Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Way Cool Campers in Westwood!

We are so excited to be the first International Ivy campers in Westwood, NJ! We are loving our new location and our great International Ivy staff members. It's going to be a fantastic week!

We are running a variety of classes this week. Minecraft Creative Engineering and Minecraft Survival for Beginners challenge campers in a fun, familiar environment. Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering challenge students with real-life science projects. Campers in Comic Creation create their own comic characters, setting, and story online . Our Youngster classes feature a mix of right-brain and left-brain activities.

Break time is fun, too! Whether we are playing Heads-Up or outside playing Human Knot or Drop-It/Catch-It, we have a great time!

Check back later this week! You'll see how we'll create slime, make our own stories, build replicas of famous structures, and explore our world in new ways!

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Party in 3D

Creatures, buildings, and fidget spinners, oh my! The creative juices are flowing here at Scotch Plains this week in our 3D printing classes! The campers are letting their imaginations run wild by bringing to life everything and anything starting from key chains to jewelry. It's only Day 2 and our campers ideas have already been so unique and innovative! One of our campers even created a fidget spinner 2.0, putting a twist on the classic and beloved toy! We cannot wait to see what our campers will come up with next!
 
Our camper is leaving this week with some new bling!


The fidget spinner 2.0!


Our campers are so excited to show their 3D prints!

Twice the Fun in 2D Games! Somerset Week 7

2D Video Games is a popular class every summer. Not only is it a great class, but our students are lucky to have their awesome teacher, Ryan who makes the class a lot of fun! We are excited to see their games at the end of the week!



Friday, August 11, 2017

Ivy Summer Comes to a Close in Chatham

Chatham Week 6

Chatham decided to end the summer with style. On the last day of camp our campers got to throw pies at their favorite counselors, and the counselors then returned the favor. To cap it all off we brought wet day out of retirement and went wild for the last few moments of camp. The Chatham Team hopes all our campers left International Ivy with new friends, great experiences and fond memories. We'll miss all our campers and want to wish everyone a great rest of the summer. We hope to see you all again next year!


Revenge is a dish best served with a side of pie


Momma Bird gets pie'd


Payback for all those goals Jack!


Color Wars Comes to an End - Somerset Week 6

This week, Somerset had a Color Wars battle! We were excited to see many campers participating with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. The Red and Blue teams faced each other in friendly competitions throughout the week. In the morning, the Red team was declared the winner, and in the afternoon, the Blue team was the winner. We are so excited that our campers had fun in these events, while also showing they had great sportsmanship. During the week, campers participated in team building challenges, relay races, soccer, a game called "infection," and SPUD.  Finally, our campers wore their International Ivy t-shirt today, which made for a great end to our Color Wars by showing their team and camp spirit!
Red Team and Blue Team!

Group picture at the end of Color Wars!

Oakland has a Werewolf Problem!

This week in Oakland has been a fantastic mixture between Creative Writings, Science Classes, and learning Python! But, nothing beats our intense sessions of Werewolf during break!
Students created a wide variety of stories, from anime stories to their renditions of old classic fairy-tales and beyond! Students also designed their own structures and bridges, how to code in Python, and how to make plastics and their effect on the environment!

Thanks for a wonderful week and we hope to see you soon!

 Students working on their creative stories and making edits!
A super-star designing his bridge!

Golf Olympics in Short Hills


On the last day of camp for the week, the golf class competed in a massive golf competition, including putting, chipping and driving!


Thursday, August 10, 2017

We Mustache You Some Questions...


It's Mustache Day in Scotch Plains and we cannot stop laughing! Our teachers and campers really got in the spirit. Whether you have a Monopoly man stache, tough guy stache, curly stache, or pirate stache, toss out those razors and rock it! 😀

Oakland's Builders Only Club

So far the week is off to a fabulous start!

This week in Oakland we have a very serious group of Civil Engineers who are working hard to create bridges and buildings that can withstand a variety of weights and natural disasters. Our engineers have successfully completed a wide variety of tests and their knowledge on the topic is excelling beyond our predicted calculations! Keep up the hard work!

 Students are building structures to withstand the shake-table!
A student is delighted with how his project is coming along!