Glastonbury Schools To Offer 20 Summer Camps
The school system is offering 20 tuition-based summer camps in 2012.
The camps, which have been offered in the past and will be offered again this summer, include: "Bridge to chemistry" for students entering the ninth-grade; "Preparing for AP biology" for students in AP biology; "Summer science camp" for students entering grades 4-7; "Computer time" for students entering grades 4-7; "Writing to success" for students entering grades 4-6; "Summer prose" for students entering grades 6-9; "Reading enrichment camp" for students entering grades 5-8; "Tomahawk training camp" for students entering grades 9-12; and "Summer chess camp" for students entering grades 2-12.
The school system also offers foreign language camps, including: "French summer camp" for students entering grades 3-6; "English language learners summer camp" for students entering grades 1-5; "Latin summer camp" for students entering grades 6-8; "Spanish summer camp" for students entering grades 2-5; "Chinese camp" for students entering grades 2-6; and "Russian camp" for students entering grades 3-6.
Several new camps will be offered this year. "Bird sleuth" will provide students entering grades 4-6 the basics of birding at and around Nayaug Elementary School including setting up science experiments, using bird feeders and taking photographs. "Gideon Welles summer book club" is for children entering the sixth grade. The camp will help with student's summer reading assignments.
"Bringing books to life through play" is for students entering first and second-grade. The camp will help children read age-appropriate books together and explore characters, themes and concepts through physical activities. Other new camps include "Summer jump rope" for students entering grades 4-8 and "Summer game club" for students who love board games and are entering grades 5-8.
The camps are self-supporting and designed and facilitated by the school system's staff. There is no cost to the board of education and tuition for each camp covers costs of teacher salaries and supplies. The foreign language camps are funded through the Alternative Route to Certification program and through grants.