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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 […]

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 […]

It is week 6 and that only means one thing…Color Wars! This week, Site Director Kenny put the Green Team vs the Purple Team to see which team would be the ultimate winner. Each day, they participate in friendly competitions during break time. Green Team Captains are Sarah and Kathy and Purple Team Captains are […]

The Youngsters Engineering Exploration class gives campers aged 5-7 the chance to dip their toe into the engineering design process with a series of challenges that they complete as teams. So far, the group has been challenged to create the longest index card bridge that they can. Teacher Sara does a phenomenal job guiding the […]