LEADLIKEAGIRL Summer Camps - Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

Academic Academies for Girls in Pre-K & K, Grades 1–4

Six one-week sessions • June 24–28 and July 8–August 9

Junior Academic Academy for Girls

ENTERING PRE-K AND Kindergarten

Centered on play-based learning, the Stuart Jr. Academic Academy morning session emphasizes routines and skill sets necessary to ensure a smooth transition towards full-day schooling in Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten. A focus on communication, community, and building friendships as well as an awareness of self-regulation skills are taught through routines and structures, hands-on learning, group instruction and center rotation.

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Centered on play-based learning, the Stuart Academic Academy morning session emphasizes routines and skill sets necessary to ensure a smooth transition towards full-day schooling in Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten. A focus on communication, community, and building friendships as well as an awareness of self-regulation skills are taught through routines and structures, hands-on learning, group instruction and center rotation.

Previous activities include published pieces (how-to book, all about my family book, and an animal research book) and real-life math experiences (JK-K grocery store and pattern shop). Give your daughter the opportunity to become familiar with her future classroom and instill in her a sense of confidence for the first day of school in September!

Afternoon Session

12:30–3:00 PM

The afternoon session provides a fun, energy-filled afternoon summer experience instructed by expert Stuart faculty! Your child will experience unique hands-on indoor and outdoor learning experiences on our 55 acre campus that can’t be found anywhere else! Weekly themes and descriptions can be found below:

Week 1 Theme: Millie’s Outdoor Explorers
Head to a new classroom: the great outdoors! Work in the Stuart stream and discover native wildlife, all while navigating the beautiful 55 acres the Stuart campus has to offer. Storytelling, fort building, and traveling around the nature trail is not to be missed!

Week 2 Theme: Millie’s Techies
Love everything technology? Want to learn more? You’ll be able to work with our Stuart robots, Dot and Dash, to design routes and obstacle courses! You’ll work with kid-appropriate iPad apps, various tech equipment, and engage with the digital world around you. This week is not to be missed!

Week 3 Theme: Millie’s Bakers
The Friendship Bakery opens again! Learn a new recipe each day and bake it in our very own kitchen. Sell your baked goods to the Stuart community and take yummy treats home each day. Deliciousness awaits!

Week 4 Theme: Millie’s Artists
Want to learn more about photography? Drama? Music? Dance? This is the week for you! Learn short choreography routines, songs, plays, and spend some time photographing the world around you. Complete with a talent share on Friday, the artistic community shines at Stuart!

Week 5 Theme: Millie’s All Star Athletes
From soccer to kickball to adventures on the rock wall, Millie’s All Star Athletes will have the opportunity to collaborate in team activities and games. Favorite games include The Blob, Horse Basketball Challenges and Freeze Tag!

Week 6 Theme: Millie’s Makers
The possibilities are endless with Millie’s Makers! Enjoy sewing activities, arts & crafts, STEM challenges, and visits to the MakerSpace during this exciting week. If you like to design and create, this week is for you!

Camp Pricing:

All Day Program
9:00 AM–3:00 PM:
$500/week

Morning Only
9:00 AM–12:00 PM:
$270/week

Afternoon Only
12:00–3:00 PM:
$270/week

Lunch:
$38/week

Before and After Camp Extended Day:

Before Camp
8:00–9:00 AM:
$10/day

After Camp
3:00–5:30 PM:
$25/day

Stuart Academic Academy for Girls

FOR GIRLS ENTERING GRADES 1–4

The Summer Academic Program at Stuart is designed to meet each student’s learning goals to prepare her to transition into the next grade level. Each session includes over an hour of mathematics and literacy instruction. Previous activities have included nonfiction writing pieces (informational brochures of the wildlife found on the Stuart Nature Trail), math game days (of fluency games, games of strategy, and games of chance), and fictional story writing (fractured fairy tales). This camp is open to Stuart girls and non-Stuart girls alike.

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STEM Camps for Girls in Grades 5-8

STEM: Anatomy and Physiology, Operation Scalpel! (Grades 6–8)

Anatomy and Physiology, Operation Scalpel!

August 5–9

9:00 AM–3:00 PM

girls in grades 6–8

Discover the interworking of the human body by comparatively studying the anatomy and physiology of some of the organs that make us tick.

Girls will learn how to dissect the brain, eye, heart and kidneys of various mammals as they perform some basic testing to see how these organs function. The anatomy of an earthworm (invertebrate), frog (amphibian) and fetal pig (mammal) will also be explored in detail.

Instructor: Jason Bink, AP Biology Teacher at Stuart

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

STEM: Code it and Wear it! (Grades 5–8)

Code it and Wear it!

July 8–12

9:00 AM–3:30 PM

girls in grades 5–8

During this week-long camp you will explore the exciting world of fashion and technology. You will have a fun time learning how to make, code and wear two dazzling projects. We will teach you design and you will learn all about circuits, sensors, and other techniques for creating wearables.

This course is for beginners and experienced sewers and coders who are willing to try something new. You will gain hand and machine sewing skills to create a cool bag with pixels, or a functional hoodie with lights for night rides. Code It and Wear It! Camp will give your skills to learn critical skills for the future — sewing, coding and electronics.

Instructor:
Dr. Ronah Harris, AP Computer Science Teacher at Stuart

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

STEM: Design, Engineering and Exploration Maker Camp (Grades 5–8)

Design, Engineering and Exploration: Maker Camp

July 15–18

9:00 AM–3:30 PM

girls in grades 5–8

In this week-long camp, embrace your inner maker. During the week you will learn about the design process and the Maker Revolution. Discover how 3D printing, laser engraving and circuits work. Explore DIY technology, get your hands dirty, fix some things, break some things, and have a lot of fun doing it!

Instructors:
Alicia Testa and Sarah Rusnock, Tech Integrators at Stuart

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

STEM: Games, Strategies, Economics (Grades 5–8)

Games, Strategies, Economics

August 12–16

9:00 AM–3:30 PM

girls in grades 5–8

Has your daughter ever managed a network of power plants, bidding for contracts and carefully watching the oil and coal markets to turn a profit? Has she scrutinized the trade off between replanting heirloom seeds to increase crop yields and selling them to hire more labor?

We understand the importance of strategic thinking, planning ahead, and decision analysis for our children, but struggle to provide them authentic opportunities to practice these skills. In this Stuart strategy camp, girls are given the chance to manage a business, a farm, a city, a household, a port town, a factory, and more as they learn the basics of game theory, tactics, and analysis.

Nestled in the same town that was home to John Nash himself, our campers make trades, invest resources, hire workers, and master articulate strategy through games that are accessible, entertaining, and most importantly, fun!

Instructor: Sean Malloy, Economics Teacher at Stuart

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

STEM: SIY – Sew It Yourself (Grades 5–8)

Sew It Yourself

August 12–16

9:00 AM–3:30 PM
GIRLS IN GRADES 5–8

This summer camp is aimed at students who have an interest in fashion, sewing, design, textiles, and textile art. Students do not have to have any prior experience with sewing or textiles - in fact, it’s better if they come completely fresh!

Students will have the ability to choose their own sewing project, using their new-learned skills to select a sewing pattern (from a pre-approved list of simple projects), fabric type and color, fastenings, and embellishments up to a certain budget. By the end of the week, attendees will have completed their own personal sewing project, chosen from a pre-approved list of simple patterns. Attendees will also have learned essential machine and hand-sewing skills, including how to:

Thread, set up, and use a sewing machine.
Sew basic seams.
Make sure edges of fabric don’t fray.
Safely and effectively use an iron for sewing projects.
Identify and choose different types of fabric for different projects.
Measure someone up for a garment, if applicable.
Read a simple sewing pattern.
Pin sewing pattern pieces to fabric and cut out project pieces.
Add zips, poppers, buttons and other fastenings to a project.
Add embellishments such as beads and embroidery.
Finish up a project successfully and neatly.

Instructor: Laura malloy

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

STEM: The Physics of Land, Air, Sea (Grades 5–8)

Young Women in STEM:
The Physics of Land, Air, Sea

July 28- August 2

9:00 AM–3:30 PM

girls in grades 5–8

Let's answer these questions:

How does a frisbee fly?
Surfing/Sailing – How Do we Sail?
How do water skis stay up?
How does steam power big machinery?
Why did the Tacoma Bridge collapse?
How do musical Instruments work?
Why is the sky blue, the grass green?
What is constant speed, Newton's Law and can you make a lemon battery ?

Instructor: Anna Kachmarski, AP Physics Teacher at Stuart

Cost: $500

Registration opens January 10, 2020

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Sports Camps for Girls

Taught by Stuart Country Day School VARSITY COACHES

Tennis Sports Camp for Girls (Grades K-5)

Tennis Camp for Girls

July 22–26

girls in Grades K–5
9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Serve up an ace at Stuart's tennis camps this summer! Your child will enjoy quality instruction in the basics and skill development of tennis while having a great time with friends. Katherine Gibson, the varsity tennis coach at Stuart, leads a staff of current high school tennis players and her instruction features the most-up-to-date techniques, drills, and games. Each day, prizes are awarded for skill development challenges in forehands, backhands, volleys, overheads and serves, and every camper will go home with their own can of tennis balls to continue practicing over the summer.

Instructor: Katherine Gibson, Stuart Varsity Tennis Coach

Coach Gibson joined the Stuart Community in 2011, working in the Early Childhood Program. As a physical education teacher at Stuart, she has taught P.E. in Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle School divisions and also Middle School health courses. As part of the Athletic Department, Coach Gibson has been the varsity tennis coach for the past six seasons as well as a Middle School basketball coach for the past seven. She is finishing her Master Degree in Physical Education and Health at Montclair State University this year. We are very fortunate to have Coach Gibson back for another year of fun, physical activity!

Cost: $265

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Basketball Sports Camp for Girls (Grades 3-9)

Basketball Camp for Girls

July 22–26

girls in Grades 3–9
12:30–3:30 PM

Stuart's Basketball Camp offers the highest level of coaching in the area. This year’s staff includes current and former varsity, collegiate and professional coaches. Last year's camp even included an appearance by a current NBA coach. We look forward to fun filled weeks of camp full of learning and competition for all ages and abilities.

Instructor: Justin Leith, Director of Athletics and Stuart Varsity Basketball Coach

About the Coach

Justin Leith comes to Stuart from The Asheville School in North Carolina where he was the associate director of athletics, and admissions officer, varsity boys’ basketball coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach for all sports. As a S&C and Basketball Coach just has worked with girls and boys at all levels, from student athletes striving to make the team, to high school All-Americans preparing for Division I, II and III athletics in sports such as basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, volleyball, soccer, football, and more. Mr. Leith has also worked with many high-level professional athletes. Previously, he was the strength and conditioning coach and a faculty member at The Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ.

Mr. Leith’s stellar basketball career includes playing professionally in Europe, Asia, and Central and South America from 2008–2011. In 2009, he was invited to summer workouts with the NBA’s New Jersey Nets and was also selected to represent Jamaica for the national team. Mr. Leith attended at Merrimack College where he scored over 1500 points and pulled down over 700 rebounds. For his accomplishments, he was a three-time All-Conference selection and an honorable mention All-American. In high school Mr. Leith was a standout player at Princeton Day School, helping the Panthers win two state championships and was NJ Prep Player of the Year, scoring over 1,400 points with a record 830 points as a senior.

Cost: $265

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Field Hockey Sports Camp for Girls (Grades 3-9)

Field Hockey Camp for Girls

July 22–26

Girls in Grades 3–9

9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Join Stuart’s experienced and outstanding coaching staff for a fun-filled week of learning new skills, and practicing team play and individual drills. New and experienced players will be grouped by skill level. Girls of all levels are encouraged and welcome to attend. Everyone will have a great time preparing for the season … and a lifetime of sports.

Instructor: Missy Bruvik, Stuart Varsity Field Hockey Coach

About the Coach

A pivotal part of the Stuart athletics program, Bruvik has been a key member of both the Varsity Field Hockey and Varsity Lacrosse coaching staffs, leading the hockey program for 25 years and the lacrosse program for 11 years.

Selected by the Trentonian as the 2018 Coach of the Year and the Trenton Times as the Mercer County Field Hockey of the Decade, Missy has coached the U-16 and U -19 Garden State Field Hockey teams and has been recognized as the State and County Coach of the Year multiple times in both Field Hockey and Lacrosse. Missy's impressive coaching statistics include over 200 wins in Field Hockey, four Mercer County Field Hockey Titles, ten NJ State Field Hockey Titles and 6 NJ State Lacrosse titles.

A tremendous athlete, Bruvik has been inducted into the Princeton High School Athletics Hall of Fame. She has held game, season and career scoring records for PHS Field Hockey, and still has the distinction of holding game season and scoring records for West Virginia Wesleyan College and Princeton High School.

Cost: $265

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