how to make your arts and crafts, we will explore telling stories through movement with famous own animations using basic stop-motion construction techniques. Explore ballets, classic fairy tales, and original choreography. Dancers prepare to drawing, flip books, building with clay, and storytelling in this crash course leap, twirl, and soar across the stage in a premiere performance you won’t on making things move. Celebrate at the end of the week in a film festival of want to miss at the end of the week showcase. animated shorts showcasing your creative and quirky animations. Be a Designer Animation on iPhone and iPad Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructor: Helma Groot Rising 3-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Bill Walker Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half In Be a Designer, you will make and design your own clothes. We will use This camp is an introduction to step animation using iPhones or iPads. new and recycled fabrics and clothes to create dazzling designs. You will We will write stories, build characters to animate, backgrounds to shoot learn to sew by hand and on the sewing machine. Those who already know against, and animate those characters to tell our stories. Each camper will how to sew will improve their amazing skills. We will also study pattern make their own short animations as well as participate in making a longer making and materials used in fashion design. You will have the choice group project. Students are required to bring their own iPhone or iPad, to show off your fabulous designs in a fashion show during the Friday purchase iMotion Pro from the app store before the first day of camp, Showcase. and download the free iMovie app. It will also be helpful to download the free iMotion remote app. Beginning Acoustic Guitar: Play and Sing! Rising 3-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Bill Walker Aromatherapy 101 Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 3-5 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Tera Stockdale Got a guitar, but haven’t made much progress yet? This is the camp for you! Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Campers will learn basic chords, strumming and picking patterns, bass lines, Do you love different scents, how they make you feel, and the nostalgia they and beginning blues solo playing. We will explore Disney tunes, traditional bring? If so, this camp is for you! We will spend our week learning about the American folk songs, blues, and contemporary songs in a variety of styles as benefits of aromatherapy and how to create luxury and therapeutic products well as learn how to coordinate playing and singing. Campers are required using natural elements. We will learn about the different properties and notes to bring their own acoustic (nylon or steel string) guitar. of the scents and how to use them in creating candles, mists, skin+body care, bath/soaking salts, and natural air fresheners. Campers will leave smelling better than ever with lots of goodies to share.
Around the World Rising K-4 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Coral Lee Bishop Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Experience other countries and cultures around the world in games, stories, songs, tastes, and words - the sky is the limit! Learn all about the lives of children like you in other countries and try some of the things they love to do! Every day we will explore different places around the globe. Come prepared for an action-packed week of fun, learning and play!
Around the World in 80 Songs Rising 2-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Rusty Oates Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Travel around the world with music. The one thing every culture has in common is music! We will explore different countries and their musical Beginning Disney Ukulele Plus! styles. Get your passport ready as we learn about instruments, songs, and Rising 3-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: Bill Walker dances from different cultures. Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half Join the ukulele craze! We will learn basic chords, melodies, strumming and Art and Nature picking patterns, bass lines, and beginning blues lead playing. Song material Rising 2-4 | Session 4 | Instructor: Angela Martin will include Disney tunes, traditional folk songs, blues, and contemporary Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 songs. We will learn to coordinate playing and singing at the same time. Come explore the wonders of nature and create art through a variety of By the end of the week, we will record everything on high quality digital natural mediums. Take time to commune with nature and plug into creative recording equipment and produce an online album of our work. Course fee juices that flow through the veins of the leaves and the patterns of the includes cost of ukulele that students get to take home at the end of flowers. Bring only your imagination and the outdoors will supply the rest. the week. If your child already owns a ukulele, a reduced course fee is Please note this is a mostly outdoor camp. Campers will explore the available. Please contact our office for registration assistance. grounds at Columbus Academy and local parks, rain or shine. Children should come prepared with appropriate attire for the outdoors and Broadway Bootcamp daily weather conditions. Rising 2-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Mckenzie Vaughn Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 BalletMet: Dance, Turn, Leap & Learn If you want to sing, dance, design costumes and set pieces, and become a Rising K-2 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: BalletMet Dance Academy Staff stage star, Broadway Bootcamp is the place for you! In the course of a week, Full (9a-4p) $240 | No Half +Plus | No Half students will learn 2-3 songs from a popular Broadway show. This season Step onto the stage and inside the magic with BalletMet! We will combine will be The Little Mermaid! Our day will begin by singing through our music fun and dance in this experiential based camp where students learn ballet, and learning lines. Then we will learn choreography to go along with the jazz, improv, and creative dance styles. Using games, props, costumes, and music. By mid-week, students will organize and design their costumes along
24 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) with specific props for the show. All of this will be done in preparation for the design and create our very own carnival games and decorations. On Friday, Friday Showcase! We hope to see you in Broadway Bootcamp this summer! campers will attend the carnival that they created. They will play games, eat Students should wear comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes food, receive prizes, and more! appropriate for moving and dancing. No sandals or flip flops please. Celebrate Everything Bucket Drumming 101 Rising K-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Jessica Espasandin Rising 3-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: Rusty Oates Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 What did you do for Squirrel Appreciation Day this year? What about Pretzel Come learn to turn household items into musical instruments! Bucket Day? National Chocolate Cake Day? NOTHING? Well...forget what you know drumming, also called street drumming, is a style of music which involves about holidays because you have never celebrated like this! Every day is drumming on plastic buckets and other objects to create melodies. The most cause for celebration! And celebrate we will with games, food, art, outdoor common object used by bucket drummers are five-gallon plastic buckets, play... you name it! (And we just might learn something in the process!) but other objects can be used, including glass bottles, pots, and pans. We There will be lots of cooking, eating, and art in this class, so dress for mess! will learn drumming techniques, rhythms, and learn how to turn just about anything into a musical opportunity. This camp can’t be BEAT! Chess Kings & Queens Rising K-4 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Kyle Jones Building and Exploring with STEM Rising 3-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Kyle Jones Rising K-2 | Session 6 | Instructor: Leah Baughman 1: Full (9a-4p) $225 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 4: Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 Build, play, and explore! This camp is all about hands-on engineering Chess Kings and Queens provides students the opportunity to learn world experiences. Children will have the opportunity to free build, build in champion strategies, basic tactical sequences, endgame patterns, and response to a prompt, and build to solve different problems. Creative juices tournament rules and regulations. In addition, we will learn about the rich will be flowing throughout the week as students build with Legos, brain history of the game and the stories that have come before us. Each day flakes, Magna-tiles, and more natural resources like sticks, rocks, and mud! students will participate in their very own tournament to be able to use skills and strategies they’ve been taught. Camp COSI on Wheels: Become the Scientist! Rising K-4 | Session 8, 9 | Instructor: COSI Staff Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half Question, touch, build, create, and learn with Camp COSI on Wheels! In this spectacularly scientific summer camp, you’ll step into the shoes of a new kind of scientist each day, with reinvented activities and two entirely new career days for 2020! Launch into space one day, then explore dinosaurs the next... from the science of living things to the engineering design process! Camp COSI is presented by COSI on Wheels Educators, so it’s always electric, always exciting, and always hands-on!
Camp COSI on Wheels: Superhero Science Rising 3-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: COSI Staff Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nah, it’s Super-Science! Come prepared for your superhero training by using science to bring “impossible” super powers to life! Learn to levitate, create weather, and even fly!
Camp Invention® Chess Masters Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Robert Krum Rising 3-5 | Session 9 | Instructor: Kyle Jones Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF), Chess Masters provides students with the most advanced curriculum to Columbus Academy is pleased to offer the nationally acclaimed Camp prepare them for tournament play. Students will be given the necessary Invention® program. Imaginations will soar this summer in the all-new tools to be able to create reasonable plans in complex positions. Campers program theme, Elevate! Campers will spark their creativity and build will learn advanced tactical themes. Each day students will participate in our collaboration skills while controlling their very own flight simulation robot, very own tournament to put their strategies to the test. protecting Earth’s ecosystems, designing the ultimate sports complex and learning the value of their ideas! After a week of experimenting, collaborating Clay Play! and creating each camper will get to take home their very own customizable Rising 3-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: Tera Stockdale LINK robot! Local educators will lead fun, hands-on STEM activities inspiring Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half children to ask questions, overcome obstacles and be confident in their Have fun playing in the dirt! Clay Play students will create a variety innovative ideas. of functional and decorative ceramic pieces through traditional and experimental techniques. We’ll examine construction methods and get Carnival Cooking and Fun! creative with everyday objects and natural items to create texture and Rising K-4 | Session 4 | Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff patterns. Learn to silkscreen your bisque pieces for endless combinations of Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half designs. Come join us as we put our hands in the mud while learning about Step right up for the greatest camp of the summer! We’ll spend our days the history and science of clay! creating carnival foods like baked funnel cakes, fair fries, corn dogs, lemonade shake ups, and other yummy carnival creations. We will also plan,
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Craft Extravaganza explore a bit of step animation. Students are required to bring their own Rising 3-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: Jennifer McGinnis iPad or iPhone and purchase two photo apps (under $10 total) after Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 the first day of camp. It will be important that students purchase those Craft Extravaganza is a great week of crafting. Students will create a variety apps on Monday night as we will use them every day. of projects using many types of media. Some projects will include crayon melting, picture frames and painting on canvases. It will be a very fun week Discover Ohio of crafting and being creative! Rising 2-5 | Session 9 | Instructors: Amanda Vesner and Johari Mitchell Full (9a-4p) $550 | No Half +Plus | No Half Create & Play: Masks & Puppets Join us on an adventure across Ohio to discover our hidden treasures. In this Rising K-2 | Session 9 | Instructor: Columbus Children’s Theatre Staff class, we will travel each day to a “hot spot” that you will want to return to Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half again and again. Rainforests? We’ve got them. Stingrays? You guessed it. Masks and puppets have long been part of the theatrical tradition and We’ve got them, too! Roller coasters? Absolutely some of the best! This is a remain an important part of storytelling and theatrical artistry. Campers will nonstop exploration of the best Ohio has to offer. Students are required to work with CCT’s teaching artists to create their own masks and puppets of pack a nut free lunch each day. various different styles to create characters and help tell a story. The group This is a traveling/off-site program. will work together in large and small teams to create our own stories using the masks and puppets created during the week. We will share our stories Disney Adventures and crafts on the final day in a celebration of each camper’s artistry and Rising K-4 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Columbus Children’s Theatre Staff storytelling abilities! Full (9a-4p) $240 | No Half +Plus | No Half All Disney fans are welcome to join CCT on this magical camp adventure! Campers will build the foundations of musical theatre through the songs of recent Disney favorites including Moana, Frozen and Frozen 2, Coco, and more! Each day will be an exploration of character work, choreography, and beginning vocal technique while preparing a performance to share on the last day of camp. Perfect for both those new to the stage and those with some experience, this camp will have something for anyone who is ready to build new skills and gain the confidence to sing “Let It Go!” or “Remember Me” on the stage!
Disney Royalty Creating Your First iPhone/ iPad Mobile Game Rising K-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Amy Jackson Rising 2-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: CodeMonster Staff Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $420 | No Half +Plus | No Half Come explore our magical kingdom! Join us for a magical week as we Students will learn how to code and create their own computer games highlight inspiring moments and qualities of several Disney princesses. and animation on the iOS platform. Instead of playing games on the iPad, Campers will learn about their own beautiful qualities by learning about their students can learn how to create their own games by dragging and dropping favorite Disney ladies from Snow White’s kindness to Belle’s intelligence LEGO-styled blocks on the screen. This class will improves students’ and Tiana’s perseverance. Campers will engage in a variety of crafts and critical thinking, logic, and creativity. It teaches children to solve problems activities, sing songs, and even complete a “fairy godmother” service project effectively. Campers will also focus on Algorithm and logic thinking using throughout the week. Campers will round out their week with a celebratory Pseudocoding, explore the advantage of reusable codes using functions, tea party on our last day. Our Columbus Academy royalty are encouraged to and improve their knowledge on technical jargon. No prior knowledge of dress the part and are always expected to wear their invisible crown. computer programming is required; however, students should know how to use touch to navigate around the screen. Drawing from Nature Rising K-4 | Session 2 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Dancing with the Stars Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 Rising 3-5 | Session 9 | Instructor: Inspiration to Movement Staff Calling all nature and art enthusiasts! Join this class to learn the basic Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half skills of drawing and painting by immersing yourself in nature. Create a Want to dance like the stars on TV? From the drama of the tango to the plant taxonomy and practice drawing like a botanical artist, learn about energy of the jive, ballroom and Latin dancing have taken the country by proportions, different types of shading, and develop your eye for detail. storm as millions tune in every week to see their favorite stars go head-to- Learn how to use watercolor and acrylic paint by painting landscapes, using head and toe-to-toe. During this energy-packed week, students will learn texture, perspective, and color theory techniques to make your paintings the steps, rhythms, and techniques of some of the most popular dances as come to life. We will spend most of this class outside on CA’s campus and seen on TV. Taught by a current professional ballroom dancer, this camp visit a Metro Park to explore nature through drawing and painting first-hand. will also help to develop the presentation skills, partnering, and confidence necessary to be a champion. At the end of the week, students will present a Drawing Mindfully Dancing with the Stars style formation on stage during the Friday Showcase. Rising 3-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Whether your desire is to compete and perform or just gain confidence and Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 coordination, this camp is for the dancer in you! Interested in drawing? Do you get frustrated when you can’t make something look “good” or “realistic”? Join this drawing class to practice Digital Photography with iPhone or iPad drawing as a way of relaxing, finding a quiet space in your day, and bringing Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructor: Bill Walker your mind in tune with your body. In this class, students will participate in Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half drawing activities using tracing, measuring, compasses, and grids to create Have fun taking better digital photos! Learn the basics of exposure, lighting, abstract drawings that emphasize how the process of drawing is just as shutter speed, depth of field, composition, and contrast. We will take important as the finished product. Students will finish off the week with a portraits, landscapes, panoramas, and documentary images and will explore large scale, collaborative chalk drawing. editing in the device. We will also create slide shows with narration and
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Drone Dancing & Storyboard Synchronization Food for a Healthy Life Rising 3-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Rising K-4 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Chef Beckham Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 This unique program combines drone and robot technology with the visual Our goal during camp is to be the catalyst for students to discover their love arts. Modeled after the Drobots National Synchronized Dancing Drone for food through a fun, easy, hands-on learning experience. We will offer Competition, this STEAM-focused camp offers creative, fun and engaging a unique approach of teaching that will hopefully lead each student to a projects for participants of all interests and experience. No other camp offers healthy life. Each day students will be able to not only use their imagination, such an exciting opportunity to combine and synchronize drones flying in but actually touch feel and taste their way to understanding healthy eating. the air with drones rolling on the ground. Throughout the week, campers will split time between both the Dancing Drone activity station and the Drone Storyboard activity station where they will work together in teams to build a portfolio of creative technology-based presentations. Campers will utilize autonomous programming and technology to unveil real-life stories and performances as the drones and robots interact with one another and assume certain character roles within the story. It’s time to create a technology masterpiece with a narrative that includes: drones, robots, design, music, drawing, coding, and then share your final presentation with your family and friends.
Eco-Explorers Rising 3-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: A Grade Ahead Staff Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Hop in our Jeep or submarine and explore with us! Students will examine different ecosystems and how animals behave and interact with one Fusion Bead Fun another. Through project-based learning and activities, our student-centered Rising K-2 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Jared Circle curriculum will make biology fun and understandable. Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Your child will unlock their creativity, develop focus, and improve fine motor Egyptian Dig: Buried Treasure Discovery control while they have a great time making their favorite characters, Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Funtastic Workshops Staff animals, and shapes come to life! Your camper will make pre-formed Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half patterns, creative designs, 3D stacking patterns, and even spend a day using Discover the amazing science of Archaeology as you uncover ancient the apps to convert any image to a fusion bead pattern. You will get to see artifacts and learn about Egyptian life. Using tools like real archaeologists the results of their work everyday as they bring home new and different use, we will find the following artifacts: a scarab (...what’s that?), creations from our camp. Students will make individual projects that we will hieroglyphic tablet, ankh symbol, and a jackal. The artifacts and auction on Friday with proceeds going to the Licking County Food Network in informational booklet are yours to keep. We will wet the sand that we dig into care of Jared Circle. and create one of two sand sculptures for display. You can make a pyramid as well as a sphinx. Let’s go back in time with a hands-on archaeological Galaxy Cooking: May the Food Be with You! experience! Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half EZ Magic We’re traveling to a galaxy far, far away for inspiration for this fun cooking Rising K-4 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Carroll Baker camp! We’ll create recipes inspired by Star Wars including Yoda Sodas, Tie Full (9a-4p) $245 | No Half +Plus | No Half Fighter Ties, Darth Taters, and Bantha Burgers. There will be a variety of Children of all ages love magic, and they really love learning and performing crafts and games to encompass a whole lot of fun for this galactic camp! it! Carroll Baker’s classes are a great way for your child to have fun learning to become an amazing magician, performer, and presenter. Beyond the Games Throughout History entertainment value, magic helps improve digital dexterity, coordination, Rising 3-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Amanda Vesner visual perception, spatial relationships, critical thinking, creativity, public Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 speaking skills, self-confidence, and imagination. This camp will focus on Have you ever wondered how board games and card games were invented? magic for small hands with objects such as cards, ropes and other objects. What about where they came from? If so, this is the camp for you! During On the last day of camp, we will take a field trip to the local magic shop and the week, we will explore the history and learn how to play the games Go, perform on stage in the Friday Showcase. Mahjong, Backgammon, and Rummy just to name a few.
Fairy Ways Getting CRICUT with it! Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Amy Jackson Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructor: Alisha Porter Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $285 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $175 | Half (9a-11:30a) $145 Roald Dahl once said “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Do you like to create your own fashion? Do you have a design in mind, but In this camp, we will focus on finding magic in nature through the eyes of not sure where to find it? Do you want to make your own t-shirt or stickers? the nymphs, pixies, and fairies. Between nature walks, fairy houses, pixie Join us and learn how to do just that! Cricut machine will be provided for crafts, and stories, campers will expand their imagination as they discover students to use during camp. the natural world around them. After exploring the Crane Outdoor Learning Center for 4 days, students will take a field trip to the Inniswoods Metro Global Cultures Garden to visit fairies from another land. Students are required to wear Rising 1-3 | Session 9 | Instructor: Hannah O’Malley closed-toe shoes and are encouraged to bring jackets, bug spray, and Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 an open imagination. Travel the world this summer at camp! In this program, we will focus on
27 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) different countries; learning about their history and culture as well as their Hogwarts Summer Satellite art, food, customs, languages. Expand your mind and your experience to see Rising 2-4 | Session 2 | Instructor: Michelle Schroeder-Lowrey the beauty of our world and the possibilities that open up by traveling and Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 learning more about it! By order of the headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we are pleased to offer the Hogwarts Summer Satellite School for Graphical Robotics Jr. Programming Gifted Muggles. All fundamental OWL pursuits are covered in this intensive Rising 3-5 | Session 8 | Instructor: CodeMonster Staff summer program: Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Transfiguration, Full (9a-4p) $420 | No Half +Plus | No Half Potions, Divination, and Defense Against Dark Arts. All muggles will learn the Robotics programming is NOT only for big kids! Younger students can build joys of Quidditch - no previous experience required. Look for Bleacher 9 3/4 and code a robot as well. In this class, campers will build a simple robotic at the appropriate time. rover with fewer parts and program it with graphical lego-styled blocks. Students will be able to bring home a fully working robotic rover at the end of the week.
Gym Skills: Hip Hop Rising 2-4 | Session 7 | Instructor: Gym Skills Staff Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Come join Gym Skills for a fun and upbeat hip hop program! Throughout the week, students will learn everything from the history of the hip hop culture to a variety of dance styles such as breaking, popping/locking, and krumping to help with rhythm and coordination. Dancers will perform individually and in groups. Students will be taught choreographed routines to be performed in the Friday Showcase!
Harry Potter’s Care of Magical Creatures Hovercraft- Design Your Own Vehicle- Egg Drop Car Rising K-4 | Session 4 | Instructors: Sarah Dove and Ryann Patrus Rising K-4 | Session 7 | Instructor: Funtastic Workshops Staff Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could be in the wizarding Are you ready to design and build things that you create -- not just a model world of Harry Potter? Look no further! In this camp, students will be taking a you purchase? Build and keep an air powered Hovercraft. Build and take closer look at the Harry Potter books, and the recent Fantastic Beasts films in home your own supercar powered by more than one source of energy and order to learn more about its fantastical creatures and examine other popular an awesome Egg Drop Car. Bring your creativity and ingenuity. Throughout stories that share similarities with this magical world. Campers will learn this workshop, you will learn about Laws of Motion, Energy, Air Pressure, about magical creature care, and think about how the issues surrounding Friction, Lift, Speed and Acceleration. You are never too young to learn and the treatment of magical creatures can also be seen with the animals that have fun in a Funtastic, hands-on way. we see in the world around us. By doing this, campers will be encouraged to explore themes such as compassion, bravery, unity, and determination. Inspired to Move As we focus on specific “creatures-of-the-day”, we will take a look at the Rising K-2 | Session 8 | Instructor: Inspiration to Movement Staff books, films, crafts, games, and much more that might be found inside the Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half world of Harry Potter! It’s time to get moving! Join the professional dancers of Inspiration to Movement Studio on an integrative movement experience like no other. Helping Hands: The Great Bake Sale! Students will develop strength, flexibility, and body awareness while gaining Rising 3-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff experience in how to use these skills expressively to music. They will explore Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half these concepts through structured practice and improvisation with traveling It’s time to bake for a cause! We’ll spend the week preparing for The Great and stationary movement from ballet, jazz, ballroom, and modern dance, Bake Sale featuring sweets like cookies and cakes, along with savory which they will then present in the Friday Showcase. Each student will surprises. Campers will learn entrepreneurship by designing their own flyers, receive a limited edition t-shirt with participation. banners, menus, and determining their own prices. The final bake sale will be held on Friday with all proceeds being donated to the Sickle Cell Alliance Interpretive Dance Foundation in care of Young Chefs Academy. We’ll have our cake and eat it Rising 3-5 | Session 4 | Instructor: Kathy Mendenhall too, all while giving back to a very worthy cause! Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half Interpretive Dance is an energetic and creative class that blends ballet, Historical Kids modern, lyrical, jazz, and some sign language. Blending these dance Rising 2-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Angela Martin forms causes a uniqueness that speaks to each child differently. They are Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 encouraged to flow, within a framework, the way their bodies interpret what Join us as we travel through American history with some of the most beloved they feel, hear, and see with the musical pieces. As we dance and create characters in the American Girl series. We will step back in time and explore together, each day brings a special unity, fluidity, and passion that is hard important periods of our country such as the Civil War, The Great Depression, to put into words, but its beauty can be felt and seen. It is truly a great the Civil Rights movement, and more with beloved characters like Kit experience! Students are required to wear comfortable clothing that Kittredge, Addy Walker, Melody Ellison, and others. We will make history fun allows for free movement and ballet shoes. as we make crafts and share our own stories of challenge and success. The highlight of the week will be the creation of our own story together of an Japanese Ceramics, Art, Culture, and Raku American Girl from modern recent time. Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructors: Coral Lee Bishop and Tera Stockdale Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half How did the samurai eat dinner? What is a tea ceremony really about? Learn the answer to these and other cool Japanese things of the past and present
28 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) through designing, decorating and making your own ceramic pieces! We Little Medical School®: The Doctor Will See You Now! will experience the culture of Japan through daily activities that bring to life Rising 3-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Little Medical School Staff ancient and modern Japanese traditions, foods and customs as we learn and Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half create our own pieces of pottery. Students will create works that represent The Little Medical School® strives to engage children about medicine, the Mingei crafts movement and will participate in a special Raku firing science, and the importance of health in an entertaining, exciting, and fun at the end of the week while learning about the language, traditions and way. In this camp, the student doctor will explore and better understand what characters connected to these ancient arts. Bring your o-hashi (chopsticks) happens when the body does not work as it is designed to. We will focus on and join us as we explore the land of the rising sun! common sports injuries, joints, the largest organ in the body, basic CPR, and even learn to perform a Tommy John Surgery! Learn all this and many more Junior Drone Pilot Academy topics through interactive, hands-on demonstrations, crafts, and games. Rising K-2 | Session 3 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Little Veterinarian School®: Healthy Pets are Happy Pets Designed for younger campers with little to no experience flying drones, this Rising K-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Little Medical School Staff program fully immerses campers into an exciting narrative and experience. Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half The mission: Captain Droby and her crew (campers) are exploring a faraway This unique program encourages children to role-play and explore the planet to discover new energy resources. The challenge: a colony of pesky exciting world of veterinarians. Using interactive demonstrations, crafts and aliens who will do anything to disrupt Captain Droby’s crew. To conquer the games, children learn how to take care of a pet and use instruments that aliens, campers will use a variety of flying, jumping, and rolling drones to real veterinarians use. A preview into our week and topics to be covered, navigate their way around the planet and successfully make it back to the include but are not limited to the following: mothership. Drobots use the safest and most reliable drone products on the • Learning the importance of proper care and nutrition to keep dogs, market for enhanced safety and most of all, fun. Campers will learn all of cats, and guinea pigs healthy the safety measures as they prepare to learn the basics of drone technology • Completing an assessment of a dog and a cat before taking to the air. Join us for a week filled with excitement, games, • Knowing what to do if a dog gets hurt and how to care for them and learning. All campers go home with plenty of Drobots keepsakes so the • Learning safety rules for being around animals memories last long beyond the summer. • Discussing what radiographs are and what the light and dark shades mean on a radiograph Kids Exploratory Coding Playground This summer camp is a fun and hands-on class, where students will receive Rising K-2 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: CodeMonster Staff their very own stuffed animal pet dog and cat for the week. Each child Full (9a-4p) $340 | No Half +Plus | No Half will receive a diploma as a graduate of Little Veterinarian School® upon You’re never too young to start coding! This course is specially created completion of the course. for young children in rising grades K to 2. We are using Scratch Jr. to encourage a light and playful environment to create a digital story and Little Woodworkers simple animation. Students will be immersed in their own creation using Rising K-2 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Shaun Ditty their own voice and giving a sequence of instructions using lego-styled Full (9a-4p) $250 | No Half +Plus | No Half blocks. The main objective is to let students take control of their creation and Students will learn basic woodworking tools and techniques. They will gain an understanding of how he/she can alter the behavior and sequence construct and paint age-appropriate projects that will be theirs to take home of events (Please note syntax or algorithm will not be discussed as this is not at the end of the camp. What should you keep in your toolbox? By the end of the objective of the course). This introductory course will empower young the week, you will be the expert! children to gain confidence in themselves and be aware of human and computer interaction.
LEGO STEM Avengers Rising K-2 | Session 7 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Explore all the caped crusaders and discover their super powers in this action packed LEGO® camp. Create a fantasy world and protect it against all the evil arch enemies with custom contraptions made with LEGO® bricks. Campers will build the SHIELD Jet, custom secret lairs, and speedy flying contraptions. Avengers fans will love this camp as they work in teams to defeat Loki!
Little Medical School®: Is There a Doctor in the House? Rising K-4 | Session 4 | Instructor: Little Medical School Staff Little Woodworkers: The Next Level Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising K-2 | Session 6 | Instructor: Shaun Ditty The Little Medical School® offers children the opportunity to learn about Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half medicine, science, and the importance of health in an entertaining, exciting, This class offers children that have already had some experience with tools and fun way. This camp encourages children to do this as they explore the and woodworking the opportunity to build upon their prior experiences to exciting and inspiring world of medicine. Using interactive demonstrations, create slightly larger projects. Projects for this class include small wooden crafts, and games, children learn how the body and organs work, how to use robot models, a free choice project, as well as a custom size chair built for the instruments that real doctors use, and even tie knots like a real surgeon. and by them. Although Little Woodworkers is not necessarily a prerequisite, it Children get their own stethoscope that really works! Students will learn is recommended, as this class is intended to allow children an opportunity to all about and make models of the spine, brain, bones and the exciting eye, build new and different projects than those offered in Little Woodworkers. basics of heimlich maneuver, and much more. At the end of the week, each student will graduate with a diploma from the Little Medical School®.
29 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Magic with Everyday Objects Pop Art Ceramics Rising K-4 | Session 2 | Instructor: Carroll Baker Rising 2-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Full (9a-4p) $305 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 Children of all ages love magic, and they really love learning and performing Curious about learning how to sculpt with clay? Inspired by the colorful and it! Carroll Baker’s classes are a great way for your child to have fun learning exaggerated work of Pop Artists like Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, to become an amazing magician, performer, and presenter. Beyond the students will use various clay hand-building techniques to create a Pop Art entertainment value, magic helps improve digital dexterity, coordination, meal of their favorite foods that includes functional plates, cups, and bowls. visual perception, spatial relationships, critical thinking, creativity, public Whether it be ice cream, pizza, grilled cheese, a bowl of cereal, or sushi, speaking skills, self-confidence, and imagination. Campers will learn to students will leave the class with a funky ceramic version of their favorite perform fabulous feats of amazing magic with ordinary objects such as cuisine and showcase their work at the end of the week with a display of ropes, coins, rubber bands, and more. On the last day of camp, we will their Pop Art dinner party! take a field trip to the local magic shop and perform on stage in the Friday Showcase. Pottery Par-Tea! Rising K-4 | Session 7 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Minecraft: Junior Adventures Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 1-3 | Session 8 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Design and create your own usable tea set out of clay! Learn the basics of Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half hand building, firing, and glazing with clay. Students will design and stamp Experience the wonderful world of Minecraft. Construct your own virtual their own tablecloth and create a vase with a flower arrangement for our world in a sandbox-like virtual environment to challenge your mind and big end-of-week tea time party. Each day we will taste different teas (all create your own adventures. In this exciting camp for younger learners, decaffeinated) and learn how some teas can ease an upset tummy or help students will learn how to create their own mods for Minecraft 1.12.2 us calm down. This class is a combination of art and tea! including a Battle Axe that launches explosive fireballs. Students will learn the beginner-level Java coding foundations such as Booleans and Restaurants, Burger Joints, and Food Trucks! conditionals. This engaging camp will spark interests, foster creativity Rising 3-5 | Session 9 | Instructor: Laurel Welsh and help you maximize your learning potential. No prior experience with Full (9a-4p) $285 | No Half +Plus | No Half Minecraft necessary. Absolute beginners welcome! Spend a week with Ms. L and create your own imaginary food truck business! We will cover the basics of economics, what it is like to be an Mystical Creature Adventures entrepreneur and start a food truck business. You will be able to create Rising K-2 | Session 7 | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff your own menu with prices, figure out how much the supplies will cost, and Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 create your own 3D model of your food truck! Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Greek Gods and mystical creatures…did we get your attention? We are going to fill your days with discoveries about these Retro-Printmaking legendary creatures. Not only will you have fun, but you will broaden your Rising 3-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Cat Mailloux creative mind and gain critical reasoning skills. This is one adventure you will Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 not want to miss! In this class, students will explore the basics of relief printing, stamping, and working with stencils. They will use the psychedelic patterns and colors Out of this World of the 60’s and 70’s to learn about symmetry, visual rhythm, repetition Rising K-2 | Session 9 | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff and color theory. They will apply their printmaking techniques in hands-on Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 projects that take their inspiration from the groovy patterns and themes of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 blast off to a galaxy far, far away to learn about Earth and the love, political engagement, and peaceful protests from those decades. amazing solar system. Discover all things galactic such as comets, planets, shooting stars, rockets and more. Learn about flight, the adventures of space travel, and participate in a rocket launch!
Oz Adventures Rising 3-5 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Columbus Children’s Theatre Staff Full (9a-4p) $240 | No Half +Plus | No Half Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion as they go on their quest for their hearts’ desires. Students will learn songs, dances, and scenes from different variations of Dorothy’s story including The Wizard of Oz, Wicked, and, The Wiz while building musical theatre skills. Students will work in large and small groups to create performances to share on the last day of camp.
Paint the Greats Rising K-2 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Angela Martin Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Science Palooza Calling all young artists! Students will learn the history and techniques of Rising K-2 | Session 2 | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff famous artists and will have the opportunity to recreate famous paintings by Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 those artists. Campers will explore the work of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Come discover, experiment, and create as we learn about the colliding Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse, and more. Clear some wall space for worlds of art and science in this STEAM-based camp. We will create biomes all the masterpieces that will be brought home by your child! from around the world, star gaze at constellations, master meteorology, investigate how things work and dabble in chemistry and physics. Put on your learning cap and grab the art supplies because this STEAM camp will rock your world.
30 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Sewing Magical Creatures Super Sleuths Rising 2-4 | Session 4 | Instructor: Helma Groot Rising 3-5 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Each day we start with a new and exciting project in Sewing Magical Get out your magnifying glasses and detective hat as we have clues to Creatures camp. You will learn to sew by hand and on the sewing machine, decipher and crimes to solve. We’ll put our critical thinking skills and STEM make your own stuffed animals, create patterns, and sew on buttons knowledge to the test and get to the bottom of mysteries by learning the (parents will appreciate this skill!). Whether or not you already know how tricks real investigators use to solve cases. While experimenting with simple to sew, you’ll be able to use your skills to make elves, unicorns, dragons or detection techniques, your reasoning skills will grow and your problem gnomes, capes, magic wands, and more. solving skills will become better than CSI agents.
StemQuest Jr: Coasters & Speedsters Through the Ages Rising K-2 | Session 8 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Rising 2-4 | Session 9 | Instructor: Angela Martin Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 Campers who yearn for and have the need for speed are needed to Travel through the ages with us as we explore different time periods. During participate in this energizing camp program. Teams of campers work the Stone Age, your cavemen and cavewomen will make their own fossils together during multiple hands-on creative activities to design, build, and create dinosaur skeletons. We will then travel to Medieval times and and race rolling objects. Prepare to design and build the tallest, fastest, create our very own stained glass project. Making our way through the ages, and most durable marble roller coasters, before releasing your marble in we will land in the rockin’ 1950’s and learn The Bunny Hop, The Twist, and super-speedster fashion down the tracks. Huddle up with your teammates other popular dances. We will learn about our nation’s entry into the Space and devise a plan to have your rolling objects jump over as many towers Race with making our own rocket. The 1960’s will take us to a groovy time as possible without knocking them over. Get creative, build your very own where we will tie dye a shirt and make our own lava lamp. We will end our balloon-powered speedster bot, navigate it and crash it through various trip through time in the 1970’s making pet rocks and woven pot holders. obstacles. Finally, try your best to conquer and complete the dreaded super Music from the decades will fill our classroom during our time travel. loop for extra excitement! Unicorns and Dragons Oh My! StemQuest Mario Kart: Water, Land, & Coaster Racing Rising K-4 | Session 8 | Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff Rising 3-5 | Session 3 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Grab your glitter and sword and join Young Chefs Academy as we fly over If you like playing Mario Kart on your console then it’s time to get your hands the rainbow and encounter a magical world of majestic unicorns and off the controller and onto real robots. This is the camp program that brings fire-breathing dragons. Campers will spend the week creating unicorn Mario to life! Throughout the week, campers enjoy endless building and and dragon themed food, treats, and crafts! If your little camper has an racing challenges (without a video screen!). Robots on the ground are cool, enchanted imagination, then they won’t want to miss this culinary fairytale but are you ready to take your ground bot skills into the water? How about adventure. determining the best way to design and create twists and turns to build the fastest coaster? This program provides all the summer fun a camper may Upcycling handle as participants rotate through a variety of thrilling activities. Campers Rising 3-5 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Cat Mailloux dive right in to a program that requires teamwork, flexibility and creativity, Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 not to mention a hands-on building of structures that include: bridges, Discover and unleash the power of reinvention! Use your creativity to care for beams, arches, trusses, and suspension bridges. Campers will use their our environment! Explore sculptural and building techniques using materials engineering skills in combination with trial and error to construct the fastest that you can find for free, like cardboard, magazines, plastic bottles, and marble roller coaster, design the most agile waterbot, and develop the most old kitchen utensils! Learn about where your trash goes when it leaves the durable land rovers. curb and how you can help our world by reducing waste in your own life. Transform trash into treasure in this class by using recycled materials to Storybook Sewing make coasters, pencil holders, pinwheels, beads, imaginative creatures, Rising K-2 | Session 2 | Instructor: Helma Groot lamps, and wind chimes! Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half We begin each day with a new storybook and base our sewing projects on Where in Time are We? characters in the story. You will learn to sew by hand, make your own stuffed Rising K-4 | Session 2 | Instructor: Amy Jackson animals, create patterns, and sew on buttons (parents appreciate this skill). Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 You’ll use your new skills to make capes, magic wands, pillows, hats, bags, Summertime got you down? Tired of the same old neighborhood, same old doll clothes, and more. We’ll also write our own stories, paint, weave, and camp? Ever consider TIME TRAVEL? Join us on a week-long exploration draw. of world history using the latest in time travel technology (created by YOU!) Ancient civilizations? We’ve got that. Dark Ages? We’ve got that, too. Storybook Songs Dinosaurs? (gulp!) Bring your sense of adventure and your imagination! Here Rising K-2 | Session 7 | Instructor: Amy Jackson we go! Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Singing and stories and crafts, OH MY! There is no denying that the Whiz Kids connection between music and literacy is important to early reading and Rising 2-4 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff musical development. The two grow best when done simultaneously Full (9a-4p) $230 | No Half +Plus | No Half rather than apart. In this camp, children will experience their stories sung Join us on a science discovery mission! We will explore the world of science rather than spoken, as well as music-listening activities and crafts that will through everyday objects, experiments and encounters. This camp will enhance literacy and stretch their imagination. enhance the STEM education philosophies with a big punch of fun. Physics, biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy and zoology will all be covered in the camp.
31 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Wonderful World of Color Boys’ Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp Rising K-2 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Angela Martin Rising 3-8 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Jeff Warstler Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Welcome to the wonderful world of color! Pack your smock and creativity Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 this week. We will make beautiful colorful projects using our imaginations The Columbus Academy basketball program will once again host their clinic and hands to create works of art. Learn about the color wheel and how to for all boys entering third through eighth grade. We encourage participation use color to brighten our world. We will paint, color, build, sketch and dream from young men with positive attitudes who are interested in having a great our way into a colorful world of art. time, improving their skills, and learning more about playing this ultimate team game! Through a combination of drills, stations, and individual and Woodworking team games, boys’ head basketball coach Jeff Warstler, members of the CA Rising 3-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Shaun Ditty coaching staff, special guest speakers, and players from the CA basketball Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half program will teach the basic yet crucial fundamentals of basketball, namely This class is intended to allow participants the opportunity to learn about ball handling, passing, shooting, and defense. Participants are required to proper tool use and handling, project creation, and small scale building bring a nut free snack, water bottle, and towel. techniques. Prior experience with woodworking is helpful, but not necessary Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only for this class. Students will engage in dynamic hands-on learning projects to be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic better understand how and why things are built the way they are. Individual occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More projects for this group include Giant Yard Yahtzee, Nail Art, Toolbox, and class description. Stools. Additionally, students will work together in teams to create life-size usable pushcarts which will be used in the annual Push Cart Derby at the Boys’ Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp end of the week. Rising 2-9 | Session 6 | Clinic Instructor: Neal O’Brien Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins World of Dance Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Rising K-2 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: CLC Dance, LLC/ Chelsea Crabtree Learn about the fastest sport on two feet! Lacrosse is America’s oldest sport, Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 with roots to Native American tribes dating back to 1100 AD. Lacrosse is an Come join us in learning dances from around the world! We will explore a OHSAA sanctioned, spring sport, and is among the fastest growing, most variety of dances from different regions. We will dive into the history and popular sports in the U.S. This an instructional camp that focuses on basic customs of different cultures and discover how dances around the world skills, rules of the game, general concepts, and player safety. The clinic will are created. While learning basic dance etiquette and technique, we will be led by the coaches of the Columbus Academy Varsity and Middle School develop our appreciation for different cultures. No previous dance experience programs, along with current Varsity team members and guest coaches. is necessary. Students will perform in the Friday Showcase for family and It is preferred that players provide their own equipment; however, friends at the end of the week. equipment may be provided if the staff is notified in advance. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More ————— class description. Athletics & Sports Clinics
Artistic Swimming: A Synchronized Swimming Experience Chiller Intro to Ice Skating Rising 1-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Ohio Coralinas Synchro Staff Rising K-5 | Session 9 | Instructor: Chiller Staff Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Full (9a-4p) $360 | No Half +Plus | No Half Swimming, Dance, and Gymnastics - Synchronized Swimming combines all This camp will introduce your child to ice skating, no experience required! In three of these great activities into one fun experience! Using games, props, addition, this camp will engage them in fun activities, games, and projects and music, we will explore the artistic side of swimming. During the course related to ice skating. Camp includes at least two hours of ice skating per of the week, campers will learn synchronized swimming skills, all while day instructed by our professional skating coaches. Off-ice activities include putting together a special water show to be performed on Friday for parents indoor and outdoor games, projects related to skating, as well as guest and friends! Campers should be able to swim the length of the pool (25 appearances by local experts. Your child will receive a skating evaluation at yards) unassisted and be comfortable in the deep end. the end of camp. Students are required to pack a peanut and tree nut free lunch each day. Baseball AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp This is a traveling/off-site program. Rising 3-8 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Tyler Kuhn Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Columbus Crew SC Developmental Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Rising K-5 | Session 8 | Clinic Instructor: Columbus Crew SC Staff Join us for a week full of baseball fun! As a former professional baseball Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins player and NCAA All-American, Tyler Kuhn will be sharing the knowledge he Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 has gained through his years of playing and coaching in an action-packed Columbus Crew SC Developmental camps focus on player development week for players of all skill levels. Players can expect to improve their through a core foundation of soccer skills in a challenging and fun learning fundamental skills through various drills and simulated game situations on environment. By promoting maximum touches on the ball, incorporating Columbus Academy’s baseball field. It will be a week filled with learning and professional instruction, teaching challenging new exercises and guiding fun! Participants are required to bring their own baseball glove, water competitive, small-sided games, the Crew SC camp staff will help each bottle, and sunscreen. Cleats and baseball bats are optional. player broaden their skill set and discover a love for the sport of soccer. A Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only wide range of technical training exercises will be incorporated including be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic dribbling, passing, receiving, and finishing. occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only class description. be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More class description. 32 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Football AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only Rising K-5 | Session 2 | Clinic Instructor: TBA be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 class description. Join Columbus Academy coaches for a week of football fundamentals and learn more about how to play the game of football. You will learn the Girls’ Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp proper technique for throwing, catching, and kicking a football, as well as Rising 3-8 | Session 3 | Clinic Instructor: Jill Byers the basic skills required to play various offensive and defensive positions. Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Once you have been through this clinic, you will have a better understanding Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 of the game of football. Recommended attire is shorts and t-shirts, Girls’ Lacrosse clinic is designed to teach the basic technical fundamentals and participants are required to wear athletic shoes; cleats and of the sport. This game is played with a ball and a stick, so campers can mouthpieces are optional. expect to learn everything from passing to catching, shooting mechanics, Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only cradling drills, various dodging techniques, defensive positioning and of be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic course, stick tricks! No previous playing experience is necessary. Students occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More are required to bring cleats or turfs, lacrosse stick, goggles and class description. mouthpiece. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only FUNctional Fitness: CrossFit For Kids be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Rising 3-5 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: CrossFit New Albany Staff/ Matt Wilson occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More Full (9a-4p) $240 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $150 | Half (9a-11:30a) $120 class description. Join us to improve speed, strength, flexibility and stamina through a combination of fun and challenging total body exercises. Our trainers work hard and like to have fun with the campers. We focus on proper movement and skills that will carry over to a lifetime of fitness. Our program is for everyone no matter your age or skill level. We will help you to improve every day. Campers should wear athletic shoes and apparel, and bring a water bottle.
Girls’ Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp Rising 3-8 | Session 3 | Clinic Instructor: Heather Rakosik Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 She shoots, she scores! Be a basketball star at CA. This girls’ basketball clinic will involve learning and utilizing fundamental basketball skills. Girls will learn and practice ball skills, shooting skills, and basic fundamental principles in various drills and game situations. The clinic is designed for experienced players to improve on their skills, as well as for beginners to learn about the game of basketball. Come on in and see just how fun and rewarding basketball can be! Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More Girls’ Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp class description. Rising 5-8 | Session 2 | Clinic Instructor: Matt Thompson Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Girls’ Field Hockey AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Rising 2-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: JoAnne Adams Coming off of its most successful season in school history, the Columbus Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Academy girls soccer program will host its first annual clinic for girls Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $135 entering grades five through eight. Campers will learn skills, develop Ladies...we have turf! We are thrilled to announce that this year’s camp fundamentals, and build a foundation for playing the world’s most popular will again be held on the turf fields at Resolute Athletic Complex (formerly game. Learn from members of the girls varsity coaching staff, as well as the Sports Barn)! We have rented space to give camp the smooth turf current and former players. Through a combination of challenging drills and surface and perfect weather and temperatures! Be a part of the tradition individual and team games, campers will leave with tools that will allow at Columbus Academy by learning the sport of field hockey from State them to keep improving as players. We will work on dribbling, passing and Championship winning coaches and top-notch players. This clinic is a receiving, defense and, of course, finishing. Each day will conclude with great way to learn the dynamic sport of field hockey. Clinic sessions are small sided games designed to capitalize on lessons learned over the course creatively designed to teach the hockey basics: dribbling, passing, receiving, of the camp. We welcome all experience levels and ask only that you bring a pulls, dodges, and more for younger players while preparing older girls positive attitude, willingness to work hard and an interest in improving as a for middle school competition. It doesn’t matter if you are a first year soccer player. Students should bring/wear: a water bottle, shin guards, player or an experienced middle school veteran, we will help you improve soccer socks (socks that cover your shin guards completely), cleats, your game! We can’t wait to share our love of the game on the turf fields sunscreen, sneakers (for indoors in case of inclement weather only), at Easton this summer! If you need to purchase equipment, please and a nut-free snack. contact Coach Adams at [email protected]. This clinic Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only will meet at Resolute Athletic Complex (formerly the Sports Barn) at be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Easton. For location and more information, please visit http://resolute- occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More athleticcomplex.ezleagues.ezfacility.com. class description. This is a traveling/off-site program. 33 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Girls’ Volleyball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp warfare, and in modern times, for sport. Campers will experience first-hand Rising 2-8 | Session 2 | Clinic Instructor: Heather Welsh one of our oldest sports through daily study, practice, and challenges. Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 Jedi Camp Come join the fun with the lifetime sport of volleyball! This is a great way to Rising 2-5 | Session 2 | Instructor: Royal Arts Fencing Academy Staff introduce young children to volleyball by using team building activities and Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half learning valuable skills. Come check out just how fun volleyball can be! In Now is your chance to be a Jedi or Sith. This Star Wars themed week lets this program, girls will learn how to pass, set, hit, serve, and play in group you into the world of Star Wars and lightsaber combat. We use safe weapons situations. There will be coaches, as well as Columbus Academy Upper and fencing masks for protection. All equipment is provided and classes are School players assisting the younger participants. taught by professionally trained fencing and martial art coaches. Students Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only are required to wear athletic shoes and socks. be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 35 for the Sports & More Korean Martial Arts class description. Rising K-2 | Session 7 | Instructor: Koguryo Martial Arts Academy/ Jared Circle Rising 3-5 | Session 6 | Instructor: Koguryo Martial Arts Academy/ Jared Circle Gym Skills: Acrobatics Full (9a-4p) $300 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Half (9a-11:30a) $170 Rising K-4 | Session 8 | Instructor: Gym Skills Staff Campers will get a solid foundation and introduction to various martial arts Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 systems from Korea including Tang Soo Do, Hap Ki Do, and more! In addition Acrobatic gymnastics combines dance, gymnastics, skills, and to martial arts training, lessons on Korean culture, history, geography, and synchronization. In this camp, athletes will be working together to create language will be a part of the course. All participants will receive a uniform pyramids and other balancing acts! We start at the beginner level and work and will be given the option to demonstrate what they have learned in the up with the athlete’s confidence. Athletes will also work on their tumbling Friday Showcase, including board breaking! Students should bring a and basic gymnastics skills. Acrobatic camp teaches core fundamentals in water bottle, nut-free snacks, and shoes that are easy-on-easy-off as choreography, agility, balance, strength, and grace! we train traditional style, in our bare feet. Course fee includes cost of uniform. Gym Skills: Cheerleading Rising K-4 | Session 9 | Instructor: Gym Skills Staff Learn to Sail Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Rising 3-5 | Session 3, 9 | Instructor: Hoover Sailing Club Staff Come join Gym Skills Cheerleading for an exciting cheerleading program! Full (9a-4p) $350 | No Half +Plus | No Half Have fun while learning the moves of real high school and college Hoover Sailing Club has offered sailing instruction for Central Ohio youth cheerleaders. You will learn motions, jumps, chants, cheers, and a dance in for over 45 years. Your child will experience the joy of skippering a dinghy a non-competitive environment from an instructor who is a former college from our fleet during his or her very first lesson. Our experienced US Sailing cheerleader and current coach. You will leave camp with a heart full of spirit certified staff will teach basic safety and boat skills. Your child will learn and a head full of memories! to sail up-wind, down-wind, tack, jibe, and recover from a capsize. Our picturesque property and remodeled facilities will provide your youngster Gym Skills: Gymnastics with a week he or she will remember for years to come. Students are Rising K-4 | Session 6 | Instructor: Gym Skills Staff required to pack a peanut and tree nut free lunch, and bring your own Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 USCG approved life jacket. Sailing is a very physical activity; occasional Come join Gym Skills Gymnastics for an awesome gymnastics and fitness bumps and bruises can occur. Please advise your child’s counselor if program! Have fun with handstands, cartwheels, backbends, handsprings, there are any issues of which we might need to be aware. A Hoover and more in a non-competitive environment. We will start by warming up Sailing Club release form is also required for every participant and will and stretching to keep our bodies safe, then learn about different kinds be distributed via email before camp begins. of balances, use all kinds of equipment, and experiment with springs and This is a traveling/off-site program. landings. On Friday, we will visit the Gym Skills facility located in Gahanna! Children will work on gymnastics activities such as a trampoline, loose foam Nerf It Up! pit, cargo net, beam, rings, spring floor, and more. Your child will walk out of Rising 3-5 | Session 7 | Instructor: Joel Reed camp feeling like a winner! Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half The Nerf Bodacious factor is off the charts during this camp. Think you can’t Happily Ever After at Fairy Tale Farm get enough Nerf? This is the camp for you. We’ll be battling until you drop! Rising 2-4 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Fairy Tale Farm Staff We only stop for water and to change teams. We play single elimination, Full (9a-4p) $300 | No Half +Plus | No Half capture the flag, Star Wars, the Hunger Games and more! You will have a Come visit the 30 acre farm in Johnstown where we will learn all about blast! Course fee includes all Nerf gear that students get to take home horses, their care and basic riding skills. Students will spend the day learning at the end of the week. through crafts and activities, taking a riding lesson, and participating in group activities. Students must wear long pants and closed toe shoes Olympic Fencing and bring a nut free packed lunch each day. This facility only has Port- Rising 2-8 | Session 8 | Instructor: Royal Arts Fencing Academy Staff o-John facilities available to the public. Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half This is a traveling/off-site program. Have you ever wanted to be Zorro, d’Artagnan, the Dread Pirate Roberts, Captain Jack Sparrow, Robin Hood, or a Jedi Knight? Learn the noble art of History and Sport of Archery fencing, including information about swords, moves, competitions, and future Rising 3-5 | Session 5 (M-TH), 6 | Instructor: Charles Brodhead opportunities for Fencing Sport Scholarships. This course is specially created 5: Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 for participants of all fencing and athletic levels. On Friday, the students will 6: Full (9a-4p) $290 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $175 | Half (9a-11:30a) $145 participate in a real fencing tournament! Fencing equipment is provided. Come join us and learn the basic skills and history of Archery. The skill of Students are required to wear athletic shoes and socks. Archery has been used since the dawn of time; first for hunting, then for
34 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Skateboarding as much as the weather permits, so sunscreen, hats, and sunglasses Rising K-4 | Session 3 | Instructor: Chris Higgins are encouraged. Students are required to bring a water bottle and wear Rising 5-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Chris Higgins athletic shoes - no flip flops or sandals. Full (9a-4p) $305 | No Half +Plus | No Half Come join us and learn the basics and more of skateboarding, one of the Tennis PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp fastest growing sports in the world. While we will cover safety, equipment, Rising 1-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: Jeff Warstler and skateboarding etiquette, the emphasis will be on having fun and learning Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins by spending as much time on our boards as possible. It doesn’t matter if you Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $165 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $135 are a first-time skater or a more experienced rider, this program will have Join Jeff Warstler of Columbus Academy for an intensive tennis something for everyone. Field trips to area skateparks will round out this extravaganza! Tennis is not just a country club sport; it is fun for the whole exciting program. Skaters are required to wear a helmet and bring their family! You will learn the fundamentals of tennis such as stroke production, own skateboards; knee pads and elbow pads are recommended. footwork, strategy, and an understanding of the court. Once you have been through this clinic, you will have a better understanding of the sport and, Skateboarding Skatepark Road Trip Camp hopefully, a true love of tennis. Participants are required to bring their Rising 3-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Chris Higgins own tennis racket and water bottle. Full (9a-4p) $450 | No Half +Plus | No Half Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only Come join Chris Higgins and crew as we hit the road to skateboard at some be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic of Columbus and Central Ohio’s best skateparks! Skaters of all ages and skill occurring in the same week. Please see the Sports & More class levels will learn and have fun as we work on skating on all different types description on this page. of skateparks and terrain. Camp will meet at Columbus Academy every day before we set off on an epic road trip to a different skatepark. Students Wrestling AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp are required to pack a nut free lunch each day. Skaters are required to Rising K-7 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Sean Silver wear a helmet and bring their own skateboards; knee pads and elbow Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins pads are recommended. Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 This is a traveling/off-site program. Want to learn about wrestling, one of the first and most popular sports in the world? This program gives children of any size or ability the chance to Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp learn the basics of the sport in a safe and fun environment while also helping Rising K-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: Ron Leach them with strength, flexibility, sportsmanship, and self-confidence. Wrestlers Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins will receive their own headgear and will get to participate in a tournament Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $135 followed by a medal ceremony at the end of the week. Each wrestler will No matter your level of experience in soccer, everyone will take home be placed in a group appropriate to their age and skill level. Wrestlers are valuable skills from this soccer clinic. Whether you are a beginner and required to bring a water bottle; wrestling shoes and mouth guard are want to learn the basics or if you have already played organized soccer, we optional. can help take you to the next level. We will focus on the fundamentals of Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only soccer, basic individual skills, basic team tactics, instruction on the rules of be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic the game, and mini scrimmages. Each day of this clinic will provide a fun occurring in the same week. Please see the Sports & More class learning environment about the game of soccer. If you need to purchase description on this page. equipment, please contact Coach Leach at [email protected]. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see below for the Sports & More ————— Swimming Lessons class description. Greater Columbus Swim School Rising K-8 | Session 1-7 Instructor: Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) 8a-9a and/ or 4p-5p $75/ week (Sessions 1 and 5: $60/ week) The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio teaches Columbus Academy instructional swim lessons in a fun, yet challenging atmosphere with lessons taking place at Columbus Academy Pool on campus. The pool depth ranges from 3ft – 10ft. Participants are observed and placed in appropriate levels according to their current skill level and will engage in the fundamentals of swimming most appropriate for their ability. Swimmers will be consistently monitored for skill acquisition in order to ensure that they are continually challenged in the pool as their skill level increases. Beginning swimmers will learn the most basic skills needed to become self-sufficient in the Sports & More water, while swimmers with slightly more advanced skills will be progressed Rising K-5 | Session 5 (M-TH), 7, 9 through a series of eight levels, focusing on the proficient acquisition of Instructors: Zachary Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins all four of the competitive swimming strokes (those used in the sport of 5: Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 swimming). Participants will receive a skills accomplishment report at 7, 9: Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 the end of each weekly session. Swimmers will have a great time, will be Welcome to Sports & More camp! We are very excited for a summer full of challenged, and will learn valuable skills. This program can be added to different sports and activities. Campers will be running and moving up to any week’s programming with the exception of Sessions 8 and 9 due four miles a day! Our primary focus and goals for the summer will be good to construction. There is a maximum of 16 children per time slot and sportsmanship, good nutrition, fitness, cooperation, and of course, fun! We spaces fill quickly. Please see the Lower School registration form and hope you join us for the BEST SUMMER EVER! This camp will be outside check the appropriate time that fits with your schedule.
35 JOIN US FOR OUR FAMILY ORIENTATION! ONLINE REGISTRATION SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH 2-4PM You can...
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HOURS OF OPERATION 3. Create and/or sign in to your My BackPack account Before Care 7:00 am – 8:30 am 4. Click Summer Experience / ASA Registration Pre-K Half Day 8:30 am – 11:30 am Pre-K Half +Plus 8:30 am – 1:30 pm Pre-K Full Day 8:30 am – 4:00 pm 5. Click the Summer Experience (SE) REGISTRATION box Rising K-9 Check-in 8:30 am – 9:00 am Rising K-9 Half Day 9:00 am – 11:30 am 6. Click the link to begin a NEW 2020 SE Registration Rising K-9 Half +Plus 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Rising K-9 Full Day 9:00 am – 4:00 pm 7. Complete student biographical and medical information After Care 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm 8. Select classes
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36 COLUMBUS ACADEMY 2020 SUMMER EXPERIENCE LOWER SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM Student Information First Name Last Name DOB / / Gender F M Grade in Fall 2020 School Name in Fall 2020 Faculty/Staff Child? q Home Address City State Zip Parent / Guardian Information First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone *Registration confirmations and other important information will be sent to these email addresses Emergency Contact Information Emergency contact will only be contacted if parent(s) can not be reached. T-Shirt Size No additional cost. Please circle one. First Name Last Name Youth XS S M L Adult S M L XL Phone 1 Phone 2 AUTHORIZED PICK UP LIST Please only list individuals other than parent(s) / guardian(s) I authorize the following people to pick up my child: 1______2______3______4______5______
STUDENT MEDICAL INFORMATION Please select any medical conditions: q Allergy q Behavioral q Dietary q Other (list below)
q Asthma q Diabetes q Seizures q None
Please provide a brief explanation (optional): ______
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Current Medications: ______
Please list any special conditions or considerations that may require attention, extra support or accommodations: ______
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Family Physician Name: ______Phone: ______
PARENT/GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE -Yes -No I permit Columbus Academy to use, in whole or in part, photographs of my child in school communications. -Yes -No Free Swim Activity Permission: Students participating in half +plus or full day programs on campus will have a free choice activity period before or after their lunchtime. Free Swim is one of the daily options and is supervised by a lifeguard on duty and Senior Counselor staff. I give permission for my child to participate in the free swim activity option.
• I authorize my child to participate in the Columbus Academy Summer Experience. I release and forever discharge Columbus Academy and its trustees, employees, agents, their heirs, successors and assigns, either jointly or severally, from any and all claims, damages, obligations, causes of action or suits, resulting from bodily injury to my child or damage to or loss of my child’s property arising from participation in this program and any travel related thereto.
• To the best of my knowledge, the above child is physically fit and in good health. I understand that all standard safety measures will be taken. I do not hold Columbus Academy Summer Experience or its staff liable for illness or accident.
• In case of emergency, if parents, emergency contact person, or child’s physician cannot be reached by phone, I authorize Columbus Academy to arrange for emergency medical treatment inclusive of surgical intervention for my child, and I agree to assume liability for any medical expenses incurred.
Signature (required) ______Date ______REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND FEE ASSESSMENT Registration is not complete until payment is received. All fees are due at the time of registration. Deadlines are May 15, 2020, for sessions 1 through 5 and June 19, 2020, for sessions 6 through 9. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadline will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. If late registrations are received after the deadline, camp fees increase by 10%. Changes to schedules made after the deadline will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Please note: Registration closes Friday at 12pm for the following week’s camp session.
37 Session 1 June 2-5 (no camp June 1)
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics FUNdamentally Social! K-2 q $220 q $140 q $110 Swimming Lessons Spanish Discovery 3-5 q $220 q $140 q $110 q AM (8-9a) $60 q PM (4-5p) $60 Arts & Sciences Act Out Theater Camp K-3 q $220 q $140 q $110 Aromatherapy 101 3-5 q $230 q $145 q $115 Extended Care Chess Kings & Queens K-4 q $225 q $145 q $115 q Before Care $40 q After Care $50 7-8:30am 4-6pm EZ Magic K-4 q $245
Fusion Bead Fun K-2 q $230 q $145 q $115 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $68 Paint the Greats K-2 q $230 q $145 q $115 Super Sleuths 3-5 q $230 q $145 q $115 Upcycling 3-5 q $230 q $145 q $115 World of Dance K-2 q $220 q $140 q $110 Athletics FUNctional Fitness: CrossFit For Kids 3-5 q $240 q $150 q $120 Girls' Field Hockey AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 2-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Tennis PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 1-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Total $ Session 2 June 8-12
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics q q q S.P.A.R.K. 3-5 $270 $165 $135 Swimming Lessons Seuss in the Summer K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Bucket Drumming 101 3-5 q $270 q $165 q $135
Camp COSI on Wheels: Superhero Science 3-5 q $320 Extended Care Craft Extravaganza 3-5 q $295 q $180 q $150 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Drawing from Nature K-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 7-8:30am 4-6pm Helping Hands: The Great Bake Sale! 3-5 q $310 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $85 Hogwarts Summer Satellite 2-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 Magic with Everyday Objects K-4 q $305 Science Palooza K-2 q $280 q $170 q $140 Storybook Sewing K-2 q $300 Where in Time are We? K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 Athletics Football AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-5 q $285 q $200 q $170 Girls' Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 5-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Girls' Volleyball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 2-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Jedi Camp 2-5 q $295 Total $ Session 3 June 15-19
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Computer Skills & Fun q q q 3-5 $270 $165 $135 Swimming Lessons q q q Ready For K! K $270 $165 $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Around the World in 80 Songs 2-4 q $270 q $165 q $135
Be a Designer 3-5 q $300 Extended Care Celebrate Everything K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Digital Photography with iPhone or iPad 3-5 q $310 7-8:30am 4-6pm Disney Royalty K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $85 Getting CRICUT with it! 3-5 q $285 q $175 q $145 Historical Kids 2-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 Japanese Ceramics, Art, Culture, and Raku 3-5 q $295 Junior Drone Pilot Academy K-2 q $425 Little Veterinarian School®: Healthy Pets are Happy Pets K-4 q $410 StemQuest Mario Kart: Water, Land, & Coaster Racing 3-5 q $425 Athletics Girls' Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Girls' Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Learn to Sail 3-5 q $350 Skateboarding K-4 q $305 Total $
38 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Session 4 June 22-26
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics If You Give a Child a Book K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons Story Making 3-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Animation on iPhone and iPad 3-5 q $310 Art and Nature 2-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 Extended Care Broadway Bootcamp 2-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Carnival Cooking and Fun! K-4 q $310 7-8:30am 4-6pm Chess Kings & Queens 3-5 q $280 q $170 q $140 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $85 Drawing Mindfully 3-5 q $280 q $170 q $140 Harry Potter’s Care of Magical Creatures K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 Interpretive Dance 3-5 q $280 Little Medical School®: Is There a Doctor... K-4 q $410 Sewing Magical Creatures 2-4 q $300 Athletics Baseball AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Boys' Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Skateboarding 5-9 q $305 Wrestling AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-7 q $285 q $200 q $170 Total $ Session 5 June 29-July 2 (no camp July 3)
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Fly with Chinese 1-5 q $220 q $140 q $110 Swimming Lessons FUNdamentally Social! q q q 3-5 $220 $140 $110 q AM (8-9a) $60 q PM (4-5p) $60 Arts & Sciences Adventurous Explorers 1-5 q $400
Around the World K-4 q $220 q $140 q $110 Extended Care BalletMet: Dance, Turn, Leap & Learn q K-2 $240 q Before Care $40 q After Care $50 Disney Adventures K-4 q $240 7-8:30am 4-6pm Food for a Healthy Life K-4 q $220 q $140 q $110 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $68 Games Throughout History 3-5 q $220 q $140 q $110 Kids Exploratory Coding Playground K-2 q $340 Little Woodworkers K-2 q $250 Oz Adventures 3-5 q $240 Retro-Printmaking 3-5 q $230 q $145 q $115 Whiz Kids 2-4 q $230 Wonderful World of Color K-2 q $230 q $145 q $115 Athletics Happily Ever After at Fairy Tale Farm 2-4 q $300 History and Sport of Archery 3-5 q $230 q $145 q $115 Sports & More K-5 q $220 q $140 q $110 Total $ Session 6 July 6-10
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Poetry with Painting 3-5 q $270 Swimming Lessons Spanish Basics K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Beginning Disney Ukulele Plus! 3-5 q $310
Building and Exploring with STEM K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 Extended Care Camp Invention® K-4 q $320 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Clay Play! 3-5 q $295 7-8:30am 4-6pm Creating Your First iPhone/ iPad Mobile Game 2-5 q $420 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $85 Eco-Explorers 3-5 q $295 q $180 q $150 Egyptian Dig: Buried Treasure Discovery K-4 q $320 Fairy Ways K-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 Galaxy Cooking: May the Food Be with You! K-4 q $310 Little Woodworkers: The Next Level K-2 q $310 Pop Art Ceramics 2-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 Athletics Boys' Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 2-9 q $285 q $200 q $170 Gym Skills: Gymnastics K-4 q $295 q $180 q $150 History and Sport of Archery 3-5 q $290 q $175 q $145 Korean Martial Arts 3-5 q $300 q $200 q $170 Total $
39 Session 7 July 13-17
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Favorite Childhood Stories K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons Keyboarding 2-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Beginning Acoustic Guitar: Play and Sing! 3-5 q $310 Drone Dancing & Storyboard Synchronization 3-5 q $425 Extended Care Gym Skills: Hip Hop 2-4 q $295 q $180 q $150 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Hovercraft- Design Your Own Vehicle- Egg Drop Car K-4 q $320 7-8:30am 4-6pm LEGO STEM Avengers K-2 q $425
Little Medical School®: The Doctor Will See You Now! 3-5 q $410 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $85 Mystical Creature Adventures K-2 q $280 q $170 q $140 Pottery Par-Tea! K-4 q $280 Storybook Songs K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 Woodworking 3-5 q $310 Athletics Artistic Swimming: A Synchronized Swimming Experience 1-5 q $295 q $180 q $150 Korean Martial Arts K-2 q $300 q $200 q $170 Nerf It Up! 3-5 q $410 Sports & More K-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 Total $ Session 8 July 20-24 Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Swimming Lessons Academics Keyboarding 3-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 No swim lessons / pool closed MathVenture Jr. 1-3 q $295 Ready for K! K q $270 q $165 q $135 Extended Care Arts & Sciences A World of Color 3-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 All Things Disney K-2 q $270 q $165 q $135 7-8:30am 4-6pm Amateur Animators 3-5 q $280 q $170 q $140 Camp COSI on Wheels: Become the Scientist! K-4 q $320 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Graphical Robotics Jr. Programming 3-5 q $420 Inspired to Move K-2 q $300 Minecraft: Junior Adventures 1-3 q $425 StemQuest Jr: Coasters & Speedsters K-2 q $425 Unicorns and Dragons Oh My! K-4 q $310 Athletics Columbus Crew SC Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-5 q $285 q $200 q $170 Gym Skills: Acrobatics K-4 q $295 q $180 q $150 Olympic Fencing 2-8 q $295 Total $ Session 9 July 27-31
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Computer Skills & Fun 2-4 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons MathVenture 3-5 q $295 No swim lessons / pool closed Arts & Sciences Camp COSI on Wheels: Become the Scientist! K-4 q $320 Chess Masters 3-5 q $280 q $170 q $140 Extended Care Create & Play: Masks & Puppets K-2 q $295 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Dancing with the Stars 3-5 q $300 7-8:30am 4-6pm Discover Ohio 2-5 q $550 Global Cultures 1-3 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Out of this World K-2 q $280 q $170 q $140 Restaurants, Burger Joints, and Food Trucks! 3-5 q $285 Through the Ages 2-4 q $280 q $170 q $140 Athletics Chiller Intro to Ice Skating K-5 q $360 Gym Skills: Cheerleading K-4 q $295 q $180 q $150 Learn to Sail 3-5 q $350 Skateboarding Skatepark Road Trip Camp 3-9 q $450 Sports & More K-5 q $270 q $165 q $135 Total $ Please send completed registration forms and check payment (payable to Columbus Academy) to:
Columbus Academy TOTAL AMOUNT $ Attn: Summer Experience TOTAL AMOUNT $ Sessions 1-91- 4300 Cherry Bottom Road Gahanna, OH 43230 LATE REGISTRATION $ Add 10% summer office: 614-509-2267 | summer fax: 614-475-0396 [email protected] GRAND TOTAL $
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MIDDLE SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION ready for the day. After Care features exciting themed activities as well as Faculty, Staff and Sr. Counselors quiet places for children to explore and reflect on the experiences they have CA Summer Experience employs current CA Faculty and Staff members as had at CA. Parents MUST pick up their children from After Care by 6:00 well as highly qualified outside sources as teachers of the Summer Experi- pm. Parents that do not pick up their children by the end of After Care ence programs. Sr. Counselors are typically local college students who have will be charged $1.00 per minute beyond 6:00 pm. If Before or After Care been hired after an extensive interview and training process. Sr. Counselors are not needed for the full week, proration is available by contacting our are assigned to camps each week and will accompany your child all day office at (614) 509-2267. Please understand there can be no proration for during their respective camp. CA Summer Experience also employs ample the combo pricing. administrative staff to support daily programming. Before Care $50 per week $10 per day Communication After Care $62.50 per week $12.50 per day Upon registration with full payment, you should receive a confirmation email Before and After Care Combo $85 per week 5 day option only from [email protected] with your child’s class schedule and additional information. You can expect communication via Before / After Care is best accessed by parking in the Academy Hall Parking email from your child’s teacher the Friday prior to camp starting and the Circle near the main entrance to the school. Follow the ORANGE signage into Wednesday during the respective camp week. If registration is received late, the Theatre entrance of the Lower School to the Before / After Care room. there may be a delay in this communication. Parents must come into the After Care room and provide a photo ID to sign out their child each day. Facilities A majority of programs are held on CA’s beautiful 231-acre campus that con- Lunch sists of a six-lane indoor pool, computer labs with iMac computers, nature Lunch is provided by Columbus Academy’s Dining Service for most of the trails, outdoor classroom space, low ropes elements, eight tennis courts, programs and is built into the price of the camp. Most off-site camps require Schoedinger Theatre seating 538, two full-length gymnasiums, a weight students to bring a lunch; please check individual course descriptions for room, a ceramics studio, five art studios, three libraries, five playgrounds, lunch specifications. CA offers a hot main dish including vegetarian options, eight science labs, four soccer fields, two turf fields, an all-weather track, as well as a salad bar, pasta bar, and deli bar. We also do our best to accom- a full service dining hall, three music rooms, and two baseball fields. The modate all dietary requests / restrictions. Please contact our office if you campus may be accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the have additional questions related to dietary concerns. Children are welcome East via Beecher Road off of Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map to pack a lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free. on the inside of the back cover.) Allergy Policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free.
Field Trip and Off-Site Transportation Daily Drop-off/Pick-up Columbus Academy utilizes school bus rental as a means of transportation There will be signage all around campus to help direct parking, as well as a for field trips and off-site programs. All drivers have proof of credentials color coded system to follow from the parking areas to help guide you to the and background checks. CA also has a fleet of 7 passenger vans that will correct entrance. Please see the CA campus map on the inside of the back be used for smaller traveling groups. All drivers are employees of Columbus cover for general parking information. Middle School will follow the BLUE Academy and are van-certified. signage.
Middle School Sample Daily Schedule Check-in for Middle School (rising 6th through 9th grade) programs is be- Check-in 8:30 am – 9:00 am tween 8:30 am and 9:00 am in a gym of the Athletic Complex. Middle School AM Themed Programming 9:00 am – 11:30 am parents / guardians should follow campus signage to the Middle School Lunch Rotation 11:30 am – 1:30 pm parking area (Parent Hall Parking Lot) and escort children into the building no (Lunch / Free Choice Activity) earlier than 8:30 am on the first day of camp; children may be dropped off at PM Themed Programming (continued) 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm the MS circle after the first day. There will be CA Staff available to help par- Note- Middle School Half and Half +Plus options would end at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm respectively; ents and students get to their check-in areas. Students will check-in directly see below for more details. with their Sr. Counselor inside the gym. Any student who arrives prior to 8:30 am and is not accompanied by an adult will be escorted to Before Half Day and Half +Plus Programs Care and charged the daily rate of $10. Some programs offer a half day and half +plus option. Please see course listings for availability. Half day programs include the morning themed Pick-up is between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm in a gym of the Athletic Complex. programming session from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. Half +plus programs Parents or guardians will need to come into the gym and provide a include the morning themed programming from 9:00 am to 11:30 am PLUS photo ID to sign children out. If someone other than a parent / guardian lunch and free choice activity from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Half day and half will be picking up your child, and you have not completed an authorized pick +plus programs cannot be combined with other full, half, or half +plus up list, please see a staff member at drop-off. If your child is not picked up programs. by 4:15 pm, he or she will be taken to After Care, at which time you will be charged the daily rate of $12.50. Extended Care Programs Available on a pre-registration or drop-in basis, Before Care and After Care are held from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, respectively. Before Care offers a variety of quiet activities for your child as he or she gets
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Late Drop-off/Early Pick-up If it is necessary to drop off or pick up your child at any time other than the Important 2020 Policies designated camp times, the Operations Lead is available to help with these Based on parental feedback and continuous improvement efforts, transitions. If you know this information ahead of time, you may write it on please note the following Columbus Academy policies: the sheet provided at the Help Desk outside the gyms. You may also contact the Operations Lead any time during camp hours at 614-653-3117 to • Lower School students will check into the Mack Gym while arrange a pick-up or drop-off. Note: Early pick ups are not available after Middle School students will check into the Jones Gym. 3:30pm. • A small amount of construction will take place on CA’s cam- Friday Showcase pus throughout the summer. We appreciate your patience and flexibility during this time. Some of our camps perform in our weekly Friday Showcase to share their new skills or creations with their parents and fellow campers. All parents/ • The pool will not be available for Sessions 8 and 9 due to families are welcome to attend. These shows are held in the Schoedinger construction. Theatre and typically begin at 3:15 pm on Friday afternoons. Information regarding the Friday Showcase will be communicated via email and CA • Registration will close on Fridays at 12pm for the following week’s camp session to ensure safety, proper preparation Summer Experience’s Facebook page. and a successful experience for all campers.
What to Wear/Bring • Check-in / out in the gyms will be strictly enforced as “NO Campers should wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and shoes, DEVICE ZONES” to foster an environment of building relation- and should also consider bringing a bookbag, water bottle and sunscreen ships and encouraging children to interact with each other, counselors and teachers. to camp each day. Please check the course descriptions to see if any other materials are needed for each individual program. If the student is planning • Session 10 will not be offered for Summer Experience 2020. to participate in free swim for their free choice activity, campers should also pack a bathing suit, towel and plastic bag for wet clothes. Should a child misplace an item, there will be a Lost & Found table located near the Athletic SPORTS CLINICS • Sports Clinics are joining forces with a Sports & More camp Complex lobby throughout the summer. Columbus Academy is not responsi- to offer a consistent full day option. ble for any lost personal items. • Sports Clinics can not be paired with a camp other than Free Choice Activity Sports & More or another Sports Clinic to make a full day Students participating in half +plus or full day programs on campus will have schedule. a free choice activity period before or after their lunchtime. Campers may choose from the following daily options: free swim, computer lab, outdoor free play, or quiet reading and crafting room. Children participating in the free swim option will need to bring a bathing suit and towel each day they wish to swim, along with a plastic bag for their wet clothes at the conclusion of swim.
Electronics Policy With the increase in the technology around us, electronics are no longer pro- hibited at camp; however, we expect that these devices be put away unless specifically required for a camp or in the case of an emergency. We have designated screen time during Before / After Care and free choice for those who wish to participate. Check-in/out in the gyms will be strictly enforced as “no device zones”.
Discipline Action Plan and Termination Attendees who are found to bully or harass others will generally be subject to serious disciplinary action, including prohibition from further attendance. Children will receive one warning and CA Summer Experience reserves the right to remove any camper from our program for disciplinary reasons. If a child is removed for disciplinary reasons, there will be no refund. FEES, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS AND DEADLINES POLICY Course fees are located in the course descriptions and registration pages. Whether submitting a paper form or registering online, registration is not complete until payment is received. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadlines will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. If late registrations are received after the deadlines, camp fees increase by 10%. All camps have a minimum enrollment that must be met in order to run. If we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment, the decision will be made two weeks prior to the start date. You will be notified via email with alternative camp options or to receive a full refund. DEADLINES: May 15th for Sessions 1-5 and June 19th for Sessions 6-9
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MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER EXPERIENCE opportunity to interact with your “amigos” in Spanish. The dynamic of the class will be based on Latin-American cultural themes to recreate events Programs are in alphabetical order and categorized by Academics, Arts & and activities that will develop interaction among the group. The teacher’s Sciences, and Athletics programming. The Middle School Registration Form role is to improve your language skills and confidence in speaking Spanish. is on page 55. Please note: “rising” indicates the grade your child will be entering in the 2020-2021 school year. Introduction to Spanish Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Mackenzie Hanna Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 ————— This class is for both beginners and those wishing to brush up on their Academics Spanish language skills. Through games, crafts, videos, music, activities, and food, students will learn about the Spanish language and cultures. Students A Poet’s Writing Workshop: Exploring the Art of Poetry Through Form & Design will go home with a great foundation in the language that will prepare them Rising 6-9 | Session 6, 8 | Instructor: Bryan Miller for beginning Spanish in school. Full (9a-4p) $270 | No Half +Plus | No Half Bring your pens and pencils and get ready to craft some poetry. In this Latin American History from Mexico to Argentina camp, we will examine and write various poetic forms--from haiku and Rising 6-9 | Session 3 | Instructor: Georgina Alvarez sonnets to villanelles and sestinas. We will also generate original prompts Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 and invent new structures with which to create new poems. Writers will We will travel in time through historical events to learn how Latin America share their pieces in a collaborative and nurturing workshop environment, developed from the Inca and Aztec Empires to the present time. Each country and by the week’s end, campers will put their works together in an attractive has a fascinating history that you will discover during this week that will “chapbook” they will design, curate, and “publish.” make you want to visit Latin America!
Let’s Travel to Latin America! Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Georgina Alvarez Full (9a-4p) $220 | No Half +Plus | No Half This course in Spanish will allow you to practice your learned skills and to speak the language. The course will be developed by imagining we are visiting Latin American countries; we will start by flying to Mexico and continue to Antigua in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cartagena in Columbia, and Machu Picchu in Peru. You will learn about the culture, customs, foods, and common expressions of each country. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand the similarities and differences among the countries.
FUNdamentally Social! Patterns in Nature Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: Alisha Porter Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Anne Hurley Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Full (9a-4p) $220 | No Half +Plus | No Half Come join us and learn the basics and more of what it takes to have a Nature is full of variations on patterns. Come explore how the petals of a great SOCIAL experience. Do you enjoy playing games? Working as a team? flower, the population of rabbits, the points of crystals, and so much more Doing team-building activities? Then this is the class for you! We work on are shaped in ways that we can observe and describe using the language all of these skills while creating memories and having FUN learning the of mathematics. A field trip to a local park will give us opportunities to see FUNdamentals of LIFE! these patterns in the world around us, and connect hands-on experience to algebra, geometry, statistics, and other areas of math as the science of Future Entrepreneurs patterns. Rising 6-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Little Scholars Staff Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half Public Speaking 101 Are you a natural born leader? Do you want to experience the thrills of Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: Angela Martin creating a ‘company’? Don’t miss out on this camp where you will create Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half and sell handmade products at the Sale- A-Thon. This camp will dabble in Students are given the opportunity to learn the basics of presentation and the world of stocks and current events as they relate to businesses. speech in a safe, supportive setting. Learn the various types of speeches and deliver well constructed, thought out presentations throughout the week. Graphic Novels History and Evolution Campers will build confidence in front of a group and feel prepared to deliver Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Amanda Vesner crowd rousing speeches of all types including persuasive, informational, Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 motivational, entertaining, and explanatory. What are graphic novels and why are they so popular? During the week, we will discuss the history and evolution of graphic novels by reading Sports Statistics many popular ones, watching parts of movie adaptations, and a trip to the Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Anne Hurley Laughing Ogre. You will choose a graphic novel that you find interesting to Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 complete a research project to present at the end of the week. Who was the best player of all time? Well....it depends on how you count. Sports and statistics are deeply connected; explore why different sports keep Hola Amigo! different statistics, how representations of data can change how we see the Rising 6-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Georgina Alvarez world, and the mathematics behind how we determine winners and losers. Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 No physical activity or sports experience necessary! Hola Amigo! Have you studied Spanish but feel too shy to speak it? Well, here is your opportunity to practice it. During this week, you will have the
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Study Skills Rising 6-9 | Session 3, 9 | Instructor: Colleen Vaughan Amateur Animators Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Rising 6-9 | Session 3 | Instructor: Cat Mailloux Do you know what kind of learner you are or how your brain works? Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 Regardless of subject matter, there is information you need to know about How are your favorite Pixar or Disney movies made? Do you have a knack yourself and skills to be successful in school. This course will give you some for playing on iPads and iPhones? Come join us to demystify the movie tips, tricks, and ideas to help you use your time more wisely and efficiently. making process and harness modern technology to learn how to make your Note taking, organization, test preparation, memorization techniques, and own animations using basic stop-motion construction techniques. Explore time management – these are just some of the topics we will discuss in this drawing, flip books, building with clay, and storytelling in this crash course course. So, are you ready for the challenges of the upcoming school year? on making things move. Celebrate at the end of the week in a film festival of animated shorts showcasing your creative and quirky animations. The Math of Harry Potter Rising 6-9 | Session 2, 7 | Instructor: Anne Hurley Arduino Robotics Programming Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: CodeMonster Staff Find the magic in mathematics as we explore the wizarding novels of JK Full (9a-4p) $340 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rowling. Discover the geometry of three dimensions, make patterns of prime Let’s build a working robot that students can bring home at the end of numbers in curious kinds of money, and follow deductive logic to save the the camp, and let’s program the robot intuitively using real programming day. language. This one-of-a-kind course teaches students robotic programming using a unique approach. We first introduce and discuss all the components The Physics of Superheroes needed for the robot build before actually building it. Once the robot is Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Anne Hurley completed, we will program or give intelligence to the robot. This engaging Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 robotics class provides a fun learning experience for students who love to Superheroes solve problems, even if that means going back in time to before build and code. We will use open sourced platform for our robotic building they caused the problem in the first place. Explore the logic and reasoning and c++ for coding. No prior knowledge of robotic programming is that help us choose solutions to different kinds of problems as well as the required for this course. Some form of coding like Scratch or equivalent physics and math behind different super powers and devices. Build your own is preferred. tesseract, infinity gem not included. Aromatherapy 101 Writing in Nature Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Tera Stockdale Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Colleen Vaughan Full (9a-4p) $230 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $145 | Half (9a-11:30a) $115 Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Do you love different scents, how they make you feel, and the nostalgia they Come join us in learning how to draw inspiration from nature. We will learn bring? If so, this camp is for you! We will spend our week learning about the to observe the world around us and take what we see and apply it to our benefits of aromatherapy and how to create luxury and therapeutic products writing. We will learn how to write poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and using natural elements. We will learn about the different properties and notes more. We will spend time outside and learn from our experiences in nature. A of the scents and how to use them in creating candles, mists, skin+body field trip to a local park will also be an exciting part of this camp. care, bath/soaking salts, and natural air fresheners. Campers will leave smelling better than ever with lots of goodies to share. ————— Artistic Jewelry Making Arts & Sciences Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Rachelle Smith Arts & Sciences classes require dress for mess attire. Full (9a-4p) $285 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $175 | Half (9a-11:30a) $145 Design and create your own jewelry pieces in this creative camp for aspiring designers and crafters. Campers will make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, Adventures & Survival Skills including bracelets, necklaces and earrings. This camp will conclude with a Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Michelle Horne jewelry boutique where campers can showcase their handmade jewelry. Full (9a-4p) $400 | No Half +Plus | No Half Adventures & Survival Skills is an ideal combination of experiential learning, Be a Junior Counselor at CA fun, and adventure. Rock climbing, hiking, canoeing, shelter building, and Rising 8-11 | Session 1-9 | Instructor: Jr. Counselor Ambassador survival training make for an awesome four-day adventure. Participants Full (9a-4p) $100/ week (Sessions 1 and 5: $80/ week) are encouraged to get dirty and interact with the environment as they Join our dynamic team this summer and put experience on your resume. learn survival skills and gain knowledge and exposure to outdoor activities, This opportunity is a hands-on volunteer leadership experience for any wildlife, and bugs. No experience is required and all equipment and student going into eighth through eleventh grade. Duties of a junior counselor instruction are provided. This program includes two off-site adventures include helping with camp activities, supporting a senior counselor, escorting of rock climbing and canoeing. Waivers are required for each campers, helping with check-in and snack time, and having fun in the sun participant for the sites we will visit and will be sent via email prior to at Columbus Academy. If you have not had a job before, this program will the first day of camp. Students should come prepared for any weather, give you the experience you will need to succeed in your next opportunity ready to perform the activities asked of them and be able to swim. and will give you leadership skills that will follow you the rest of your life. By becoming a part of our team, you will have fun, make friends, and learn valuable skills. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion and a review to put in his or her job portfolio. Students and a parent/guardian are required to attend a mandatory orientation on Saturday, May 30, from 12 to 2pm. This program is limited to ten participants per week, and spaces fill quickly.
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Board Game Strategy and Design will be thrilled to bring home their digital portfolio at the end of the week Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Rusty Oates and continue to work on their AI creation or to share with friends or family. Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Pokemon Go, Harry Potter, Enderdragon or Creeper in Minecraft, and Goomba The title says it all! This camp will be all about games. Card games, board in Super Mario Maker are a few examples of games we will explore. games, outside games, computer games; you name it, we will play it! If you like playing games of all kinds, this camp is for you! CA Marching Band Camp Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Mckenzie Vaughn Breaking the Fourth Wall Acting Camp Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Mckenzie Vaughn Ever wondered how the OSU marching band crosses the field with such ease Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 and elegance? Have you ever wanted to learn to play your instrument and In Breaking the Fourth Wall Acting Camp, students will immerse themselves march at the same time with songs like Hang on Sloopy, We Will Rock You, or in fun and interesting monologues and scenes. Students will strengthen popular music from today’s hits by artists such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, their diction, stage presence, and reading abilities. We will play fun and Selena Gomez or even Fallout Boy? Join us in CA Marching Band Camp, and entertaining theatre games, use interesting theatre warm ups, learn how you will learn to do just that! In this camp, students will play music popular to audition for a play, and improvise on stage. We will also discuss where in the marching band world. We will work on our marching technique and great theaters are located in the Central Ohio area! This year, we will perform perform in the Friday Showcase. Students will be able to learn fun music the play 10 Reasons I Shouldn’t Have Gone to School Today in the Friday along with marching and dance steps! Students should bring their own Showcase as well as in a presentation for parents/ family in the classroom. band instrument (including clarinet, flute, trumpet, trombone, tuba, Students should wear comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes that mellophone, oboe, saxophone). For drummers, please contact our office are appropriate for movement. No sandals or flip flops. a minimum of three weeks in advance of camp for more information. Students are required to wear tennis shoes, bring a water bottle and Broadway Showstoppers: Now Playing! sunscreen; sunglasses and visors are optional. Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Columbus Children’s Theatre Staff Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half Camp Pinterest Join CCT’s professional teaching artists in this camp designed for those who Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Jennifer McGinnis are ready to learn choreography, find their harmonies, and brush up on their Full (9a-4p) $240 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $150 | Half (9a-11:30a) $120 acting skills! Campers will learn songs and scenes from recent Broadway Camp Pinterest is a week of crafting using inspiration from Pinterest. shows such as Wicked, Oklahoma, and Dear Evan Hansen. Exercising Students will create a variety of projects using many types of media. their musical theatre skills, students will work in small and large groups to Some projects will include crayon melting, wood string art, and painting prepare to share their progress on the last day of camp, and to add “Triple on canvases. Students will also have the opportunity to find a project on Threat” to their resumes! Pinterest they would like to create, and we will take a field trip to a local craft store where students will be able to find materials for their project. It will be Bucket Drumming 101 a very fun week of crafting and being creative! Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: Rusty Oates Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Chess Masters Come learn to turn household items into musical instruments! Bucket Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: Kyle Jones drumming, also called street drumming, is a style of music which involves Full (9a-4p) $280 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $170 | Half (9a-11:30a) $140 drumming on plastic buckets and other objects to create melodies. The most Chess Masters provides students with the most advanced curriculum to common object used by bucket drummers are five-gallon plastic buckets, prepare them for tournament play. Students will be given the necessary but other objects can be used, including glass bottles, pots, and pans. We tools to be able to create reasonable plans in complex positions. Campers will learn drumming techniques, rhythms, and learn how to turn just about will learn advanced tactical themes. Each day students will participate in our anything into a musical opportunity. This camp can’t be BEAT! very own tournament to put their strategies to the test.
Classical Competition Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Franz Gruber Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Classical Competition is a fun game for the young scholar with a classical bent. If you are a Classical Mythology wizard, a Greek and Roman history expert, a Harry Potter fan, or just someone who likes to learn more about the classical roots of English words, then we have the game for you. You will also have the chance to perform a play that you write with your fellow campers that we call “Modern Myth.” Classical Competition will implore you to compete. In the end, it all comes down to the buzzer.
Build Your Own Interactive Augmented Reality & AI Game Clay Play! Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Tera Stockdale Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half The ultimate Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) camp. Have fun playing in the dirt! Clay Play students will create a variety Can you tell the difference between a human and a robot? Learn about the of functional and decorative ceramic pieces through traditional and design and programming behind modern digital assistant software like Alexa, experimental techniques. We’ll examine construction methods and get Siri, and Cortana in this innovative camp. Students build their own artificial creative with everyday objects and natural items to create texture and intelligence personality that can answer questions, complete requests, and patterns. Learn to silkscreen your bisque pieces for endless combinations of chat about topics of their choosing using real HTML and JavaScript code. No designs. Come join us as we put our hands in the mud while learning about prior experience is required. We provide all technology on location. Campers the history and science of clay!
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Comedy Magic listen to the heart beat. We discuss why murmurs sound the way they do, Rising 6-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Carroll Baker and they get their first looks at EKG’s. As “student surgeons”, they learn how Full (9a-4p) $305 | No Half +Plus | No Half to sew like a real surgeon, tie knots, and complete a hernia repair! In the Everyone loves magic, and they really love learning and performing it! blood section, they make a model of normal blood, and then see first-hand Carroll Baker’s classes are a great way to have fun learning to become an what goes wrong with leukemia and sickle cell disease. We will also focus amazing magician, performer, and presenter. Beyond the entertainment on the business aspect of Medicine. What does it take to set up and run your value, magic helps improve digital dexterity, coordination, visual perception, own private practice? Students will learn important emergency life skills in spatial relationships, critical thinking, creativity, public speaking skills, self- this camp! This is just a sampling of the many exciting topics we will explore confidence, and imagination. This class will focus on fun and easy magic, during this week. comedy styles and how to incorporate them into a show. On the last day of camp, we will take a field trip to the local magic shop and perform on stage Fun with Photography in the Friday Showcase. Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: Genevieve Adkins Full (9a-4p) $270 | No Half +Plus | No Half Creative Engineering This class is ideal for anyone wanting to learn about photography in a fun Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: Funtastic Workshops Staff way. Students will learn basic photography techniques and apply them in Full (9a-4p) $320 | No Half +Plus | No Half the field. We will explore the techniques of color, light and shadow, lines, the Work with an advanced three dimensional construction kit that is yours rule of thirds and positive and negative space. We will practice these skills to keep and take home. Design and build simple or complex models of a around the Columbus Academy campus and use them to complete various vehicle, a robot, moving creatures, or buildings. You will also get your own projects. Our images will then be presented in a gallery at the end of the 3-volt geared motor. Learn the many ways you can make your motor run. week. Students are required to bring a basic digital camera (the more Hands-on is the only way, so prepare to build from instructions and from options on the camera the better, but a basic point and-shoot will work your own imagination! fine as well).
Discover Ohio Games Throughout History Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructors: Amanda Vesner and Johari Mitchell Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: Amanda Vesner Full (9a-4p) $550 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 Join us on an adventure across Ohio to discover our hidden treasures. In this Have you ever wondered how board games and card games were invented? class, we will travel each day to a “hot spot” that you will want to return to What about where they came from? Then this is the camp for you! During again and again. Rainforests? We’ve got them. Stingrays? You guessed it. the week, we will explore the history and learn how to play the games Go, We’ve got them, too! Roller coasters? Absolutely some of the best! This is a Mahjong, Backgammon, and Rummy just to name a few. nonstop exploration of the best Ohio has to offer. Students are required to pack a nut free lunch each day. Harry Potter’s Defense Against the Dark Arts This is a traveling/off-site program. Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructors: Sarah Dove and Ryann Patrus Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Engineering and Problem Solving with Woodworking In the world around us, sometimes we witness injustice. Through an Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Shaun Ditty exploration of similar moments of injustice in the Harry Potter series, Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half campers will be encouraged to conjure up their own magic through the Throughout the week, students will have the opportunity to learn about a power of critical thinking in order to provide creative solutions to confronting variety of famous and influential designers and architects. Students will injustice in the world around them. As a class, we will come up with a be given design challenges to overcome, asked to think critically and plan strategic flow chart for how the theme of the day could reach a solution that ahead, and ultimately work together to create life-size boats by the end of would dissolve the darkness of injustice. the week. In addition to boat creation, students will work on creating detailed multi-step building plans, 3 view project drawings, work on a free choice project, and build a modern chair to take home. Previous woodworking experience is not necessary, but certainly welcome.
Everything Yarn Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Djuana Okotete Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 Are you creative? Do you love to vibe to music while making cool things? Well, this is the class for you! In Everything Yarn, we will visit a local craft store where you will pick out your favorite colored yarn and then create something that will last forever. Not only will you learn to crochet, but you will so learn to zen out and vibe with friends. You will also learn how to market products or present them as gifts. Join today and learn to crochet! Healthy Hippie Home Ec Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructors: Laura Berger and Adam Maynard Extreme Medical School® Full (9a-4p) $240 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Little Medical School Staff Ready to play in the dirt? Make delicious foods from scratch? Become Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half more creative, mindful and in-tune with your body, and perform science We offer a one-of-a-kind learning experience for students. This hands-on, experiments that you can eat? Then join us to get back to your roots! Brother in depth experience puts the student in the role of the physician, complete and sister duo of a registered dietitian/nutritionist and a professional dance with a white coat and real stethoscope. Through interactive and creative and music educator team up to present a holistic program incorporating demonstrations, crafts, and projects, students see how the body works and tools from the arts and sciences with an emphasis on healthy living in what goes wrong with disease states. Our “student doctors” not only learn the 21st century. Each day we will explore four components of health and how to use a stethoscope, but also learn what they are hearing when they wellness: food science, movement and mindfulness, cooking skills, and
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gardening. Hands-on activities will allow participants to not only learn the Kids Creative Programming with Python “whys and hows” behind each component, but also allow them to practice Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: CodeMonster Staff and master new skills. Each class will build on the previous day’s work Full (9a-4p) $420 | No Half +Plus | No Half with activities such as fermentation to make probiotic sauerkraut and This course is designed for students that have done some level of yogurt; planting and composting; tasting and noting; from-scratch cooking programming like Scratch and are ready to move on to the next level. We techniques including sautéing, roasting, and making homemade stocks/ will introduce Python’s basic programming constructs to campers as well broths; meditation, mindful movement, listening and communication as simple graphic drawing using the Turtle module. Simple data types and exercises. Participants will take home the fruits of their labor each day! structures will be introduced and code organization using functions. We will take a shallow dive into Object Oriented programming concept and explore iDesign: Engineering in a Makerspace how Object Oriented concepts can be used and applied in the real world. Rising 6-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Todd Martin Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half Manga and Anime Explore all that a Makerspace has to offer with this engaging engineering Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: Coral Lee Bishop experience. Participants will apply the engineering design process as they Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 create and make products using 3D printers, CNC, a laser cutter, mold Come explore the world of manga and anime! We will spend five days making and more. Students will also have a chance to create prototypes learning about and drawing cartoons in the manga and anime style. We will with a wide range of materials including vinyl, foam and wood. Each day also discuss how elements of Japanese culture are intertwined in this style. will include CAD design, electronics and robotics challenges. No prior Students will create their own original characters and will use a variety of engineering or design experience required. Let’s make something! facial expressions and actions to illustrate scenes. We will also learn about cos-play, cons, and other elements of Japanese current and pop culture as Improv 101 reflected in manga and anime around the world! Rising 6-9 | Session 1 (T-F) | Instructor: Columbus Children’s Theatre Staff Full (9a-4p) $240 | No Half +Plus | No Half Minecraft Mod Creation: EnderDragon Rider Comedy is a collaboration- with the guidance of CCT’s professional teaching Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff artists, campers will stretch their improvisational muscles in lessons and Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half games that encourage them to think on their feet and work as a team. Saddle up for the ride of your life with Mod Creation - EnderDragon Rider. Campers can expect engaging theatre games, improv skill-building sessions, This exciting camp teaches students how to create a rideable EnderDragon and lots of community building. This supportive, silly, and judgement-free mod that students can play with friends and family. One of our most environment will boost confidence and prepare campers to leave the room requested mods ever, Mod Creation - EnderDragon Rider, will teach students breathless with laughter as they perform favorite games for family and how to code in Java using the Eclipse IDE, a professional tool used by friends on the last day of camp. engineers at software companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Students will learn important coding concepts such as conditionals, loops, Interpretive Dance inheritance, methods, arrays, and more. Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Kathy Mendenhall Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half Next Top Chef Interpretive Dance is an energetic and creative class that blends ballet, Rising 6-9 | Session 3 | Instructor: Young Chefs Academy Staff modern, lyrical, jazz, and some sign language. Blending these dance Full (9a-4p) $310 | No Half +Plus | No Half forms causes a uniqueness that speaks to each child differently. They are Do you have what it takes to be the Next Top Chef? Join us as we learn encouraged to flow, within a framework, the way their bodies interpret what different cooking, plating, presentation, and garnishing techniques, while they feel, hear, and see with the musical pieces. As we dance and create creating delicious and impressive recipes. Each day will consist of a different together, each day brings a special unity, fluidity, and passion that is hard competition based on popular TV shows including Chopped, Iron Chefs, to put into words, but its beauty can be felt and seen. It is truly a great and Nailed It! Lessons include homemade breads, sauces and international experience! Students are required to wear comfortable clothing that cuisine. Every day is a chance to learn new techniques! At the end of each allows for free movement and ballet shoes. day, campers will prepare, plate, and present their final dishes to judges to see who is the Top Chef! All experience levels are welcome. Japanese Ceramics, Art, Culture, and Raku Rising 6-9 | Session 4 | Instructors: Coral Lee Bishop and Tera Stockdale Operation Service Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Angela Martin How did the samurai eat dinner? What is a tea ceremony really about? Learn Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half the answer to these and other cool Japanese things of the past and present Dr. Martin Luther King said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question through designing, decorating and making your own ceramic pieces! We is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Service is a great way to learn will experience the culture of Japan through daily activities that bring to life about oneself, discover gratitude and empathy, and give back to our local ancient and modern Japanese traditions, foods and customs as we learn and communities. Join service leader, Angela Martin, for a week of service as create our own pieces of pottery. Students will create works that represent we visit nonprofits who can greatly benefit from acts of kindness. We will the Mingei crafts movement and will participate in a special Raku firing discover local nonprofits and learn how a little help goes a long way. Make at the end of the week while learning about the language, traditions and new friends, make a difference in someone’s life, and make memories to last characters connected to these ancient arts. Bring your o-hashi (chopsticks) a lifetime. This program includes two day-long field trips. and join us as we explore the land of the rising sun! Our Earth Conservation Connection Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Luke Howard Full (9a-4p) $220 | No Half +Plus | No Half Our Earth is something we all have in common and taking care of it is something everyone can do! This week-long course will focus on hanging out with trees and getting to know our neighbors better. Taking care of
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Project Business Street Magic Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Angela Martin Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Carroll Baker Full (9a-4p) $280 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $305 | No Half +Plus | No Half Do you want to own your own business when you grow up? Do you have an Children love magic, and they really love learning and performing it! Carroll idea for an exciting product or service? Join us in Project Business where Baker’s classes are a great way for your child to have fun learning to become we will establish business and services from start to finish; brainstorming an amazing magician, performer, and presenter. Beyond the entertainment ideas, performing analysis of sustainability and long term growth potential, value, magic helps improve digital dexterity, coordination, visual perception, marketing plans, sales techniques, and how to bring to the public for sale spatial relationships, critical thinking, creativity, public speaking skills, self and ultimately earnings. This is a great camp for the budding entrepreneur confidence, and imagination. Learn to perform magic like David Blaine and who is looking for a better understanding of what goes into a successful Criss Angel to name just a couple of the best. On the last day of camp, we business and how to take an idea and make it profitable. will take a field trip to the Short North to perform on the street and when we return to CA, we’ll go on stage in the Friday Showcase. Restaurants, Burger Joints, and Food Trucks! Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Laurel Welsh Techie Camp: Kano Computing Full (9a-4p) $230 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: TECH CORPS Staff Spend a week with Ms. L and create your own imaginary food truck Full (9a-4p) $395 | No Half +Plus | No Half business! We will cover the basics of economics, what it is like to be an Build a computer and learn how to code with Kano Computer kits! Complete entrepreneur and start a food truck business. You will be able to create different coding challenges that teach fundamental coding concepts and your own menu with prices, figure out how much the supplies will cost, and unleash creativity. The Kano computers are powered by a Raspberry pi 3, create your own 3D model of your food truck! a single board computer designed to put the power of coding in the hands of people all over the world. Type code and drag blocks to learn Python, Roblox 3D Game Development: Battle Royale JavaScript and Unix. Gain XP as your coding skills level up and share your Rising 6-9 | Session 3 | Instructor: Drobots Company Staff code creations with your friends on Kano world. By the end of the week, Full (9a-4p) $425 | No Half +Plus | No Half students will have an understanding of loops, variables, and logic and how to In this popular camp, students will create a Fortnite-style Battle Royale game apply them in different ways. in Roblox! Students will learn both the basics of 3D game development and fundamental programming concepts using the Lua programming language. Techie Camp: Minecraft Code Connection This camp is designed for beginner to intermediate students who are Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: TECH CORPS Staff interested in both programming and game development. Full (9a-4p) $395 | No Half +Plus | No Half Explore the world of Minecraft while mining, building, and surviving with Science in the Summer code! Learn JavaScript using block based commands that allow users to Rising 6-9 | Session 4, 6 | Instructors: Genevieve Adkins & Kathryn Livingston control the world around them. Work with a team to build a fortress or even Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 manipulate the environment. Use loops, conditionals, variables, and functions This is a hands-on class where campers will begin by performing labs and to complete a variety of different challenges. Code your way through an open investigations to learn the elements of a good experiment. Campers will then world with endless possibilities.
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————— Boys’ Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp Athletics & Sports Clinics Rising 3-8 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Jeff Warstler Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Adventure Sailing Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Hoover Sailing Club Staff The Columbus Academy basketball program will once again host its clinic Full (9a-4p) $350 | No Half +Plus | No Half for all boys entering third through eighth grade. We encourage participation This class is a continuation of the beginner Learn to Sail program offered from young men with positive attitudes who are interested in having a great in Summer Experience. For those that just want more time on the water, time, improving their skills, and learning more about playing this ultimate we’ve introduced the Adventure Sailing track, focusing on having fun on the team game! Through a combination of drills, stations, and individual and water and alternative sailing and watercraft experiences. Large sailboats, team games, boys’ head basketball coach Jeff Warstler, members of the CA windsurfers, high performance sailing, SUP’s, kayaks, long distance sailing coaching staff, special guest speakers, and players from the CA basketball adventures, and general messing about in boats will be covered in this program will teach the basic yet crucial fundamentals of basketball, namely session. We’ll fly spinnakers on big boats and Hoover Sailing Club’s US ball handling, passing, shooting, and defense. Participants are required to Sailing Certified Instructors will provide hands-on instruction with the bring a nut free snack, water bottle, and towel. students in this class. We’ll even mix in some STEM modules to reinforce Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only some of the advanced topics we’ll be teaching in this course. Students are be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic required to have completed at least one session of the beginner Learn occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More to Sail program to enroll in this course. Students also must pack a class description. peanut and tree nut free lunch, and bring your own USCG approved life jacket. Sailing is a very physical activity; occasional bumps and bruises Boys’ Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp can occur. Please advise your child’s counselor if there are any issues Rising 2-9 | Session 6 | Clinic Instructor: Neal O’Brien of which we might need to be aware. A Hoover Sailing Club release Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins form is also required for every participant and will be distributed via Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 email before camp begins. Learn about the fastest sport on two feet! Lacrosse is America’s oldest sport, This is a traveling/off-site program. with roots to Native American tribes dating back to 1100 AD. Lacrosse is an OHSAA sanctioned, spring sport, and is among the fastest growing, most Artistic Swimming: A Synchronized Swimming Experience popular sports in the U.S. This an instructional camp that focuses on basic Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: Ohio Coralinas Synchro Staff skills, rules of the game, general concepts, and player safety. The clinic will Full (9a-4p) $295 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 be led by the coaches of the Columbus Academy Varsity and Middle School Swimming, Dance, and Gymnastics - Synchronized Swimming combines programs, along with current Varsity team members and guest coaches. all three of these great activities into one fun experience! Using games, It is preferred that players provide their own equipment; however, props, and music, we will explore the artistic side of swimming. During the equipment may be provided if the staff is notified in advance. course of the week, campers will learn synchronized swimming skills while Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only putting together a special water show to be performed on Friday for parents be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic and friends! Campers should be able to swim the length of the pool (25 occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More yards) unassisted and be comfortable in the deep end. class description.
Baseball AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Chiller Intro to Ice Hockey Rising 3-8 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Tyler Kuhn Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Chiller Staff Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Full (9a-4p) $360 | No Half +Plus | No Half Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 This camp will introduce your student to ice hockey, no experience required! Join us for a week full of baseball fun! As a former professional baseball In addition, this camp will engage them in fun activities, games, and projects player and NCAA All-American, Tyler Kuhn will be sharing the knowledge he related to ice hockey so they can “get inside the game”. Camp includes at has gained through his years of playing and coaching in an action-packed least two hours of ice skating per day instructed by our professional skating week for players of all skill levels. Players can expect to improve their coaches. Off-ice activities include indoor and outdoor games, projects related fundamental skills through various drills and simulated game situations on to hockey, as well as guest appearances by local experts. Your student will Columbus Academy’s baseball field. It will be a week filled with learning and receive a skating and hockey evaluation at the end of camp. Students are fun! Participants are required to bring their own baseball glove, water required to pack a peanut and tree nut free lunch each day. bottle, and sunscreen. Cleats and baseball bats are optional. This is a traveling/off-site program. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic FUNctional Fitness: CrossFit For Kids occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More Rising 6-9 | Session 2 | Instructor: CrossFit New Albany Staff/ Matt Wilson class description. Full (9a-4p) $300 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Join us to improve speed, strength, flexibility and stamina through a combination of fun and challenging total body exercises. Our trainers work hard and like to have fun with the campers. We focus on proper movement and skills that will carry over to a lifetime of fitness. Our program is for everyone no matter your age or skill level. We will help you to improve every day. Campers should wear shoes, athletic apparel and bring a water bottle.
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Fundamentals of the Game course, stick tricks! No previous playing experience is necessary. Students Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Luke Barricklow are required to bring cleats or turfs, lacrosse stick, goggles and Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 mouthpiece. Students will learn the fundamentals of several different sports. They will be Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only able to play a variety of sports including soccer, basketball, football, baseball, be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic tennis, golf, volleyball, and lacrosse. During each day, they will be taught all occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More of the different skills needed to play each sport through various drills, games, class description. and fun competitions. Students will culminate each day with live games in their respective sports. Students are required to bring a water bottle and Girls’ Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp wear athletic shoes - no flip flops or sandals. Rising 5-8 | Session 2 | Clinic Instructor: Matt Thompson Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Girls’ Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Rising 3-8 | Session 3 | Clinic Instructor: Heather Rakosik Coming off of its most successful season in school history, the Columbus Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Academy girls soccer program will host its first annual clinic for girls Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 entering grades five through eight. Campers will learn skills, develop She shoots, she scores! Be a basketball star at CA. This girls’ basketball fundamentals, and build a foundation for playing the world’s most popular clinic will involve learning and utilizing fundamental basketball skills. Girls game. Learn from members of the girls varsity coaching staff, as well as will learn and practice ball skills, shooting skills, and basic fundamental current and former players. Through a combination of challenging drills and principles in various drills and game situations. The clinic is designed for individual and team games, campers will leave with tools that will allow experienced players to improve on their skills, as well as for beginners to them to keep improving as players. We will work on dribbling, passing and learn about the game of basketball. Come on in and see just how fun and receiving, defense and, of course, finishing. Each day will conclude with rewarding basketball can be! small sided games designed to capitalize on lessons learned over the course Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only of the camp. We welcome all experience levels and ask only that you bring a be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic positive attitude, willingness to work hard and an interest in improving as a occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More soccer player. Students should bring/ wear: a water bottle, shin guards, class description. soccer socks (socks that cover your shin guards completely), cleats, sunscreen, sneakers (for indoors in case of inclement weather only), Girls’ Field Hockey AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp and a nut-free snack. Rising 2-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: JoAnne Adams Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $135 occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More Ladies...we have turf! We are thrilled to announce that this year’s camp class description. will again be held on the turf fields at Resolute Athletic Complex (formerly the Sports Barn)! We have rented space to give camp the smooth turf Girls’ Volleyball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp surface and perfect weather and temperatures! Be a part of the tradition Rising 2-8 | Session 2 | Clinic Instructor: Heather Welsh at Columbus Academy by learning the sport of field hockey from State Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Championship winning coaches and top-notch players. This clinic is a Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $200 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $170 great way to learn the dynamic sport of field hockey. Clinic sessions are Come join the fun with the lifetime sport of volleyball! This is a great way to creatively designed to teach the hockey basics: dribbling, passing, receiving, introduce young children to volleyball by using team building activities and pulls, dodges, and more for younger players while preparing older girls learning valuable skills. Come check out just how fun volleyball can be! In for middle school competition. It doesn’t matter if you are a first year this program, girls will learn how to pass, set, hit, serve, and play in group player or an experienced middle school veteran, we will help you improve situations. There will be coaches, as well as Columbus Academy Upper your game! We can’t wait to share our love of the game on the turf fields School players assisting the younger participants. at Easton this summer! If you need to purchase equipment, please Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only contact Coach Adams at [email protected]. This clinic be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic will meet at Resolute Athletic Complex (formerly the Sports Barn) at occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More Easton. For location and more information, please visit http://resolute- class description. athleticcomplex.ezleagues.ezfacility.com. This is a traveling/off-site program. Grades Plus Game Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH) | Instructor: Francwau DuBose be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Full (9a-4p) $240 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $150 | Half (9a-11:30a) $120 occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More Come out and have fun with the Grades Plus Game program which is an class description. innovative math and science program designed to integrate academics and physical education through sports and cooperative games! Girls’ Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Rising 3-8 | Session 3 | Clinic Instructor: Jill Byers History and Sport of Archery Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Charles Brodhead Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Full (9a-4p) $290 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $175 | Half (9a-11:30a) $145 Girls’ Lacrosse clinic is designed to teach the basic technical fundamentals Come join us and learn the basic skills and history of Archery. The skill of of the sport. This game is played with a ball and a stick, so campers can Archery has been used since the dawn of time; first for hunting, then for expect to learn everything from passing to catching, shooting mechanics, warfare, and in modern times, for sport. Campers will experience first-hand cradling drills, various dodging techniques, defensive positioning and of one of our oldest sports through daily study, practice, and challenges.
51 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Krav Maga Style Self Defense and Bully Prevention Skateboarding Rising 6-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Koguryo Martial Arts Academy/ Jared Circle Rising 5-9 | Session 4 | Instructor: Chris Higgins Full (9a-4p) $300 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $180 | Half (9a-11:30a) $150 Full (9a-4p) $305 | No Half +Plus | No Half Krav Maga is widely regarded for its simple and direct self defense Come join us and learn the basics and more of skateboarding, one of the techniques that can be learned in a short time frame. In this camp, students fastest growing sports in the world. While we will cover safety, equipment, will learn a week-long curriculum of not only the physical skills necessary and skateboarding etiquette, the emphasis will be on having fun and learning for defense, but, moreover, they will be empowered with strategies and by spending as much time on our boards as possible. It doesn’t matter if you the confidence necessary to avoid situations and de-escalate scenarios. are a first-time skater or a more experienced rider, this program will have Campers will also enjoy fun activities, relevant video topics, and role play as something for everyone. Field trips to area skateparks will round out this they rehearse their bully prevention strategies! exciting program. Skaters are required to wear a helmet and bring their own skateboards; knee pads and elbow pads are recommended. Learn to Sail Rising 6-9 | Session 3 | Instructor: Hoover Sailing Club Staff Skateboarding Skatepark Road Trip Camp Full (9a-4p) $350 | No Half +Plus | No Half Rising 3-9 | Session 9 | Instructor: Chris Higgins Hoover Sailing Club has offered sailing instruction for Central Ohio youth Full (9a-4p) $450 | No Half +Plus | No Half for over 45 years. Your child will experience the joy of skippering a dinghy Come join Chris Higgins and crew as we hit the road to skateboard at some from our fleet during his or her very first lesson. Our experienced US Sailing of Columbus and Central Ohio’s best skateparks! Skaters of all ages and skill certified staff will teach basic safety and boat skills. Your child will learn levels will learn and have fun as we work on skating on all different types to sail up-wind, down-wind, tack, jibe, and recover from a capsize. Our of skateparks and terrain. Camp will meet at Columbus Academy every day picturesque property and remodeled facilities will provide your youngster before we set off on an epic road trip to a different skatepark. Students with a week he or she will remember for years to come. Students are are required to pack a nut free lunch each day. Skaters are required to required to pack a peanut and tree nut free lunch, and bring your own wear a helmet and bring their own skateboards; knee pads and elbow USCG approved life jacket. Sailing is a very physical activity; occasional pads are recommended. bumps and bruises can occur. Please advise your child’s counselor if This is a traveling/off-site program. there are any issues of which we might need to be aware. A Hoover Sailing Club release form is also required for every participant and will Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp be distributed via email before camp begins. Rising K-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: Ron Leach This is a traveling/off-site program. Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $135 Nerf It Up! No matter your level of experience in soccer, everyone will take home Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Joel Reed valuable skills from this soccer clinic. Whether you are a beginner and Full (9a-4p) $410 | No Half +Plus | No Half want to learn the basics or if you have already played organized soccer, we The Nerf Bodacious factor is off the charts during this camp. Think you can’t can help take you to the next level. We will focus on the fundamentals of get enough Nerf? This is the camp for you. We’ll be battling until you drop! soccer, basic individual skills, basic team tactics, instruction on the rules of We only stop for water and to change teams. We play single elimination, the game, and mini scrimmages. Each day of this clinic will provide a fun capture the flag, Star Wars, the Hunger Games and more! You will have a learning environment about the game of soccer. If you need to purchase blast! Course fee includes all Nerf gear that students get to take home equipment, please contact Coach Leach at [email protected]. at the end of the week. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic Olympic Fencing occurring in the same week. Please see below for the Sports & More Rising 2-8 | Session 8 | Instructor: Royal Arts Fencing Academy Staff class description. Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half Have you ever wanted to be Zorro, d’Artagnan, the Dread Pirate Roberts, Captain Jack Sparrow, Robin Hood, or a Jedi Knight? Learn the noble art of fencing, including information about swords, moves, competitions, and future opportunities for Fencing Sport Scholarships. This course is specially created for participants of all fencing and athletic levels. On Friday, the students will participate in a real fencing tournament! Fencing equipment is provided. Students are required to wear athletic shoes and socks.
Perfecting Playground Play Rising 6-9 | Session 6 | Instructor: Michelle Horne Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 No standing around at recess! This camp will explore the many varieties of recess and playground games from some favorites like basketball and football to adapted versions like knock out and jackpot. We will play Sports & More traditional games, discover variations to these, and learn other options Rising 6-9 | Session 5 (M-TH), 7, 9 like frisbee, foursquare, kickball and of course, ga-ga ball! Campers will Instructors: Zachary Besand, Nic Eader, and Ryan Jenkins experience as many games as possible during the week so they never have 5: Full (9a-4p) $220 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $140 | Half (9a-11:30a) $110 to worry about running out of recess games again! We will focus on good 7, 9: Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 sportsmanship, cooperation, getting and staying active, and fun! Students Welcome to Sports & More camp! We are very excited for a summer full of are required to bring a water bottle and must wear tennis shoes. No flip different sports and activities. Campers will be running and moving up to four flops or sandals. miles a day! Our primary focus and goals for the summer will be good
52 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31) sportsmanship, good nutrition, fitness, cooperation, and of course, fun! We ————— hope you join us for the BEST SUMMER EVER! This camp will be outside as much as the weather permits, so sunscreen, hats, and sunglasses Swimming Lessons are encouraged. Students are required to bring a water bottle and wear athletic shoes - no flip flops or sandals. Greater Columbus Swim School Rising K-8 | Session 1-7 | Instructor: Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) Swords for the Stage 8a-9a and/ or 4p-5p $75/ week (Sessions 1 and 5: $60/ week) Rising 6-9 | Session 7 | Instructor: Royal Arts Fencing Academy Staff The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio teaches Columbus Academy Full (9a-4p) $295 | No Half +Plus | No Half instructional swim lessons in a fun, yet challenging atmosphere with lessons We will explore the art of stage fighting and performing convincing fights taking place at Columbus Academy Pool on campus. The pool depth ranges for audiences. In this very active camp, we will introduce the art of stage from 3ft – 10ft. Participants are observed and placed in appropriate levels combat, safety, sword work, and how to develop choreography. Students according to their current skill level and will engage in the fundamentals of are required to wear closed toe, athletic shoes. swimming most appropriate for their ability. Swimmers will be consistently monitored for skill acquisition in order to ensure that they are continually Tennis PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp challenged in the pool as their skill level increases. Beginning swimmers Rising 1-8 | Session 1 (T-F) | Clinic Instructor: Jeff Warstler will learn the most basic skills needed to become self-sufficient in the Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins water, while swimmers with slightly more advanced skills will be progressed Full (9a-4p) $230 | Clinic +Plus (11:30a-4p) $165 | Clinic Only (1:30p-4p) $135 through a series of eight levels, focusing on the proficient acquisition of Join Jeff Warstler of Columbus Academy for an intensive tennis all four of the competitive swimming strokes (those used in the sport of extravaganza! Tennis is not just a country club sport; it is fun for the whole swimming). Participants will receive a skills accomplishment report at family! You will learn the fundamentals of tennis such as stroke production, the end of each weekly session. Swimmers will have a great time, will be footwork, strategy, and an understanding of the court. Once you have been challenged, and will learn valuable skills. This program can be added to through this clinic, you will have a better understanding of the sport and, any week’s programming with the exception of Sessions 8 and 9 due hopefully, a true love of tennis. Participants are required to bring their to construction. There is a maximum of 16 children per time slot and own tennis racket and water bottle. spaces fill quickly. Please see the Middle School registration form and Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only check the appropriate time that fits with your schedule. be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More class description.
There is No “I” in Team Rising 6-9 | Session 8 | Instructor: Luke Barricklow Full (9a-4p) $270 | Half +Plus (9a-1:30p) $165 | Half (9a-11:30a) $135 In this camp, students will learn how to work as a team both in team building activities and team sports. Each day there will be several different fun activities where students will have the chance to work as a team to complete various tasks and games. One of these games will include a scavenger hunt that will be played all throughout the campus! Along with these endeavors, students will be able to pick a certain team sport they want to play each day and use these team building skills in a particular sport. Some options for the team sports are wiffle ball, ultimate football, ultimate Frisbee, kickball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball. Students are required to bring a water bottle and wear athletic shoes - no flip flops or sandals.
Wrestling AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp Rising K-7 | Session 4 | Clinic Instructor: Sean Silver Sports & More Instructors: Zach Besand, Nic Eader, & Ryan Jenkins Full (9a-4p) $285 | Clinic +Plus (9a-1:30p) $200 | Clinic Only (9a-11:30a) $170 Want to learn about wrestling, one of the first and most popular sports in the world? This program gives children of any size or ability the chance to learn the basics of the sport in a safe and fun environment while also helping them with strength, flexibility, sportsmanship, and self-confidence. Wrestlers will receive their own headgear and will get to participate in a tournament followed by a medal ceremony at the end of the week. Each wrestler will be placed in a group appropriate to their age and skill level. Wrestlers are required to bring a water bottle; wrestling shoes and mouth guard are optional. Please Note: To make a full day schedule, Sports Clinics can only be paired with our Sports & More program or another Sports Clinic occurring in the same week. Please see page 52 for the Sports & More class description.
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54 COLUMBUS ACADEMY 2020 SUMMER EXPERIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM Student Information First Name Last Name DOB / / Gender F M Grade in Fall 2020 School Name in Fall 2020 Faculty/Staff Child? q Home Address City State Zip Parent / Guardian Information First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone *Registration confirmations and other important information will be sent to these email addresses Emergency Contact Information Emergency contact will only be contacted if parent(s) can not be reached. T-Shirt Size No additional cost. Please circle one. First Name Last Name Youth XS S M L Adult S M L XL Phone 1 Phone 2 AUTHORIZED PICK UP LIST Please only list individuals other than parent(s) / guardian(s) I authorize the following people to pick up my child: 1______2______3______4______5______
STUDENT MEDICAL INFORMATION Please select any medical conditions: q Allergy q Behavioral q Dietary q Other (list below)
q Asthma q Diabetes q Seizures q None
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Current Medications: ______
Please list any special conditions or considerations that may require attention, extra support or accommodations: ______
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Family Physician Name: ______Phone: ______
PARENT/GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE -Yes -No _I permit Columbus Academy to use, in whole or in part, photographs of my child in school communications. -Yes -No Free Swim Activity Permission: Students participating in half +plus or full day programs on campus will have a free choice activity period before or after their lunchtime. Free Swim is one of the daily options and is supervised by a lifeguard on duty and Senior Counselor staff. I give permission for my child to participate in the free swim activity option.
• I authorize my child to participate in the Columbus Academy Summer Experience. I release and forever discharge Columbus Academy and its trustees, employees, agents, their heirs, successors and assigns, either jointly or severally, from any and all claims, damages, obligations, causes of action or suits, resulting from bodily injury to my child or damage to or loss of my child’s property arising from participation in this program and any travel related thereto.
• To the best of my knowledge, the above child is physically fit and in good health. I understand that all standard safety measures will be taken. I do not hold Columbus Academy Summer Experience or its staff liable for illness or accident.
• In case of emergency, if parents, emergency contact person, or child’s physician cannot be reached by phone, I authorize Columbus Academy to arrange for emergency medical treatment inclusive of surgical intervention for my child, and I agree to assume liability for any medical expenses incurred.
Signature (required) ______Date ______REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND FEE ASSESSMENT Registration is not complete until payment is received. All fees are due at the time of registration. Deadlines are May 15, 2020, for sessions 1 through 5 and June 19, 2020, for sessions 6 through 9. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadline will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. If late registrations are received after the deadline, camp fees increase by 10%. Changes to schedules made after the deadline will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Please note: Registration closes Friday at 12pm for the following week’s camp session.
55 Session 1 June 2-5 (no camp June 1)
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Patterns in Nature 6-9 q $220 Swimming Lessons Writing in Nature 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110 q AM (8-9a) $60 q PM (4-5p) $60 Arts & Sciences Arduino Robotics Programming 6-9 q $340 Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $80 Extended Care Camp Pinterest 6-9 q $240 q $150 q $120 q Before Care $40 q After Care $50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Harry Potter’s Defense Against the Dark Arts 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110
Healthy Hippie Home Ec 6-9 q $240 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $68 Improv 101 6-9 q $240 Athletics Girls' Field Hockey AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 2-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Tennis PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 1-8 q $230 q $165 q $135 Total $
Session 2 June 8-12
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics FUNdamentally Social! 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons The Math of Harry Potter 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Creative Engineering 6-9 q $320 Extended Care Fun with Photography 6-9 q $270 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Games Throughout History 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135
Manga and Anime 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Techie Camp: Minecraft Code Connection 6-9 q $395 Athletics FUNctional Fitness: CrossFit For Kids 6-9 q $300 q $180 q $150 Girls' Soccer AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 5-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Girls' Volleyball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 2-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Total $
Session 3 June 15-19
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Latin American History from Mexico to Argentina 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons Study Skills 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Amateur Animators 6-9 q $280 q $170 q $140 Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Extended Care Next Top Chef 6-9 q $310 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Pay it Forward 6-9 q $280 q $170 q $140
Roblox 3D Game Development: Battle Royale 6-9 q $425 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Shakespeare's Comedies 6-9 q $295 Athletics Girls' Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Girls' Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Learn to Sail 6-9 q $350 Total $
56 Session: 1 (6/2-5) 2 (6/8-12) 3 (6/15-19) 4 (6/22-26) 5 (6/29-7/2) 6 (7/6-10) 7 (7/13-17) 8 (7/20-24) 9 (7/27-7/31)
Session 4 June 22-26
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Future Entrepreneurs 6-9 q $320 Hola Amigo! 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons Arts & Sciences Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Comedy Magic 6-9 q $305 iDesign: Engineering in a Makerspace 6-9 q $295 Extended Care Japanese Ceramics, Art, Culture, and Raku 6-9 q $295 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Science in the Summer 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135
Scrapbooking 6-9 q $285 q $175 q $145 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Athletics Baseball AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Boys' Basketball PM Clinic/ Sports & More AM Camp 3-8 q $285 q $200 q $170 Skateboarding 5-9 q $305 Wrestling AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp K-7 q $285 q $200 q $170 Total $
Session 5 June 29-July 2 (no camp July 3)
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Let’s Travel to Latin America! 6-9 q $220 Swimming Lessons The Physics of Superheroes 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110 q AM (8-9a) $60 q PM (4-5p) $60 Arts & Sciences Adventures & Survival Skills 6-9 q $400 Aromatherapy 101 6-9 q $230 q $145 q $115 Extended Care Be a Jr. Counselor at CA 8-11 q $80 q Before Care $40 q After Care $50 7-8:30am 4-6pm CA Marching Band Camp 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110
Everything Yarn 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110 q Combo (Before / After Care all week) $68 Our Earth Conservation Connection 6-9 q $220 Restaurants, Burger Joints, and Food Trucks! 6-9 q $230 Athletics Grades Plus Game 6-9 q $240 q $150 q $120 Sports & More 6-9 q $220 q $140 q $110 Total $
Session 6 July 6-10 Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Swimming Lessons Academics A Poet's Writing Workshop: Exploring the Art of Poetry... 6-9 q $270 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Public Speaking 101 6-9 q $280 Arts & Sciences Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Extended Care Bucket Drumming 101 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 Chess Masters 6-9 q $280 q $170 q $140 7-8:30am 4-6pm Kids Creative Programming with Python 6-9 q $420 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Science in the Summer 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Athletics Artistic Swimming: A Synchronized Swimming Experience 6-9 q $295 q $180 q $150 Boys' Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp 2-9 q $285 q $200 q $170 Perfecting Playground Play 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Total $
57 Session 7 July 13-17
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Graphic Novels History and Evolution 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons The Math of Harry Potter 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q AM (8-9a) $75 q PM (4-5p) $75 Arts & Sciences Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Build Your Own Interactive Augmented Reality & AI Game 6-9 q $425 Extended Care Classical Competition 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Interpretive Dance 6-9 q $280
Operation Service 6-9 q $280 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Street Magic 6-9 q $305 Athletics History and Sport of Archery 6-9 q $290 q $175 q $145 Sports & More 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swords for the Stage 6-9 q $295 Total $
Session 8 July 20-24
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics A Poet's Writing Workshop: Exploring the Art of Poetry... 6-9 q $270 Swimming Lessons Sports Statistics 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 No swim lessons / pool closed Arts & Sciences Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Board Game Strategy and Design 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Extended Care Broadway Showstoppers: Now Playing! 6-9 q $295 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Clay Play! 6-9 q $295
Engineering and Problem Solving with Woodworking 6-9 q $310 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Extreme Medical School® 6-9 q $410 Minecraft Mod Creation: EnderDragon Rider 6-9 q $425 Project Business 6-9 q $280 Athletics Nerf It Up! 6-9 q $410 Olympic Fencing 2-8 q $295 There is No "I" in Team 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Total $ Session 9 July 27-31
Program Grades Full (9a-4p) Half + (9a-1:30p) Half (9a-11:30a) Academics Introduction to Spanish 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Swimming Lessons Study Skills 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 No swim lessons / pool closed Arts & Sciences Artistic Jewelry Making 6-9 q $285 q $175 q $145 Be a Junior Counselor at CA 8-11 q $100 Extended Care Breaking the Fourth Wall Acting Camp 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 q Before Care $50 q After Care $62.50 7-8:30am 4-6pm Discover Ohio 6-9 q $550
Techie Camp: Kano Computing 6-9 q $395 q Combo (Before/After Care all week) $85 Athletics Adventure Sailing 6-9 q $350 Chiller Intro to Ice Hockey 6-9 q $360 Fundamentals of the Game 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Krav Maga Style Self Defense and Bully Prevention 6-9 q $300 q $180 q $150 Skateboarding Skatepark Road Trip Camp 3-9 q $450 Sports & More 6-9 q $270 q $165 q $135 Total $
Please send completed registration forms and check payment (payable to Columbus Academy) to:
Columbus Academy TOTAL AMOUNT $ Attn: Summer Experience Sessions 1-91-10 4300 Cherry Bottom Road Gahanna, OH 43230 LATE REGISTRATION $ Add 10%
summer office: 614-509-2267 | summer fax: 614-475-0396 GRAND TOTAL $ [email protected]
For business office use only: check# or ACH ______date received ______amount $______received by ______
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UPPER SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION modate all dietary requests / restrictions. Please contact our office if you Faculty, Staff and Sr. Counselors have additional questions related to dietary concerns. Children are welcome CA Summer Experience employs current CA Faculty and Staff members as to pack a lunch if they wish, but the lunch must be peanut and tree nut free. well as highly qualified outside sources as teachers of the Summer Experi- Allergy Policy: Columbus Academy Summer Experience is peanut and tree nut free. ence programs. Sr. Counselors are typically local college students who have been hired after an extensive interview and training process. Sr. Counselors Daily Drop-off/Pick-up are assigned to camps each week and will accompany your child all day There will be signage all around campus to help direct parking, as well as a during their respective camp. CA Summer Experience also employs ample color coded system to follow from the parking areas to help guide you to the administrative staff to support daily programming. correct entrance. Please see the CA campus map on the inside of the back cover for general parking information. Upper School will follow the BLUE Communication signage. Upon registration with full payment, you should receive a confirmation email from [email protected] with your child’s class Check-in for Upper School (rising 9th through 12th grade) programs is in schedule and additional information. You can expect communication via the Barton Room Lobby unless otherwise specified. Staff will meet with their email from your child’s teacher the Friday prior to camp starting and the class and continue on to their assigned classroom. After the first day of class, Wednesday during the respective camp week. If registration is received late, students may go directly to the appropriate classroom. Upper School parents there may be a delay in this communication. or students should follow campus signage to the Upper School parking area (Parent Hall Parking Lot). There will be CA Staff available to help students get Facilities to their check-in areas. A majority of programs are held on CA’s beautiful 231-acre campus that con- sists of a six-lane indoor pool, computer labs with iMac computers, nature Late Drop-off/Early Pick-up trails, outdoor classroom space, low ropes elements, eight tennis courts, If it is necessary to drop off or pick up your child at any time other than the Schoedinger Theatre seating 538, two full-length gymnasiums, a weight designated camp times, the Operations Lead is available to help with these room, a ceramics studio, five art studios, three libraries, five playgrounds, transitions. If you know this information ahead of time, you may write it on eight science labs, four soccer fields, two turf fields, an all-weather track, the sheet provided at the Help Desk outside the gyms. You may also contact a full service dining hall, three music rooms, and two baseball fields. The the Operations Lead any time during camp hours at 614-653-3117 to campus may be accessed from the West on Cherry Bottom Road or from the arrange a pick-up or drop-off. Note: Early pick ups are not available after East via Beecher Road off of Hamilton Road. (Please refer to the campus map 3:30pm. on the inside of the back cover.) Electronics Policy Field Trip and Off-Site Transportation With the increase in the technology around us, electronics are no longer Columbus Academy utilizes school bus rental as a means of transportation prohibited at camp; however, we expect that these devices be put away for field trips and off-site programs. All drivers have proof of credentials unless specifically required for a camp or in the case of an emergency. We and background checks. CA also has a fleet of 7 passenger vans that will have designated screen time during Before / After Care and free choice for be used for smaller traveling groups. All drivers are employees of Columbus those who wish to participate. Check-in/out in the gyms and/or Barton Room Academy and are van-certified. will be strictly enforced as “no device zones”.
Extended Care Programs Discipline Action Plan and Termination If extended care is needed for an Upper School student, please contact our Attendees who are found to bully or harass others will generally be subject office for assistance. to serious disciplinary action, including prohibition from further attendance. Children will receive one warning and CA Summer Experience reserves the Lunch right to remove any camper from our program for disciplinary reasons. If a Lunch is provided by Columbus Academy’s Dining Service for most of the child is removed for disciplinary reasons, there will be no refund. programs and is built into the price of the camp. Most off-site camps require students to bring a lunch; please check individual course descriptions for lunch specifications. CA offers a hot main dish including vegetarian options, as well as a salad bar, pasta bar, and deli bar. We also do our best to accom-
FEES, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS AND DEADLINES POLICY Course fees are located in the course descriptions and registration pages. Whether submitting a paper form or registering online, registration is not complete until payment is received. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadlines will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. Please understand that after these deadlines, we have made firm financial commitments to our faculty and staff, in addition to purchasing materials for the class. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. Changes made to schedules after the deadlines will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. If late registrations are received after the deadlines, camp fees increase by 10%. All camps have a minimum enrollment that must be met in order to run. If we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment, the decision will be made two weeks prior to the start date. You will be notified via email with alternative camp options or to receive a full refund. DEADLINES: May 15th for Sessions 1-5 and June 19th for Sessions 6-9
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ATTENTION RISING 9TH GRADERS! In addition to the offerings available to you in the Upper School division, we also have a large array of offerings just for you in the Middle School division! Below is the comprehensive list of camps that we have made available for you! Please refer to pages 44-53 for more details.
ACADEMICS ARTS & SCIENCES (continued) A Poet’s Writing Workshop: Exploring the Art of Poetry Harry Potter’s Defense Against the Dark Arts FUNdamentally Social! Healthy Hippie Home Ec Future Entrepreneurs iDesign: Engineering in a Makerspace Graphic Novels History and Evolution Improv 101 Hola Amigo! Interpretive Dance Introduction to Spanish Japanese Ceramics, Art, Culture, and Raku Latin American History from Mexico to Argentina Kids Creative Programming with Python Let’s Travel to Latin America! Manga and Anime Patterns in Nature Minecraft Mod Creation: EnderDragon Rider Public Speaking 101 Next Top Chef Sports Statistics Operation Service Study Skills Our Earth Conservation Connection The Math of Harry Potter Pay it Forward The Physics of Superheroes Project Business Writing in Nature Restaurants, Burger Joints, and Food Trucks! Roblox 3D Game Development: Battle Royale Science in the Summer ARTS & SCIENCES Scrapbooking Adventures & Survival Skills Shakespeare’s Comedies Amateur Animators Street Magic Arduino Robotics Programming Techie Camp: Kano Computing Aromatherapy 101 Techie Camp: Minecraft Code Connection Artistic Jewelry Making Board Game Strategy and Design Breaking the Fourth Wall Acting Camp ATHLETICS Broadway Showstoppers: Now Playing! Adventure Sailing Bucket Drumming 101 Artistic Swimming: A Synchronized Swimming Experience Build Your Own Interactive Augmented Reality & AI Game Boys’ Lacrosse AM Clinic/ Sports & More PM Camp CA Marching Band Camp Chiller Intro to Ice Hockey Camp Pinterest FUNctional Fitness: CrossFit For Kids Chess Masters Fundamentals of the Game Classical Competition Grades Plus Game Clay Play! History and Sport of Archery Comedy Magic Krav Maga Style Self Defense and Bully Prevention Creative Engineering Learn to Sail Discover Ohio Nerf It Up! Engineering and Problem Solving with Woodworking Perfecting Playground Play Everything Yarn Skateboarding Extreme Medical School® Skateboarding Skatepark Road Trip Camp Fun with Photography Sports & More Games Throughout History Swords for the Stage There is No “I” in Team
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UPPER SCHOOL SUMMER EXPERIENCE Programs are in alphabetical order and categorized by Curriculum-Based Offerings, Academics and Arts & Sciences programming. The Upper School Registration Form is on page 63. Please note: “rising” indicates the grade your child will be entering in the 2020-2021 school year. Physical Education Credit 2-week program | Two weeks for three hours per day Rising 9-12 | Session 2-3 | Instructor: Ron Leach 9a-12p | $280 for the two-week program Curriculum-Based Offerings Credit courses can be taken for review or credit. Only students who Intensive program | One week for seven hours (M-TH), four hours (F) successfully complete credit courses will receive the number of Rising 9-12 | Session 4, 6, 7 | Instructors: Ali Hildahl and Mark Slater 8a-3p (M-TH) and 8a-12p (F) | $310 for each one-week program credits indicated in the course descriptions. Please check with your child’s school prior to registering for these courses, as we do not In this class, we will be engaged in sport activity, as well as basic fitness. guarantee that earned credits will transfer to all schools. Columbus Tennis, golf, bowling, ultimate frisbee, soccer, softball, basketball, football, Academy will mail a letter for proof of course completion and notification and track and field will be some of the sports activities. A half hour lunch is of final grade (if applicable) to your home address by the conclusion of provided for the intensive PE program unless otherwise notified.By taking the Summer Experience program in August. A copy of this letter will also this class, you can earn one quarter credit for high school Physical be sent to the records department of your child’s school. Education. Columbus Academy students will earn one unit toward the six-unit graduation requirement. Daily attendance is mandatory to Feed the Hungry receive credit – no exceptions. Rising 9-12 | Session 5-6 | Instructor: Sarah Hansen 8:30a-3:30p | $310 for the two-week program This community service camp visits a variety of sites that provide support to the hungry in the Columbus community including the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Meals-On-Wheels/LifeCare Alliance, Westerville Area Resource Ministry, Academics Worthington Food Pantry, YWCA Family Center and local community gardens. At each site, we will learn about the problem of hunger in our community and ACT Preparation Course participate in a variety of tasks to help alleviate this growing social justice Rising 9-12 | Session 2, 7 | Instructor: Ihab Ismail problem. Projects will include the planting and harvesting of fresh produce, 9a-2:30p | $395 food sorting and distribution, grocery shopping, and the preparation, delivery, This is a comprehensive, personalized ACT prep course that aims to help and serving of hot meals to adults and children in a variety of settings. each student identify strengths and challenges, develop and apply a plan Successful completion of this camp satisfies the Columbus Academy Upper to solidify performance, and measure the progress made in all sections of School graduation requirement of 45 hours of off-campus community service the ACT. We will focus on developing ACT-specific content, techniques, and hours. Daily attendance during both weeks of camp is mandatory to strategies. Please note this course is not offered as a continuation or in receive credit – no exceptions. Students are required to pack a peanut conjunction with existing CA sponsored test prep programs. and tree nut free lunch and water bottle each day. There is a maximum of 14 students for this program and spaces fill quickly. This is a traveling/off-site program.
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Be a Junior Counselor at CA Rising 8-11 | Session 1-9 | Instructor: Jr. Counselor Ambassador Full (9a-4p) $100/ week (Sessions 1 and 5: $80/ week) Join our dynamic team this summer and put experience on your resume. This opportunity is a hands-on volunteer leadership experience for any student going into eighth through eleventh grade. Duties of a junior counselor include helping with camp activities, supporting a senior counselor, escorting campers, helping with check-in and snack time, and having fun in the sun at Columbus Academy. If you have not had a job before, this program will give you the experience you will need to succeed in your next opportunity and will give you leadership skills that will follow you the rest of your life. By becoming a part of our team, you will have fun, make friends, and learn valuable skills. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion and a review to put in his or her job portfolio. Students and a parent/guardian are required to attend a mandatory orientation on Saturday, May 30, from 12 to 2pm. This program is limited to ten participants per week, and spaces fill quickly.
62 COLUMBUS ACADEMY 2020 SUMMER EXPERIENCE UPPER SCHOOL REGISTRATION FORM Student Information First Name Last Name DOB / / Gender F M Grade in Fall 2020 School Name in Fall 2020 Faculty/Staff Child? q Home Address City State Zip Parent / Guardian Information First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone First Name Last Name Email* Relationship to Child Home Phone Cell Phone *Registration confirmations and other important information will be sent to these email addresses Emergency Contact Information Emergency contact will only be contacted if parent(s) can not be reached. T-Shirt Size No additional cost. Please circle one. First Name Last Name Youth XS S M L Adult S M L XL Phone 1 Phone 2 AUTHORIZED PICK UP LIST Please only list individuals other than parent(s) / guardian(s) I authorize the following people to pick up my child: 1______2______3______4______5______
STUDENT MEDICAL INFORMATION Please select any medical conditions: q Allergy q Behavioral q Dietary q Other (list below)
q Asthma q Diabetes q Seizures q None
Please provide a brief explanation (optional): ______
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Current Medications: ______
Please list any special conditions or considerations that may require attention, extra support or accommodations: ______
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Family Physician Name: ______Phone: ______
PARENT/GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION AND RELEASE -Yes -No _I permit Columbus Academy to use, in whole or in part, photographs of my child in school communications. -Yes -No Free Swim Activity Permission: Students participating in half +plus or full day programs on campus will have a free choice activity period before or after their lunchtime. Free Swim is one of the daily options and is supervised by a lifeguard on duty and Senior Counselor staff. I give permission for my child to participate in the free swim activity option.
• I authorize my child to participate in the Columbus Academy Summer Experience. I release and forever discharge Columbus Academy and its trustees, employees, agents, their heirs, successors and assigns, either jointly or severally, from any and all claims, damages, obligations, causes of action or suits, resulting from bodily injury to my child or damage to or loss of my child’s property arising from participation in this program and any travel related thereto.
• To the best of my knowledge, the above child is physically fit and in good health. I understand that all standard safety measures will be taken. I do not hold Columbus Academy Summer Experience or its staff liable for illness or accident.
• In case of emergency, if parents, emergency contact person, or child’s physician cannot be reached by phone, I authorize Columbus Academy to arrange for emergency medical treatment inclusive of surgical intervention for my child, and I agree to assume liability for any medical expenses incurred.
Signature (required) ______Date ______REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND FEE ASSESSMENT Registration is not complete until payment is received. All fees are due at the time of registration. Deadlines are May 15, 2020, for sessions 1 through 5 and June 19, 2020, for sessions 6 through 9. Cancellations or changes made prior to the appropriate deadline will incur no penalty and will be refunded in full. Cancellations made after the deadline will be refunded at 25% of the program fee. If a cancellation is made after the camp’s start date, there will be no refund issued. If you do not notify us and your child does not attend, you will be subject to our no-show policy in which no refund will be issued. If late registrations are received after the deadline, camp fees increase by 10%. Changes to schedules made after the deadline will be charged a non-refundable fee of $25 per child plus any difference in camp fees. Please note: Registration closes Friday at 12pm for the following week’s camp session.
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summer office: 614-509-2267 | summer fax: 614-475-0396 GRAND TOTAL $ [email protected]
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MEET THE TEACHERS Please note: teachers may be substituted in the event of extenuating circumstances. are designed for all levels of experience — from the avid dance lover to the aspiring professional. In addition to performances and education, BalletMet A GRADE AHEAD impacts the community through free open rehearsals, scholarships, and A Grade Ahead is an educational enrichment program that strives to help more. For more information, please visit www.balletmet.org. students reach their full academic potential since 2001. A Grade Ahead’s advanced learning system provides the skills students need to become LUKE BARRICKLOW confident, capable learners who succeed in school and in life. This is A Grade Luke Barricklow has been teaching at CA for four summers and is currently Ahead’s fourth year at Columbus Academy. For more information, please visit in his fourth year as a physical education teacher at Pickerington Local www.agradeahead.com. School District. He graduated from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education where he was JOANNE ADAMS the president of the club lacrosse team. His teaching background includes JoAnne Adams has coached at Columbus Academy for over 20 years. She working in special education where he was a long-term substitute as an has coached field hockey, basketball, lacrosse, and track at a variety of Adapted Physical Educator for the Intermediate Unit 13 in Pennsylvania, as levels. Mrs. Adams currently teaches Lower School physical education and well as one year at Columbus Performance Academy as a physical education coaches middle school lacrosse and field hockey. This is her 15th year teacher. Along with being a teacher, he will be coaching his third year at coordinating and coaching the Field Hockey Clinic. Pickerington North for lacrosse as well as one prior year of coaching lacrosse in Pennsylvania. He looks forward to an exciting summer here at CA and to GENEVIEVE ADKINS help his students grow as both athletes and individuals. Genevieve Adkins graduated from Otterbein University with a degree in Molecular Biology and a minor in Photography. She spent years conducting LEAH BAUGHMAN vaccine research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Battelle Biomedical Leah Baughman is a first grade teacher at Bloom Carroll Primary School. She Research Center before earning her teaching certification in the Biological has been teaching for eight years, and this is her fifth summer at Columbus Sciences. Genevieve teaches Life Science at The Graham School, an Academy. Leah teaches mostly academic classes throughout the summer, alternative, experiential education school in Clintonville. This will be her and she loves to provide a fun, creative outlet for young students. sixth year teaching at CA Summer Experience. She’s excited to share her knowledge and creativity with the students and to see what they will teach CHEF BECKHAM/ GOURMET DAD her. Chef Beckham represents the company Gourmet Dad which is a professional in-home and classroom food education program. Gourmet Dad was created GEORGINA ALVAREZ from the lack of food education for our youth in the community and beyond. Georgina was born in Costa Rica, and she is bilingual in Spanish and English. With the success of creating other community projects, we felt the need to She has a BA and studied law, but life took her through a different path and broaden the classroom to every child. Gourmet Dad strives to create positive for more than 20 years, Alvarez worked in business development projects results and a new love for food through their teaching approach. through Latin America. She also had the opportunity to represent Costa Rica to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. Her last eight years of work LAURA BERGER were as Community Development Director for Peninsula Papagayo, a high- Laura received her degree in Health Promotion and Fitness from Otterbein end tourism development project in Costa Rica. Georgina’s passions are University and became a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the History and Geopolitics, and she looks forward to sharing her knowledge and American College of Sports Medicine. In pursuit of her passion for nutrition, experience with summer camp students. Laura went on to receive a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University in dietetics, followed by a Master of Science in Human Nutrition DAVIDA ARNOLD from Ohio State. After completing her dietetic internship training through Davida Arnold joined the Lower School at Columbus Academy as a PreK The Ohio State University, she received her Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Associate Teacher, after having spent a portion of the 2018-19 school year accreditation and licensure. In addition, she has completed further training on campus as a substitute for PreK through fifth grade. She completed her in Integrative and Functional nutrition. Currently Laura teaches nutrition B.S. in industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg courses part-time at Otterbein University while counseling clients on an and holds a M.S. in pastoral counseling from Loyola University Maryland in individual basis for weight loss, healthy eating, chronic health conditions, Baltimore. Before becoming a teacher, Davida was an engineer working on gastrointestinal healing, and autoimmune disease. U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. Davida also brings educational experience as a teacher assistant and substitute at Westminster Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, ZACHARY BESAND Florida, before moving to Pickerington in 2018. She is also a certified life Mr. Besand is a Physical and Health Education teacher at St. James the coach. Her certifications include Board Certified Coach and Certified Clarity Less. It is his third full year as a teacher and will be his fourth summer at Coach. Davida and her husband, Shaka, are the proud parents of Zoya ’24, Columbus Academy. His career and education have provided him with the Hanna ’26, Joza ’28 and Ina ’30. tools to help guide and promote students of all ages to live a healthier and active lifestyle. BALLETMET DANCE ACADEMY Since 1978, BalletMet has brought incredible dance to theatres, studios CHARLES BRODHEAD and classrooms in Central Ohio and beyond. Every year, BalletMet inspires Charles Brodhead has been teaching Archery with CA Summer Experience nearly 125,000 audience members through local performances at home, since the program began. He holds a Master’s degree in Sports Science from touring shows, academy classes, and extensive outreach. BalletMet’s Dance Ashland University. Brodhead has over 30 years of experience as a teacher Academy provides a comprehensive curriculum with quality and healthful and currently teaches Health at Big Walnut High School. He is also the Head instruction for students of all ages and impacts more than 1,700 students Boys Golf Coach at Big Walnut. each year. Classes offered include ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance and
66 JOANIE CALEM Joanie Calem is a musician, singer/songwriter, teacher, inclusion advocate Kate also has a passion for musical theatre and is the director of the youth and parent of a young adult with autism. Joanie wears the dual hat of being musicals through WPRCT each Spring. In addition to working with singers both a parent attempting to shepherd her own child through the school privately and in the public schools, Kate been blessed to train beginning years, and that of a teacher trying to teach classes with multiple children musicians through the Music Together curriculum. with invisible barriers to academic success. To that aim, she now leads “workshop-conversations,” sharing information about Sensory Processing CROSSFIT NEW ALBANY/ MATT WILSON and other challenges that children (and their families) grapple with. CrossFit New Albany has worked with Summer Experience as well as the After School Activities program during the school year for over five years. BEATRIZ CALLAU LLOPIS Owner/ Instructor Matt Wilson is CrossFit & Kids certified and has worked Beatriz is a Spanish teacher who has worked in public schools since 2005. as a trainer/ coach for 10 years with students of all ages and abilities. She has 10 years experience in working with Early Childhood students age He received a bachelor of science in fitness and kinesiology at Otterbein 2-6 and has currently been working with Primary students age 6-12 since University. Wilson played baseball at the college level where his love for 2015. Beatriz holds the Cambridge First Certificate in English (level B2 of the fitness and understanding of how to properly train was molded. CrossFit New Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and the capacity Albany coaches provide a kids fitness program at their two gym locations for teaching English, as well. and have experience with kids of all ages.
THE CHILLER SARAH DOVE The OhioHealth Chiller Ice Rinks own and/or operate six locations throughout Sarah Dove holds an MA in Dance Theories and Practices from the University Central Ohio. Established in Dublin in 1993, the Chillers are a sister company of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA in Music and Business from of the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets with the mission of growing participation Otterbein College. She is currently a PhD student and Graduate Teaching in hockey and skating. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a fun, Associate in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State family oriented, recreational atmosphere for youth and adults. For University. As a former student of Columbus Academy Summer Experience, information on all of our great programs, please visit www.thechiller.com. she is excited to enter her fourth summer as a teacher, where she can instill the same love of learning in both physical and intellectual practice that she CLC DANCE, LLC/ CHELSEA CRABTREE cherished during her time as a student. Chelsea Crabtree is a local dance teacher and choreographer. She has trained in many styles of dance over the past 17 years including Jazz, DROBOTS COMPANY Modern, Hip Hop, Contact Improvisation, Creative Movement, and Ballet. She Our mission is to develop and deliver the highest quality, most inspiring, studied dance at Columbia College Chicago where she obtained her B.A. in and inventive drone and virtual reality technology experiences to the next dance with an emphasis in dance education and composition. Since 2014, generation of visionaries and disruptors—one student at a time. We Chelsea has taught as a full time dance teacher in local charter schools and transition students from being passive consumers of technology into has taught dance technique at Bartelt Dancers in Upper Arlington. In 2017, tomorrow’s technology creators and innovators. Drobots Company builds Chelsea started CLC Dance, LLC as a way to engage students in learning inclusive, hands-on, educational, and fun learning environments where through movement. students are empowered with the autonomy, tools, and skills they need to reimagine our tech-driven world through the lens of drones, UAVs CODEMONSTER (unmanned aerial vehicles). CodeMonster provides instructor-led coding and robotics class for children. Our curriculum is available for students ranging from grades K to 9. We offer FRANCWAU DUBOSE everything from graphical drag-n-drop to coding using a real programming Francwau has taught middle school physical education and coached language. Our instructors are Computer Science graduates and/or working basketball in Columbus City Schools since 1996. He received a Bachelor’s technologists with a passion to teach. Degree in Physical Education from Otterbein College and Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Ashland University. Originally from Canton, COLUMBUS CHILDREN’S THEATRE Ohio, his mother instilled in him at an early age the importance of education. At Columbus Children’s Theatre, we educate and involve young people Her inspiration guided him towards the field of education, and his passion for of all backgrounds in the theatre arts. Through our programs, we foster athletics led him into coaching. As a student athlete, Francwau understood self-esteem and self-discovery by emphasizing discipline, integrity, team- the work ethic and dedication it took to maintain high standards in both building, and communication skills in a positive and creative environment. areas. He was disappointed when he repeatedly saw great athletes from Our mission is to transform families through the power of the stage through elementary through college become ineligible to play for athletic teams our Academy classes and camps, in-school programs, performances, and due to insufficient grade point averages. In 1999, Francwau had a vision accessible and inclusive programming. www.columbuschildrenstheatre.org that reflected an idealistic and uplifting means to integrate academics and athletics. Over the years, he developed G2, Grades Plus Game, as a creative COSI way to send an extremely important message about academic excellence COSI — Columbus, Ohio’s dynamic Center of Science and Industry — and athletic achievement. Francwau has also written a positive G2 theme inspires the scientists, dreamers, and innovators of tomorrow. COSI has song to motivate and inspire youth. combined science learning and fun since 1964, engaging, inspiring, and transforming lives and communities by being a leading partner in science NIC EADER and technology learning. Nic Eader is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. Nic is an assistant Track & Field coach at Watkins KATE CREMEAN Memorial High School and Middle School as a throwing events specialist. He Kate Cremean has been a music educator for 20+ years. Her specialties are is currently a teacher in the Southwest Licking Local School District. private voice, musicianship, choral singing, and choral conducting. Kate is currently working on her Level 1 Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics.
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JESSICA ESPASANDIN GYM SKILLS STAFF Jessica Espasandin has taught pre-k, kindergarten, first grade and second Gym Skills is a unique business that offers gymnastics, cheerleading, and grade. She currently works as a kindergarten teacher at Cornerstone hip-hop programs. Our coaches are energetic, dedicated to the sports, and Academy. She has been teaching camps at Summer Experience for the past have decades of experience. At Gym Skills, we build children’s self esteem five years. Jessica enjoys teaching children while making it a celebration! by creating a positive, non-competitive learning environment. The goal is to have the child walk out of the class feeling like a winner while deepening MICHELLE FACIANA their understanding of the sport with an emphasis on proper technique! Michelle Faciana received her BS and MEd in Early Education from The Ohio State University. This is her thirteenth summer with the Summer MACKENZIE HANNA Experience program. Michelle just finished her tenth year as the Middle Mackenzie Hanna is a sixth year Spanish teacher at McCord Middle School School Technology Specialist at Columbus Academy. She was previously a in Worthington. This is her fourth summer working with CA Summer first grade assistant, kindergarten computer teacher, and assistant in the Experience. Along with teaching Spanish, Mackenzie was a dance team Lower School CASE program. Michelle is also the author of a children’s book, coach for Bishop Watterson High School and is a dance teacher at Bexley’s Snickers’ Day Out. Jeffrey Mansion for the parks and recreation program. Mackenzie is also a company dancer for Columbus’ New Vision Dance Company. She is a graduate of Miami University with a BS in Spanish and Spanish Education MICHAEL FATTEN and was a member of Miami’s Vision Dance Company as a choreographer Michael Fatten has been a professor of undergraduates at business colleges and dancer for four years. for nine years. He has taught Business Communications, Information Systems, Research Methods, and Statistics after earning a master’s degree in Economics of Competitive Simulations in order to invent a new monetary CHRIS HIGGINS policy for video games similar to World of Warcraft. Chris Higgins has been skateboarding for over 30 years and teaching skateboarding for 20 years. When he is not on his skateboard, he teaches European History and Classical Mythology at Columbus State Community FUN OF MAGIC/ CARROLL BAKER College. Carroll Baker’s interest in magic took a huge jump when at the age of six he won the grand prize in a local contest. The prize was lunch with Harry Blackstone Jr., a world famous magician. That lunch and that meeting set HOOVER SAILING CLUB/ JAMIE JONES the course for the hardest working magician in the Columbus, Ohio area Jamie Jones is in his seventh season as the Program Director of Hoover where Baker has become the magical center piece as house magician the Sailing Club’s Learn to Sail Program and his tenth year working with CA Old Bag of Nails in and around Columbus. Restaurants and parties are only a Summer Experience. Jamie has been involved in all aspects of the Learn to small portion of the magic that Carroll Baker does. Carroll has been teaching Sail and Youth Racing programs for over 30 years, including an 11 year run magic for after school programs and summer camps for over 25 years. When as Head Racing Coach. He’s currently the Lead Instructor in the evening adult Carroll is not entertaining the clientele at the Old Bag of Nails or teaching the program, Head Coach for the Denison University Sailing Team, and a proud area youth the wonders of magic, he is hard at work at a trade show, cruise 1998 graduate of The Ohio State University. He started the High School ship or on the lecture circuit. Sailing Program in the fall of 2015 and currently is Head Coach for nine local high school sailing programs. He currently serves on the US Sailing Community Sailing Committee providing guidance to all Learn to Sail FUNTASTIC WORKSHOPS programs in the Midwest and is the Area E Junior Championship Chair and Funtastic Workshops‘ founder and owner, Julie Gavin, is a life-long educator. a US Sailing Regional Training Coordinator. In 2017, Jamie was awarded the She began creating programming in 2004 and began teaching in 2006. Our Outstanding Organizational Leader from US Sailing. When he’s not coaching STEAM & Nature-Based workshops utilize her 15 years of experience in the or teaching, he’s spending time with his wife and four kids or enjoying time field of education and are designed to engage the hearts and minds of our on his sailboat. participants, encouraging a life-long love of learning. LUKE HOWARD GREATER COLUMBUS SWIM TEAM OF OHIO (GCSTO) Luke Howard began as the new STEAM teacher for middle school at GCSTO is one of the longest standing swimming programs around and Columbus Academy in August 2019. He is also currently a staff instructor specializes in superior swim skill instruction with swimmers of all levels from at The Idea Foundry in Columbus, a community of makers designed to help the very introductory level swimmer up to the world class athlete. explore new ideas and unleash people’s passion to make new things. Luke has prior work experience in product and business development for Soilcea HELMA GROOT and Farmentum, both agriculture development companies, as well as an Helma Groot started sewing at a very young age while she was living in the eco-apprentice and public outreach intern with The Ecology Center in San Netherlands. She then moved to Indonesia, Germany, and eventually the Juan Capistrano, California. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University U.S., where she graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a with a B.S. in environmental economics and was a three-year letterman for fine arts degree. While in the Netherlands, she also studied furniture making. the men’s lacrosse team. After more than 20 years of making her living as an artist, she discovered her love of teaching. She still sews and makes her own artwork, but is also ANNE HURLEY a high school art teacher in Bexley. This is her 12th year teaching summer Anne has an MA in mathematics education from Ohio State and a BS in camp at Columbus Academy. mathematics from Duke University, where she also earned her teaching certification. Hurley’s specialties include algebra and precalculus, and FRANZ GRUBER she has over fifteen years of tutoring experience. Anne especially enjoys Dr. Franz Gruber is a member of the Columbus Academy faculty. He teaches helping students make connections between everyday experiences and Latin in the Middle School and has been teaching at Columbus Academy mathematical representations. for more than 20 years. This is his sixth summer working for the Summer Experience program.
68 INSPIRATION TO MOVEMENT/ ADAM MAYNARD KOGURYO MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY/ JARED CIRCLE 2020 marks the sixth year that Inspiration to Movement has brought dance, Master Jared Circle holds black belt ranks in four different Korean Martial music and movement to Columbus Academy Summer Experience. Owner, Arts systems and brings his expertise and commitment to quality instruction Rachel Nace Maynard is a retired professional ballerina and graduate of the to CA Summer Experience. He also teaches professionally in Central Ohio Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet and one of the first teachers to complete and has for the past decade and a half. Master Circle travels frequently to the Ron Fletcher (Pilates) Program of Study. She is also Artistic Director for Korea for training and has spent more than two years overseas learning and Oyo Dance Company, a non-profit Contemporary Ballet Company based in training in the arts he instructs. He is a martial arts school owner and father Columbus. Adam Maynard is the Director of Ballroom Dance at Inspiration of three young children with lots of experience in running group events and to Movement. He was a professional competitor in Ballroom Dancing for camps for children of all ages. A few years ago, his mother introduced the over ten years, winning many titles in both Smooth And Rhythm styles and craft of bead fusion, or Perler Beads, to his children. They instantly fell into becoming a finalist in the United States Classic Showdance Championship. a regular routine of working with this enjoyable media and have a station Adam holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State set up in their home for regular use. In addition to his martial arts camps, he University and a Master of Dance degree (licentiate) from Dance Vision looks forward to bringing this fun, creative craft to life for his Fusion Bead International Dance Association. Fun campers this year!
IHAB ISMAIL TYLER KUHN Ihab Ismail is a result-driven educator and consultant. He specializes in Tyler Kuhn is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and a graduate of West college preparation for high school scholars and offers customized training Virginia University, where he was an All-American. Tyler was drafted by the in ACT, SAT, PSAT, math and science. He implements programs in one of the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 MLB Draft. He went on to play seven years most growing 21st century STEM fields, Biotechnology. Ihab believes that a in the Minor Leagues from Rookie Level through Triple-A. Tyler is currently well-prepared high school student has the potential to learn well, achieve top the Canal Winchester Varsity Baseball Coach and also has many years of 5% in college exams, be a competitive applicant for introductory positions experience in individual baseball lessons, clinics, and camps. Tyler is excited or internships in academic research, and contribute to their community. for his fifth year with Summer Experience! Through his personalized approach and attention to student’s learning style, he aims to be the student’s best path to academic and personal success in RON LEACH high school and beyond. To learn more, visit www.ihabismailphd.com. Ron Leach has taught physical education at CA for over 15 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in sports AMY JACKSON science. He is presently the varsity soccer coach as well as the Middle Amy currently resides in Hilliard, OH and teaches K-6 general music in School wrestling and tennis coach at CA. the Clark-Shawnee school district in Springfield, OH. In addition, she also teaches voice and piano lessons in the Columbus area. Amy has been with LITTLE MEDICAL SCHOOL the program since 2016 and previously served as a Senior Counselor. She is The Little Medical School® brings medicine, science, and the importance of so excited to return for another summer of “best days ever.” health to children in an entertaining, exciting, interactive, and fun way. Little Medical School® is the only program of its kind in the area that exposes RYAN JENKINS children to the field of Medicine, Veterinarian, Wilderness, Sports Medicine, Ryan has been working at Columbus Academy since 2016. He has served as Pharmacy, Nursing, and many more programs. Our program is created by both a Senior Camp Counselor and a teacher for Sports & More camp. This a board certified physician and delivered by trained instructors who have a will be Ryan’s second summer working with the Sports & More camp. During passion for children and science. This is the Little Medical School® ‘s fifth the year, Ryan is an active educator, teaching at Bishop Watterson High year partnering with Columbus Academy Summer Experience. For more School. He holds degrees from The Ohio State University and the University information and to learn more, about our programs, please visit our website of Toronto. www.littlemedicalschool.com/columbus or email us at lmscolumbus@ littlemedicalschool.com. We look forward to an exciting summer and an KYLE JONES opportunity to inspire tomorrows’ healthcare professionals today! Kyle Jones is the chess instructor for the CA after-school enrichment program. This is his ninth summer working in the Summer Experience LITTLE SCHOLARS program. Kyle graduated from The Ohio State University with a BS in Our mission at Little Scholars is to inspire confidence! Our values are Psychology, is completing his Master’s in Early Childhood Education, and commitment to Integrity, Innovative Spirit, Valued Relationships and Passion has achieved the title of Candidate Master from the United States Chess for Learning and Education. Our camps are perfect for preschool, elementary Federation. From player to coach, Kyle has been a part of more than 40 state and middle school age children who have big imaginations and love to play. championship titles and 15 national titles. He was crowned the 2015-16 Get all the fun of summer camp with an educational twist. State of Ohio Speed Chess Champion (3rd title overall).
JUMPBUNCH CAT MAILLOUX JumpBunch is the leading national provider of mobile sports and fitness Cat is an artist, writer, and teacher living and working in Columbus. In May programs for children from toddlers to twelve-year-olds. To children, exercise of 2018, Mailloux graduated from The Ohio State University with an MFA is play, and play is fun! The best way to get kids active is to simply make it in Sculpture and Drawing. Prior to her graduate work, she earned a BFA something they want to do...and kids are always ready to play! With more in Sculpture and BA in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin- than 70 different activities, JumpBunch of Columbus & Central Ohio offers Eau Claire and spent some time teaching elementary and high school art. unparalleled variety and flexibility to keep kids moving! “We get kids moving, Cat’s artist practice has an emphasis on drawing, sewn works, sculpture, we teach kids sports fundamentals, we give kids a health and fitness and writing. Mailloux currently teaches as a lecturer at OSU and Capital foundation for life, and most importantly we make it fun!” University in their Foundations departments and also teaches community art classes in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood of Columbus.
69 ANGELA MARTIN spectrum disorder who are mostly nonverbal. O’Malley grew up in Southeast Angela Martin is employed by Olentangy Local Schools and holds a degree Asia and has traveled a lot. She majored in history and comparative religion in Interpersonal Communication and Organization and a minor in Public at The Ohio State University. Hannah loves history, art, culture, language, Relations. She has worked in the sales and marketing sectors of Marriott and health and fitness, and much more! Johnson & Johnson and started her career with The Walt Disney Company. Additionally, she has started several successful small businesses. Angela is RUSTY OATES passionate about volunteerism, history, art, and writing. In her free time, she Rusty Oates is currently a Middle School Music Educator. He is in his second spends time with her husband and three teenagers, enjoys traveling, and year teaching 5th-8th grade choir at Licking Heights Local Schools in yoga. She loves working with children and is excited for her second year Pataskala, OH. Prior to Licking Heights, Mr. Oates taught middle school and with Summer Experience. high school for two years at the Adena Local School District. Rusty has been associated with the Columbus Academy Summer Experience program TODD MARTIN for four years as a Senior Counselor and teacher. Rusty currently resides in Todd Martin is in his 14th year at Columbus Academy as the Technology Blacklick, OH with his dog Odie. Integration Specialist and Engineering teacher. In addition to managing the schools Makerspaces, he has served as a MS science teacher, Science OHIO CORALINAS SYNCHRO Olympiad coach, and Community Coordinator. Todd is an Apple and Google Anna Farmer has been involved in Synchronized Swimming for 38 years. This certified teacher and has 5+ years of experience with robotics, CAD design, is her fifth year working with the CA Summer Experience program. She is 3D printing and laser cutting. the head coach of Ohio Coralinas Synchro and is a synchronized swimming judge and clinician as well. JENNIFER MCGINNIS Jennifer McGinnis teaches fifth grade at Johnstown Elementary. This is her DJUANA OKOTETE ninth year working with CA Summer Experience. She graduated from Cal Djuana has lived in Ohio for two years and is in her seventh year of teaching. State Long Beach with a BA in Liberal Studies and a teaching credential in She teaches fourth grade ELA and enjoys helping students find a passion in grades K-5. reading. Okotete also enjoys reading, hiking with her husband, crocheting and spending time with her family. APRIL MEALICK April is a ten year veteran kindergarten teacher. She has a masters degree RYANN PATRUS in Education with a specialization in Reading and Literacy. Prior to teaching Ryann Patrus holds an MA in Comparative Studies from The Ohio State kindergarten, Mealick taught preschool and worked as a summer camp University and a BA in Psychology from Antioch College. She is currently counselor for our local YMCA. a Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Teaching Associate in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University. Ryann is excited to KATHY MENDENHALL enter her second summer as a teacher for Columbus Academy Summer Kathy Mendenhall is currently a CA Special Programs Assistant. She also Experience. works in the Children’s After School Experience program, and this will be her sixth year with the Summer Experience program. Kathy studied and ALISHA PORTER completed theater and music training in a vocational performing arts school Alisha is currently in her fifth year as an elementary school counselor during high school. She later studied various forms of dance Irveline’s School working in Westerville City Schools and previously taught language arts and of Ballet, Dublin Dance Centre, and BalletMet for several years. social studies in local middle school charter schools for three years. Ms. Porter loves to combine her love of teaching and counseling in her lessons BRYAN MILLER by having students partake in arts and crafts, role-playing, games, book Bryan Miller is our new Middle School Language Arts teacher for seventh studies, and more. Alisha enjoys working with students to help them learn in and eighth grade. Bryan comes to Columbus Academy after teaching upper all areas of life including social- emotional, academic, and career or college. and middle school English for 17 years at Village Academy. He graduated from Murray State University in Kentucky with a B.A. in English and creative HEATHER RAKOSIK writing and then earned a MA in English composition and literature from Heather Rakosik has taught and coached both at the collegiate and high the University of Kentucky. Bryan lives in Columbus with his wife, Jennifer school levels for over 20 years. She has coached basketball and softball. Breitigan, their son, Gus (7), and granddaughter, Ruby (1). He enjoys writing Ms. Rakosik currently teaches Physical Education in the Lower and Middle poetry and nonfiction, tinkering with new recipes in the kitchen, drinking Schools and is the Varsity Girls Basketball Coach at CA. coffee, collecting old comics, reminiscing about classic pop culture, watching Westerns, and sitting on the porch with a good book whenever a cool breeze permits. JOEL REED Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Joel Reed has lived in the Columbus area for seven years now. This is his fourth year teaching in Columbus Academy JOHARI MITCHELL Summer Experience. When he is not working, Joel loves spending time with Johari Mitchell is a teacher and writing coach on a mission to help others his family or being in the woods hiking or backpacking. link vision to opportunity through the power of words. National Board Certified in early and middle childhood literacy, she has been a classroom teacher- turned literacy specialist for over 18 years. This is her third year ROYAL ARTS FENCING ACADEMY/ JULIA RICHEY teaching with Columbus Academy. She loves writing, songwriting, cooking, Julia Richey was a 13-year member of the Russian National fencing team. travel and adventure. In 2001, she founded Royal Arts Fencing Academy, the longest continuously running fencing academy in the state. She and her team of coaches have produced national medalists and champions multiple times per year for the HANNAH O’MALLEY past nine years. Royal Arts has been doing Summer Experience for 14 years. Hannah has been a K-5 elementary teacher for the past six years at a private school in Westerville. She currently works with students with autism
70 70 ROYAL ARTS FENCING ACADEMY/ JULIA RICHEY MCKENZIE VAUGHN Julia Richey was a 13-year member of the Russian National fencing team. Mckenzie is so excited to be back as a Summer Experience educator this In 2001, she founded Royal Arts Fencing Academy, the longest continuously year! She is a licensed music educator and graduated from Mount Vernon running fencing academy in the state. She and her team of coaches have Nazarene University in 2015. She is a trumpet teacher, substitute educator, produced national medalists and champions multiple times per year for the and trumpet performer for theaters and symphonies as well as a director and past nine years. Royal Arts has been doing Summer Experience for 14 years. actress for many theaters in the Ohio area.
MICHELLE SCHROEDER-LOWREY AMANDA VESNER Michelle Schroeder-Lowrey is a lover of all things Harry Potter. During the Mrs. Vesner is a teacher with Columbus City Schools, holding a BA is History school year, you can find her teaching music/movement/drama to the lower from Capital University and Elementary Teaching License from Otterbein school students of Columbus Academy, acting with Available Light Theatre University. She has previously worked with Summer Experience as a Senior Company, reading about Positive Psychology/Wellbeing or hanging out with Counselor for three years and is excited to be teaching for a second summer. her family including Jon, Eleanor and their furry kids. Michelle has a BA Amanda is an avid reader, cinema enthusiast, and enjoys traveling. in Theater from The Ohio State University, a Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology and is a certified Resiliency Trainer. BILL WALKER Bill Walker is a 25-year veteran instrumental and vocal music teacher for the SEAN SILVER Columbus Public Schools, who has also done composing and improvising Sean Silver coached middle school and varsity wrestling at Columbus residencies through the Ohio Arts Council, at The Thurber House, and in Days Academy for nine years and ran the popular Young Vikes Youth Wrestling of Creation Arts Camps. Bill has also composed music for dance in many program. He is also a Columbus Academy parent and a certified coach styles including modern dance at the University of Minnesota and The Ohio with USA Wrestling. This is his 11th year running the Summer Experience State University and a ballet score for a Columbus Dance Theatre ballet. He Wrestling Clinic. In his 12 years of coaching, Sean has stressed the life loves encouraging creative music making in all forms and has also been lessons that extend beyond the mat: self-confidence, fitness, perseverance, obsessed with photography since long before the digital age. Having fun with discipline, teamwork, and sportsmanship. His view of a successful season young people exploring music and the visual world is what it’s all about for is when a wrestler has fun and finishes with more confidence and pride in him! themselves. JEFF WARSTLER RACHELLE SMITH Jeff Warstler has taught summer school programs for the past 17 years. He Rachelle Smith has been teaching art in community and school settings for has been the Columbus Academy Lower School Physical Education teacher the past 13 years. She began her career teaching art at a fine arts summer for over 15 years. Jeff coached the girls’ tennis team at CA for 13 years, camp. Rachelle also founded and ran a nonprofit art workshop business along with the boys’ tennis team for 10 years. He is currently the Head Boys to provide arts enrichment opportunities to families from low-income Basketball Coach for the CA Upper School. neighborhoods in Columbus. Rachelle has a BFA in painting and drawing, an MA in Art Education and is a Certified TVI, specializing in teaching art to LAUREL WELSH students with visual impairments and special needs. She enjoys yoga and Born and raised in Athens, Ohio, Laurel graduated from Otterbein with a ceramics and lives with her husband and two sons in Columbus. degree in early childhood education and a minor in music. She was a student teacher at Arrowhead Elementary and completed a project based learning TERA STOCKDALE (PBL) unit on economics that was the inspiration for her food truck business Tera Stockdale is a multi-media ceramic focused artist and Art Educator themed summer camp. Welsh was previously a Summer Experience Senior residing in Westerville, OH. She is a K-12 certified art teacher and currently Counselor for three years and currently is an Instructional Assistant at Gables teaches high school ceramics for Columbus City Schools. Her work combines Elementary for the emotional disorders resource room. a love for the visual, music, performance, and the written word- creating and connecting across the disciplines. YOUNG CHEFS ACADEMY Established in April 2003, Young Chefs Academy offers cooking classes to TECH CORPS children in a safe environment that encourages discovery and creativity. TECH CORPS is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring K-12 While learning food preparation skills is the main ingredient at YCA, each students have equal access to Computer Science and Information class adds a heap of kitchen safety, a scoop of etiquette, a handful of table Technology programs, skills and resources that enhance early learning and setting, a pinch of menu planning, and laughter to taste! prepare them for college and career.
MATT THOMPSON Matt Thompson has served as Assistant Athletic Director and taught physical education at Columbus Academy since 2016. He is also the head girls varsity soccer coach and is an ISACS chair and member of the “Flourishing” committee. Matt has a B.A. in English from Dickinson College and a M.S. in sport management from Georgia Southern University. Matt and his wife Jana have a son, Ethan ’25 and a daughter, Maya.
COLLEEN VAUGHAN Colleen is a Middle School Intervention Specialist at Graham Elementary and Middle School. She has taught in special education for five years. In her free time, Vaughan enjoys photography, reading, and spending time with her pets, friends and family.
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