Summer Camps

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STRATFORD RECREATION SUMMER 2022

Playground Camps
DATES: June 27th – August 11TH (no camp July 4TH)
TIMES: 8am – 3pm
AGES: Co-ed ages 5-12
COST: $75 for summer
Locations:
Information:

Teen-Squad Camp
DATES: June 27th-August 5th
TIMES: 8am-3pm
AGES: Co-ed. Ages 12-15
COST: $75 for summer

Sports Camps
TIMES: 9am-12n
AGES: Co-ed. Ages 6-13 (6 yr old must be entering 1st grade)
COST: $75 per week ($60- week of July 5 & Aug 8)

Start Date	Type of Camp	Location
June 27	Soccer	Short Beach
	Learn juggling, passing, shooting, throw-ins and defense skills. Enjoy games like Steal the Bacon and World Cup! Group team scrimmages and games.
July 5	Nature	Roosevelt Forest/Long Beach
	Explore the outdoors while hiking in the forest or exploring the beaches for sea life! Enjoy fishing as an option!
July 11	Volleyball	Short Beach
	Learn bumping, passing, setting and serving skills. Enjoy games like King of the Court and Spider! Group team games.
July 18	Football	Longbrook Fields
	Learn skills related to passing, receiving, rushing, blocking and defense. Enjoy skills like Punt Pass Kick and the 40 yard dash! Group team flag football games. Non-contact.
July 18	Girls Basketball (girls only)	Short Beach
	Learn dribbling, passing, rebounding and scoring skills. Enjoy games such as hot-shot and knock-out! Group team games.
July 25	Baseball	Longbrook Fields
	Learn throwing, fielding, hitting and base running skills. Enjoy skills like bucket drill and pickle! Group team games.
August 1	Track & Field	Bunnell Track
	Learn skills used in jumping, throwing and running events. We will have a multi-team track event at the end of the week!
August 8	Co-Ed Basketball	Short Beach
	Learn dribbling, passing, rebounding and scoring skills. Enjoy games such as hot-shot and knock-out! Group team games.
August 8	School yard games	Lordship school
	Play your favorite schoolyard games! Capture the Flag, Sharks and Minnows, Wall Ball, Kickball and more!

“The Arts” Camps
TIMES: 9am-12n
AGES: Co-ed. Ages 6-13
COST: $75 per week ($60- week of July 5)
Camp is 1 counselor to 15 children

Start Date	Type of Camp	Location
June 27	Theater	Boothe Park
July 5	Theater	Boothe Park
July 25	Theater	Boothe Park
	Learn the BASICS & FUNDAMENTALS of acting through improvisation, scene work and fun group exercises! Each week students will engage in exciting, interactive games and learn just what it means to be an actor!
July 11	Cheer & Dance	Boothe Park
	Students will learn to put their rhythm to good use. These young dancers and cheerleaders will hone their skills and technique while practicing new routines. Perfect for anyone that can’t stop tapping their foot to the beat!
July 18	Film/ Acting for Camera	Boothe Park
	Take a seat in the director’s chair in this new, one-week camp. Students will learn to compose a shot, write a script and act for the big screen as they work together to create their OWN SHORT FILM.

Short Beach Golf Academy
TIMES: 9am-12n
LOCATION: Short Beach Golf Course
AGES: Co-ed. Intro ages 7-11; Intermediate ages 12-14
COST: $100 per week

Start Date	Type of Camp	Location
June 27	Intro to Golf	Short Beach Golf Course
July 11	Intro & Intermediate Golf	Short Beach Golf Course
July 25	Intro to Golf	Short Beach Golf Course

Short beach golf academy Director of Camp: Peter Pulaski PGA. With over 35 years of golf teaching and coaching experience, Peter spent the last 27 years on the golf professional staff at Yale University. While at Yale, Peter directed Nike Junior Golf Camps and Yale golf programs for students and alumni. The 2007 Connecticut PGA Teacher of the Year has given private instruction to both top amateur and professional golfers.
The five- day program will include:

Preschool Camps
TIMES: 9am -1130am
AGES: Co-ed. Ages 3-5 *must be potty trained
COST: $75 per week ($60- week of July 5)

Start Date	Type of Camp	Location
June 27	T-ball	Birdseye Complex
	Learn throwing, fielding, hitting and base running skills. Enjoy skills like bucket drill and pickle! Group team games.
July 5	Cheer & Dance	Birdseye Complex
	Students will learn to put their rhythm to good use. These young dancers and cheerleaders will hone their skills and technique while practicing new routines. Perfect for anyone that can’t stop tapping their foot to the beat!
July 11	Nature	Roosevelt/Long Beach
	Explore the outdoors while hiking in the forest or exploring the beaches for sea life! Enjoy fishing as an option
July 18	Soccer	Birdseye Complex
	Learn juggling, passing, shooting, throw-ins and defense skills. Enjoy games like Steal the Bacon and World Cup! Group team scrimmages and games.
July 25	Track	Birdseye Complex
	Learn juggling, passing, shooting, throw-ins and defense skills. Enjoy games like Steal the Bacon and World Cup! Group team scrimmages and games.
August 1	Basketball	Birdseye Complex
	Learn dribbling, passing, rebounding and scoring skills. Enjoy timeless games such as hot-shot and knock-out! Group team games. Hoops are lower.

Fairfield County Tennis Camp
Each day of camp players are introduced to a different stroke of the day including the forehand, backhand, volley, and serve. This camp also offers an optional cross-training component to enhance players’ coordination and endurance. Off-court games include soccer, and dodge ball. Camp will be run by a certified adult instructor. Children should bring a nut-free snack from home each day. Beginner/Advanced Beginner Low Intermediate/Intermediate. Ratio 4 – 6 students per instructor.
CAMP: 9:30a – 12pm     $165/week (ages 5 – 7, 8 – 15)

Mad Science Camps
TIMES: 9am-12n
AGES: Co-ed. Ages 6-11
COST: $185 (Includes Mad Science Lab coat, goggles, and specially designed take homes to help extend learning at home)

Start Date	Type of Camp	Location
June 27	Cool Booming Reaction	Boothe Park
Aug 1	Cool Booming Reaction	Boothe Park
Let’s bring chemistry to life with hands on and mind blowing experiments to discover the wonderful world of chemical reactions. Campers will create crazy concoctions daily that will make their hearts explode with passion for science! Mixing mysterious substances we will create fizzing elephant toothpaste, sticky putty, quick sand, squiggly worms, cool snow, and tons of booming explosions.
July 11	Mad Transformers	Boothe Park
Using the power of science, we will take simple, everyday items and transform them into life hacks that can be useful in everyday life! Students will be testing and experimenting items that they have seen trending all over social media! Don’t let the clock “tick-tock” without signing up your child for our hands on and open ended program! Students gain the basic understanding of chemistry, engineering, and physics!
July 18	Gross Science	Boothe Park
Get ready to learn the science behind all GROSS THINGS! Are you interested in smelly, gooey, icky and creepy things? If so, this is the program for you! Did you know most stinky things are chemical reactions? Or that most stinky or gross things help us in everyday life and our earth? Such as bugs, burps, and waste! We have tons of crazy, gross chemical reactions that you won’t want to miss!
Aug 15	Galactic NASA Journey	Boothe Park
Join us on our space adventure through the galaxy to infinity and beyond! Campers will experience the life of NASA astronaut’s journey before, during, and after a space mission! They will use real astronaut equipment such as memory metal, robots, and lasers plus create many spin off innovations like a mars shelter! Campers will create a comet from household experiments and experience what the atmosphere is like in space. Finally, they will witness a rocket launch that will blast out of this world!

Archery Competition
This is to teach the students how a simple competition works. Barebow competition, 20yards, total of 36 arrows. The first 2 weeks will be practice, Competition is on the 3rd week. Anyone under 18 needs to have completed Archery beginner class or equivalent. Anyone over 18 who knows how to shoot can participate. Competition on June 26th will be 10am for all participants.

Track & Field
Youth will learn the fundamentals of individual events in track and field. Various throwing events, baton handling, jumping, and running events will be instructed.

Acting Improv Workshop
Join us as we learn to “not think” and to say “yes, and” – here you’ll be thrown into fun games and exercises to ease you into the art of improvisation. Before you know it, you will be performing scenes and learning to heighten and explore your ideas. This workshop is designed to help beginners improve their acting skills and foster spontaneity.