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This week at the Short Hills site, the highlight of some campers’ days is taking part in the Canvas Painting class! After learning about the different color types and painting techniques, the campers had fun showing off their creativity through their paintings! The campers started with color mixing before moving on to painting bright sunsets!

This week at Short Hills our Newspaper Class published their first edition of The Weekly Herald. The young journalists got the scoop on everything from microbiology to break time games! Students researched, interviewed and wrote their own articles on other classes happening this week. As the week wraps up, students polish their pieces and are […]

To celebrate the campers’ day off on the 4th of July, a relay race was held during morning break time at Short Hills! The campers that participated were split into three teams – Red, White, and Blue – and had lots of fun! The first runner hopped with a balloon between their legs. Two campers […]

Good morning Ivy Campers & Parents, today is the last day of summer camp. Summer 2023 was another year in the books at Short Hills. Huge thank you to all of the campers and parents for joining the Ivy program. Super special shoutout to all the counselors and teachers on the Short Hills Staff team […]

Aloha! Welcome to the Tropical Hawaiian theme on the Wayne site. Today was a fun day we all felt the sunshine, breezy vibe. During break activities, games were varied and designated to the kids for them to feel as if they were in paradise. One of the games was a pick the fish from the […]

This week our campers became scientists as they entered the dissection laboratory. In our Anatomy class, our young scientists had the opportunity to dissect their own sheep’s brain! Did you know that a sheep’s brain has all the same parts as a human brain? After opening up their kits, campers read all about how to […]

This Friday in Chatham we celebrated with water balloons, had presentations in class, and traded for amazing prizes in the treasure chest. Although Chatham Ivy still has three weeks left to go, we also said goodbye to our beloved team member. Ava, our counselor for the last three years is moving to Amsterdam for college. […]

Today at Short Hills, Engineering Arduino students opened their Arduino kits for the first time. Kids learned to navigate the basic operations of the Arduino boards and the computer functions associated with them. Students aim to build their own unique programs and projects with the kits. Students preparing their boards and programs. Students prepare to […]

Welcome to Week 4 on the Wayne site! Today’s morning started wonderfully with all the campers (new and returners) entering with a smile on their face. It was a sweet pleasure getting to know the campers and the activities they will partake in for the week. After welcoming the campers in, it came to break […]

Here at Chatham, Wednesday morning went a little differently than expected due to a town wide power outage. But luckily, that didn’t stop the fun here at Ivy! Campers and staff worked together to come up with solutions on how to work through the circumstances. During break time, we played hot potato in the gym, […]