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Senior Camp

For Boys and Girls
Rising 3rd – 8th 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 5th

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 20th

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 26th

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 24th    

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