Basking Ridge

Camp Newspaper is a new class for 2024! Students of this class serve as the reporters of all things International Ivy at Basking Ridge. They write stories, take pictures, and layout the content for a newspaper to be published. The teacher, Melissa, guides students through the creative and journalistic process. Here is a snippet of […]

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 […]

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 [...]

Happy Theme Thursday! This week, everyone dressed up in their best superhero outfits. Basking Ridge’s campers and staff all swooped in and joined their super forces together, keeping the TEAM in STEAM. We had a great variety of characters, including Superman, SuperMario, Miss Marvel, Mulan, Green Lantern, Groot, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and a ninja […]

Most classes at International Ivy are like workshops: campers learn a skill-set from their teachers and put it to use via their own individual creative projects. Others are more like team sports, where students cooperate to complete one big project or to play together in virtual worlds. But there is one course that is almost […]

During our week at Ivy, every Thursday is a day of joy and creativity, where campers and staff alike get to embrace the week’s unique theme. This past Thursday, we got out our beach towels and sunscreen for the “Fun in the Sun” theme. The day began with an explosion of vibrant colors and cheerful […]

9:00 AM. A busy hallway in a crowded school. A young woman paces at the top of the stairs, tears coming down her face. She is too busy looking at her phone to notice the figure stepping out of the shadows behind her. A shove. A scream. An ambulance. Someone, somewhere in this school knows […]

This week, in our Youngsters’ class, campers learned all about different types of engineers and the buildings they create. On Wednesday, they learned about the 7 types of bridge structures and picked among their group the one that they wanted to build. Using hole punches, empty paper towel tubes, yarn, masking tape, carboard, and pipe […]

For this week’s Theme Thursday, we dressed up in Disney gear and as our favorite Disney characters! Campers went all out today, dressing up as Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters, princesses like Anna and Elsa, and more. To help set the mood for Disney magic, we played Disney theme track songs on our speaker and […]