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for ages 3–18 for Grades Kindergarten to Grade 7 for rising 4-year-olds to age 4 harleyschool.org/summer #Summer@HARLEY 1981 Clover Street, Rochester, NY 14618 (585) 442-1770 ext. 1131 Welcome to Harley Summer Day Camp Harley Summer Day Camp (HDC) is a small, neighborhood day camp with a high counselor-to-camper ratio. Our veteran staff is friendly and caring. HDC campers will enjoy an active, entertaining—and FUN—summer experience on our new Winslow Natural Playground & Outdoor Learning Center, where they make friends, learn new skills, and gain lifelong memories. Located at The Harley School in Brighton we have outstanding, air-conditioned facilities, an indoor pool, and onsite medical staff. Lunch and snacks are included in our program fees. If you’re new to HDC, give us a call and check us out! Eight one-week Camp Sessions June 8–July 31 (no camp July 3) Grades K–7 Full day: 8:45 am–3 pm Day campers will rotate through various activities every morning with Fee: $250 per week trained specialists in outdoor skills, sports activities, arts & crafts and other fun activities. Daily swimming lessons will be provided by the aquatics staff. Lunch and a snack is included. After lunch outside, there is choice Extended Day Program time, when campers can choose between quiet games, playground, active games, and free swim. We also have various all-camp activities through- Families wishing to extend their child‘s day at Harley may out the week. Past all-camp activities have included a performance by a enroll in our Extended Day program. Please register for magician/storyteller, bounce houses, color week, a talent show, or Wild Extended Day by the week. Water Day! June 8–July 31 June 8–July 31 Campers will be divided by age into five groups for the week. Grades K–7 Grades K–7 A carnival is held the last day of camp, July 31, 1:30–3 pm. 7:30–8:45 am and 3–6 pm 7:30–8:45 am only Campers who attend any of the sessions are welcome to attend Fee: $100 Fee: $40 this event with an adult. June 8–July 31 Grades K–7 3–6 pm only (includes a light snack) Fee: $75 Printed on 10% recycled stock. Four two-week sessions 8:30 am–3 pm Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Bonus week You may drop off as early as 7:30 am. June 8–19 June 22–July 2* July 6-17 July 20–31 August 3–7 Extended Day is provided until 6 pm Fee: $550 Fee: $550 Fee: $550 Fee: $550 Fee:** at no extra charge. An extension of Harley’s school year Nursery program, the The Summer Nursery program runs for Summer Nursery program is specifically designed for three-year- 9 weeks**, beginning June 8. olds (turning four by December 1). Our experienced faculty guide children through a program that cultivates curiosity and builds Sessions run in two-week blocks (with confidence, creating a positive foundation for learning. the exception of the bonus week) to give children the time to build community and make the most of their Hands-on, experiential learning happens outside with a experience. Fee includes lunch, snacks, and Extended Day. developmentally appropriate thematic curriculum, centered on our Winslow Natural Playground & Outdoor Learning Center. Extended Day runs 3–6 pm each day. Discovery and outdoor play take advantage of Harley’s 25-acre campus, including an organic microfarm, nature center, Allens Creek, playing fields, and the natural-setting playground. * No Summer Nursery on July 3 While the program has an outdoor focus, children also utilize our indoor campus, providing a balance between outdoor play and ** Bonus week is free for students breaks from the sun that include daily swimming and creative arts. registered for all four sessions. These A healthy, balanced lunch and snack are included in the program students will get priority placement for fees. Themed units include: Nature, Water, Animals, and Garden. this week. If space is available, cost will be $275 for all other students. Faculty will offer parents feedback throughout the summer. USE THIS KEY FOR AT-A-GLANCE CATEGORIES. AGE RANGES ARE INDICATED IN THE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS. FIND SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU! KEY Cooking Music / Dance Language, Writing, Culture Numbers & Games Robotics Science Sports Visual Arts 3D Design and Printing Algebra Skills July 6–10 July 20–Aug 14 Grades 4–12 Grades 9–12 12:30–3 pm 10:30 am–12 pm Fee: $210 Fee: $500 Take your art to the next level, design prototypes for In this four-week course, fundamental skills are reviewed inventions! Participants learn how to use different 3D and practiced in order to build a solid foundation for future design tools to turn their imagination into reality. Campers work in math. Concepts and their application to specific can explore 3D design for 3D animations, prototyping problems are emphasized, along with verbal problems for an invention, or a sculpture to print, campers will and problem-solving techniques. Topics include signed experiment, design and learn about 3D printing technology numbers, equations and inequalities, factoring, rational —how it is being used in the world in the medical, expressions, the straight line, quadratic functions, and industrial, art and other fields, and some background into radicals. Limited enrollment is available. TBD the different types of 3D technology. They will take home with them two of their 3D printed creations. JEANNE WEBER Alternative photographic ACT and SAT Math with processes July 6–10 Calculator Preparation Grades 9–12 August 3–7 9 am–12 pm Grades 9–12 Fee: $300 (includes materials) 9 am–12 pm In this class students will explore and create using Fee: $185 alternative photographic processes such as Cyanotypes, This summer course is for students interested in learning Pinhole Cameras, and Digital Negatives. EVINN NEADOW calculator strategies and tips for standardized tests. Students who use the TI-84 and TI-Nspire will benefit from this experience. There are specific types of questions that knowing how to use your calculator effectively can Animal Antics significantly help you and ease anxiety on ACT, SAT, July 13–17 and other math exams.This week-long class will be a Grades K–2 combination of learning strategies, practicing them, and 9 am–12 pm strengthening general problem solving skills. The class is Fee: $195 co-taught by two teachers who have been teaching math Do you love animals? Did you know that giraffes have black and calculator skills for many years. tongues? They do! Do you know why? Let’s explore amazing SETH O’BRYAN and DIANE BROBERG animals together through art, literature, and games. SHANNON COSTANTINO Art & Mindfulness bug camp! June 22–26 July 13–17 Grades K–2 Grades 1–3 9 am–12 pm 9 am–12 pm Fee: $190 Fee: $185 Art is a natural way to practice mindfulness. The colors, Explore the fantastic world of the creeping, crawling, flying, textures and sounds of creating pull us into the moment. singing, jumping, smelling, swimming, calling Arthropods. Students in this class will be introduced to mindfulness We call them Bugs! They are the most abundant animal on techniques while exploring a variety of art materials. planet Earth. All other life is dependent on them. Enjoy a EVINN NEADOW week's mornings exploring the world as an Entomologist. Using games, crafts, outdoor explorations, picture book guides and model creation, learn how bugs move, smell, hear, dig, fly, eat, care for their young and protect baked goods themselves. If you have a special bug you'd like to learn July 6–10 about or just have many, many questions about them— Grades 5–8 Come share your interests with others. NOTE: a fruit snack 9 am–12 pm will be provided, but campers may bring their own water Fee: $215 bottle and snack. ROBIN LONG Learn the essentials of yeast risen and quick breads! Tasty treats will include bread, pretzels, pizza, cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins and more. The delicious results will be Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies sent home daily. AMY BRAND June 22–26 Grades 5–8 9 am–3 pm Biomimicry Bootcamp Fee: $320 June 22–26 Learn the art of baking and decorating! We will create Grades 4–6 a delicious selection of sweet treats including, cakes, 12:15–3 pm cupcakes, cookies and more! Campers will learn to make Fee: $185 buttercream flowers, decorate sugar cookies with royal icing, sculpt decorations out of fondant and more. Come and learn about biomimicry, an engineering Treats will be sent home daily. Campers need to bring their technique that uses nature as its inspiration! Biomimicry is own lunch. AMY BRAND used to develop technology that is effective and sustainable by copying what mother nature has already created and evolved. In this biomimicry bootcamp, students will identify problems, match them with existing solutions in nature, Cakes, Cupcakes, and and create designs. AUDREY SCUDDER Cookies Jr. July 13–17 Bluegrass & More Grades 2–4 12:15–3 pm July 13–17 Fee: $210 Grades 7–12 9 am–12 pm Learn the art of baking and decorating! We will create Fee: $185 a delicious selection of sweet treats including, cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more! AMY BRAND Do you play the violin, guitar, banjo, mandolin, or bass? Or, do you play any string instrument, but want to learn how to play one of these? We will be exploring *all* of the bluegrass instruments and learning many fiddle tunes! Camera Obscura Bring your own instrument, or borrow one of ours! July 20–24 KELLY SCHROEDER Grades 5–8 9 am–12 pm Fee: $215 Campers will learn of the history of photography while transforming everyday objects into photographic devices! Each student will build their own pinhole camera.