Senior Camp

For Boys and Girls
Rising 3^rd – 8^th Grades

Campers are grouped by rising grade level

Sessions & Hours

3-9 week options • June 5 – August 4, 2023

FULL DAY: 9:00am – 3:00pm

EXTENDED DAY: 8:00am – 5:30pm

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 Adventure
Daily Instructional Swimming (Grades 3rd & 4th)
Daily Recreational Swimming (Grades 5th- 8th)
Art
Electives: Choose 1 per week from a variety of offerings!
Team Sports and Camp Games
Senior Quest (Teambuilding and Leadership Activities)

Weekly Specials

Gaga
Archery
Tennis
Leadership Development
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 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 5^th

True Life Adventure: Innovation Factory – STEM: Engineering & Design
Curriculum design in exclusive partnership with The Franklin Institute

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Multi-media Art: Paper, Paint, Pastels
Strategy Games: Chess, Checkers, and Rubik’s Cubes
Wilderness Survival & Trail Ethics
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JUNE 12th

True Life Adventure: Digital Photography

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Jewelry Making: Beads, Bangles, and Lanyards
Ultimate Frisbee® and Frisbee® Golf
Drama, Theater & Improv Games
Garden and Nature Club
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JULY 20^th

True Life Adventure: Water Rockets

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Papier-mâché
Movement, Meditation & Mindfulness
Digital Photography
Cup-Stacking with Speed Stacks
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

*No Camp on Monday, June 19th

WEEK OF JULY 26^th

True Life Adventure: Gourmet Camper

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Duct Taped Designs and Decoupage
Garden and Nature Club
Drama, Theater & Improv Games
Ultimate Frisbee® and Frisbee® Golf
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JULY 3rd

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

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Ceramics & Clay Sculptures
Wilderness Survival & Trail Ethics
Strategy Games: Chess, Checkers, and Rubik’s Cubes
Digital Photography
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

No Camp on Tuesday, July 4th

WEEK OF JULY 10th

True Life Adventure: Shorts Films with iMovie

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Cartooning
Cup-Stacking with Speed Stacks
Movement, Meditation & Mindfulness
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JULY 17th

True Life Adventure: Science Wizards
Curriculum design in exclusive partnership with The Franklin Institute

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Doodles & Designs
Wilderness Survival & Trail Ethics
Ultimate Frisbee® and Frisbee® Golf
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JULY 24^th

True Life Adventure: Super Slime & Crazy Chemistry

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Paper Art: Collage & Origami
Garden and Nature Club
Cup-Stacking with Speed Stacks
Drama, Theater & Improv Games
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

WEEK OF JULY 31st

True Life Adventure: Super Hero & Comic Book Creation

Electives: (Campers pick 1 per week)

Mosaic Madness
Movement, Meditation & Mindfulness
Digital Photography
Strategy Games: Chess, Checkers, and Rubik’s Cubes
Team Sports & Gaga
Archery
Tennis

*Weekly Electives are subject to change.

Highlights

The Senior Camp Showdown

Week of July 10-14

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 24-28

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

After Camp Events

The Great American Picnic

Thursday, June 22
3:30pm – 5:30pm

Rising 3rd – 5th Grades only

Fiesta

Thursday, July 13
3:30pm – 5:30pm

Rising 6th + Grades only

Luau & Pool Party

Wednesday, July 26
3:30pm – 7:00pm

Rising 7th & 8th Grades only

ESF’s Aquatics Program

Boys & Girls, Rising PreSchool-9th Grades

Explore other offerings

RISING GRADES
K, 1, 2

RISING GRADES
1-9

RISING GRADES
K-9