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Summer Programs for 2025

Week of July 28, 2025

Forest Camp

As America began to concentrate work and people in cities in the 19th Century, thoughtful educators and organizations advocated reconnecting children (and adults) with nature. We organized parks and camps where the air was fresher, schedules could be m...

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Week of July 28, 2025

The Band: Making Instruments & Friends

Convene your troop and perform your original score. Before we get there we will create our instruments for the concluding performance of this summer camp.

During this week-long camp, campers will create instruments ranging from wooden whistles ...

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Week of July 28, 2025

Messing About in Boats: The Pond Yacht

Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
- Water Rat, Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Gramme 1908

Throughout history, it was customary for a shipb...

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Week of July 28, 2025

Blue Camp

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Week of July 28, 2025

Skate & Create

This camp is all about skateboarding. Learn how skateboards are made–starting with the trees we harvest to craft them. Design your very own skateboard shape and graphics. Learn how to use basic tools and image making techniques to convert your design...

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Week of July 28, 2025

Robotics

Do you see the automated world around you? Are you curious about how it all works? This is the camp for you. Your curiosity will drive you to problem solve through the lens of robotics.

Assemble, program, and modify a robot to accomplish variou...

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