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Many classes today decided to wrap up with a final project! Between lemonade stands, competitions, debates, and more, there was a lot of fun! Our Lemonade Stand Entrepreneurs sold their prized drinks! They worked very hard this week conducting market research by asking others about their lemonade preferences. Then, they taste tested all of the […]

Almost every week we write a Friday wrap-up blog where we talk about all our amazing campers and what they accomplished this week! And while our campers did accomplish some amazing things—did their very own Model UN, tons of experiments, dissected a brain and a frog, just to name a few. We also wanted to […]

This week in Leadership – Negotiation – Persuasion, class campers are honing their negotiation skills and their creativity by replicating shark tank experiences. They are creating presentations on vacuum bumper cars, super sneakers, AI earbuds, etc. and through these experiences they are learning to be able to become better leaders for tomorrow. Campers used their […]

Today at camp, Youngster’s We Do Robotics was a big hit as campers built their own LEGO racecars! They spent the week learning how to design, build, and program their cars, where they each added their own creative spin. They presented their racecars to the rest of the camp and held a fun, competitive RoboRace. […]

It’s no secret at Chatham we love ourselves a theme Thursday! We had so many campers walk through the Chatham Day door today in their super awesome costumes. We listened to some super hero songs—like theme songs and pop songs from the movies. We even finished up our lunchtime movie, “The Incredibles” Besides theme day […]

Today at camp, we had an action-packed superhero-themed day! Our campers truly embraced their inner heroes, with costumes ranging from scientists to super-powered moms. To kick off the day, we hosted a Make-Your-Own Superhero Contest where campers earned Ivy Points for their creativity! They got to design their dream hero, choose a unique superpower, and […]

          Our campers are excited for our first week here in Saddle River! The highlight of this week is our Fashion Design class. Campers are busy putting their best creativity into designing their own fashion line.  In keeping with our Superhero theme this week, campers have designed capes that could appear […]

Earlier today campers in our Engineering Food Science class worked hard combining, mixing, and shaking ingredients to make a variety of food and sweets! Campers started the day by making space pudding, replicating what astronauts do on the International Space Station. They started by combining pudding mix, powdered milk, and water into a bag and […]

This week in Chatham, we have some super fun hands-on science classes. In the Am, we have Anatomy & Surgical Techniques and Exploring Dinosaurs to Old Worlds. In the PM, we have Biomedical Engineering. Yesterday, in Biomedical Engineering, our campers were working hard and they made a robotic arm using rubber bands. In Anatomy & […]

Here at Chatham it’s no secret we LOVVEEEE a theme day. And in honor of the Fourth of July tomorrow, this theme Thursday was decked out with both the campers and staff wearing their American colors. We played patriotic music in the morning drop off & took photos of all the campers in their adorable […]