Colorful Construction at Short Hills

 On Day 3 of the first week at Short Hills, the Leadership Games class continued to learn and play together. They combined their creativity to make some interesting designs!

They were even able to make a house, toy blocks, and one huge tower.

They finished up by discovering the world's tallest human!

Introducing Game Theory

Chatham Week 1

         Did you ever dream of running your own country? With the new class game theory you are in charge. Learning diplomacy and peace treaties has never been this fun. You get to declare war on other nations and try to work out your differences for the good of your people. Check out the video detailing Game Theory from one of our campers. 

Exciting Nature Walk at Short Hills!

On Tuesday during our first week of camp at Short Hills, the Youngsters practiced their photography skills during a nature walk!

Equipped with cameras, the kids documented their fascinating finds while learning about the plant life they were seeing! They found some gorgeous flowers, uniquely-shaped leaves, and tall trees.

Now Boarding: The Chatham Train

Chatham Week 1

     Welcome to Summer! Here in Chatham camp has begun. We are all having so much fun these first couple of days. Yesterday we got to know our new campers and some returning favorites. We introduced new counselors and started some brand new classes like Game Theory and Flight and Aerospace. 

     Today, we began shooting a very creative film, making new recipes for lemonade, developing ideas in shark tank, building vehicles, creating video games, researching speeches, dissecting brains, assembling a jury, creating programs in scratch, and printing items in 3D. At break relay races were the talk of the town. Five teams competed in different style races ranging from basketballs between the legs to crab walks across the gym. Who knows were the rest of the week will take us but we are all aboard.

A winning team!

Creativity at work. 

Last Day in Short hills Comes to an End

One of our amazing campers put two I's on her face to represent International Ivy. That's the spirit!

We had an amazing week at Short Hills where friendships were made and they made wonderful memories. It has been an amazing summer and we wish everyone to have a great summer. Hope to see you next year! 

CAUTION! ENGINEERS AT WORK!

Here at Scotch Plains this week we are so excited about engineering! Our up and coming engineers have been working on creating different types of plastic all week. Through trial and error, our campers have been discovering which recipes create the most durable plastic. Through a "weight" test, campers were eager to find out they broke the record for creating the most durable plastic of summer! The campers are now working on their next challenge.... creating plastic bowls! With a little teamwork we believe they will be successful once again. You know what they say, teamwork makes the dream work!


Teamwork in action!



Excited Engineers!

Check out part of the record breaking video here! For the full video click the link below!
https://youtu.be/j0efIlmqYNs

One of the parents get involved in Hawaiian theme day!

At Short Hills one of the parents got involved in theme day with his son. They looked awesome!

Aloha! Hawaiian Theme Day in Short hills

We had an awesome Hawaiian theme day in Short hills this week. Everyone looked great!

Cast of Characters at Somerset - Week 7

Today's Theme Thursday at Somerset was Character Day! Students came to camp dressed up as their favorite character. We had a lot of creative characters here, such as Tinker Belle, Superman, and Minnie Mouse. During break, we played Sharks and Minnows as a team and had a blast. Thanks for attending International Ivy Somerset this summer! We sure hope to see you again for Summer 2018!!

Site Director Kenny with our cast of characters!

Sharks and Minnows in action!

One Great Week in Westwood

Our campers had a great week experiencing and learning about new things! 

• Youngsters in Right Brain Mix practiced Star Wars themed Yoga poses, and even learned how to say a few phrases in Russian!
• Campers in Minecraft Creative to make their own amusement parks and replicas of popular world structures. 
• Students in Chemical Engineering experimented with various natural substances to make their own biodegradable plastic

In the afternoon ...

• Youngsters in Left Brain Mix used Lego blocks and computers to program their own robots!
• Our student artists in Comic Creation used Pixton, an internet service, to create their own superheros and comic story lines
• Campers in Minecraft Survival for Beginners learned how to work as a team to survive the ever-spawning nighttime monsters.
• Campers in Civil Engineering built structures to withstand earthquakes - and even tested them!

It has been such a fun and educational summer! Check out all the pictures and videos at iisummer.com/media and visit iisummer.com to register for next summer's classes!