Saint Joseph Academy Summer Camp Guide 2014

2 0 1 4 SUMMER CAMP GUIDE

SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY

June 16-19 Basketball

Girls Entering Grades 3-5 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 6-9 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

June 23-26 P.L.A.Y. Participate. Learn. Achieve. for YOU Sports Girls Entering Grades 2-5 (8:30 - 10:30 a.m.)

June 16-20 Garden Sculpture Art Camp

Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

June 16-19 Soccer

July 7-11 H.E.A.R.T.S. Hearts Empowered and Alive in Relationship, Thanksgiving and Service

Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 4-5 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

July 7-11 Crew Camp #1

Girls Entering Grades 2-8 (9 a.m.-12 p.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 5-8 (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

June 16-July 3 Summer Enrichment

July 14-16 Golf

Girls Entering Grades 7-8 (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

June 23-26 Volleyball

Girls Entering Grades 4-12 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

July 14-17 Cross Country

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-8 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 4-6 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 7-8 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

Girls Entering Grade 9 (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

June 23-27 Creative Digital Photography

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 5-8 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.)

Girls Entering Grades 4-5(12:30 - 3:30 p.m.)

July 21-25 Crew Camp #2 July 21-25 Leadership July 21-24 Rugby

Girls Entering Grades 6-9 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

July 28-August 1 Great Lakes Science

Girls & Boys Entering Grades K-1 Junior Engineer (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 2-3 Physics of Fun (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-5 Camp Creativity (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 6-8 LEGO NXT: Crazy Contraptions!

(8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

August 4-8 Music Showcase Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-6 (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.)

August 4-8 Discover the World Languages

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 5-8 (1 - 4 p.m.)

August 11-15 Theater

Girls Entering Grades 1-4 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

August 11-15 Music & Theater Girls Entering Grades 5-8 (1 - 4 p.m.)

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Sign up now for a unique and fun time at a Saint Joseph Academy Summer Camp! Whether your interest is sports, drama, technology, art, science, enrichment, or learning leadership skills, we’ve got the camp for you!

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Space is limited for each camp, so register early. To register visit www.sja1890.org/summercamps. Contact the Saint Joseph Academy Admissions Office if you need assistance 216.251.4868.

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Please note the registration deadline for each camp. Late registration may not guarantee desired t-shirt size.

No refunds will be issued once a camper is registered.

The cost of each camp includes a t-shirt or similar item relative to camp.

For athletic camps, please bring your own water bottle and wear appropriate shoes.

Unless specified, camp location is Saint Joseph Academy.

Students must be entering the grades designated for each camp.

Please be sure to register using an email address so specific camp information may be forwarded.

For more information on any of our summer camps, please contact Diane Kanney, Vice President of Enrollment & Marketing at 216.251.4868 or dkanney@sja1890.org.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT JUNE 16 - JULY 3

100 Campers Ma x

Girls Entering Grades 7-8 (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) $300 This 3-week experience will challenge, inspire and motivate students by providing exposure to academic curriculum in a unique and hands-on fashion. The core subjects of English, math, and science will be emphasized with extraordinary experiences in robotics, art, social studies, pre-engineering, and real world interactions.

There will also be a distinct focus placed on test preparation for the Saint Joseph Academy entrance exam.

This is used for admission and scholarship purposes when a student applies for admission to Saint Joseph Academy.

Each student will benefit from this preparation.

Students will also enjoy daily recreational activities and occasional field trips to explore the real world applications of the academic curriculum. Our distinguished Saint Joseph Academy faculty will direct this program.

Camp Director | Ms. Diane Kanney, Vice President of Enrollment & Marketing

Registration Deadline | June 9

BASKETBALL | JUNE 16-19 Girls Entering Grades 3-5 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.) $100 Girls Entering Grades 6-9 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.) $100 Enhance your fundamental basketball skills while competing in individual and team games, drills, and contests. Please bring a water bottle and appropriate shoes.

60 M Per ax session

Camp Director | Mrs. Maggie Ferrando, Head Jaguar Basketball Coach

Registration Deadline | June 9

SOCCER | JUNE 16-19 Girls Entering Grades 2-8 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $100 Beginner and Intermediate Levels

100 Campers MA X

Keep your existing soccer skills fresh and learn some new ones while having fun with Saint Joseph Academy soccer players and Jaguar Head Coach David Leigh. Please bring a water bottle, soccer ball, shin guards and appropriate shoes.

Camp Director | Mr. David Leigh, Head Jaguar Soccer Coach

Registration Deadline | June 9

P.L.A.Y. : Participate. Learn.

Achieve. for YOU Sports | JUNE 23-26 Girls Entering Grades 2-5 (8:30 - 10:30 a.m.) $85

50 Campers Ma x

Join us for this new camp to learn and participate in a variety of games and sports while learning the key components of each. Different sports and activities will be introduced daily.

Sportsmanship, teamwork and instruction on proper fundamentals will be emphasized. Open to athletes and non-athletes. Maggie Ferrando, SJA Head Jaguar Basketball Coach and a certified elementary school teacher, will direct this camp.

Camp Director | Mrs. Maggie Ferrando, Head Jaguar Basketball Coach

Registration Deadline | June 16

VOLLEYBALL | JUNE 23-26 Girls Entering Grades 4-6 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.) $100 Girls Entering Grades 7-8 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.) $100 Girls Grade 9 (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) $100

75 M a Per x session

Develop or improve your volleyball skills through individual and group instruction focusing on proper techniques, team strategy and fun drills. Please bring a water bottle, knee pads and appropriate shoes.

Camp Director | Head Jaguar Volleyball Coach

Registration Deadline | June 16

GOLF | JULY 14-16 Girls Entering Grades 4-12 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $85 | Beginner and Intermediate Levels

40 Campers Ma x

Location: Day 1 @ SJA and Days 2 & 3 at Washington Park Golf Course. Transportation is not provided.

Golf is a sport for everyone! Jaguar Head Coach Joe Battaglia along with Jaguar golfers will teach the fundamental skills of golf in a fun environment where each skill level will be improved. You will get better, regardless of your starting point, and have a great time. If you have golf clubs, please bring them to camp along with a water bottle and appropriate shoes.

Camp Director | Mr. Joe Battaglia, Head Jaguar Golf Coach

Registration Deadline | July 7

CROSS COUNTRY | JULY 14-17

RUGBY | JULY 21-24

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-8 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $100

Girls Entering Grades 6-9 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $100 Beginner and Intermediate Levels

This camp is designed to help improve the running techniques of runners at all levels. Camp directed by Fred Kieser, Head Jaguar Cross Country Coach, past winner of the Cleveland Marathon and participant in the U.S. Marathon Trials. Please bring a water bottle and appropriate shoes.

Camp Director | Mr. Fred Kieser, Head Jaguar Track & Cross Country Coach and Saint Joseph Academy Science Teacher.

Registration Deadline | July 7

75 Campers Ma x

75 Campers Ma x

Under the guidance of the Jaguar rugby team and Head Coach Jaime Barnes, players will learn and improve core fundamentals necessary to be a competitive athlete in rugby. Please bring your own cleats (soccer cleats are permitted), water bottle and mouth guard.

Camp Director | Mrs. Jaime Barnes, Head Jaguar Rugby Coach

Registration Deadline | July 14

CREW CAMP #1 | JULY 7-11 Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $205 Registration Deadline | June 16

CREW CAMP #2 | JULY 21-25 Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ) $205 Registration Deadline | July 14

This camp, offered by Saint Joseph Academy in partnership with the Cleveland Rowing Foundation, will teach the fundamental skills and basic rules of rowing. The instructor is Russell Eckles, an internationally trained and certified rowing coach. He is a member of the Crew coaching staffs of Saint Joseph Academy and Saint Ignatius High School and the Head Coach of the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association.

Camp Director | Mr. Russ Eckles, Head Coach of the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association

CAMP LOCATION Cleveland Rowing Foundation Boathouse 1003 British Street Cleveland, OH 44113

24 Per Max Camp

GARDEN SCULPTURE ART CAMP JUNE 16-20 Girls Entering Grades 6-8 (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.) $135 Girls Entering Grades 4-5 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.) $135 Do you have a love of art AND a love of the outdoors? Join us on the beautiful campus of Saint Joseph Academy this summer! We will explore many different mediums, while creating hanging lights, stepping stones, garden fairies, tin can flowers and other great works of art for the garden.

18 ma per x session

Camp Director | Mrs. Jennifer Chronister, Saint Joseph Academy Visual Arts Teacher

Registration Deadline | June 9

CREATIVE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY JUNE 23-27 Girls Entering Grades 6-8 : (8:30 - 11:30 a.m.) $120 Girls Entering Grades 4-5 : (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.) $120

18 ma per x session

Are you a budding photographer? Would you like to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop?

Bring a digital camera (or phone) and plenty of enthusiasm! During this weeklong camp, we will explore the campus of Saint Joseph Academy, while learning digital photography and Adobe Photoshop basics.

Camp Director | Mrs. Jennifer Chronister, Saint Joseph Academy Visual Arts Teacher

Registration Deadline | June 20

H.E.A.R.T.S. : Hearts Empowered and Alive in Relationship, Thanksgiving and Service | JULY 7-11 Girls Entering Grades 5-8 (8:30-12:30) $110 Nothing is better than summer vacation, right? How about spending one week of your summer vacation celebrating YOU and the unique gifts you bring to the world? Each day of this camp will introduce participants to a new way of recognizing their gifts and confidently using them to build strong relationships with God and others. Through experiences of friendship, nature, art, prayer and off-campus community service, this camp helps participants discover the joy of a confident heart open to God and others. Field trips to local community and/or faith-based organizations included.

Camp Director | Ms. Alison Barberic ‘01, Saint Joseph Academy Theology Teacher

Registration Deadline | June 30

50 Campers Ma x

LEADERSHIP | JULY 21–25 Girls & Boys Entering Grades 5-8 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) $285 Please register at www.effectivela.org

75 Campers Ma x

Saint Joseph Academy is proud to again partner with The Effective Leadership Academy (ELA), to offer an innovative, youth leadership program. Leadership skills, and important life skills, are what every student can master in our life-changing Camp LEAD program! Inside EVERY student is a natural born leader just dying to get out. Much of the time, they just don’t know that.

Camp LEAD utilizes games and outdoor team activities, healthy competition and collaboration with a focus on: •

Understanding leadership and leadership of self

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Developing and achieving personal goals (GO Smart acronym)

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Prioritizing time and time management skills

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Understanding how to negotiate success while working in a team

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Enhancing communication and presentation skills

Make the upcoming school year count. Give your 5-8th grader an advantage!

Camp Director | Effective Leadership Academy Staff

Registration Deadline | July 14

DISCOVER THE WORLD LANGUAGES AUGUST 4-8 Girls & Boys Entering Grades 5-8 (1 - 4 p.m.) $100 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore the Great Wall of China? Want to take a virtual tour of the Eiffel Tour? Then come explore the world during Saint Joseph Academy’s Discover the World Languages Camp. Students will learn and explore foreign languages with hands-on learning activities and adventures. Camp includes daily snacks, t-shirt and a special culminating field trip on the final day.

Camp Director | Ms. Samantha Spoerndle, Saint Joseph Academy World Languages Teacher

Registration Deadline July 28

60 Campers Ma x

GREAT LAKES SCIENCE Center JULY 28-AUGUST 1 Girls & Boys Entering Grades K-1 • Junior Engineer ( 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) $235 ($215 Science Center members) Girls & Boys Entering Grades 2-3 • Physics of Fun ( 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) $235 ($215 Science Center members) Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-5 • Camp Creativity ( 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) $250 ($230 Science Center members) Girls & Boys Entering Grades 6-8 • LEGO NXT: Crazy Contraptions! ( 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) $250 ($230 Science Center members) In partnership with the Great Lakes Science Center, we are pleased to offer the following science camps this summer for girls and boys of all ages. These camps will be held at Saint Joseph Academy from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Camps are taught by certified teachers or professionals in the science field. Campers must bring a lunch and/or snack daily to camp. All sessions include a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Center and admission to an OMNIMAX film.

Register at www.sja1890.org/GLSCcamp or call 216.621.2400 during normal business hours.

Registration Deadline | July 21

Grades K-1 • Junior Engineer What do engineers do? Investigate the structure of bridges and buildings, illuminate a light bulb, design an airplane, create your own city, and more!

24 ma per x session

Grades 2-3 • Physics of Fun Spend a week of tinkering with toys and increasing your “funderstanding” of physics! Defy gravity and build and test flying machines and parachutes; avoid breaking surface tension using bubble-ology; spark up energy with wind-up gadgets; design a marble coaster to investigate Newton’s Laws at play in an amusement park; and go topsy-turvy for centripetal force as you spin tops.

Grades 4-5 • Camp Creativity Looks can be deceiving! Learn how to turn everyday household items into exciting and useful scientific experiments. Turn a drinking cup into a speaker; transform a pencil into a microphone and much more!

Grades 6-8 • LEGO NXT: Crazy Contraptions!

Jump into LEGO Robotics with practical building techniques – like how to build sturdy structures and use gears and sensors – and gain a solid understanding of the NXT-G programming language. Then try your hand at building “Crusher,” a robotic crane, “War Machine,” a robotic armored tank, “Speed Racer,” a racecar with a robotic arm and much more! The only limit is your imagination.

SJA MUSIC SHOWCASE AUGUST 4-8

30 Campers Ma x

THEATER: PRINCESS CAMP | AUGUST 11-15

30 Campers Ma x

Girls & Boys Entering Grades 4-6 (12:30 - 2:30 p.m. ) $65

Girls Entering Grades 1-4 (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.) $100

Similar to the SJA Glee camp, this camp will feature students in grades 4, 5 and 6 in a showcase incorporating handbell, classical, popular, a cappella, and show choir selections. The camp is for boys and girls at all levels of experience. Have fun learning in a fast-paced, non-traditional music room!

Let your little princess take center stage and shine! In this weeklong introductory course, students will learn elements of theatre through games, singing, dancing and acting all with a princess theme. Camp will culminate in a performance on the final day.Â

Camp Director | Ms. Kathleen Cooper, Saint Joseph Academy Performing Arts Teacher

Camp Director | Ms. Anne Chriszt, Saint Joseph Academy Drama Director

Registration Deadline | July 28

Registration Deadline | August 4

MUSIC & THEATER | AUGUST 11-15 Walk Our Red Carpet: The SJA Music & Theater Camp

50 Campers Ma x

Girls Entering Grades 5-8 (1 - 4 p.m.) $100 Join us for our musical theater intensive camp! In this weeklong camp, students will have training in music, acting and dance. Musically, students will incorporate handbells, a cappella singing and perform show choir selections, classical and popular music. From auditions to curtain call, students will learn each step that goes in to putting on a show. Camp will culminate in a performance on the final day for parents and families to attend. Join us to walk our red carpet and have fun learning in a fast-paced, non-traditional music and theater experience!

Camp Directors | Ms. Anne Chriszt, Saint Joseph Academy Drama Director & Ms. Kathleen Cooper, Saint Joseph Academy Performing Arts Teacher

Registration Deadline | August 4

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