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Yesterday at Short Hills, it wasn’t just summer, it was Halloween in July! Campers arrived in costume, ready to celebrate with a full day of spooky, silly, and action-packed activities. From princesses and aliens to athletes and Star Wars characters, the creativity was on full display across camp. The day kicked off with a Star […]
Halloween came early for our campers! We were impressed by their creative costumes ranging from air dancers and Harry Potter to enchanting butterflies and princesses. During break time, we played musical chairs to bewitching Halloween music. Things got pretty frightful! In the end, the Youngsters and Model UN classes took home the prize of extra […]
This week in Saddle River, campers are exploring the processes by which bridges and buildings are built in our Civil Engineering class. Campers got the chance to participate in the construction of a 36 ft. model of a suspension bridge. The campers demonstrated reading the blueprints, building up the supports, constructing the suspensions and laying […]
Our Mad Engineers created and combined triangles into circles to explore the foundation of buildings. They tested if a bridge made of industry-grade materials (pasta and playdough) can avoid collapsing under a water bottle’s weight. From balancing bottles to launching ping pong balls, the campers were tasked with creating a Trebuchet, or a ping pong […]
We’re kicking off a fresh week at camp, and the energy is off the charts! Whether you’re a returning camper or joining us for the first time, this week is packed with exciting new classes, unforgettable activities, and a few surprises that will make your summer experience even more magical. Let’s dive into what’s happening! […]
Our youngest campers had a hands-on, high-energy morning in Youngster Chemistry Experiments, and their excitement for science was impossible to miss. The day began with a fan favorite: oobleck. Using just water, cornstarch, and green food coloring, campers created this strange substance that’s both a liquid and a solid depending on how you interact with it. […]
This week at Saddle River, we have a fresh new batch of students ready to take on our new courses! This week we are introducing new classes such as 3-d Printing, Escape Rooms, War and Peace and so many more. Our theme day this week for campers is Halloween in the summertime and campers will be […]
Today at Somerset, our Anatomy and Surgical Techniques class prepared for the zombie apocalypse by disecting a sheep’s brain. Our students were on the hunt to identify all four lobes inside a sheep’s brain: the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the temporal lobe, and the occipital lobe. “Come by our class tomorrow, we are dissecting […]
Physics, Robotics and Science! Welcome to week Five of International Ivy camp! Our campers have dived right into their classes and my goodness they are having a BLAST! A lot of our campers are passionate about the classes they are taking this week and moving quickly through the material! Allowing us to provide more exciting […]
This week at Short Hills, our campers are diving deep into both the world of chemistry and the world of finance through two exciting classes: Crazy Chemworks and Investment & Stock Markets. In Crazy Chemworks, campers became junior chemists as they experimented with five different substances: water, sodium borate, glycerin, calcium chloride, and vinegar. Using […]