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Throughout the week, our civil engineers have been busy building structures such as buildings and bridges using materials like paper and cardboard to test how much weight they can hold and how strong they are. Today, campers created buildings using paper prisms they made with notecards and tested whether or not their design could withstand […]
It’s Week 7 and we are still going strong in Chatham! This morning we had our second round of Anatomy and Surgical techniques. Campers look at different items in a microscope to identify details and learned about parts of the brain by creating a brain hat. Moving over to Robotics, today the campers began their […]
As week 6 begins to unfold, the kids in Film Making are certainly hard at work! Despite having only 5 days of time to brainstorm, write, and film their video creations, the campers are happy to tackle the challenge. Beginning on Monday, the kids start to collaborate and share their own ideas in order 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. […]
Happy Theme Thursday!! And this Thursday we threw it back with the Decades Day theme! We had all sorts of campers dressed up in different decades. We had 60s, 70s, 80s, and even some 2020 quarantine inspired outfits. Our most popular outfit of choice had to be tie-dye!! During drop off in the morning, we […]
It may only be Monday but week 5 is in full swing! We have so many new classes at Chatham this week such as Middle School MBA, Youngsters: Shoe Box Theater, and last but not least Fashion Design! We are so excited to see this class in action at Chatham after hearing so many good […]
Another week, another theme Thursday! This week is Halloween! Seeing each camper come out of their cars in their costumes was so exciting. We listened to fun songs like the Monster Mash and Thriller! I may be biased but I have to say Halloween may be one of Chatham’s favorite Theme Thursdays as the staff […]
OHHHH WE’RE HALFWAY THEREEE…that’s right! Today, July 18th marks the exact halfway through the summer as it’s Wednesday on the 4th week. Crazy how fast time flies when you’re having fun! In honor of this, I think it’s only fair that we give a recap of this epic week we’ve been having! First, we have […]
Week 4 at Chatham is starting off right! We have so many fun classes this week including 2 classes that are both new to Ivy this year! 3D Art & Sculpture and Digital Art! Having new classes is one of our favorite parts of every summer as we get to see new activities in action! […]
Happy Superhero Theme Thursday! Campers spent the morning fighting crime, saving civilians, and fighting villains…or maybe just dressing up for camp and participating in epic break activities…but that’s besides the point. In the morning, we did drop off on the front lawn and played popular songs from various superhero movies and danced the morning away! […]