2018 JCC Summer Camp Guide
The JCC of Syracuse's Joe & Lynne Romano summer day camp offers programs for infants, preschoolers, school-age children and teens. Camp runs June 25 - August 17, 2018.
The JCC of Syracuse's Joe & Lynne Romano summer day camp offers programs for infants, preschoolers, school-age children and teens. Camp runs June 25 - August 17, 2018.
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<strong>JCC</strong> <strong>Camp</strong> Romano<br />
Early Childhood <strong>Camp</strong>s<br />
Infants 6 weeks old through children entering kindergarten<br />
What you need to know...<br />
<strong>Camp</strong> runs for 8 weeks<br />
Our Early Childhood <strong>Camp</strong>s encompass the high standards Monday–Friday<br />
of our school-year Early Childhood Development Program.<br />
June 25–August 17<br />
We believe camp should be the place for making new<br />
No camp on July 4<br />
friends and having fun-filled days. Our goal is to provide a<br />
summer of developmentally appropriate, interactive, outdoor activities that are sure<br />
to create special memories for even our youngest campers.<br />
Early Childhood <strong>Camp</strong>s Main Office<br />
315.445.2040 x120<br />
Medical Exam<br />
A medical exam within<br />
one year of the start of<br />
camp is required for every<br />
new camper. Absolutely<br />
no exceptions can be<br />
allowed. <strong>Camp</strong>ers presently<br />
enrolled in our Jerome & Phyllis Charney Early<br />
Childhood Development Program (ECDP)<br />
school-year program must have an exam on file<br />
that is current (less than 1-year old) or provide<br />
an updated one. Exam documentation is<br />
required on an approved NYS Office of Children<br />
and Family Service form that will be sent to<br />
each camper after their registration has been<br />
processed.<br />
Weekly Themes<br />
/ecdpjccsyr<br />
Week 1<br />
Welcome to the Jungle ........6/25 – 6/29<br />
Week 2<br />
Stars and Stripes .......7/2 – 7/6 (not 7/4)<br />
Week 3<br />
Blast From the Past ........... 7/9 – 7/13<br />
Week 4<br />
Israeli Week ................ 7/16 – 7/20<br />
Week 5<br />
Around the World ............7/23 – 7/27<br />
Week 6<br />
Outdoor Adventure ............7/30 – 8/3<br />
Week 7<br />
Treasure Hunters .............8/6 – 8/10<br />
Week 8<br />
<strong>Camp</strong> Romano’s Got Talent! ....8/13 – 8/17<br />
General informATIon<br />
Staff<br />
Experienced early childhood professionals from<br />
our school-year program and carefully selected<br />
college students staff our camp groups. These<br />
skilled, trained counselors care about children<br />
and offer guidance, support, encouragement,<br />
enthusiasm and love.<br />
Schedule<br />
Our camp activity schedules are based<br />
on a five-day week. To accommodate<br />
varying family needs, we allow campers to<br />
choose to join us for fewer days in a week<br />
on Tuesday and Thursday or Monday,<br />
Wednesday and Friday. <strong>Camp</strong>ers that<br />
choose these lesser time options will get<br />
to experience a wide variety, but not all, of<br />
the activities summer camp offers. Tenokia<br />
have the extended full-day option only.<br />
Important pick-up information for<br />
9 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. campers: If you also have<br />
children attending the <strong>JCC</strong>’s School-Age <strong>Camp</strong>,<br />
please come pick up your ECDP camper first by<br />
3:45 p.m.<br />
Groups<br />
Children are placed according to chronological<br />
age so that we can offer a developmentally<br />
appropriate and safe program. Absolutely<br />
no exceptions can be allowed. All programs<br />
(except off-site field trips for Gesher and<br />
Yeladim campers) are held at the <strong>JCC</strong>. Each<br />
group has their own individual, air-conditioned,<br />
brightly lit and developmentally equipped room<br />
to utilize as their special indoor home base.<br />
Following our licensing policies, our five unique<br />
Early Childhood <strong>Camp</strong>s are:<br />
• Tenokia (meaning nursery) for campers<br />
who will be 6-weeks old after 6/25/18.<br />
• K’Ton Ton (meaning little ones) for toddlers<br />
18-months old by 6/25/18.<br />
• Chaverim (meaning friends) for campers<br />
who will be 3-years old by 6/25/18.<br />
• Yeladim (meaning children) for campers<br />
who will be 4-years old by 6/25/18.<br />
• Gesher (meaning bridge) for campers who<br />
will be entering kindergarten in the fall.<br />
Activities<br />
Throughout the summer there are cookouts,<br />
picnics, ice cream socials and other special<br />
activities planned for your child. <strong>Camp</strong> groups<br />
regularly have a friendship circle and each age<br />
level joins to celebrate Shabbat on Fridays. All<br />
children attending the Early Childhood <strong>Camp</strong>s<br />
K’Ton Ton, Chaverim, Yeladim and Gesher have<br />
an opportunity to participate in daily activities,<br />
which include:<br />
• Art<br />
• Sensory experiences<br />
• Music and movement<br />
• Outdoor active play<br />
In addition, <strong>Camp</strong>s K’Ton Ton, Chaverim and<br />
Yeladim take time out each afternoon for nap<br />
time. <strong>Camp</strong>s K’Ton Ton, Chaverim, Yeladim and<br />
Gesher have daily Red Cross swim lessons<br />
each morning. <strong>Camp</strong> Gesher also has daily free<br />
swim in the afternoons.<br />
20 <strong>JCC</strong> of Syracuse | <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Camp</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>
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