![]() Common Ground’s six camps (seven if you include the junior counselors program) are mostly filled already too, but Rebecca Holcombe, director of community programs, suggests putting your name on a waiting list if you’re interested because grants are popping up to help open more spots. Over at Common Ground High School, Urban Farm and Environmental Education Center, kids will be spending much of their time outdoors, including during a Treehouse Camp based out of a “treehouse cabin” that sees kids visiting farm animals, digging in a mud kitchen, wading in a stream and building forts in the woods. There’s also a more general camp where participants take acting, short film and visual arts classes. A few openings remained last week, but there were already waiting lists for the younger grades, according to Alison Lurie, assistant camp director.Īs of last week, there was more room at the half-filled Shubert Summer Camp, where, even in summer, budding thespians may be asking each other, “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” The popular Frozen song is one of many that will fill the auditorium at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, not far from the Shubert, where middle schoolers will join professional artists and emerging student-teacher-artists in creating a play- Frozen Kids Jungle Book Kids Beauty and the Beast Jr.-depending on the student’s age and session. Fun activities and Jewish values abound here: participants practice “tikkun olam”- helping one’s local community and repairing the world - through acts of kindness. sponsored byĮvery day could feel like a field trip during the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven’s two four-week day camps on the JCC’s 54-acre campus in Woodbridge, where there’s an outdoor pool, stage, hiking trails, ropes course and more. (Those are just a few of the options for “younger” kids, with “middle” and “older” ages also well-served.) But while it may be too late to get in for this year, there’s good news from the Peabody Museum, where registration for summer camps for sixth through eighth graders in three categories-forest, ocean and ancient ecosystems, taking kids on field trips and into the museum’s world-renowned collections, despite ongoing renovations-opens May 13. No surprise there with its reputation for hands-on learning and sessions with names like Star Maps, Aquatecture and Mud Works, where campers get to make a mud house of magical forest creatures. The Eli Whitney Museum’s, for example, are nearly full. With life now on the edge of normal, interest is high in New Haven’s many summer youth programs, some of which are already close to capacity. ![]() Alexander says WPAC still has open camp spots, offering children a chance to develop their theater skills via The Wizard of Oz or to tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop or contemporary dance their way through the summer. Barbara Alexander founded the school, which began offering classes in music, theater, art and dance, in late 2021 as part of her larger nonprofit Arts in CT. Lucky for procrastinators and art lovers alike, there’s extra summer camp inventory this year courtesy of the Westville Performing Art Center. Mandatory Parent Meeting: Monday, June 5th, 6:00pm at Walter and Mark Burke Park.T emperatures are rising, days are getting longer and local parents who haven’t yet registered their children for summer camp might be feeling the heat.Registration begins March 1st for RESIDENTS & March 15th for NON-RESIDENTS.We are now providing full day for families that need the additional flexibility in time. We are now offering both morning care (7:30-9:30) and aftercare (3:30-5:30) for an additional fee. ![]() We have improved the flexibility of the program by giving you the option to register your child on a weekly basis or for the full summer. Campers are overseen by a very select group of counselors that have experience working with children in a variety of environments. Campers will be kept active and happy while they play group games, sports, do crafts, swim at the beach, and take weekly field trips to different locations around the community.
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