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CAMP<br />
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What is “Social Fit” and why<br />
is it so important at camp?<br />
When campers arrive for their first<br />
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they usually receive is the name of<br />
the cabin group to which they have been<br />
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grouping, where birthdays represent the<br />
key piece of information, is very similar to<br />
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have common interests, have similar<br />
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Submitted by Camp Kodiak, 4069 Pheasant<br />
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Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts combines performing arts with the fun of camp life<br />
One, three, and<br />
six-week overnight<br />
camp options for<br />
ages 7-18<br />
The renowned Harand<br />
Camp of the Theatre Arts,<br />
located on the campus of<br />
Carthage College in Kenosha,<br />
presents its 66th summer<br />
of theater, fun and<br />
friendship in 2020. To<br />
register, or for more information,<br />
contact (847) 864-<br />
1500, harandcamp@gmail.<br />
com or visit www.harandcamp.com.<br />
Established in 1955, Harand<br />
Camp was one of the<br />
first residential camps to<br />
combine musical theater<br />
with the fun of traditional<br />
camp life. Located on the<br />
beautiful campus of Carthage<br />
College in Kenosha,<br />
Harand offers performing<br />
arts training for campers<br />
ages 7 to 18, plus sports,<br />
activities, and camp fun in<br />
a supportive, family environment.<br />
Sessions run one,<br />
three, or six weeks and<br />
culminate with large-scale<br />
performances in a 400-seat,<br />
state-of-the-art theater.<br />
In preparation for shows,<br />
campers take daily classes<br />
in singing, dancing, and acting<br />
with occasional evening<br />
rehearsals. Harand Camp<br />
adheres to a non-competitive<br />
philosophy where “no<br />
man is an island” and everyone<br />
is a star. It is the goal<br />
for everyone to develop performance<br />
skills while also<br />
building self-confidence.<br />
Harand is a second home to<br />
thousands of alums worldwide<br />
who have built lifelong<br />
friendships and cherished<br />
memories.<br />
During the first threeweek<br />
session (June 21 –<br />
July 12) campers perform<br />
in a major musical revue<br />
featuring the entire camp.<br />
Each group stars in two sections<br />
of non-stop singing<br />
and dancing wearing amazing<br />
costumes. During the<br />
second three-week session<br />
(July 13 – August 2) each<br />
age group prepares a fulllength<br />
musical with every<br />
camper performing a lead<br />
role and in the ensemble –<br />
ensuring everyone has the<br />
chance to shine.<br />
Campers may also attend<br />
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21 – 27) exclusive to new<br />
campers, ages 7-12. This<br />
option is perfect for children<br />
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In addition to the theatre<br />
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Every evening features an<br />
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nights, events, all-camp<br />
games, concerts and trips<br />
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Campers also enjoy the<br />
comfort of modern facilities,<br />
residing in dorms overlooking<br />
Lake Michigan.<br />
Delicious meals are served<br />
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a dance and fitness center,<br />
on-campus security, a nurse,<br />
low camper/staff ratio, and<br />
ACA Accreditation (Program<br />
Excellence Award).<br />
Harand Camp strives to<br />
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and offers a variety of discounts,<br />
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through the Harand Camp<br />
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For more information<br />
contact (847) 864-1500,<br />
harandcamp@gmail.com<br />
or visit www.harandcamp.<br />
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Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL,<br />
60201, (847) 864-1500<br />
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Feel the performer’s spirit at Music Theater Works<br />
On five Mondays this<br />
summer, a group of young<br />
people will gather, and<br />
they will share a single<br />
thought: “Five days to<br />
showtime.”<br />
At the Music Theater<br />
Works Summer Workshops,<br />
performers ages 8<br />
to 13 gather for a week of<br />
rehearsals, singing, dancing<br />
and acting in preparation<br />
for a musical performance<br />
on Saturday for<br />
their friends and family.<br />
Each week is a separate<br />
session, and this year the<br />
shows include The Wizard<br />
of Oz (July 6-11), Seussical<br />
(July 13-18), Legally<br />
Blonde (July 20-25), Guys<br />
and Dolls (July 27- Aug. 1)<br />
and Cinderella (Aug. 3-8).<br />
Putting together a show<br />
in five days makes for an<br />
exciting week, as all are<br />
assigned parts, learn their<br />
songs and practice their<br />
dances until everything is<br />
ready for the big show. It’s<br />
a lot of work, but that has<br />
never seemed to bother the<br />
workshop participants —<br />
they’re having too much<br />
fun.<br />
For many kids, the<br />
workshops give them their<br />
first taste of performing<br />
in musical theater. Many<br />
have gone in as absolute<br />
beginners and emerged as<br />
enthusiastic performers,<br />
eager for their next challenge.<br />
After last year’s workshops,<br />
one mother wrote<br />
to us that her daughter<br />
“was completely taken by<br />
her experiences in camp<br />
last summer. It unlocked a<br />
beautiful part of her and it<br />
has allowed her to blossom<br />
like nothing else she’s ever<br />
experienced. Truly lifechanging.”<br />
Workshop manager<br />
Anya Plotkin is a big fan<br />
of the workshops’ “tagteam”<br />
casting style, in<br />
which everyone is guaranteed<br />
a part.<br />
“Of course, we all want<br />
to be the star of the show.<br />
In our program, each and<br />
every student has an equal<br />
solo. All our kids get their<br />
chance to shine, regardless<br />
of prior experience,”<br />
Plotkin said. “When we do<br />
‘Annie,’ we may have seven<br />
Annies and four Daddy<br />
Warbucks and six Miss<br />
Hannigans. The kids learn<br />
that being part of a team is<br />
a vital element to a great<br />
performance.”<br />
But Plotkin is convinced<br />
the most important part of<br />
the program is how it fosters<br />
self-confidence in the<br />
young performers.<br />
“The rehearsal room is a<br />
safe place for all our kids<br />
to explore who they are,<br />
without fear of censure or<br />
discouragement,” Plotkin<br />
said. “As they grow as<br />
performers, they also grow<br />
as people. They step into<br />
someone else’s shoes, they<br />
make new best friends,<br />
they learn things they never<br />
thought possible before,<br />
we open them up to new<br />
experiences and new ways<br />
of thinking.”<br />
“We help our students<br />
every day, through a love<br />
of music, dance, acting,<br />
and each other,” Plotkin<br />
added.<br />
For more information,<br />
call Music Theater Works<br />
at (847) 920-5360. Workshop<br />
classes are held at<br />
516 4th St. in Wilmette.<br />
Each workshop is Monday<br />
through Friday from<br />
9 a.m. to 3:30 pm, with<br />
a final dress rehearsal on<br />
Saturday at 2 p.m. and a<br />
public performance at 4<br />
p.m. Registration can be<br />
made online at MusicTheaterWorks.com.<br />
Submitted by Music Theater<br />
Works, 516 Fourth St., Wilmette,<br />
(847) 920-5360.<br />
All ages, all abilities.<br />
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Learn to code this summer at Codeverse Summer Camps<br />
From creating video<br />
games and 3D models, to<br />
building and navigating<br />
robots around a futuristic<br />
lab, Codeverse summer<br />
camp located in Wilmette<br />
is an out-of-this-world<br />
experience for kids ages<br />
6-13.<br />
This summer, launch<br />
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Codeverse’s week-long<br />
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Spend a week exploring<br />
their interactive studio,<br />
creating multi-level video<br />
games, building real robots,<br />
designing 3D printed<br />
projects, learning to code<br />
and more. The Codeverse<br />
summer camp program is<br />
designed for first through<br />
eighth graders and is<br />
packed with hands-on<br />
STEM activities and challenges<br />
for beginner and<br />
pro coders alike.<br />
An interactive camp<br />
experience<br />
The Codeverse studio is<br />
a futuristic, digital wonderland.<br />
Every aspect —<br />
from the furniture to the<br />
hardware — is designed<br />
to encourage play, inspire<br />
creativity, pique curiosity<br />
and promote collaboration.<br />
Each day of camp is assigned<br />
a theme (game development,<br />
robotics, 3D<br />
printing, circuitry, etc.)<br />
and is comprised of exciting<br />
and educational adventures,<br />
including:<br />
• Program concert-hall<br />
lights and speakers, robot<br />
arms, and TVs using<br />
real code. Bring the studio<br />
to life.<br />
• Build your own robot<br />
and compete in highspeed<br />
robot races on obstacle<br />
courses designed<br />
by campers.<br />
• Create jaw-dropping<br />
3D printed designs with<br />
CraftBot.<br />
• Design multi-level<br />
video games. Play and<br />
share with friends and<br />
family.<br />
Throughout the week,<br />
campers embark on explorations<br />
(field trips) to nearby<br />
businesses. Past explorations<br />
include the Apple<br />
store, Children’s Museum<br />
and Whole Foods.<br />
To cap it off, campers<br />
show off their coding<br />
creations to family and<br />
friends during Demo Day,<br />
a celebration that is held<br />
every Friday afternoon<br />
during camp.<br />
Award-winning curriculum<br />
At Codeverse, campers<br />
build games and apps, as<br />
well as program dozens<br />
of gadgets featured within<br />
the Codeverse studio, using<br />
KidScript. KidScript<br />
is a real programming<br />
language that draws inspiration<br />
from (and acts as a<br />
gateway to) other languages,<br />
including JavaScript,<br />
Ruby, Python, C++, and<br />
Visual Basic. It includes<br />
all the key concepts of<br />
programming and enables<br />
untethered creativity for<br />
each kid that attends camp.<br />
Summer Camp Schedule<br />
Weekly summer camps<br />
run Monday through Friday<br />
from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
(with late pick-up available).<br />
Lunches, beverages,<br />
and afternoon snacks are<br />
included in the camp, with<br />
flexibility in dietary restrictions.<br />
The camp is located<br />
at 517 Green Bay Road,<br />
Wilmette. Call or Text for<br />
more information at (844)<br />
644-2633.<br />
Early Bird Pricing<br />
Right now, Codeverse<br />
is offering $200 off 2020<br />
Summer Camps until<br />
3/31/20. To reserve your<br />
child’s spot, visit codeverse.com/camps/<br />
and use<br />
code EARLYBIRD-200.<br />
Submitted by Codeverse, 517<br />
Green Bay Road, Wilmette,<br />
(844) 644-2633.<br />
Chinese Full-immersion Summer Camp<br />
•Camps run 6/15-8/21, 9:00-3:00<br />
•Before and after care available<br />
•No minimum week sign up requirement<br />
•We accept children between 3.5 and 16 years old<br />
•Lunch is included in the summer camp tuition<br />
(325-dollar per week)<br />
•A 25-dollar discount per week for a signup<br />
before March 15<br />
•A 1:6 teacher-to-child ratio or less<br />
3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette, IL 60091<br />
847-380-0018<br />
info@chicagochinesecenter.com<br />
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SNAP’s maintaining structure in a free environment<br />
Studio North Academy of<br />
the Performing Arts is a community<br />
like no other. With<br />
both musicians and dancers<br />
communing and supporting<br />
each other, the studio is a<br />
thriving center for the arts.<br />
Thousands of students have<br />
passed through the doors of<br />
SNAP. Owner Pamela Sue<br />
Fox makes it a priority to<br />
know each child and family,<br />
establishing a lasting relationship<br />
for years to come. The<br />
studio, established in 2011,<br />
evolved from Ms. Fox after<br />
teaching dance and voice in<br />
Wilmette for over 11 years.<br />
Currently in her 20th year of<br />
instructing in the community,<br />
SNAP pupils have gone on to<br />
study the arts in exceptional<br />
programs, such as Eastman<br />
School of Music, Berkelee<br />
College of Music, Cornish<br />
College of the Arts, and Ohio<br />
State University, Joffrey Ballet<br />
SI, Interlochen, and North<br />
Carolina School for The Arts,<br />
to name a few.<br />
The dance and voice programs<br />
at SNAP are carefully<br />
graded, presenting a strong<br />
progression of building blocks<br />
for success and an absence<br />
of injury. From the tiniest<br />
dancers at age 2, to the most<br />
advanced teenaged students,<br />
dancers study with careful<br />
instruction and age-appropriate<br />
progressions, music and<br />
costuming. SNAP offers an<br />
Academy Track for more serious<br />
students, in which ballet<br />
is required, to help build<br />
technique, strength and stamina.<br />
There is a recreational<br />
track for students who wish<br />
to dance for fun, yet the levels<br />
consist of the same careful<br />
and focused instruction. Adult<br />
classes are plentiful and recreational<br />
in nature, but have<br />
dedicated students who have<br />
studied for years together.<br />
Performance opportunities<br />
are abound at SNAP. Recreational<br />
students can opt to<br />
participate in the annual Nutcracker<br />
production and the<br />
opening number of the recitals.<br />
Students can also choose<br />
to audition for the three dance<br />
companies – the Snappies<br />
mini dance company, the Apprentice<br />
dance company, and<br />
the competitive SNAP Company,<br />
which perform all over<br />
the region, including at festivals,<br />
retirement homes, dance<br />
competitions, theme parks,<br />
and more! Summer programs<br />
end with an in-studio performance<br />
each week.<br />
SNAP faculty is handpicked<br />
for their teaching ability.<br />
Each of SNAP’s instructors<br />
forms a bond with their<br />
students, encouraging them to<br />
be their best and work to their<br />
fullest potential. The staff is<br />
dedicated to teaching to the<br />
presented syllabus and regular<br />
evaluations are presented<br />
to Academy students to help<br />
them grow and improve.<br />
The long-term benefits of<br />
a serious arts education are<br />
incomparable. Students who<br />
study the Performing arts create<br />
habits of perseverance,<br />
dedication, problem-solving,<br />
teamwork, regular practice,<br />
patience and so much more.<br />
Call to learn what SNAP can<br />
offer your family, your child<br />
and their future.<br />
Submitted by SNAP - Studio<br />
North Academy of the Performing<br />
Arts, LLC, 414 Linden Ave.,<br />
Wilmette, (847) 251-7627<br />
ayso<br />
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created many valuable pro-grams and concepts.<br />
Most notably, AYSO revolutionized<br />
youth sports with its Everyone Plays and<br />
Balanced Teams philosophies.<br />
In AYSO, each child who registers is<br />
guaranteed to play at least half of every<br />
game. AYSO recognizes that games<br />
are more fun when the teams are evenly<br />
matched, so teams are balanced teams<br />
based on each player’s skill level and the<br />
overall ability of the team.<br />
AYSO 425 teams up with international<br />
and American professional soccer trainers<br />
to provide top notch soccer instruction for<br />
AYSO’s players and expand the pro-grams<br />
that AYSO 425 offers. Throughout the year<br />
AYSO 425 provides professional trainers<br />
with fall and spring training programs for<br />
all ages, team coaching, coaches clinics and<br />
after-school clinics.<br />
AYSO’s camps for 2020 will run between<br />
July 13-18 and Aug. 17-21.<br />
If you are interested in learning more<br />
about AYSO 425 and registering your child<br />
for soccer, visit www.playsoccer.org.<br />
Submitted by AYSO 425, P.O. Box 565, Winnetka,<br />
(800) 872-2976<br />
Summer<br />
2020<br />
JOIN IN THE FUN OF CREATIVITY!<br />
8 weekly sessions - $205/week<br />
from June 22 – August 14<br />
Morning Art Discovery Camp<br />
9:00-11:30am ages 5-7<br />
Afternoon Adventure Camp<br />
1:00-3:30pm ages 8-11<br />
Register for one, two or all 8 weeks. New projects each week—no repeats!<br />
Sign up online at Northshoreartleague.org<br />
For children<br />
ages 5-11<br />
For more information: northshoreartleague.org or call 847-446-2870
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DOES YOUR KID LOVE TO BUILD, INVENT, OR TINKER?<br />
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The Ultimate Adventure technology day camp is beloved<br />
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In one week, your child will apply their learning to construct<br />
robots using Lego EV3, model and print structures in 3D,<br />
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Tournament Tennis Camp 11-15 9:00am-12:00pm North Shore RC Weekly Sign up M-F<br />
High School Tennis Drills 13-18 1:00-3:30pm New Trier/Northfield Package/Per time M-F<br />
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North Shore RC<br />
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North Shore Racquet Club 2860 Old Willow Rd.,Northbrook<br />
New Trier High School/ Northfield 7 Happ Road, Northfield<br />
REGISTER NOW!<br />
SUMMER<br />
DANCE<br />
CAMPS<br />
North Shore School of Dance<br />
505 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park<br />
Visit www.northshoredance.com for<br />
more information & registration!
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North Shore Art League offers Art Camps<br />
Each summer, scores<br />
of children flock to the<br />
North Shore Art League’s<br />
art camps. The camp team<br />
includes experienced art<br />
teachers who are excited<br />
for the chance to provide<br />
more in-depth projects and<br />
lessons to the campers.<br />
For eight weeks, the<br />
League becomes a destination<br />
for students to delve<br />
into their creativity. The<br />
League is a 96-year<br />
old community of artists,<br />
working and learning together.<br />
We pride ourselves<br />
on our professional staff,<br />
imaginative instruction<br />
and personal learning<br />
experiences. The <strong>NS</strong>AL<br />
provides a nurturing environment<br />
for the campers.<br />
Our art curriculum<br />
bridges many disciplines.<br />
Research shows that participation<br />
in the arts at a<br />
young age helps children<br />
in all areas of learning.<br />
We make the summer<br />
easy for you. The camp<br />
will run for eight weeks,<br />
with campers able to register<br />
for one week, two<br />
weeks or all weeks, depending<br />
upon their schedule.<br />
Morning camp is designed<br />
for the 5- 8 year<br />
olds… with projects including<br />
painting, drawing,<br />
clay, mixed media, miniature<br />
worlds, watercolor<br />
and more… no two weeks<br />
are the same, projects will<br />
not repeat! Children 9-11<br />
years old are welcomed<br />
to the afternoon camp<br />
sessions where more advanced<br />
materials and projects<br />
will be explored.<br />
Arts activities are<br />
unique– they bring people<br />
together. Their benefits<br />
help the participant<br />
not only learn new skills,<br />
but also practice many<br />
STEAM-based aspects<br />
such as problem solving,<br />
coordination and social interaction.<br />
The North Shore Art<br />
League is located on the<br />
second floor of the Winnetka<br />
Community House<br />
at 620 Lincoln Avenue<br />
in Winnetka. This year’s<br />
camps begin on Monday,<br />
June 22nd and will run<br />
through the week of August<br />
10th. For more information<br />
or to register<br />
for the camp, please visitwww.northshoreartleague.<br />
org.<br />
Submitted by North Shore Art<br />
League, 620 Lincoln Ave.,<br />
Winnetka, (847) 466-2870<br />
id tech<br />
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models, and kick-start a<br />
portfolio.<br />
While most programs are<br />
weeklong (with optional<br />
overnight stays at many locations),<br />
teens can enroll in<br />
two-week, pre-collegiate<br />
Academies for an extra immersive<br />
experience.<br />
Programs include:<br />
iD Tech Camps: Our flagship<br />
camp offers courses<br />
for every interest in a wellbalanced,<br />
fun environment.<br />
Alexa Café: Our all-girls<br />
program features a unique<br />
mix of tech and social impact<br />
in a stylish, empowering<br />
setting.<br />
iD Coding and AI Academy:<br />
Teens get immersed in<br />
a startup environment in this<br />
intensive, pre-collegiate dev<br />
shop experience.<br />
iD Game Dev Academy:<br />
Teens kick-start dream careers<br />
with an intensive, precollegiate<br />
game industry<br />
experience.<br />
AcademyNEXT: In this<br />
machine learning and AI<br />
bootcamp, our most experienced<br />
students solve realworld<br />
challenges and network<br />
with top recruiters.<br />
Online Private Lessons:<br />
Kids and teens can prep for<br />
a summer course, continue<br />
learning afterwards, or dive<br />
into a new topic anytime.<br />
Join us and see firsthand<br />
why over 450,000 camp<br />
alumni are raving about our<br />
programs. Visit iDTech.<br />
com for more information,<br />
or call our Camp Specialists<br />
at 1- 888-709-8324 for<br />
a personalized course recommendation.<br />
Submitted by iDTech, 910 E<br />
Hamilton Ave., Campbell, CA,<br />
(888) 709-8324
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Looking for Chinese Language Immersion Program? Look no further<br />
Creating Chinese<br />
language<br />
immersion<br />
environment<br />
Chicago North Shore<br />
Chinese Center was founded<br />
in 2017. We are located<br />
in Wilmette. From our<br />
Chinese immersion summer<br />
camp to our Chinese<br />
immersion after-school<br />
program, we have just the<br />
language immersion program<br />
to fit your needs. Our<br />
past summer camp programs<br />
are really a big success.<br />
Parents came to us by<br />
word of mouth.<br />
The center aims to create<br />
lifelong language learners<br />
through encouraging the<br />
development of exceptional<br />
Chinese language<br />
skills early in life. To this<br />
end, the center offers a rigorous<br />
10- week language<br />
immersion experience for<br />
students between ages of<br />
3.5 and 16 years old.<br />
Speaking in Chinese<br />
while engaging in meaningful<br />
cultural exploration<br />
projects, students<br />
make unrivaled strides in<br />
language acquisition in<br />
only 10 weeks. Through<br />
the learning experience,<br />
students become linguistically<br />
proficient and culturally<br />
versed, gaining the<br />
language skills and global<br />
awareness to succeed in<br />
school and beyond. We<br />
will group children based<br />
on their language level and<br />
give them different assignments.<br />
The key difference between<br />
our organization<br />
and others is that we advocate<br />
the full language<br />
immersion concept. Our<br />
teachers are experienced<br />
and authentic Chinese<br />
native speakers. We create<br />
an authentic Chinese<br />
speaking classroom. We<br />
also request our students<br />
to communicate with our<br />
teachers and between them<br />
in Chinese. Our immersion<br />
program focuses on<br />
improving learners’ writing<br />
skills, reading skills,<br />
conversation skills and<br />
listening skills of Chinese,<br />
expanding their Chinese<br />
vocabularies, and providing<br />
them in-depth exposure<br />
of Chinese culture.<br />
Our Chinese language<br />
immersion camp is a<br />
place for both fun and<br />
knowledge where we advocate<br />
learning through<br />
play and by doing. We<br />
have five themes: Exploring<br />
Nature, Rising Stars,<br />
Time to Shine, Chinese<br />
Brush Painting and Little<br />
Chef. Each theme runs<br />
two weeks. In the past<br />
two years’ summer camp,<br />
students learned and improved<br />
their Chinese<br />
through singing, dancing,<br />
performing, writing, reading,<br />
cooking and brush<br />
painting. Students choose<br />
their favorite weeks to<br />
sign up. One-week sign up<br />
is permitted.<br />
Our immersion summer<br />
camp possesses the<br />
following characteristics:<br />
• Camps run June 15 -<br />
Aug. 21, 9:00 a.m.- 3:00<br />
p.m.<br />
• Extension camp: Aug.<br />
24 and Aug. 25<br />
• Before and aftercare<br />
available<br />
• No minimum week<br />
sign-up requirement,<br />
can sign up for one day<br />
or one week<br />
• Lunch is included in the<br />
summer camp tuition<br />
($325 per week)<br />
• A $25 discount per week<br />
is available for a sign-up<br />
before Mar. 15<br />
• Your cost with us is tax<br />
deductible<br />
• A 1:6 teacher-to-child<br />
ratio or less, with the<br />
most experienced Chinese<br />
teachers imaginable<br />
• We accept children between<br />
3.5 and 16 years<br />
old<br />
• Students will be grouped<br />
based on their proficiency<br />
levels and given different<br />
assignments<br />
For more information,<br />
contact us at info@chicagochinesecenter.com,<br />
or<br />
visit us at https://www.chicagochinesecenter.com.<br />
Submitted by Chicago North<br />
Shore Chinese Center, 3220<br />
Big Tree Lane, Wilmette,<br />
(847) 380-0018<br />
June 8-July 10 and July 27-July 31 Ages 7 and up
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Phones down. Tools out.<br />
The summer camp that<br />
unlocks creativity and<br />
sparks wonder is here<br />
When we first began running<br />
summer camps at BitSpace, Chicagoland’s<br />
premier youth-only<br />
makerspaces located in<br />
Wilmette and Lincoln Square<br />
five years ago, our goal was to<br />
inspire kids to be producers, not<br />
just consumers of technology.<br />
As parents started coming back<br />
to us and relaying stories of children<br />
who were forgoing screen<br />
time to continue building rocket<br />
ships, robots, and forts in their<br />
living rooms, and we watched<br />
kids not want to leave our camps<br />
at the end of the day, we knew<br />
we were on to something.<br />
Then came the local area<br />
schools who noted the depth and<br />
breadth of technologies in our<br />
makerspaces - and the expertise<br />
of our world-class guides - and<br />
wanted to bring students in for<br />
field trips.<br />
As the maker ed movement<br />
began to take root in Chicagoarea<br />
schools, teachers asked us<br />
to help train them on the tools<br />
and apply the maker mindset<br />
to help them achieve classroom<br />
goals. 6,000 students and 100+<br />
schools later, we remain obsessed<br />
with unlocking creativity<br />
and sparking wonder and awe<br />
in students. We do that by providing<br />
immersive experiences<br />
directly to young people in the<br />
Chicago area based on the absolute<br />
best practices that we’ve<br />
honed over time in the form of<br />
summer camps, day-off camps,<br />
and enrichment programs.<br />
And, we support teachers<br />
in their quest to revolutionize<br />
education and integrate maker<br />
ed into their school days by facilitating<br />
field trips, providing<br />
professional development, offering<br />
enrichment programs at<br />
schools, and helping schools to<br />
design and build their own makerspaces.<br />
Having seen the heights that<br />
children go to when they are<br />
given the opportunity (and just<br />
enough support) to lead the way<br />
with no agenda at the table aside<br />
from creation for the joy of it,<br />
this year we have decided to<br />
double down on what we know<br />
works and level up the camp experience.<br />
Our week-long immersion experiences<br />
into design-thinking,<br />
collaboration, and making spark<br />
curiosity in our campers and help<br />
them flex their creative muscles<br />
like never before. This year, our<br />
campers are supported by an unprecedented<br />
camper- to-guide<br />
ratio of 5:1. In small groups, they<br />
go through the process of dreaming<br />
up ideas, moving through the<br />
kind of planning stages that architects,<br />
engineers and designers<br />
go through and then they engage<br />
in authentic design experiences<br />
using virtual reality, 3D printing,<br />
laser cutting, and so much more.<br />
By the end of the week our<br />
campers have turned their vision<br />
into a tangible product.<br />
And without even realizing it,<br />
they will have developed critical<br />
thinking and time-management<br />
skills, have learned a ton of new<br />
technology, and explored inquiry-<br />
based design thinking on a<br />
level that will set them up for a<br />
future they’ll be ready for.<br />
Submitted by Bit Space, 1131<br />
Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette, (224)<br />
408-8133
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Camp Birchwood’s Countdown to Confidence<br />
Camp values that<br />
make a difference<br />
No. 10. Girls make their own<br />
decisions<br />
Camp engages girls in their own<br />
decision-making process. Yes,<br />
without mom or dad there, it’s up<br />
to them to make their schedule and<br />
live out their every day. Sometimes<br />
they make mistakes. But<br />
those gentle set-backs show them<br />
they can persevere and face more<br />
challenges in their future.<br />
No. 9. Girls do cool stuff<br />
Studies indicate that girls tend<br />
to base their self-worth on their<br />
relationships rather than “hard<br />
skills” or actual accomplishments.<br />
At Birchwood, girls get<br />
off the roller coaster of “what<br />
others think” and start doing.<br />
What they gain is a kind of<br />
“know how” no one can ever<br />
take away.<br />
No. 8. Girls gain those indispensable<br />
“soft skills”<br />
Unlike hard skills that are<br />
based on the ability to perform<br />
a task, soft skills relate to how<br />
well you conduct yourself within<br />
a group. At Birchwood, girls develop<br />
crucial soft skills living in<br />
a cabin of 10-12 their peers. In<br />
doing so, they learn to share, use<br />
good manners, listen well, speak<br />
with respect, tolerate differences,<br />
and come together as a team<br />
to accomplish goals.<br />
No. 7. An all-female setting is<br />
all-special<br />
Our all-female setting minimizes<br />
distractions and invites<br />
girls to communicate openly and<br />
authentically. There’s no competition<br />
about appearance, or<br />
status, or popularity. Girls can<br />
let go of “who they think they<br />
should be to impress others”<br />
and focus instead - on who they<br />
truly are - unique, valuable, and<br />
worthwhile individuals capable<br />
of greatness.<br />
No. 6. At Birchwood, girls<br />
stop, look, listen, and reflect<br />
At Birchwood, our counselors<br />
incorporate intentional learning<br />
moments into every day. Girls<br />
are asked to reflect on their efforts<br />
(big or small) so they can<br />
appreciate their own progress<br />
(rather than compare it to others).<br />
Crystallizing their growth<br />
turns the simplest moment into<br />
an epic confidence booster.<br />
No. 5. Social media takes a<br />
back seat to soulful socializing<br />
At Birchwood, all the gadgets<br />
are put away. Girls focus on what<br />
is happening in the moment.<br />
Life is not measured by selfies.<br />
It is measured by shared laughs,<br />
outdoor adventures, meaningful<br />
conversations, challenges<br />
overcome, and real connections<br />
made with friends in real time.<br />
No. 4. Time in the outdoors<br />
is the best time of all<br />
At Birchwood, girls depart the<br />
blitz and chaos of modern life<br />
and enter a space where they can<br />
breathe fresh air, dive into cool<br />
waters, and sit with the earth.<br />
A calm simplicity weaves itself<br />
into their everyday experience.<br />
Stresses dissipate. Their world<br />
becomes smaller. More manageable.<br />
Better. Happier. Healthier.<br />
No. 3. Real role models who<br />
make a real difference<br />
Sometimes it takes someone<br />
who isn’t your adoring parent to<br />
motivate and inspire you as you<br />
grow up.<br />
At Birchwood, girls are surrounded<br />
by female role models<br />
worthy of emulation. These college-age<br />
ladies empower girls to<br />
celebrate their individuality, take<br />
on brand new challenges, express<br />
their opinions with respect, and<br />
appreciate uniqueness in others.<br />
No. 2. Friends really are<br />
friends forever<br />
As girls share their most joyful,<br />
honest self with one another,<br />
a binding connection is made.<br />
At Birchwood girls learn what<br />
it feels like to live kindly and<br />
respectfully with one another.<br />
From start to finish, they are encouraged<br />
to care for their own<br />
self, and for others. The kindred<br />
connection that is built within<br />
this setting lasts a lifetime.<br />
No. 1. Resilience and<br />
strength is learned<br />
Whether sailing, camping,<br />
shooting an arrow, or making<br />
art, every day at Birchwood girls<br />
are active, soulful participants<br />
in their own lives. The live big.<br />
They learn hands-on. And they<br />
stand taller and prouder – and<br />
stronger - when they go home<br />
because of it.<br />
Submitted by Camp Birchwood,<br />
6983 N. Steamboat Lake Drive NW,<br />
Laporte, MN, (800) 451-5270<br />
Hang with us<br />
this summer!<br />
MMA<br />
MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY<br />
Located in Mexico, Missouri<br />
888-564-6662<br />
missourimilitaryacademy.org/summer<br />
Summer campsfor ages8-18.<br />
Build confidence, learn to leadand have fun.<br />
Paintball, rappelling and more!<br />
Confidence, leadership and academic camps for boys.<br />
Newin2020!Sports camp (boys)<br />
andband/choir camp(co-ed).<br />
“Everett can’t stop talking about<br />
howmuchheloved MMA! Thank you<br />
for whatyou do and helping my son<br />
develop into aleader and adisciplined<br />
young man. I’m sure it won’tbethe<br />
lastyou see of us!”—Jennifer L.
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Irina Makkai Classical Ballet and Dance School offers professional training<br />
The Irina Makkai Classical<br />
Ballet and Dance<br />
School, home of the Ballet<br />
Makkai Nutcracker and<br />
Ballet Makkai Youth Company,<br />
presents our 2020<br />
Summer Dance Intensive.<br />
The Irina Makkai Classical<br />
Ballet and Dance School<br />
originally brought the<br />
Russian-based Vaganova<br />
Ballet Method to the North<br />
Shore and have been safely<br />
and successfully training<br />
our students in Vaganova<br />
for over 35 years. Over the<br />
past 35 years our students<br />
have attended Harvard,<br />
Yale, Princeton, Stanford,<br />
Northwestern, Dartmouth,<br />
Barnard, Vanderbilt, and<br />
Washington University<br />
— to name but a few. Our<br />
students have danced with<br />
the Joffrey Trainee Program,<br />
Harid Conservatory,<br />
University of Cincinnati<br />
Conservatory of Music,<br />
Texas Ballet Theater,<br />
Madison Ballet, Civic Ballet,<br />
Vanderbilt Dance Theater,<br />
Dance Alive National<br />
Ballet, and Ballet Nacional<br />
Peru among others.<br />
Moreover, the talent of the<br />
students grew every year,<br />
and accordingly we keep<br />
up with the demands of<br />
their talent. Dancing with<br />
us this summer is perfect<br />
way to see what it’s like to<br />
dance at Ballet Makkai.<br />
Our Ballet Makkai<br />
Summer Intensive is designed<br />
to bring out the best<br />
in every dancer. This summer<br />
you can train with our<br />
professional award-winning<br />
staff along with guest<br />
teachers from the Joffrey<br />
Ballet, Elements Contemporary<br />
Ballet, River North<br />
Dance Company, Hubbard<br />
Street and more. Our Summer<br />
Intensive will inspire<br />
and challenge all dancers<br />
to improve their technique<br />
in a fun and positive environment.<br />
Daily classes<br />
include Ballet, Pointe,<br />
Partnering, Variations,<br />
Modern, Jazz, Acting,<br />
Body Conditioning and<br />
Student Choreography.<br />
Classes will be held in our<br />
spacious 12,000 square<br />
foot facility complete with<br />
four studios, lunch room,<br />
waiting area and multiple<br />
dressing rooms. Open to<br />
dancers ages 7 and up.<br />
Dancers can take all four<br />
and a half weeks or one<br />
week at a time. Can’t<br />
make it to our camps, you<br />
can check out our Summer<br />
Afternoon classes. Come<br />
see what it’s like to dance<br />
at the North Shore’s Premiere<br />
Dance School and<br />
Recipient of the Mayors<br />
Award for the Arts. Camps<br />
run June 8-July 10 and<br />
July 27-July 31, 2020. For<br />
more information go to<br />
www.balletmakkai.com or<br />
call (847) 433-1449.<br />
Submitted by The Irina<br />
Makkai Classical Ballet and<br />
Dance School, 2126 1st St.,<br />
Highland Park, (847) 433-<br />
1449.
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For ages 6-18<br />
with and without:<br />
(High-Functioning)<br />
2:1 Camper-to-Staff ratio<br />
Social Skills Program<br />
Academic Program<br />
Professional Staff<br />
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Located in beautiful<br />
Parry Sound, Ontario<br />
Missouri Military Academy offers<br />
boys ability to compete and thrive<br />
Since 1889, thousands<br />
of parents have looked to<br />
Missouri Military Academy<br />
(MMA) to give their<br />
boys the structure, responsibility<br />
and love they<br />
need to grow, compete and<br />
thrive — and ultimately<br />
become young men who<br />
are in full command of<br />
their lives.<br />
Students come from<br />
across the United States<br />
and around the world to attend<br />
MMA.<br />
Focused on the education<br />
of boys in grades 7<br />
through 12 and post-grad<br />
year, the<br />
Academy is a collegepreparatory<br />
boarding<br />
school with a military<br />
tradition. MMA’s comprehensive<br />
360° Education<br />
empowers boys and young<br />
men to unlock their full<br />
potential. Through MMA,<br />
families give their boys<br />
gifts of courage, strength,<br />
heart and pride — an edge<br />
to triumph in college and<br />
in life. “We have known<br />
what potential he has and<br />
he is now seeing for himself,”<br />
say MMA parents<br />
Bob and Jennifer Wever.<br />
“MMA has been the best<br />
decision we have ever<br />
made for our son.”<br />
MMA understands and<br />
embraces how boys learn<br />
and what inspires and<br />
challenges them. Through<br />
MMA’s tight-knit environment,<br />
supported by peers,<br />
teachers, and mentors,<br />
boys learn personal accountability,<br />
perseverance,<br />
and self-discipline.<br />
“MMA has given my son<br />
the ability to think about<br />
his choices and to take<br />
responsibility for them.<br />
He has learned that he is<br />
in charge of his freedom,<br />
privileges, and future,”<br />
says MMA mom Dr. Victoria<br />
Thompson. “He said<br />
to me, ‘I know I don’t tell<br />
you enough, but I am very<br />
grateful for the opportunity<br />
you have given me to be<br />
able to go to MMA.’”<br />
Known for their sense<br />
of character and strong<br />
leadership traits, MMA<br />
graduates consistently<br />
achieve 100 percent college<br />
acceptance and earn<br />
an impressive number of<br />
scholarships. Recent graduates<br />
have been accepted<br />
to Loyola Marymount<br />
University, Case Western<br />
Reserve,<br />
Savannah College of Art<br />
and Design, the Citadel,<br />
the U.S. Merchant Marine<br />
Academy, University of<br />
Washington, and more.<br />
MMA’s unique Triumph<br />
Program gives students<br />
an early start on college.<br />
Qualifying students can<br />
finish high school with one<br />
year of college -- or even<br />
earn their associate degree.<br />
Supported by MMA’s<br />
structured environment,<br />
students take classes with<br />
William Woods University<br />
faculty on MMA’s campus.<br />
Parents and students<br />
benefit from a map to college<br />
graduation, starting as<br />
early as middle school, to<br />
help understand their college<br />
investment and academic<br />
plan.<br />
Located in central Missouri,<br />
approximately six<br />
hours from Chicago, Missouri<br />
Military Academy’s<br />
248-acre campus provides<br />
a safe, supportive, and scenic<br />
setting for learning and<br />
growth. Visit missourimilitaryacademy.org<br />
for more<br />
information.<br />
Submitted by the Missouri<br />
Military Academy, 204 N<br />
Grand St., Mexico, MO,<br />
(573) 581-1776<br />
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Banner Day Camp offers<br />
campers unique opportunities<br />
Banner Day Camp is proud to<br />
offer the North Shore’s premier<br />
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to celebrate its 56th summer<br />
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(847) 295-4900<br />
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is critical for educators to partner<br />
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children’s interests, curiosities,<br />
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In January, I joined the brilliant<br />
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