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The third week of the Short Hills Site is starting strong! The robotics class got straight to work on making their robots, and some finished it in one day. In chemical engineering, the students made balloons inflate with the power of science. They filled bottles with baking soda and put balloon on the rim, and […]
Today’s blog is brought to you by a camper that has been coming back year after year since 2018. My favorite class that I have taken is Virtual Reality! I loved that class because playing virtual reality games was really fun. In that class, I was able to design my own house and created my […]
Today at Short Hills, campers in Shark Tank enter the tank as they present their presentations in front of a hungry group of International Ivy staff. These young entrepreneurs worked hard all week creating a innovative design and a pitch in hopes of cashing in big. The campers took note of what makes a pitch […]
Today at Short Hills was Red, White, and Blue Day which had students dress up in their favorite Red, White, and Blue outfits! They also had the opportunity to take part in some fun patriotic activities through the day. Even though the temperature was too hot for us to go outside and take part in […]
Today was Thursday!!! And you know what that means! Theme Thursday! This week’s theme was red, white, and blue to celebrate Independence Day on Tuesday. Campers were all decked out in all sorts of clothes to represent these colors. During morning drop off, we danced to all sorts of USA themed tunes such as Born […]
Here at Chatham, Wednesday morning went a little differently than expected due to a town wide power outage. But luckily, that didn’t stop the fun here at Ivy! Campers and staff worked together to come up with solutions on how to work through the circumstances. During break time, we played hot potato in the gym, […]
Today at Short Hills, Ivy students dove into the broad and complex field of Electrical Engineering using their very own Makey-Makey kits. Students were educated in electrical engineering vocabulary prior to learning the engineering and design process. This provided the students with the foundation to help brainstorm creative ideas for projects. Student working on computer […]
Today Short Hills was treated to the premiere of an exciting new film — one scripted, acted, and directed by Ivy’s very own Film-Making class! The small crew of aspiring Spielbergs had worked hard all week to come up with a thrilling mystery story to present to the rest of the camp. It only took […]
One of our favorite parts of International Ivy is getting to know our new campers and staff members! Here at Chatham we had Maddie join us as a new staff member. Maddie taught Kitchen Chemistry in the morning and Chemical Engineering in the afternoon. In Kitchen Chemistry, Maddie guided campers in making strawberry jam, pizza, […]
Campers did not let the poor air quality dampen their spirits as they arrived wearing their favorite jerseys and sports apparel! Even though we stayed indoors for recess today our campers showed their competitive sports spirit in a couple different ways. During snack break students tested their mental fitness with a round of sports trivia! […]