We love ending the week with fun relay races like crab walks, bear walks, potato sack races and more! The winning team all got ivy points which they got to use at the treasure chest which holds many awesome prizes.
Friday, July 22, 2016
A High Tech Week in Paramus!
This week our students were technical designers in three unique classes: Java Level 1, Robotics Level 2, and Biomedical Engineering: Designing Knee Braces. Our Java students learned the basics of the Java programming language, and challenged themselves to develop their own programs. Robotics students learned programming methods and structural design that helped them create successful "battle-bots" and other robots. In Biomedical Engineering, the students researched the needs of a patient with an injured knee and used that information to make their own knee brace design. For now, this week meant a lot of fun for campers, but perhaps in the future, this week will have created a better world!
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| Two campers discuss their vision for the robot's movement. |
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| A camper with his ball-pickup robot creation! |
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| The first day of Java 1 |
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| Campers working together to write code. |
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| Biomedical Engineering students examine their leg anatomy. |
Tune in to Chopped Ivy in Summit!
Today was the start of our two day challenge!
Our campers unveiled the ingredients in the mystery box!
Mystery ingredients included instant noodles, mini marshmallows, coconut water, rice crispy treats, and pretzels.
We also got to see the first taste of one camper's dish!
Campers were asked to taste their own dish and give a review before the judges tried their food. This dish included noodles in coconut water with pretzels, marshmallows, and rice crispy treats mixed in.
BOO! Today was also Halloween in July at International Ivy. We had some amazing costumes!
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| Two of our campers were dressed in such beautiful costumes! |
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| A stealthy ninja having a great day at International Ivy |
Thursday, July 21, 2016
It's Halloween here in Princeton!!
Our wacky theme this Thursday is Halloween in July! Our campers came dressed to the nine's in their superhero capes, karate uniforms, homemade emoticons, and of course Elsa! Our campers have a great day playing outside in this beautiful weather and sharing about their favorite costumes.
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| Super Riddler Shaan |
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| AM Group |
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| Elsa |
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| PM Group |
Fashion and the Sewing Machine has successfully sewn their very own pajama pants and today they completed their pillow case dresses! By tomorrow they will have a complete tote bag to hold their wonderful new garments! Great job girls!!
Halloween in July at Short Hills!!
Short Hills was so excited with the number of campers who showed up dressed in awesome costumes today! We had lots of princesses, superhero's, minecraft characters, and many more creative costumes.
Four police officers even had to show up because we were having too much fun playing capture the chicken!
Caldwell's Halloween in July game is strong - Week 4
We are so happy to see that majority of our campers participated in today's Themed Thursday!
Today Caldwell campers and staff brought Halloween to July!
Take a look:
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| PM Campers |
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| AM Campers |
When a witch strikes back!
Interested in more Wet Day photos from Caldwell? Check out the link to our Week 4 Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98941311@N05/albums/72157670526512452
Check out more videos on the Caldwell's Youtube playlist:
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Celebrating Halloween in July at Chatham
Superheroes, princesses, and stormtroopers, oh my! Tons of campers here at Chatham celebrated Halloween this Thursday, dressing up as cheerleaders, Transformers, and everything in between. Everything was more fun with a costume on, whether we were building robots in class, having a Star Wars battle on the playground, or playing crab soccer in the gym.
Some campers came in twos -- campers H.Z. and M.C. were identical in their Transformer suits, and A.F. and M.F. matched as soccer stars. Double trouble!
The counselors were excited to show off their group costume as different holidays! We were feeling festive dressed as Earth Day, Easter, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Christmas.
Halloween in July @ Far Hillz
AHHHHHH!!!!! Its Halloween. In July?? Yes for all you October lovers, at International Ivy we celebrate Halloween in July. On last week's theme Thursday we were put to sleep as campers rolled in with their favorite pajamas, but this week we're sure to be up and ready as this theme Thursday consists of some scary costumes and even some cute ones too.
This day was brought back by popular demand and there are no signs of it going away soon. Halloween may not be for everyone but when its in the middle of the summer, it definitely brings out the best in all the campers.
And yes the counselors and teachers had to join in on the fun. And yes that is a pig in a blanket.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Week 4 here at Princeton
Our campers here at Princeton hit the ground running with some Minute to Win it Games on morning break.The highlight of the games (and a camper favorite) was Separation Anxiety in which campers must try to separate M&Ms into cups as fast as possible using just one hand! We had a practice round for each camper, then they were off! Check out the finals, came down to a photo finish with a single M&M separating first and second place.
Our week progressed on with wonderful weather and great classes!
Graphic Design and GIMP spent the first class creating their own personal logo that represents them.
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| Inch Worm |
Robotics spent the first half of the week creating, building, and coding their animal creations
Fashion Design and the Sewing Machine didn't waste any time creating their own PJ pants
And of course, everyone's favorite day is Wednesday for WATER DAY!!
Wonderful Wet Day at Short Hills
Campers had a blast at our fourth incredible wet day! Water balloons, water shooters, and dunk tank were a huge hit once again!
Some of Short Hills youngsters learning a new yoga pose from a Frozen yoga video!
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