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Our creative-writing campers open the week with enthusiasm as they plan to bring their imaginations to life! On the first day of story writing, these campers have already drawn out their protagonists and determined the conflicts these characters must face. One camper decided to write a story titled “Froggy and the Terrifying Threats of the […]

This week, campers in Youngsters Shoebox Theater are using their creativity to build unique sets and costumes for their stories! Each day, the campers read two new stories and act them out. Today, one of the stories was the Dog and his Reflection, which campers showcased using a bridge and a dog puppet. Campers look […]

This week for our Theme Thursday, it’s decade’s day in Short Hills! Campers got to dress up from any decade of their choice. We saw some pretty awesome decade’s outfits, especially in our 3D art class! We love to see the energy and camp spirit our campers bring! To celebrate decade’s day, we played 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 […]

This week in Short Hills, we have our popular youngster shoebox theater class and we are so excited! This class is always so much fun!  We enjoyed making puppets and participating in skits and entertaining our audiences.  We made a simple shoebox into a puppet theater.  We designed a background and theater curtains as a […]

This week in Short Hills, we have two youngster chemistry classes and it is out of this world! Our youngster chemists got to learn all about the different parts of an atom by labeling protons, neutrons, and electrons with Playdough. It was so much fun! Our chemists are also currently doing a egg and vinegar […]

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!

This week in creative writing workshop campers got to explore writing and poetry skills, word choice, figurative language, and short story structure and creation. Campers have suggested that their favorite exercises so far in class are quick writes, ode writing, rhyming, and our Greek mythology debates. Our younger creative writers listed their favorite genres as […]

This week in Short Hills, it’s color wars week! All week campers have been earning points for their team. To celebrate color wars week, campers wore their designated team color for theme Thursday and participated in fun relay races during break! Campers got to participate in Kam Jam, ping pong ball and spoon race, hopping […]