2024 Camp Connections Program Options

La Salle

Temple

Careers Explorations in Horticulture Camp
Dates & Time:  June 26-June 30, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-9
Description: Discover the wide variety of opportunities in the horticulture and green industries, including Landscape Architect/Designer, Greenhouse Manager/Grower, Florist, Aquaponics/Hydroponics, Horticulturist, Botanical Illustrator, and much more!

Lego Robotics Academy Camp
Dates & Time:  July 10-July 14, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-9
Description: Students will use Lego® Mindstorms™. Combine Lego® pieces, motors, sensors, and computer software to create moving robots that react to light, avoid obstacles, and do all sorts of amazing things! Campers will create robots, participate in daily challenges and enjoy some fun head-to-head “battle bot” style competitions.

SeaPerch Robots Camp
Dates & Time:  July 17-July 28, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-9
Description: Dive into the world of underwater robots! SeaPerch is an underwater robotics program that equips campers with resources to build an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) while learning about robotics, engineering, science, and math. Teams will test their robots, competing in challenges in the campus pool (campers will not be in the pool; no swimming required).

Middle School STEM Academy
Dates & Time:  July 31-August 11, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-9
Description: Embark on engaging challenges in mathematics, science, and computer science.

Take the Stage Theater Camp
Dates & Time:  June 19-June 30, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-9
Description: Putting on a play is more than just costumes, applause, and bows. Discover what an audition is like. Play games that build your confidence and improve your skills. Create and act out monologues and short scenes. Develop your creative expression and public speaking skills to create rapport with the audience. This camp will end in a performance.

Friends Select

Arts, Meditation, & Mindful Movement
Dates & Time:  Several sessions available, June 20-July 28, 9 a.m – 3 p.m  
Age/Grade: Age 7-10
Description:  Our campers learn and practice affirming, empowering meditation techniques and self-regulation skills along with yoga poses and sequences (both teacher and student-led!) These practices are creatively and mindfully integrated with both 2D and 3D mixed-media art projects. Each yogi will build their own sketchbook and art portfolio to take home their creations at the end of the week!

Beat Makers
Dates & Time: July17-July 27, 9 a.m – 12 p.m  
Age/Grade: Grade 3-5
Description: Students will learn to use digital audio workshops by creating their own audio “sketches” working directly with digital instruments and computer software while also venturing into the city to capture and remix its sounds. By the end of the course, students will have an audio portfolio, a culminating project, and a basis of skills and resources they can continue to develop.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (logical reasoning & science)
Dates & Time: June 26-June 30 & July 10-July 14, 9 a.m – 12 p.m
Age/Grade: Age 9-13
Description: Join us as a Caper Scene Investigator, use logical reasoning and forensic science to solve a mystery. After all the analysis is complete, students will combine the evidence with witness interviews to arrive at logical conclusions and solve the mystery.

Webcomics Workshop (Mixed media art)
Dates & Time: August 1-August 10
Age/Grade: Grades 7+
Description: Students will depict a narrative arc through digital, traditional drawing, and mixed digital media, learn technical processes of digitizing and uploading work to the web, and begin building a website. Participants will end the program with an online portfolio they can continue to build independently and use for years to come.

Field Hockey Camp
Dates & Time: June 20-June 23, 4:30 p.m – 6 p.m
Age/Grade: Grades 2-9
Description: N/A

Softball Camp
Dates & Time: June 26-June 30, 4:30 p.m – 6 p.m
Age/Grade: Grades 2-9
Description: N/A

St. Joe’s

PrepU at St. Joe’s Prep 
Dates & Time:  July 5-25,  
Age/Grade: Grades 6-7
Description:  Get a high school experience and great exposure to St. Joseph’s Prep, its teachers and unique academic experience — all while gaining close-knit friendships and Philly experience that makes the Prep so special. From classic “prepare-U” courses like English and Math, to contemporary hits like Media and Technology, Leadership and Improv Comedy, Prep U students can learn a lot this summer at the Prep! Camp is co-ed – open for boys and girls.

PAFA

Elemental Art (based on Pixar Elemental movie
Dates & Time:  July 3-July 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 5-6
Description: Earth, water, air, and fire come together in this art-making camp focusing on the world around us, with inspiration from the new Pixar movie, Elemental.

Imagination Creations
Dates & Time:  July 17-July 21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 5-6
Description: Calling all artists and imagineers! Make fantastical and whimsical art using the power of your imagination and unexpected art materials.

Circus of Art
Dates & Time:  July 24-July 28, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 5-6
Description: Gather round the big top for a week of clowny, zany, and colorful artmaking inspired by the acts, characters, and animals of the circus.

Flip, Twist, Spin (Mechanical and Kinetic art)
Dates & Time:  July 24-July 28, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 5-6
Description: Gather round the big top for a week of clowny, zany, and colorful artmaking inspired by the acts, characters, and animals of the circus.

Art Detectives
Dates & Time:  July 10-July 14, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 7-8
Description: Put your detective hat on and investigate the secrets of the Museum and of art making. Discover stories, secret messages, and clues held by paintings and sculptures and create your own fantastic art mysteries.

Lego-tastic Art
Dates & Time:  July 17-July 21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 7-8
Description: Think outside of the “block”! Draw, paint, stamp, build, and play with Legos in new and unexpected ways making art inspired by all things Lego.

Color Chemistry
Dates & Time:  July 31-August 4, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 7-8
Description: Discover the magical qualities of color! Invent insane color combinations while exploring how science and art can combine to make some phenomenal and unexpected art projects.

Paint Adventures
Dates & Time:  August 7-August 11, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 7-8
Description: Get creative and get messy with surprising tools and materials as well as classical methods of painting! Make exciting projects that will teach you the ins and outs of the art of painting and propel your creativity!

Intro to Drawing
Dates & Time:  June 26-June 30, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 9-11
Description: Enhance your drawing skills as you practice mark-making techniques with an expanse of materials. Discover the importance of observation and attention to detail all while diving into the intricacies of design and composition.

MARVELous
Dates & Time:  July 10-July 14, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 9-11
Description: Make friends and make art inspired by your favorite characters from the Marvel Universe! Sculpt draw and paint a multiverse of fantastic art inspired by your favorite movies, comics, or game!

Intro to Animation
Dates & Time:  July 31-August 4, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 9-11
Description: Bring your drawings and sculptures to life! This camp will introduce a variety of animation techniques using PAFA’s state-of-the-art digital facilities and traditional methods of animation. With the newly learned tools and techniques campers can continue animating at home!

Paintmaking 101
Dates & Time:  August 7-August 11, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Age/Grade: Ages 9-11
Description: Stamp, carve, and print as you explore the many ways to transfer and multiply images! From traditional block printing to experimental one-of-a-kind methods, this camp provides a fun and engaging print-making experience.