RISE Upper Camp - Full Day - August 5-9, 2024
Description
(**Due to the built-in activities and flow of the day for our campers, half-day afternoon camp is for campers attending a morning sports or specialty camp only.)


June 24 through August 9 • Weekly Sessions
Half-day (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) or (12 p.m. - 3 pm**)
$225 per week (see discounts below)
Ages 5-7 (must be entering kindergarten)


Our energetic camp staff of experienced teachers and coaches, ambitious college students, and exceptional high schoolers (many of whom were RISE campers) will guide and inspire kids as they get a taste of everything that interests them. Established in 1963, Moses Brown’s RISE camp offers arts, academics, science, sports, adventure, and fun!

With a 5:1 counselor-to-camper ratio, the Lower Camp staff personalizes every child’s summer camp experience to be as fun and creative as possible! And with offerings that are just right for their age group, every camper can grow and explore in ways that develop their confidence and sense of self.

Explorations: build observation, imagination, and artistic skills
Weekly challenge: a variety of challenges, new every week. The campers will use their imagination, engineering skills, strength, and teamwork skills to meet a challenge presented to them at the beginning of each week. Examples are, building with the use of only simple machines, a Lego challenge, a pyramid challenge etc.

Activities: weekly choice to work on developing a specific skill—can be competing in games, cooking, learning to make friendship bracelets or playing frisbee

Optional: daily choice where campers engage in their favorite type of activities—from water slide, crafts, dance lessons, Legos or outdoor team games

Child must be entering kindergarten to be eligible for Lower Camp.

Early Bird Discount - $5 per week half-day / $10 per week full-day
(Register by April 6, 2024)

Multiweek Discount - $5 per week half-day / $15 per week full-day starting at fourth week

Sibling Discount - $5 per week half-day / $10 per week full-day, does not apply to first camper

Limited Financial Aid available




Location:
Moses Brown School
Dates:
8/5/2024 - 8/9/2024
Time:
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Ages:
Grades 3rd - 9th
Cost:
$400/week - tuition reduction for 4 or more weeks
Availability:
This session has openings
Registration will end on 7/31/2024.
Activities
Artist's Studios
Campers will visit the studio spaces of our endlessly creative art camp staff. Each space will provide opportunities for learning and creating! Campers will participate in courses such as, but not limited to, Street Art, Print and Paper Making, Clay, Open Air Watercolor, T-shirt Time, Slime Time, Paper Crafts, Scrunchy-Mask- and Friendship Bracelets, Gnome Home and Fairy House Creating, Origami.
Creating, Producing and Acting
Campers will participate in RISE original courses and classic games led by our veteran counselor staff. Whether creating a movie in Movie Magic Makers, working on improv skills or playing theater games, campers participate in a rich, fun, and entertaining experience while enjoying the magic of the Woodman Theater facility.
Improv
Improvisational comedy games for all skill levels. Come learn and be creative!
Jewelry Making
From friendship bracelets to beading, campers design and create their own jewelry.
Magic: The Gathering
Magic is a collectible card playing game enjoyed by over six million players around the world. Free beginners decks are available to anyone who is ready for a mythic challenge. Where else could elephants, unicorns, monkeys and dragons play together on a team?
Mix It Up
When you want to experience a little bit of everything, Mix it Up does it all. Campers will participate in a variety of thematic activities such as, but not limited to, Cold Cooking, Jewelry Making, Messy Science, Ball Games and much more!
Open Studio
Come to our studio and enjoy drawing, painting and sculpting through a variety of fun projects using pencils, paints, pastels and sculpture materials.
Reading and Relaxation
Take a break and read a few chapters of that new book you have been waiting to read. When you have finished, chat with your friends and see what they have been reading too.
Science and Building
Campers will participate in a hands-on camp day in courses such as, Woodshop, Lego Mania, Messy Science, Duct Tape ProDUCTivity, States of Matter, and Exploration of Buoyancy and Density. Campers will spend time outside, in the science lab and Y Lab Maker Space.
Scrap It
After four woodshop courses, there are quite a few scraps that pile up. This course is for those creative minds that can put these scraps to good use!
Sport Madness
While enjoying the Moses Brown acreage and field house space, campers will run, kick, jump, throw and play! Campers will experience sports such as, but not limited to, Basketball, Kickball, Dodgeball, Capture the Flag, Ultimate Frisbee, Frisbee Golf, Games in the Grove, Four Square, RISE Olympics.
Sports, Sports and More Sports
If you still have some energy left, join this group to play some more games!