Summit NJ

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 […]

The Lemonade Entrepreneurs embarked on their journey to becoming lemonade tycoons by collecting data on their clients (counselors & teachers). They began by creating a survey to determine their intended populations’ preference in flavor, price, freshness, and ice quantity. Next, the entrepreneurs took to the testing lab! The campers tested fresh vs. powdered lemonade and […]

Howdy, the Wild, Wild, West (Summit) celebrated Theme Thursday with a Country Western themed day packed with rowdy fun. The westerners certainly did not disappoint with their outfits. Campers came dressed head to toe in denim, boots, props, and a plethora of fantastic hats! During break time, the westerners learned how to line dance, a […]

In class, some of our campers have had the opportunity to craft with Cricut. This innovative tool, combined with the Cricut Design Space program, allows campers to design, customize, and print a wide array of projects with there own touch. In our “Crafting with Cricut” class, campers dive into the creative process, learning how to […]

This week, Summit hosted an innovative VR course. The first few days of our VR class were spent letting the campers situate themselves with VR headsets (Oculus Go). This allowed them to explore unlimited virtual worlds with the supervision of the instructor. However, campers didn’t just learn how to use VR tools—they got to create […]

Our campers in Murder Mystery Creation have been reading stories, playing games and writing short stories all with the same question… who dun it? They are working hard to identify the various parts of a murder mystery including character titles, plot, setting and much more! The campers are diligently working on their OWN murder mystery […]

The campers had fun playing Three Legged Race for color wars, with Engineering Flight and Aerospace being the winners, as well as competing to be the victor in the Gaga Pit!

In Kitchen Chemistry in Summit, campers worked on creating croissants, pudding, and pizza! They were taught about how bread rises, and they also learned about density, mass, and volume and applied those lessons to create lava lamps.

We had a fun time yesterday! Summit had a wide variety of costumes not just from the teachers, but the students too! The campers had a lot of fun being superheroes, doctors, monsters, and more! For break we went to the playground, and played Gaga ball later in the day. We even had Jeff, come […]

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 […]