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Happy last day of camp! We can not believe we are at the end of another awesome summer in Short Hills. The past 8 weeks have been so much fun and it is all thanks to our amazing campers and staff! Thank you to everyone who made this summer unforgettable! We hope all of our […]
“There is an art to science, and science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole” – Isaac Asimov Campers in 3D Art & Sculpture started the week by learning what a mosaic is. They then had the chance to design and create their own mosaic using different colored […]
The Civil Engineering: Bridges and Buildings class started the week with an engineering challenge: can you build a structure that will support the weight of “Froggy” using just index cards and tape? The campers had the option of working individually or in a team. All in all, the four structures that were built all held […]
The Shark Tank Entrepreneur class combines facets of engineering, finance, and marketing into one awesome project! Campers start by considering how existing products may be improved or if there is a brand new invention that fills a need. They each develop their own product through sketches and 3D digital models. They also conduct market research […]
Our campers have been training hard in Math Competition Training! Today’s opening question was “How can you use eight 8s and only addition to make exactly 1000?” Can you figure it out? Scroll down to check your answer! The campers compete to solve a variety of math problems, sometimes using a Bingo board like one […]
This week at the Wayne site, during the morning session we offered a Canvas Painting class, where camper were able to practice they artistic skills and learn new concepts. The camper’s began their week learning about the primary, secondary and tertiary colors, then they began to learn how to blend the colors to create the […]
This week at the Wayne site, campers get to complete a series of different escape room scenarios, clues, and scavenger hunts in the Escape Room and Scavenger Hunt class. Each day, they start by putting their skills to the test in an escape room game. By the end of the week, using similar puzzles from […]
Campers this week are participating in exciting classes where they can unleash their creativity! From building robots in Youngster’s Left Brain to designing their own escape rooms, scavenger hunts, and digital art pieces, there’s something for everyone. In Youngster’s Left Brain the camper’s started the week off by building alligators that can chomp their jaws […]
Today campers and staff members got creative with their Halloween costumes for this week’s theme Halloween in July. It was a fun start as campers and staff members try to guess each other’s costumes at PUDO. During break we created some fun pumpkin crafts, and played our site favorite break game shark and minnows. Finishing […]
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 […]