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The campers in Drone Programming are excited to see their drones take flight after dedicating time toward building and designing. During the first few days of the week, the kids in drone have been working “behind the scenes” on the hardware of the drone controllers. They tinkered with the machinery and explored the inner-foundations of […]

Learning and Having Fun! Summit has had a very smooth opening over the last few days! Our students have been exploring topics like electronics and anatomy, while still having time for some fun. The anatomy students were dissecting and learning about how living organisms work, while our “Makey-Makey” class was using simple electronics to make […]

The campers in Creative Writing are thinking up a storm and letting their imaginations run wild. While learning the rules of limericks and sonnets, the kids utilize their own story line to craft a beautiful piece of literature! They are taking their time to learn the writing process which encourages critical thinking. Every story is […]

This week in Short Hills, our campers got to make their eukaryotic cell out of jello! Not only did our microbiologists learn all about the eukaryotic cell, they also got a chance to take a taste of their own cell! Our campers also learned all about fermentation by experimenting with yeast balloons! They saw how […]

Week 4 of International Ivy Camp and First Week in Saddle River!

This week, Basking Ridge is excited to be hosting five STEAM-powered classes: Camp Newspaper, Comic Creation, Engineering and Programming with Arduino, Investment Literacy & the Stock Market Game, and Youngster Right Brain Mix! In Camp Newspaper, campers started by talking about different roles at a newspaper and creating their own “staff” bios! Comic Creation campers […]

Every week, International Ivy camps like to recognize campers and staff members who go the extra mile to make the camp experience GREAT for everyone. This week, we are recognizing individuals who go (1) Above and Beyond, (2) have the Best Attitude, and (3) show that Kindness Counts! Congratulations to our award recipients, and thanks […]

Hi everyone! We are the youngster right brain class. In our class we do yoga, learn about different countries, and read books. On Tuesday we started our class with Ninja Turtle and dinosaur yoga. On other days we tried pirate yoga and Minecraft yoga. We liked the dinosaur and Minecraft the best! The country we […]

This week, campers in math of money learned how to apply math to real world situations! So far, they have played Monopoly, learned how to invest in stocks, and worked in teams to figure out how to get change using the least amount of coins. Today, students chose a real restaurant and were given a [...]

This week at Somerset we beat the heat with fun indoor activities! Guess the Leader, Scattergories, Vampire, Disney Guess The Character, Team Charades and more! This photo was taken during Guess the Leader (whole group activity). One camper would be sent into the hallway as the detective while another camper was selected in the classroom […]