Campers had so much fun at wet day today! The counselors got soaked!
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tales from Edison - Week 5
Take a look at one of the blogs from a student taking Shark Tank, Jr.
"This week I did Shark Tank, Jr. I was really surprised on how detailed the course is. Not only that, but we have an amazing teacher. I am really excited when I actually perform or present my product to the "Sharks." This class was both interesting and fun."
"Shark Tank, Jr. is awesome!!! We come up with a product, prototype, and so on. Tomorrow, we are going to present our products to the sharks - a.k.a. parents and counselors. Soon our the ads we are making will be on your TV. I hope I can come to International Ivy Summer Program next summer."
Below is a video of a student showing off the robot he created in Lego NXT Robotics.
Week 5 So Far at Chatham!
This week is off to a great start at Chatham! We have a bunch of exciting classes from film production to writing and even photography. Also we have some of our favorite regular classes like youngster, robotics, minecraft, mobile app game design, and video game creation.
Here is a look at some of the work from the watercolor painting class:
Also this week we are ecstatic to have the Cutie Cooks class! So far they have cooked up some s'mores, salsa, garlic knots, pasta, and strawberry shortcake. Below are some pictures of what these master chefs were cooking up today as well as them wearing their chef hats!
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Edison - Week 5: FUN, FUN, FUN!
Believe it or not, we are in Week 5 of International Ivy! As usual, Edison is off to an exciting start this week. This week, we have ALL NEW classes: Chyten's Shark Tank, Jr., Magic with Mr. Bill, and LEGO NXT Robotics Level 1. In each class, students are having the best time ever, even though it is only day 2!
Every Tuesday, kids at Edison LOVE to play gaga during break. Check out some of the intense moments of the game below. Remember, this Thursday is Crazy Hair Day! Come up with the craziest hair styles in order to get your Ivy cards.
As the week goes on, we are sure the students will continue to have fun! Heads up: this is our LAST half day session week. For weeks 6 and 7 Edison will have FULL day classes (9:00-12:30 or 1:30-5:00). Check out iisummer.com to see which classes are being offered. Do not delay, register today.
BONUS FEATURE ALERT
Check out websites made by our very own International Ivy students from week 3. Below are the links to their websites, enjoy!
http://www.robert14.iisummer.info
http://www.annika14.iisummer.info
http://www.anesha14.iisummer.info
http://www.priya14.iisummer.info
Mr. Bill showing card tricks to the students.
Gaga gets intense at International Ivy.
A student's creation in Robotics.
Students coming up with their own inventions in Shark Tank.
Far Hills Shows Us How to Capture the Flag
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| Rohan is absolutely blissful as he runs back to his side of the field. |
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| Riaan is making a dash for the flag while his brother, Ishaan, runs in to tag him. |
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| Ethan misses Varun by inches as Varun tumbles back into his side of the field. |
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| Varun makes the best of being sent to jail. |
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| Ishaan and Varun chill out after an intense game of Capture the Flag. |
A Gift From the Cake Design Class!
Last week at Short Hills, the cake design class baked the staff a beautiful cake!
Monday, July 28, 2014
Quotes from Students at Caldwell Week 4
"This camp is awesome! This week I am in Minecraft Engineers. We learn how to build cool, complex, and massive structures together such as the Golden Gate Bridge and an Aztec Temple. We can free build in our houses in Minecraft and go exploring. This camp is so much fun."-A.L.
"This week I learned about animation. We made a movie out of Legos. We also made a movie with glass pebbles. I made a slide show about nature."-R.P.
"This week I took Acting for Film. It was very similar to real movies in theaters. Of course nothing is perfect, so we we took several takes in order to achieve the perfect scenes. I'm proud of our movie that we made."-G.P.
"I took Fashion Design. We developed our own fashion lines and created our own products. We also figured out our common elements for our designs."-S.G.
"In Fashion class we start the day with free. We sketch clothes and jewelry. We also researched and did a report on influential designers and their products. I had fun."-A.J.
"This week I took Animation. We used stop animation, a process in which we take pictures after making little movements in the drawing or little adjustments to the scene. We used Legos and little stones for two of our movies. We added in audio to enhance our films. It was really fun."-A.V.
"I learned a lot about fashion trends and designers. I also learned that designers have a common element, or a central theme, to their designs. I had fun sketching and creating my own jewelry and clothes."-A.G.
"Among all of the classes offered at this camp, I took Video Game Creation. So far I have made three games. I made a game about a deer, one with a dragon, and one maze game. Wet day was very fun. We had a water balloon toss, a water shooter game, and the dunk tank. I enjoyed this week very much."-G.M.
"I liked Robotics a lot at International Ivy. Building some of robots was difficult, but I still liked it anyways. Also all the camp counselors were friendly." -A.C.
"Filming was really fun. We got to film and use a clapboard. We also got to create a movie. For the movie, the teacher provided equipment for us to use. At the beginning of film making we got to plan out the movie. Also we got to draw every scene of it. I think film making is so much fun." -C.L.
"In film making, we were making our own movie called Hack'd. We learned how to use a camera and a clapboard. The hard part was planning out the movie. Caitlyn is Katie, Nick is a night guard, Gwin is Professor Von Boots, Charles is a henchman, and I'm Dr.Elle. Film making is so much fun!" -A.V.
"This week I took the mobile app design class. We're using GameSalad program to create the game pong on a mobile device. It took a long time to make because the instructions were a bit confusing. The whole class' games got all wonky at times, even though we follow the instructions. At times the whole thing would go berserk! Sometimes we got upset because of the programs but Nick, our teacher, would make up for it by telling jokes and helping fix the problems. So either way in the end it was a good class and it was fun!" -J.K.
"This week I took Mobile App Design. We used GameSalad to create an app. For practice, we made a version of Pong. I got stuck a lot but I got help through the way. Still, overall, it was a fun class to take."
-A.V
"This week in camp I did Mobile App Design. It was challenging but I enjoyed it anyway. It was harder than I expected but I had fun. I liked the camp and the teachers and counselors were very nice. I would mostly likely come next year and try this class again." -M.C.
"Minecraft was very fun. We built the Golden Gate Bridge, a Home Depot, towns, and other awesome structures. I was taught to utilize materials in the game to replicate buildings in real life. This was a very good class."-G.P.
"Robotics is very cool. We get to build robots with actual Lego pieces and a motor. Film making is also a fun class. We made a movie and a script. We then took turns filming each other acting out the scenes and we made an awesome movie!"-N.H.
"This week I learned about animation. We made a movie out of Legos. We also made a movie with glass pebbles. I made a slide show about nature."-R.P.
"This week I took Acting for Film. It was very similar to real movies in theaters. Of course nothing is perfect, so we we took several takes in order to achieve the perfect scenes. I'm proud of our movie that we made."-G.P.
"I took Fashion Design. We developed our own fashion lines and created our own products. We also figured out our common elements for our designs."-S.G.
"In Fashion class we start the day with free. We sketch clothes and jewelry. We also researched and did a report on influential designers and their products. I had fun."-A.J.
"This week I took Animation. We used stop animation, a process in which we take pictures after making little movements in the drawing or little adjustments to the scene. We used Legos and little stones for two of our movies. We added in audio to enhance our films. It was really fun."-A.V.
"I learned a lot about fashion trends and designers. I also learned that designers have a common element, or a central theme, to their designs. I had fun sketching and creating my own jewelry and clothes."-A.G.
"Among all of the classes offered at this camp, I took Video Game Creation. So far I have made three games. I made a game about a deer, one with a dragon, and one maze game. Wet day was very fun. We had a water balloon toss, a water shooter game, and the dunk tank. I enjoyed this week very much."-G.M.
"I liked Robotics a lot at International Ivy. Building some of robots was difficult, but I still liked it anyways. Also all the camp counselors were friendly." -A.C.
"Filming was really fun. We got to film and use a clapboard. We also got to create a movie. For the movie, the teacher provided equipment for us to use. At the beginning of film making we got to plan out the movie. Also we got to draw every scene of it. I think film making is so much fun." -C.L.
"In film making, we were making our own movie called Hack'd. We learned how to use a camera and a clapboard. The hard part was planning out the movie. Caitlyn is Katie, Nick is a night guard, Gwin is Professor Von Boots, Charles is a henchman, and I'm Dr.Elle. Film making is so much fun!" -A.V.
"This week I took the mobile app design class. We're using GameSalad program to create the game pong on a mobile device. It took a long time to make because the instructions were a bit confusing. The whole class' games got all wonky at times, even though we follow the instructions. At times the whole thing would go berserk! Sometimes we got upset because of the programs but Nick, our teacher, would make up for it by telling jokes and helping fix the problems. So either way in the end it was a good class and it was fun!" -J.K.
"This week I took Mobile App Design. We used GameSalad to create an app. For practice, we made a version of Pong. I got stuck a lot but I got help through the way. Still, overall, it was a fun class to take."
-A.V
"This week in camp I did Mobile App Design. It was challenging but I enjoyed it anyway. It was harder than I expected but I had fun. I liked the camp and the teachers and counselors were very nice. I would mostly likely come next year and try this class again." -M.C.
"Minecraft was very fun. We built the Golden Gate Bridge, a Home Depot, towns, and other awesome structures. I was taught to utilize materials in the game to replicate buildings in real life. This was a very good class."-G.P.
"Robotics is very cool. We get to build robots with actual Lego pieces and a motor. Film making is also a fun class. We made a movie and a script. We then took turns filming each other acting out the scenes and we made an awesome movie!"-N.H.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Short Hills Week 4: Website Design Class
Web Design class in Short Hills was a blast! Students worked on HTML programming, content organization and the creation of their own attractive, professional websites through WordPress publishing software. They were very excited to create and design websites based around their own interests. Take a look at the end results:
Friday, July 25, 2014
Sherry and Kenny: Live From Edison
Hi!
This is Sherry and Kenny, and we are the counselors at Edison! Time has flown by these past five weeks. Edison has been quite busy with students finding their inner entrepreneurial skills in Lemonade Stand, challenging their brains with math problems in Math Olympiad, and perfecting their icing skills in Cake Design. Each week we are impressed by our campers many talents outside of the classroom, whether it be killing it on the soccer field, creating original Halloween costumes, or strategically aiming their water shooters. Edison may only be on a half-day schedule, but we have more than half the fun. Announcing for the first time to the public, we have created the first-ever "International Ivy Quiz Bowl!" Twice this summer, students have tested their knowledge with everything from geography, to world cuisine, to sports. Do you know what hummus is made out of? Do you know where your larynx is? Well, you better find out quickly before campers buzz in their answer! A fan favorite at Edison is gaga. Luckily enough for our campers, we have our very own gaga pit located on the playground. Every Tuesday, students sprint to the pit and battle to be the last person standing in this awesome game of non-stop concentration and coordination. We are saddened that there are only 3 more weeks left, but then we remember, weeks 6 and 7 will be FULL-DAY (hooray!)! We already preparing our crazy hair, special backwards schedule, and mix and match day! Edison is just busy, busy, busy. Well, kickball is only 20 minutes away, so we have go grab the bases.
Until next time,
Sherry and Kenny,
Edison Counselors
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Feedback from Short Hills campers
The campers at Short Hills are having SO much fun this week! Here's what they think about some of the classes:
"International Ivy camp is amazing! It is so much fun! It's a total blast!" -AZ
"Funny, interesting. The teachers are good. The classes are cool and exciting even though my english is not that good." -C
"This camp is:
Swagalicious
Cool
Epic
Fantabalous &
Awesome
I really liked my classes cake pops and video game creation!" -K
"THIS CAMP IS AWESOME! Cake pop class is so much fun! And I love Web Design because you can choose what you want your website to be!" -CG
"This camp is so fun! I'm so happy I came because I have made new friends and learned new things." -KB
Youngsters:
"My favorite thing is rainbow looms! I love blue and black. Thank you Ms. Elaine and Ms. Emily!" -AH
"I like computers! Wet Day was cool! I played with the water balloons. I like legos and rainbow looms. I really want to come back next year!"-JK
"International Ivy camp is amazing! It is so much fun! It's a total blast!" -AZ
"Funny, interesting. The teachers are good. The classes are cool and exciting even though my english is not that good." -C
"This camp is:
Swagalicious
Cool
Epic
Fantabalous &
Awesome
I really liked my classes cake pops and video game creation!" -K
"THIS CAMP IS AWESOME! Cake pop class is so much fun! And I love Web Design because you can choose what you want your website to be!" -CG
"This camp is so fun! I'm so happy I came because I have made new friends and learned new things." -KB
Youngsters:
"My favorite thing is rainbow looms! I love blue and black. Thank you Ms. Elaine and Ms. Emily!" -AH
"I like computers! Wet Day was cool! I played with the water balloons. I like legos and rainbow looms. I really want to come back next year!"-JK
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