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Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! This week is International Ivy’s last week in Short Hills. We can not believe how fast these 8 weeks have gone! To finish off yet another great summer, we are offering our 3D Printing Advanced, Chemical Engineering with Bioplastics, Digital Creations with Canva/Animoto, Fashion Design, Minecraft Survival […]
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 […]
“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 […]
This week the campers have been so intrigued planning, modeling, and printing their ideas, waiting for them to come to life! So far, some campers have already begun printing their favorite creations, such as a cat, a pig, a penguin, and a spaceship. When campers join the 3D printing class, they not only learn the […]
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 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 […]
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 […]