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Senior Camp

For Boys and Girls
Rising 3rd – 8th Grades

Campers are grouped by rising grade level

SESSIONS 

1-10 week options • June 17 – August 23, 2024

There is no Camp on Wednesday June 19th and Thursday, July 4th

HOURS

FULL DAY: 9:00am – 3:00pm 

EXTENDED DAY: 7:30am – 6:00pm 

Experiences They’ll never outgrow

The True Life Adventures start here-with a day that begins with team challenges and ends with a dance party. Where campers create masterpieces in art, play sports, swim, and learn. With leadership skills and good citizenship built into everything we do. This is no ordinary camp.

Activities

  • True Life Adventures
  • Daily Recreational Swimming
  • Electives (offered 3-4 days a week): Choose one per day, from a variety of offerings!
  • Art
  • Team Sports and Camp Games
  • Senior Quest (Teambuilding and Leadership Activities)

TYPICAL DAY

  • Drop Off
  • Morning Assembly & Oracle Challenges
  • Activity 1 – True Life Adventures
  • Activity 2 – Recreational Swimming
  • Snack
  • Activity 3 – Weekly Specials (Gaga, Archery, Martial Arts)
  • Activity 4 – Sports & Team Building
  • Lunch
  • Activity 5 – Art
  • Activity 6 – Electives

Weekly Specials

  • Archery
  • Gaga
  • Martial Arts
  • Leadership Development
  • Community Connections (Service Learning)
  • Time-Honored Traditions
  • Weekly Theme Days
  • Special Events
  • And More!

WEEKLY TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES AND ELECTIVES

Campers broaden their horizons and build life skills by participating in a different True Life Adventure (TLA) each week. Additionally, campers get to choose 1 Elective per day (3-4 days a week), picking from a variety of offerings! Each Elective is 1 hour in length per day, providing an in-depth immersion into each weekly topic.

Check out the weekly True Life Adventures and Electives below:

WEEK OF JUNE 17 

True Life Adventure:  Super Slime and Crazy Chemistry

WEEK OF JUNE 24 

True Life Adventure:  Water Rockets

WEEK OF JULY 1 

True Life Adventure: Gourmet Camper

WEEK OF JULY 8 

True Life AdventureDigital Photography

WEEK OF JULY 15 

True Life Adventure: Short Films with iMovie

WEEK OF JULY 22 

True Life Adventure: Color Splash – A Tie-Dyed TLA

WEEK OF JULY 29 

True Life Adventure: Outdoor Adventure: Rock Wall

WEEK OF AUGUST 5  

True Life AdventureDigital Music Production
Family and Friends will be invited to the final performance on Friday, August 9

WEEK OF AUGUST 12 

True Life AdventureDIY Camp Carnival

WEEK OF AUGUST 19 

True Life Adventure: Drama, Theater & Improv Games

DAILY ELECTIVES

Campers choose one Elective per day (3-4 days a week), picking from a variety of offerings! Each Elective is 1 hour in length per day, providing an in-depth immersion into each topic. The following Electives are offered throughout the summer. Elective offerings vary by week.

  • Multi-media Art: Paper, Paint, Pastels
  • Paper Art: Collage & Origami
  • Ceramics and Clay Sculptures
  • Jewelry Making: Beads, Bangles, and Lanyards
  • Mosaic Madness
  • Papier-mâché
  • Doodles & Designs
  • Friendship Bracelets
  • Scrapbooking & Decoupage
  • Cartooning
  • Comic Book Creation
  • Nature Crafts
  • Team Sports
    (Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Flag Football, Handball)
  • Recreational Sports & Games
    (Kickball, Wiffleball, Pickleball, Ultimate Frisbee, Frisbee Golf, Gaga)
  • Movement, Meditation & Mindfulness
  • Archery
  • Martial Arts
  • Acting, Drama, Improv
  • Board Games
  • Chess and Checkers
  • Rubik’s Cubes
  • Cup-Stacking with Speed Stacks

Highlights

THE SENIOR CAMP SHOWDOWN

WEEK OF JULY 15 – 19

A week-long competition, where strength, speed, critical thinking and teamwork combine! Events include an inflatable obstacle course, the Amazing Race, Trivia Face-off, Aqua Olympics and more!

ULTIMATE ESF GAMES: GREEN VS. BLUE

WEEK OF JULY 29 – AUGUST 2

A fun-filled week of team competitions! Green vs. Blue – who will be this year’s champion?

Post Camp Events

THE GREAT AMERICAN PICNIC

THURSDAY, JULY 11
3:45pm – 6:00pm

Rising 3rd & 4th Grades only

 

SURF’S UP BEACH BASH

THURSDAY, JULY 25
3:45pm – 6:00pm

Rising 5th & 6th + Grades only

 

SENIOR CAMP SLEEPOVER

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 7:00pm

Rising 7th Grade

 

ESF’s Aquatics Program

Boys & Girls, Rising PreSchool-9th Grades